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Italy, etc ; case studies; cliffs; environment; evolution; water power; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Procida Island, located in the Gulf of Naples (southern Italy), is characterized by steep cliffed coasts, articulated in a succession of headlands and small embayments with narrow pocket beaches, such as Ciraccio and Chiaia, often characterized by instability. In this study, a methodology for coastal cliff susceptibility assessment has been conceived based on hydraulic and geomorphological charact ...
Maria Rosaria Bruno; Annapaola Cannizzaro; Angelo Olori; Francesca Tombolini; Federica Angelosanto; Francesco Sinopoli; Biagio Maria Bruni; Francesco Casalinuovo; Antonella Campopiano
Italy, etc ; animal age; asbestos; carcinogenicity; durability; environment; humans; lungs; macrophages; phagocytosis; principal component analysis; sheep; Show all 12 Subjects
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... In Calabria (Southern Italy) naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) mainly occurs in the ophiolitic sequences cropping in the Mount Reventino area. The most common type of asbestos detected was the amphibole tremolite; fibrous antigorite and minor chrysotile were also found. The development of asbestos-related diseases depends on, among other things, the morphological characteristics of fibers, length ...
Italy, etc ; air quality; alcohol abuse; artificial intelligence; death; environment; lifestyle; mortality; obesity; pollution; socioeconomics; vehicles (equipment); Show all 12 Subjects
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... Tumours are nowadays the second world‑leading cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. During the last decades of cancer research, lifestyle and random/genetic factors have been blamed for cancer mortality, with obesity, sedentary habits, alcoholism, and smoking contributing as supposed major causes. However, there is an emerging consensus that environmental pollution should be considered one ...
Italy, etc ; ambient temperature; conidia; data collection; ecology; fungi; germination; hazelnuts; integrated pest management; mathematical models; mycelium; pathogens; relative humidity; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Monostichella coryli is the causal agent of the hazelnut anthracnose. The increase in the incidence in hazelnut orchards observed during recent years in Central Italy is increasing the need for information and studies on its biology and ecology, and how environmental factors (e.g., temperature) influence its development. For this purpose, seven isolates from different provenances of M. coryli were ...
Italy, etc ; Internet; Olea europaea; abandoned land; agroecosystems; algorithms; data collection; land management; mobile telephones; models; olive oil; olives; profitability; socioeconomics; time series analysis; Show all 15 Subjects
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... The abandonment of rural areas is an important environmental and socio-economic issue in Europe, threatening the stability and profitability of agricultural production. The identification and quantification of abandoned land is key for temporal and spatial monitoring of the process and for applying alternative management measures. Italy is one of the most important European countries for the produ ...
Federico Lucci; Giancarlo Della Ventura; Daniele Piazzolla; Carlo Venettacci; Andrea Terribili; Cecilia La Bella; Alessandra Conte; Simone Bonamano; Sergio Scanu; Francesco Radica; Marco Marcelli
Italy, etc ; COVID-19 infection; air pollution; carbon; energy-dispersive X-ray analysis; environmental protection; evolution; fabrics; humans; humidity; light microscopy; microplastics; particulates; Mediterranean Sea; Show all 14 Subjects
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... In this paper we describe our work aimed at designing a system able to measure the particulate matter (PM) concentrations via an optical particle counter (OPC) and simultaneously collect it via standard 2.5 cm filters for laboratory characterization. The Port of Civitavecchia (Italy), one of the most important maritime hubs of the Mediterranean Sea, was selected as a test site for an eight-months ...
Italy, etc ; analytical methods; chemometrics; detection limit; extra-virgin olive oil; food chemistry; isotope labeling; mineral content; principal component analysis; provenance; trace elements; Mediterranean region; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Extra virgin olive oil is a typical product of Mediterranean area, and its origin protection is continuously improved. 24 olive oil samples from different geographical origin were analyzed and 40 elements were evaluated with chemometric techniques. This study aims at elaborating a method to determine mineral composition of this matrix and at validating the method used to determine its reliability. ...
Italy, etc ; air; ceramics; chemical species; chlorobenzene; environment; naphthalene; octanol; polychlorinated biphenyls; polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; polychlorinated dibenzofurans; sodium silicate; t-test; vapor pressure; vapors; volatile organic compounds; Show all 16 Subjects
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... Extractable denuders were designed to collect trace atmospheric semivolatile organic compounds with high volume (38.30 and 200 L/ min) samplers. Denuders were made of multichannel ceramic support coated with sodium silicate and functionalised with phenyl moieties. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans and chlor ...
Italy, etc ; apples; captan; carcinogenicity; chronic toxicity; ecotoxicology; environment; gas chromatography; glyphosate; grasses; human health; humans; lettuce; mass spectrometry; oxadiazon; phosmet; reproductive toxicology; spray drift; wines; Austria; Show all 20 Subjects
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... Pesticide drift onto non-agricultural land is a common problem in intensively farmed regions, and national action plans have been established across Europe to prevent it. Here, we analyzed official data on pesticide residues in grass samples collected over six years to determine whether implemented measures to reduce pesticide drift were effective. We used 306 samples collected between 2014 and 20 ...
Beladenta Amalia; Marcela Fu; Olena Tigova; Montse Ballbè; Blanca Paniello-Castillo; Yolanda Castellano; Vergina K. Vyzikidou; Rachel O'Donnell; Ruaraidh Dobson; Alessandra Lugo; Chiara Veronese; Raúl Pérez-Ortuño; José A. Pascual; Nuria Cortés; Fernando Gil; Pablo Olmedo; Joan B. Soriano; Roberto Boffi; Ario Ruprecht; Julio Ancochea; Maria J. López; Silvano Gallus; Constantine Vardavas; Sean Semple; Esteve Fernández; the TackSHS Project Investigators
Italy, etc ; aerosols; air quality; biomarkers; cobalt; cotinine; electronic equipment; environment; glycerol; issues and policy; liquids; metabolites; nicotine; nitrosamines; observational studies; saliva; urine; Greece; Spain; United Kingdom; Show all 20 Subjects
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... Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use emits potentially hazardous compounds and deteriorates indoor air quality. Home is a place where e-cigarettes may frequently be used amid its increasing prohibition in public places. This study assessed the real-life scenario of bystanders' exposure to secondhand e-cigarette aerosol (SHA) at home. A one-week observational study was conducted within the TackSH ...
Italy, etc ; Philippines; Portulaca oleracea; abiotic stress; antioxidants; chemical composition; crop management; dietary supplements; flavonoids; glycosides; herbaceous plants; human health; hydroponics; lignans; metabolome; metabolomics; polysaccharides; sterols; terpenoids; Australia; Brazil; China; Greece; Iran; Malaysia; Mexico; Northern Africa; Spain; United Kingdom; Show all 29 Subjects
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... Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) is an herbaceous plant consumed in Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, the Philippines, China, North Africa, Australia, the United States, Brazil, and Mexico. Purslane contains nutraceutical compounds that can be potentiated based on biotic and abiotic stress practices. It provides substantial contributions of minerals, polysaccharides ...
... A history of over 400 years of cultivation and taxonomy of Leontice leontopetalum is provided. Statements that it is native to Italy still require confirmation. ...
... AbstractThis short paper outlines the discovery and current knowledge of the Euganean populations of Haplophyllum patavinum (L.) G.Don, 300 years after this species was found on the Euganean Hills (NE Italy) by botanists Pier Antonio Micheli and Giovanni Girolamo Zannichelli. ...
... Northern Apulia has primary and secondary chert sources which were exploited in prehistory. During Neolithic period, on the north-eastern coast of the Gargano promontory, an important network of mines represented one of the most significant primary chert sources in the Adriatic area. However, easily accessible secondary chert sources are available in the Tavoliere plain in several synthems from th ...
... The rate at which lava is discharged plays a key role in controlling the distance covered by lava flows from eruptive vents. We investigate the available time-averaged discharge rates (TADRs) estimated for recent flank eruptions at Mt. Etna volcano (Italy), in order to define a possible generalized effusion rate trend which is consistent with observed real data. Our analysis indicates a rapid waxi ...
... Rupture directivity and its potential frequency dependence is an open issue within the seismological community, especially for small‐to‐moderate events. Here, we provide a statistical overview based on empirical evidence of seismological observations, thanks to the large amount of high‐quality seismic recordings (more than 30,000 waveforms) from Central Italy, which represents an excellent and alm ...
... The Campi Flegrei caldera is considered the most dangerous volcano in Europe and is currently in a new phase of unrest (started in 2000 and still ongoing) that has persisted intermittently for several decades (main crisis occurred from 1950 to 1952, 1970–1972, and 1982–1984). Here, by combining the petrological and geochemical data collected in recent decades with numerical simulations, we place n ...
... We analyzed 12 years of continuous seismic data acquired by two seismic stations in Central Apennines (Italy) with the aim to investigate the temporal variations of H/V spectral ratios. The two stations are located in the epicentral areas of the main strong motion earthquakes occurred in Central Italy in the last 12 years (L’Aquila 06 April 2009, Mw 6.1; Amatrice 24 August 2016, Mw 6.0; Visso 26 O ...
... This study sums up the first estimates of the young water fraction (Fyw; here understood as the percentage proportion of groundwater passing through the well’s screen and younger than approximately 2–3 months) from groundwater collected in 75 wells from alluvial fans facing the northern Italian Apennines of Italy. The Fyw estimates were based on a monthly dataset of water-stable isotopes (oxygen-1 ...
... Space-planning decisions of two sports and entertainment arenas with large crowds—the Roman Colosseum (Italy) and the modern Gazprom Arena stadium (St. Petersburg, Russia)— were analyzed to compare the flow of people during evacuation by simulation. It was shown that the space-planning decisions of the Colosseum seem more advantageous compared with the Gazprom Arena in calculation of evacuation ti ...