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Fighting carbon loss of degraded peatlands by jump-starting ecosystem functioning with ecological restoration

2015

Degradation of ecosystems is a great concern on the maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Ecological restoration fights degradation aiming at the recovery of ecosystem functions such as carbon (C) sequestration and ecosystem structures like plant communities responsible for the C sequestration function. We selected 38 pristine, drained and restored boreal peatland sites in Finland and asked i) what is the long-term effect of drainage on the peatland surface layer C storage, ii) can restoration recover ecosystem functioning (surface layer growth) and structure (plant community composition) and iii) is the recovery of the original structure needed for the recovery of ecosystem f…

Effect of river restoration on life-history strategies in fish communities

2019

Assessments of river restoration outcomes are mostly based on taxonomic identities of species, which may not be optimal because a direct relationship to river functions remains obscure and results are hardly comparable across biogeographic borders. The use of ecological species trait information instead of taxonomic units may help to overcome these challenges. Abundance data for fish communities were gathered from 134 river restoration projects conducted in Switzerland, Germany and Finland, monitored for up to 15 years. These data were related to a dataset of 22 categories of ecological traits describing fish life-history strategies to assess the outcome of the restoration projects. Restora…

Soil remediation: humic acids as natural surfactants in the washings of highly contaminated soils

2005

The remediation of the highly contaminated site around the former chemical plant of ACNA (near Savona) in Northern Italy is a top priority in Italy. The aim of the present work was to contribute in finding innovative and environmental-friendly technology to remediate soils from the ACNA contaminated site. Two soils sampled from the ACNA site (A and B), differing in texture and amount and type of organic contaminants, were subjected to soil washings by comparing the removal efficiency of water, two synthetic surfactants, sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS) and Triton X-100 (TX100), and a solution of a natural surfactant, a humic acid (HA) at its critical micelle concentration (CMC). The extraction …

Sustainable production and consumption in remote working conditions due to COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: An environmental and user acceptance investiga…

2021

Abstract In response to the disruptive changes brought upon our society by the COVID-19 pandemic, most work activities and service providers had to resort to remote working. This is credited to reduce emissions for transportation, however the role of forced confinement within dwellings, especially if not designed for hosting working stations, deserves to be properly evaluated in terms of both user acceptance and long-term environmental impact. In this work, a dedicated survey campaign is used for investigating the potential pros and cons of remote working. In more detail, logistic regression and generalized linear models are used for capturing the effect of several independent variables on …

Natural Convection Cooling of a Hot Vertical Wall Wet by a Falling Liquid Film

2008

Abstract The system studied is a plane channel in which one of the two vertical walls is kept at an arbitrary temperature profile and may be partially or completely wet by a falling liquid film, while the opposite wall is adiabatic. Air from the environment flows along the channel with a mass flow rate which depends on the balance between hydraulic resistances and buoyancy forces. These latter, in their turn, depend on the distribution of temperature and humidity (hence, density) along the channel and eventually on the heat and mass transferred from wall and film to the humid air. A simplified computational model of the above system was developed and applied to the prediction of relevant qu…

Succinta legal demostracion que desvanece los motivos y fundamentos con que el ministro y reliogosos del Convento de N. Señora del Remedio extramuro…

1747

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Motivos por los que se justifica la pretension del Convento de la Santissima Trinidad, llamado comunmente de N. Sra. del Remedio, extramuros de esta …

1747

Precedix al tít.: La Santissima Trinidad y Nuestra Sra. del Remedio Signat a la fi per Mariano Caller Caplletra ornada Text a 1 col. - Postil·les. - Reclams Sign.: A4

[Gozos a N. S. del Remedio] ... Orden de la Santísima Trinidad, y de la Ciudad, y Reyno de Valencia

1750

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Succinta legal demostracion que desvanece los motivos y fundamentos con que el ministro y religiosos del Convento de N. Señora del Remedio extramuros…

Precedix al tít.: Jesus, Maria, Joseph, Joaquin y Ana Signat a la fi per Carlos Marín Caplletra ornada Text a 1 col. - Postil·les. - Reclams Sign.: A-C2

Cantico a Nra. Sra. de los Dolores, venerada en el Real Convento de Nra. Sra. del Remedio de Padres Trinitarios Calzados, extramuros de la Ciudad de …

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