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Citizen and scientsts work together to monitor marine alien species in Sicilian waters (central Mediterranean)
2017
We report on the experience of two citizen science projects: the Project “Caulerpa cylindracea – Egadi Islands” and the Project “Invasive Algae”, included within the “Seawatchers” platform. The first one, sponsored by the STEBICEF Department of the University of Palermo and by the Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA), aims at creating a database on the spread dynamics of C. cylindracea within the Egadi Islands MPA. The second one, coordinated by the Institute of Marine Sciences of Barcelona (CSIC, Spain), collects data on 10 marine invasive alien species. The results of these projects highlighted the important role that citizen science campaigns can have as early-warning systems. We al…
Bezvadu datortīkla modernizācija un pārraudzība, izmantojot Zabbix
2018
Rainers Mūrnieks ir izstrādājis kvalifikācijas darbu "Bezvadu interneta tīkla modernizācija un pārraudzīšana, izmantojot Zabbix ". Zabbix ir bezmaksas ar funkcijām bagāta dažādu ierīču un pakalpojumu pārraudzības sistēma. Savā darbā autors veica pētījumu bankā "X" (turpmāk tekstā “Banka”). Banka specializējas privātpersonu individuālā apkalpošanā, kas klientiem piedāvā plaša spektra individuāli izstrādātus finanšu pakalpojumus un investīciju risinājumus. Autoram Bankā ir saistošs noslēgtais konfidencialitātes līgums, kas nosaka informācijas ierobežojumus, kurus autoram kvalifikācijas darbā nav tiesību izpaust. Līdz ar citu konfidenciālo informāciju autoram nav tiesību atklāt Bankas nosaukum…
Smart Monitoring of Civil Infrastructures
2022
In this presentation, I will show a case study of smart monitoring applied on pavement road to detect the distresses and verify the real state of life of the infrastructures. The methodology used is based on the photogrammetric technique that allow us to carry out a 3D model that has the follow features: low cost process, low time process, user friendly, repeatability. These features consent to make a planning with frequently acquisition to guarantee a reliability monitoring. It works with the comparison between the dense clouds of the 3D models acquired in different moment: the mean square distance between the dense clouds shows where there has been a new distress or an increasing of an ol…
Do testate amoebae communities recover in concordance with vegetation after restoration of drained peatlands?
2016
The environmental importance of peatlands has stimulated efforts to restore their specific ecosystem structure and functions. Monitoring and assessment of the ecological state of the peatland is fundamental in restoration programmes. Most studies have focused on the responses of vegetation and, to a lesser extent, on testate amoebae (TA). To our knowledge, none have investigated whether these two groups show concordance in the context of restoration of drained peatland. Here we assess community concordance between TA and vegetation in boreal peatlands belonging to four different land use management classes (natural, drained, restored 3–7 years ago, and restored 9–12 years ago). TA and veget…
Electoronic Performance Monitoring in Call Centers: An Ethical Decision Model
2013
Ever since it emerged on a widespread basis in the 1990s, electronic performance monitoring of employees has received significant scrutiny in the literature. Call centers have been the focus of many of these studies. This particular study addresses the issue of electronic performance monitoring in call centers from an ethical perspective. The following ethical dilemma is offered: "Is it ethical for a call center manager to evaluate the performance of a call center employee using electronic performance monitoring data gathered on the employee?" Using utilitarian, Kantian, virtue, and covenantal ethical theories, the study proposes an ethical decision model and subsequently applies the model …
Pactola kuscheli sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a potential cause for the decline of the threatened New Caledonian conifer, Agathis montana de…
2017
Agathis montana is a conifer endemic to New Caledonia and one of the most threatened (Critically Endangered) plant species of this area. The exact causes of its decline are still unknown. The authors describe the characteristics of A. montana, the history and methodology of populatio nmonitoring, and possible factors causing the decline and habitat degradation. In 2014, some twigs showing symptoms suggesting attack by wood-boring insects were collected. From these, imagines of an unknown weevil species belonging to the genus Pactola Pascoe (Eugnomini)were reared. The new species is described as Pactola kuscheli Mazur sp. nov. Colour photographs of the dorsal habitus, line drawings of taxono…
Approccio alla caratterizzazione di un lembo di bosco vetusto: il caso di Monte Egitto
2017
An integrated approach to characterize an old growth forest patch; the Monte Egitto case study Old growth forests, i.e. forests which have achieved a remarkable age without or with a very limited disturbance, are nowadays subject of detailed studies in order to understand their characters and capacity of ecosystems services providing. In Sicily only few wooded areas are classified as old growth forest, following the heavy land use change toward agriculture during the centuries. This paper reports the results of a study carried out to characterize the vegetation of a little crater on the Mount Etna, where a residual open wood of Quercus congesta (an endemic oak of Southern Italy) survived th…
Caratterizzazione geotecnica del comporportamentodi una grande frana in argille varicolori in Sicilia
2014
Si illustrano le misure degli spostamenti e delle pressioni neutre raccolte in un paio d’anni di osservazione del comportamento di un esteso corpo di frana in una formazione di argille varicolori in Sicilia. L’analisi delle misure raccolte indica che la riattivazione riguarda zone distinte del corpo di frana, nelle quali gli spostamenti si sviluppano con velocità e direzioni differenti. L’evoluzione degli spostamenti è manifestamente dipendente dalle condizioni climatiche, dal momento che essi aumentano al crescere delle pressioni interstiziali, a loro volta regolate dalle piogge, e rallentano nella stagione secca, spesso senza annullarsi del tutto. Analisi a ritroso effettuate in una delle…
Planthology: an Application System for Plant Diseases Management
2017
The goals of modern agriculture are obtaining high yields that meet the increasing nutritional requirements of the World population. This is extremely difficult for three kind of reasons: i) the lands dedicated to agricultural use are strongly reduced in industrialized Countries; ii) farmers prefer an homogeneous product, because it is easier to manage, with consequent reduction of biodiversity, iii) globalization and climate change have led to the introduction of new pathogens and pest in environments other than original ones, resulting in serious production losses. The consequences of these problems, followed by not timely intervention leads to conditions that make not possible to obtain …
Sensor Technology for Sports Monitoring
2023
Over the past decades, huge steps have been made in the development of sensor technology related to sports monitoring [...]