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Dynamic Sustainability. Sustainability Window Analysis of Chinese Poverty-Environment Nexus Development
2015
Sustainability Window is a new analysis tool for assessing the sustainability of development simultaneously in all of its three dimensions (environmental, economic, and social). The analysis method provides information of the maximum and minimum economic development that is required to maintain the direction of social and environmental development towards more sustainable targets. With the Sustainability Window method it is possible to easily analyze the sustainability using different indicators and different time periods making comparative analyses easy. The new method makes it also possible to analyze the dynamics of the sustainability and the changes over time in the width of the window.…
A Cluster Analysis Approach to Profile Men and Women’s Volley Positions in Professional Tennis Matches (Doubles)
2021
(1) Background: Tennis ball tracking technology allows the aquirement of novel and reliable data about several performance indicators, such as volley positions. This information is key to understand match dynamics in doubles tennis and to better help preparing players for the demands they will face in match play. As such, the purpose of this study was to describe and compare the different types of volley positions in men’s and women’s doubles professional tennis. (2) Methods: Ball tracking data were collected for 46 women (Billie Jean King Cup) and 96 men’s doubles matches (Davis Cup). The variables used were the distance to the net, the distance to the centre of the court and the height of…
Interpreting wind damage risk-how multifunctional forest management impacts standing timber at risk of wind felling
2022
AbstractLandscape multifunctionality, a widely accepted challenge for boreal forests, aims to simultaneously provide timber, non-timber ecosystem services, and shelter for biodiversity. However, multifunctionality requires the use of novel forest management regimes optimally combined over the landscape, and an increased share of sets asides. It remains unclear how this combination will shape stand vulnerability to wind disturbances and exposed timber volume. We combined forest growth simulations and multi-objective optimization to create alternative landscape level forest management scenarios. Management choices were restricted to 1) rotation forestry, 2) continuous cover forestry, and 3) a…
Hieracium hypochoeroides subsp. montis-scuderii (Asteraceae), a new endemic subspecies from Sicily (Italy)
2013
Hieracium hypochoeroides subsp. montis-scuderii, a new subspecies endemic to Sicily, is described and illustrated. It is only known from the carbonate cliffs of Monte Scuderi (Peloritani Mountains, NE-Sicily). Informations on its ecology and taxonomic relationships are provided.
Evaluation of alveolar cortical bone thickness and density for orthodontic mini-implant placement.
2013
Objective: Mini-implant stability is primarily related to bone quality and quantity. This study evaluated alveolar cortical bone thickness and density differences between interradicular sites at different levels from the alveolar crest, and assessed the differences between adolescents (12-18 years of age) and adults (19-50 years of age), males and females, upper and lower arch, anterior and posterior region of jaws and buccal and oral side. Study Design: In this retrospective study, 48 Computed Tomography scans, performed for oral surgery purposes were selected from dental records of 3,223 Caucasian orthodontic patients. The SimPlant software (Materialise, Leuven, Belgium) was used to measu…
Effect of oil lamination between plasticized starch layers on film properties
2016
International audience; To reduce the hygroscopic character of biodegradable starch-based films, rapeseed oil was incorporated by lamination (starch-oil-starch 3-layers technique). The lipid lamination followed by starch solution casting step induced an emulsion type structure of dried films. Composite films are more opalescent and glossier than fatty free starch films. For all the films, structure is heterogeneous in the cross-section only. Adding fat induced a twice decrease of the tensile strength. Thermal gravimetry analysis did not show differences between films with and without oil. Lipid reduced the moisture absorption particularly at higher RH as well as the surface swelling index, …
Transferencia génica hepática hidrodinámica en modelos de cerdo in vivo y segmento humano ex vivo
2015
Introducción: La terapia génica es una estrategia terapéutica que pretende utilizar ácidos nucleicos como medicamentos para el tratamiento temporal o permanente de patologías hereditarias o adquiridas. En base al vehículo utilizado para entregar el gen, podemos clasificar la terapia génica en dos grupos: la terapia génica viral (vectores virales) y la terapia génica no viral (vectores no virales o ADN desnudo). La terapia no viral resulta menos eficiente pero más segura. La hidrofección (transferencia génica hidrodinámica) ha mostrado un gran potencial, con resultados terapéuticos en ratón. Sin embargo, cuando la hidrofección se ha trasladado a animales de mayor tamaño, el procedimiento ha …
Análisis de la respuesta biomecánica, percepción del esfuerzo y confort en función del soporte plantar: termoconformable vs control durante un test d…
2020
En las últimas décadas se ha incrementado el número de corredores/as recreativos/as y competitivos/as en todo el mundo debido a los numerosos beneficios que conlleva la carrera a nivel físico, psicológico y social. Sin embargo, este incremento también ha supuesto en un aumento en la incidencia de lesiones en las extremidades inferiores. Entre las estrategias empleadas por los corredores/as para reducir la incidencia de lesiones durante la carrera está la utilización de soportes plantares. Además de los soportes prefabricados genéricos y los personalizados, surgen nuevos soportes como los termoconformables, los cuales pueden adaptarse a la ergonomía del pie calentándose por el propio usuario…
Chemical composition of the essential oil of Elaeoselinum asclepium (L.) Bertol subsp. meoides (Desf.) Fiori (Umbelliferae) collected wild in Central…
2020
In the present study, the chemical composition of the essential oils from flowers and leaves of Elaeoselinum asclepium(L.) Bertol subsp. meoides(Desf.) Fiori collected in Central Sicily was evaluated by GC and GC-MS. The main volatile components of the flowers were alpha-phellandrene (42.5%), terpinolene (15.7%), p-cymene (11.6%) and beta-phellandrene (10.2%), whereas the ones of the leaves were p-cymene (44.0%), alpha-pinene (13.2%), alpha-phellandrene (11.0%), beta-phellandrene (10.2%) and beta-pinene (9.2%). Furthermore, the antibacterial and antifungal activities against some microorganisms infesting historical art craft were determined. The essential oil from leaves (EL) showed to be p…
Construction des territoires et choix des aristocraties normandes entre la France et l'Angleterre (1204-1258)
2007
National audience; Dans la première moitié du XIIIe siècle, "l'empire normand" disparaît ; la territorialité de cette entité qui reposait avant tout sur un réseau relationnel est brisée. En imposant à l'aristocratie anglo-normande un choix exclusif entre le continent et l'Angleterre, Philippe Auguste recompose le paysage nobiliaire de part et d'autre de la Manche et contribue à un processus de construction des territoires qui avait commencé bien avant la scission.