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Public availability of published research data in substance abuse journals
2014
[EN] Sharing research data is an increasingly necessary requirement for the advancement of science. The aim of this study was to analyse the policies on openness in sharing scientific research data in substance abuse journals. Journals included in the Substance abuse area of the Journal Citation Reports were used for the analysis, with reference to the instructions to authors published on the journals websites. In 67.6% of the journals, it is possible to store materials in thematic or institutional repositories; 47% accept supplemental material; 64.7% allow the reuse of data, and 41.2% admit the publication of their data on a website. Most journals recommend that authors deposit their data …
Water Reuse in the Food Industry: Quality of Original Wastewater Before Treatments
2017
This chapter introduces one of the most important emergencies in the world of food and non-food industries: the availability of clean and drinking water. Water use has more than tripled globally since 1950: water quality and its scarcity are increasingly recognised as one of the most important environmental threats to humankind. In addition, the food and beverage processing industry requires copious amounts of water. For these reasons, direct and indirect water reuse systems are becoming more and more interesting and promising technologies. Different reuse guidelines have been recently issued as the result of risk assessment and management approaches linked to health-based targets. Chemical…
Circular economy business models: The state of research and avenues ahead
2020
This study investigates how the circular economy and business models are related in the current business and management literature. Based on bibliometric analytical procedures, 253 articles were retrieved from the Scopus, Web of Science, and ScienceDirect scientific databases. The articles were analyzed according to network analysis principles, and key terms were mapped into a network. We used VOSviewer to build the network, explore the most‐researched terms and their relationships, and identify less‐explored terms and research gaps. We furthermore conducted a qualitative review of selected publications to provide an illustration of quantitative results and delve deeper into the research to…
Sperata resilienza
2018
Il termine ‘resilienza’ proveniva dalla metallurgia: indica, nella tecnologia metallurgica, la capacità di un metallo di resistere alle forze che vi vengono applicate. Per un metallo, la resilienza rappresenta il contrario della fragilità. Così anche in campo psicologico: la persona resiliente è l’opposto di una facilmente vulnerabile, ovvero che vive: la Notte dell’io (Mormese C., 2004). Etimologicamente ‘resilienza’ viene fatta deriva dal latino resalio, iterativo di salio. Qualcuno propone un collegamento suggestivo fra il signiicato originario di resalio, che connotava anche il gesto dell’uomo di risalire sull’imbarcazione capovolta dalla forza del mare, e l’attuale utilizzo in campo ps…
Des crues et des hommes: le cas de la Savoureuse dans le Territoire de Belfort
2000
Les crues constituent des épisodes majeurs dans la dynamique des cours d'eau. À l'échelle d'une vie humaine, elles apparaissent comme des événements exceptionnels par leur rareté, leur soudaineté et l'ampleur des volumes d'eau mis en jeu ; la brutale montée des flots s'accompagnant souvent de débordements. Dans des espaces densément peuplés, les inondations prennent alors l'allure de catastrophes provoquant des dégâts matériels et mettant en péril les vies humaines. Aussi, de tout temps, les hommes ont tenté, avec des fortunes diverses, de se préserver contre de tels risques.
A study on graph representations for genetic programming
2020
Graph representations promise several desirable properties for Genetic Programming (GP); multiple-output programs, natural representations of code reuse and, in many cases, an innate mechanism for neutral drift. Each graph GP technique provides a program representation, genetic operators and overarching evolutionary algorithm. This makes it difficult to identify the individual causes of empirical differences, both between these methods and in comparison to traditional GP. In this work, we empirically study the behavior of Cartesian Genetic Programming (CGP), Linear Genetic Programming (LGP), Evolving Graphs by Graph Programming (EGGP) and traditional GP. By fixing some aspects of the config…
Research focusing on plant performance in constructed wetlands and agronomic application of treated wastewater – A set of experimental studies in Sic…
2019
Constructed wetlands are sustainable technologies for the treatment of wastewater. These biological systems have been widely studied throughout the world for more than 30 years; however, most studies have focused on the effects of design and engineering on pollutant removal from wastewater. Undoubtedly, agro-technical aspects have been given too little consideration by research. This paper reports the main results of a set of experiments carried out on two pilot horizontal subsurface flow systems in Sicily (Italy). Festuca, Lolium and Pennisetum spp. in combination and three emergent macrophytes-Arundo donax L., Cyperus alternifolius L. and Typha latifolia L.-alone, were assessed. The aim o…
Balancing food waste and sustainability goals in online food delivery: Towards a comprehensive conceptual framework
2022
Increasing food waste is a major threat to sustainability and food security. Recognizing the issue, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 mandates reducing global food waste by 50 percent by 2030. This situation has also given impetus to academic research on consumer food waste in both household and out-of-home settings. However, food delivery apps (FDAs) remain under-researched from this perspective. This is a serious gap because operating under a business model that inherently facilitates food over-ordering, FDAs can be a major source of food waste. Understanding the demand-side factors that drive consumers to order more food than required to satiate their hunger can be…
Re-build landscape. Design for the reuse of abandoned quarries
2021
Looking at the history of our geological and mining heritage, we can see the evolution of the role played by underground mining sites over the centuries. However, if the activity of quarrying stones is as old as the presence of humans on earth, the issue of the territorial regeneration, based on the recovery and re-functionalization of abandoned quarries, is one of the central arguments of the contemporary debate. The extractive activity that on one hand constitutes an important economic resource for numerous territories, on the other hand requires particular attention to the environmental impact it causes. The theme is that of the so-called drosscapes, soils and residual spaces, once margi…
The Norwegian eHealth Platform: Development Through Cultivation Strategies and Incremental Changes
2017
This chapter describes the conceptualization process, early stage development, and incremental changes in the creation of the Norwegian eHealth platform for patient-oriented services. The platform was launched in 2011 as an information-oriented portal and gradually developed into a complex platform enabling several eHealth services. Some of these services required the linking and reuse of existing components and resources, while other required the creation of novel parts. Overall the process has been driven by strong political will and visions towards making health services more accessible to informed patients. In this chapter we examine this effort as a process of cultivation of the instal…