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Values created by circular solutions in the buildings sector for companies and municipalities as key actors
2016
Gospodarka o obiegu zamkniętym uznawana jest za narzędzie na rzecz eliminacji lub ograniczenia odpadów i emisji, co ma prowadzić do poprawy wydajności zużycia energii i surowców podczas aktywności ludzi w życiu społeczno-gospodarczym. Jednak wdrażanie rozwiązań opartych na gospodarce o obiegu zamkniętym w sektorze budownictwa wymaga nowego podejścia, co może być postrzegane jako trudne, niewygodne lub zbyt skomplikowane, ponieważ „tradycyjne” rozwiązania wydają się łatwiejsze. Głównym celem artykułu jest określenie, jakie wartości mogą być wykreowane przez firmy doradcze dla ich klientów w sektorze budownictwa dzięki rozwiązaniom opartym na gospodarce o obiegu zamkniętym, a także, jakie spo…
Le start-up e PMI ‘innovative’ e la loro rilevanza nella ‘Green Economy’ e nella ‘Circular Economy’: proposta per uno statuto fiscale
2022
Il contributo, muovendo dal quadro normativo e definitorio delle start-up e pmi innovative, dall'analisi dell'attuale disciplina fiscale e dalla constatazione della rilevanza che le start-up green hanno nel PNRR, elabora una sorta di statuto-fiscale per tali tipologie di imprese, identificando sei proposte normative: estendere le agevolazioni al settore “green” in linea con le previsioni del PNRR; graduare le agevolazioni fiscali in ragione della fase di sviluppo dell’azienda che riceve l’investimento (e della sua natura di impresa “green”) e consentire una maggiore deducibilità delle perdite della start-up; razionalizzare l’attuale quadro normativo delle agevolazioni fiscali per start-up e…
The Application of Supercritical Fluids Technology to Recover Healthy Valuable Compounds from Marine and Agricultural Food Processing By-Products: A …
2021
Food by-products contain a remarkable source of bioactive molecules with many benefits for humans; therefore, their exploitation can be an excellent opportunity for the food sector. Moreover, the revalorization of these by-products to produce value-added compounds is considered pivotal for sustainable growth based on a circular economy. Traditional extraction technologies have several drawbacks mainly related to the consumption of hazardous organic solvents, and the high temperatures maintained for long extraction periods which cause the degradation of thermolabile compounds as well as a low extraction efficiency of desired compounds. In this context, supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) ha…
Stability and disassembly properties of human naïve Hsp60 and bacterial GroEL chaperonins.
2015
Human Hsp60 chaperonin and its bacterial homolog GroEL, in association with the corresponding co-chaperonins Hsp10 and GroES, constitute important chaperone systems promoting the proper folding of several mitochondrial proteins. Hsp60 is also currently described as a ubiquitous molecule with multiple roles both in health conditions and in several diseases. Naïve Hsp60 bearing the mitochondrial import signal has been recently demonstrated to present different oligomeric organizations with respect to GroEL, suggesting new possible physiological functions. Here we present a combined investigation with circular dichroism and small-angle X-ray scattering of structure, self-organization, and sta…
Organisational Drivers and Challenges in Circular Economy Implementation : An Issue Life Cycle Approach
2022
Business is a significant cause of various global sustainability challenges addressed by the Circular Economy (CE), making companies instrumental in the transition from a linear economic model to a circular one. While drivers and challenges in corporate CE implementation have been researched on an organisational level, a more detailed understanding is needed regarding their contextual nature and interplay with the evolution of CE implementation in a company. Utilising issue life cycle theory, this study contributes to the literature on CE implementation in business by displaying differences in corporate CE implementation drivers and challenges, relating to the time since starting, and the …
Supplementing air with CO2 stripped from recirculating aquaculture improves growth of two green microalgae in aquaculture wastewater
2023
To improve sustainability and to implement the principles of circular economy in aquaculture, we tested the possibility to boost the capture of nitrate by two green microalgal species from recirculating aquaculture system's (RAS) wastewater by supplementing air with carbon dioxide stripped from a RAS. Carbon dioxide addition increased cell densities of Monoraphidium griffithii and Haematococcus pluvialis in photobioreactors during 9-day growing periods. However, growth rates and nitrate uptake rates were only improved for M. griffithii. Addition of CO2 decreased pH of the medium with M. griffithii which likely also affected positively on algal growth and nutrient uptake. These laboratory sc…
The green granary of the Empire? Insights into olive agroforestry in Sicily (Italy) from the Roman past and the present
2023
Groves with ancient olive trees (Olea europaea L.) could be considered remnants of old agroforestry systems. Anything but static, these agro-ecosystems have undergone drastic transformational processes in Mediterranean countries, where abandonment or intensification have been observed far more than continuity, expansion or renaissance, leading to environmental degradation of rural areas. Starting from this assumption and inspired by historical ecology and historical geography, we consider centuries-old olive trees as living archives of human-nature interactions and are thus proxies of past agroforestry. Our aim is to better understand what has driven dynamics of change and persistence, happ…
Nitrated Fatty Acids Modulate the Physical Properties of Model Membranes and the Structure of Transmembrane Proteins
2017
Nitrated fatty acids (NO2 -FAs) act as anti-inflammatory signal mediators, albeit the molecular mechanisms behind NO2 -FAs' influence on diverse metabolic and signaling pathways in inflamed tissues are essentially elusive. Here, we combine fluorescence measurements with surface-specific sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy and coarse-grained computer simulations to demonstrate that NO2 -FAs alter lipid organization by accumulation at the membrane-water interface. As the function of membrane proteins strongly depends on both, protein structure as well as membrane properties, we consecutively follow the structural dynamics of an integral membrane protein in presence of NO2 -FAs. …
Chiral cyclohexane based fluorescent chemosensors for enantiomeric discrimination of aspartate
2008
Some new chiral cyclohexyl based fluorescent anion receptors have been synthesized and their absolute configuration has been determined by using circular dichroism (CD). Complexation experiments have been carried out with several dicarboxylates, and stoichiometries and complexation constants for the corresponding complexes have been determined. The chiral discrimination ability of these ligands for chiral dicarboxylates has been studied and the best results have been obtained with TMA aspartate.
Analytical solutions of magnetohydrodynamical problems on a flow of conducting fluid in the entrance region of channels in a strong magnetic field šķ…
2014
Darbā iegūti analītiskie atrisinājumi magnetohidrodinamiskiem (MHD) uzdevumiem par elektrovadoša šķidruma plūsmu plakanā un cilindriskā kanālā stiprā magnētiskā laukā gadījumiem, kad šķidrums ietek kanālos caur galīga platuma spraugu vai caur galīga rādiusa atveri kanāla sānu malā. Pamatojoties uz iegūtajiem atrisinājumiem, veikta plūsmas ātruma lauka skaitliskā analīze. Iegūti uzdevumu asimptotiskie atrisinājumi lieliem Hartmana skaitļiem. Turklāt darbā pētīta pilna spiediena spēka šķidruma ieplūdes apgabalā atkarība no funkcijas veida, ar kuru ir uzdots ātruma robežnosacījums. Pētījums veikts analītiski, risinot divas hidrodinamiskas problēmas un divas MHD problēmas par viskoza šķidruma i…