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Effects of habitat restoration on peatland bird communities

2020

Restoration of damaged ecosystems has become an important tool to slow down the biodiversity loss and to maintain ecosystem services. Peatland bird populations have shown a substantial decline during the recent decades in Northern Europe as a consequence of peatland drainage. We studied whether restoration of peatlands drained for forestry affects bird communities. We conducted bird surveys at 11 peatlands in Western Finland, where each of the restored and their pristine counterparts were surveyed before restoration and yearly after restoration during 2010–2018. We used linear mixed effect models to analyze whether restoration affected the number of species and territories of peatland speci…

PeatBiodiversitysoidensuojelumire birdsEcosystem servicesEcosystemennallistaminenRestoration ecologydrainingturvemaatEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsNature and Landscape ConservationbiodiversitydisturbanceEcologyCommunityEcologyconservationlintukannatluonnon monimuotoisuusekosysteemit (ekologia)GeographyekosysteemipalvelutDisturbance (ecology)luonnonsuojelucommunity ecologyGlobal biodiversity
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Hydraulic characterization of the full scale divertor cassette prototype

2011

In the frame of the activities related to ITER divertor R&D, ENEA C.R. Brasimone was in charge by Fusion For Energy (F4E) to perform the assembly, the hydraulic tests and the theoretical simulation of the hydraulic behavior of the full scale divertor cassette prototype. The objective of these activities was aimed at the investigation of the thermal-hydraulic behavior of the full-scale divertor cassette both under steady state condition and during draining and drying operational transient. In particular, the steady state tests were focused on finally check whether the hydraulic design of the divertor components is able to ensure a uniform and proper cooling for the plasma facing components, …

System codeNuclear Energy and EngineeringITER Divertor Draining and dryingMechanical EngineeringNuclear engineeringDivertorFull scaleEnvironmental scienceGeneral Materials ScienceTransient (oscillation)Settore ING-IND/19 - Impianti NucleariCivil and Structural EngineeringFusion Engineering and Design
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An experimental investigation into the permeability and filter properties of pervious concrete for deep draining trenches

2018

The reduction of pore water pressures is one of the most effective measures that can be taken to stabilise landslides or to improve the stability conditions of marginally stable water-bearing slopes. To this end, draining trenches have been used long since. When deep trenches are needed, the usual conventional construction techniques fail and recourse must be made to secant piles or to adjacent vertical panels built by means of the methods well established for diaphragm walls. However, unbonded materials cannot be used, since the excavation of a panel adjacent to previously built ones will instabilise these latter. The problem can be solved using pervious concrete rather unbonded material. …

Draining trenchePervious concreteSettore ICAR/07 - GeotecnicaHydraulic conductivityDurability.Slope stabilisation
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Numerical simulation of the transient thermal-hydraulic behaviour of the ITER blanket cooling system under the draining operational procedure

2015

Abstract Within the framework of the research and development activities supported by the ITER Organization on the blanket system issues, an intense analysis campaign has been performed at the University of Palermo with the aim to investigate the thermal-hydraulic behaviour of the cooling system of a standard 20° sector of ITER blanket during the draining transient operational procedure. The analysis has been carried out following a theoretical-computational approach based on the finite volume method and adopting the RELAP5 system code. In a first phase, attention has been focused on the development and validation of the finite volume models of the cooling circuits of the most demanding mod…

Finite volume methodRELAP5Computer simulationMechanical EngineeringNuclear engineeringBlanketCoolantThermal hydraulicsblanketNuclear Energy and EngineeringThermal-hydraulicWater coolingThermal-hydraulic RELAP5 Draining BlanketEnvironmental scienceGeneral Materials ScienceTransient (oscillation)drainingSettore ING-IND/19 - Impianti NucleariCivil and Structural EngineeringElectronic circuit
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Draining and drying process development of the Tokamak Cooling Water System of ITER

2016

Abstract The ITER Organization (IO) developed a thermal-hydraulic (TH) model of the complex first wall and blanket (FW/BLK) cooling channels to determine gas flow rate and pressure required to effectively blow out the water in the FW/BLK. In addition, US ITER conducted experiments for selected geometries of FW/BLK flow channels to predict the blowout parameters. The analysis indicates that as low as 2 MPa of pressure difference over the blanket modules will ensure substantial evacuation of the water in blankets with just a few percent remaining in the blanket flow channels. A limited validation study indicates that the analysis yields less conservative results to compare against data collec…

Validation studyTokamakProcess developmentMechanical EngineeringNuclear engineeringFlow (psychology)First Wall Blanket Draining Process Drying ProcessBlanketBlow out01 natural sciences010305 fluids & plasmasVolumetric flow ratelaw.inventionNuclear Energy and Engineeringlaw0103 physical sciencesWater coolingEnvironmental scienceGeneral Materials Science010306 general physicsSettore ING-IND/19 - Impianti NucleariCivil and Structural EngineeringFusion Engineering and Design
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Updated insights into the mechanism of action and clinical profile of the immunoadjuvant QS-21: A review

2019

Background Vaccine adjuvants are compounds that significantly enhance/prolong the immune response to a co-administered antigen. The limitations of the use of aluminium salts that are unable to elicite cell responses against intracellular pathogens such as those causing malaria, tuberculosis, or AIDS, have driven the development of new alternative adjuvants such as QS-21, a triterpene saponin purified from Quillaja saponaria. Purpose The aim of this review is to attempt to clarify the mechanism of action of QS-21 through either receptors or signaling pathways in vitro and in vivo with special emphasis on the co-administration with other immunostimulants in new adjuvant formulations, called a…

InflammasomesT-Lymphocytesmedicine.medical_treatmentHerpes zosterPharmaceutical ScienceMonophosphoryl Lipid AAPCs antigen presenting cellsMiceCMI cell mediated immunity0302 clinical medicineDrug DiscoveryHerpes Zoster VaccineMedicineNSCLC non small cell lung carcinomaCancerImmunity CellularVaccines Synthetic0303 health sciencesImmunogenicityIl-2 interleukine 2HIV human immunodeficiency virusLipid A030220 oncology & carcinogenesisCytokinesMolecular MedicineDCs dendritic cellsNK natural killerAdjuvantTLR Toll-like receptorHerpes Zoster VaccineCD cluster of differentiationAntigen-Presenting CellsCTL cytotoxic T lymphocytesHZ herpes zosterMPL 3-deacylated monophosphoryl lipidVaccine adjuvantImmunoadjuvantArticleVZV varicella zoster virus03 medical and health sciencesImmune systemAdjuvants ImmunologicAntigenPAMPs pathogen-associated molecular patternsMalaria VaccinesPRRs pathogen recognition receptorsQS-21 Quillaja saponaria Molina-fraction 21AnimalsMHC major histocompatibility complexMtb Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteriaSARS severe acute respiratory syndromeAntigen-presenting cellIFN-γ interferon-gamma030304 developmental biologyPharmacologybusiness.industryA-β amyloid-betaTNF-α tumor necrosis factor-alphaSaponinsQS-21MalariaQuillaja saponariaComplementary and alternative medicineTCR T-cell receptorLiposomesImmunologyKLH keyhole limpet hemocyaninbusinessdLN draining lymph nodesMAPK mitogen activated protein kinasePhytomedicine
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On the numerical assessment of the thermal-hydraulic behaviour of ITER Upper Port Plug Main Body cooling circuit

2010

ITER draining and drying thermal-hydraulicsSettore ING-IND/19 - Impianti Nucleari
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ITER Upper Port Plug Draining and Drying

2010

ITER draining and dryingSettore ING-IND/19 - Impianti Nucleari
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La resistenza di interfaccia calcestruzzo poroso-terreni a grana fina per il consolidamento di pendii mediante trincee drenanti profonde

2022

Le trincee drenanti profonde rappresentano uno dei metodi più efficaci per la mitigazione del rischio da frana, in pendii con falda idrica. Esse sono realizzate mediante pannelli o pali secanti. Il riempimento è costituito di calcestruzzo poroso o materiale granulare. Se le trincee sono adeguatamente “innestate” nel terreno stabile e il materiale di riempimento ha sufficiente resistenza e rigidezza come il calcestruzzo poroso, si ha ulteriore in-cremento di resistenza a taglio per effetto shear keys, oltre a quello derivante dalla riduzione delle pressioni in-terstiziali. L’incremento di resistenza è dovuto sia alla resistenza all’interfaccia calcestruzzo–terreni sia a quella intrinseca del…

interface shear strengthPervious concreteSettore ICAR/07 - Geotecnicashear keys effect. Pervious concrete for deep trench drains used to stabilise slopes must simultaneously satisfy many requirements namely adequate hydraulic conductiv-ity adequate shear strength a few days after pour-ing capacity to act as a protective filter for soils in which the drain is installed good resistance to clog-ging and adequate residual hydraulic conductivity. The pervious concrete with appropriated mix-design can effectively satisfy all the abovementioned requirements. If the trenches depth is such that they intersect the sliding surface and if the trenches are adequate-ly "socket" in the layers of stable soil there is a fur-ther increase in shear strength due to the shear keys effect. This latter is in addition to the increase in shear strength resulting from the reduction of inter-stitial pressures that remains the principal scope of the draining trenches. Obviously the increase of shear strength due to the shear keys effect occurs if the trenches are filled with material that have enough strength and stiffness such as the porous concrete. In this case the beneficial effects of the draining trenches on stability are also due to the resistance at the concrete interface of the trench - soils and to the intrinsic resistance of the concrete at the area of the trench intersected by the sliding surface taken into consideration.The increase in resistance due to the shear keys effect can be very significant in relation to the thickness and interspace of the trenches. Results reported in the paper demonstrated that the interface fine grained soil-pervious concrete is higher than the residual shear strength of the soil.
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On the theoretical–numerical study of the ITER Upper Port Plug structure hydraulic behaviour under steady state and draining and drying transient con…

2011

Abstract The ITER diagnostic Upper Port Plug (UPP) is a water-cooled stainless steel structure aimed to integrate within vacuum vessel the plasma diagnostic systems, shielding them from neutron and photon irradiation. Due to the very intense heat loads expected, a proper cooling circuit has been designed to ensure an adequate UPP cooling with an acceptable thermal rise and an unduly high pumping power and to perform its draining and drying procedure by injection of pressurized nitrogen. A theoretical research activity has been launched at the Department of Nuclear Engineering of the University of Palermo aiming to investigate the hydraulic behaviour of the UPP Trapezoid Section cooling circ…

Materials scienceSteady stateMechanical EngineeringMass flowFlow (psychology)Port (circuit theory)Mechanicslaw.inventionCoolantThermal hydraulicsNuclear Energy and EngineeringlawITER Upper Port Plug Thermal–hydraulic Draining and dryingGeneral Materials ScienceTransient (oscillation)Spark plugSettore ING-IND/19 - Impianti NucleariCivil and Structural EngineeringFusion Engineering and Design
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