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Stable isotope and fatty acid analysis reveal the ability of sea cucumbers to use fish farm waste in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
2022
Stable isotope ratios, carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N), and fatty acids validated the trophic connection between farmed fish in a commercial nearshore fish farm and sea cucumbers in the Mediterranean Sea. This dual tracer approach evaluated organic matter transfer in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) and the ability of sea cucumbers to incorporate fish farm waste (fish faeces and uneaten artificial fish feed) into their tissue. Between October 2018 and September 2019, Holothuria (Roweothuria) poli Delle Chiaje, 1824, co-cultured at IMTA sites directly below one of the commercial fish cage , at 10 m and 25 m from the selected fish cage, and at two reference sites over 800 m from …
Comparative analysis of the thermal insulation performance of a façade enclosure integrated by vegetation under simultaneous windy and rainy climatic…
2023
The literature offers some studies on the capacity of the greenery apparatus to decrease wind speed and regulate temperatures with the combination of the moisture retained by the plants and the air passing through them, but there is little on the maintenance of performance under particular weather conditions. The aim of this contri- bution is to verify the effectiveness of a vegetal façade in particularly windy conditions combined with rainy and/or high-irradiation events. The subject of the study is the enclosure of the Technology Innovation Centre for Development (itdUPM), on the Polytechnic University of Madrid, where a green wall prototype has been installed. For the purposes of the ana…
Modelling of E. colidistribution in coastal areas subjected to combined sewer overflows
2013
Rivers, lakes and the sea were the natural receivers of raw urban waste and storm waters for a long time but the low sustainability of such practice, the increase of population and a renewed environmental sensibility increased researcher interest in the analysis and mitigation of the impact of urban waters on receiving water bodies (RWB). In Europe, the integrated modelling of drainage systems and RWB has been promoted as a promising approach for implementing the Water Framework Directive. A particular interest is given to the fate of pathogens and especially of Escherichia coli, in all the cases in which an interaction between population and the RWB is foreseen. The present paper aims to p…
Modelling Inoculum Availability ofPlurivorosphaerella nawaein Persimmon Leaf Litter with Bayesian Beta Regression
2019
AbstractCircular leaf spot (CLS), caused byPlurivorosphaerella nawae, is a serious disease of persimmon (Diospyros kaki) inducing necrotic lesions on leaves, defoliation and fruit drop. Under Mediter-ranean conditions,P. nawaeforms pseudothecia in the leaf litter during winter and ascospores are released in spring infecting susceptible leaves. Persimmon growers are advised to apply fungicides for CLS control during the period of inoculum availability, which was defined based on ascospore counts under the microscope. A model of inoculum availability ofP. nawaewas developed and evaluated as an alternative to ascospore counts. Leaf litter samples were collected weekly in L’Alcúdia from 2010 to…
Instytucjonalny wymiar ochrony granic zewnętrznych Unii Europejskiej w kontekście bezpieczeństwa państw członkowskich
2018
Celem artykułu jest analiza problemu funkcjonowania instytucji zapewniających ochronę zewnętrznych granic Unii Europejskiej pod kątem zagwarantowania bezpieczeństwa jej państwom w kontekście współczesnych wyzwań. Do chwili, kiedy zaistniał kryzys migracyjny istniało bowiem przekonanie, że Unia Europejska stworzyła instytucjonalne warunki dla skutecznego zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa swoich granic. UE to przestrzeń, w obrębie której realizowana jest swoboda przemieszczania się obywateli, wyrażona poprzez swobodę podróżowania, podejmowania pracy, studiowania czy zamieszkiwania w wybranym kraju Unii. Realizacja tej swobody nastąpiła w wyniku zniesienia kontroli na wewnętrznych granicach UE. Jedna…
Estrategias para la enseñanza del lenguaje académico. Dominio desde la instrucción de las destrezas orales
2017
Resumen: La presencia cada vez más numerosa de estudiantes de movilidad procedentes de distintos países comunitarios y extracomunitarios en las aulas de nuestras universidades hace necesario habilitar un espacio curricular para ellos. No hay que olvidar que su presencia es parte de los objetivos marcados por el proyecto del Espacio Europeo de Enseñanza Superior (EEES); y una correcta integración de este tipo de alumnado respondería a las aspiraciones de internacionalización de la Universidad. La pretensión de esta propuesta es exponer el mecanismo de los cursos en los que a partir de la instrucción en las destrezas orales se establece la base para profundizar en el aprendizaje de la expresi…
Bezpieczeństwo granic Unii Europejskiej w kontekście kryzysu migracyjnego 2015/2016
2016
The European Union is a space within which the freedom of movement of citizens, expressed through freedom to travel. work, study or live in a chosen EU country, is realized. The implementation of this freedom was a result of the abolition of Controls at internal borders of the Union. However. for a Member of the EU, the price of this freedom is the necessity to ensure national security, which makes the protection of external borders a special task. The European Union, through the Schengen Agreement, created institutions for the protection of external borders in terms of ensuring the national security of Member States, The current migration crisis is a serious verification of the effectivene…
Instytucja granic zewnętrznych Unii Europejskiej a zapewnienie bezpieczeństwa państw członkowskich w warunkach współczesnego kryzysu migracyjnego
2017
Unia Europejska to przestrzeń w obrębie której realizowana jest swoboda przemieszczania się obywateli. Realizacja tej swobody nastąpiła w wyniku zniesienia kontroli na wewnętrznych granicach Unii. Jednak dla państwa unijnego ceną tej wolności jest zapewnienie bezpieczeństwa narodowego co czyni szczególnym ochronę granic zewnętrznych. Unia Europejska, głównie poprzez Układ z Schengen stworzyła instytucje dla ochrony granic zewnętrznych pod kątem zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa narodowego państw członkowskich i ich obywateli. Obecny kryzys migracyjny stanowi poważną weryfikację dla oceny skuteczności działania tych instytucji. Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza problemu funkcjonowania zewnętr…
Exchange Rate Volatility in the Balkans and Eastern Europe: Implications for International Investments
2016
Our paper’s objective is to study the volatility of exchange rates from the region that have not yet adopted the Euro and are not members of the Exchange Rate Mechanism II by considering the exchange rate regime and the implications of currency volatility for foreign capital flows. We model exchange rate volatility by using standard deviations of daily logarithmic changes in the exchange rates, rolling standard deviations, Hodrick-Prescott filters to detect the trends in volatility and ARIMA models. We find that currency volatility remains a strong issue for these countries and that central banks have attempted to manage it, particularly after the global financial crisis. Spikes in monthly …
On thermoeconomics of energy systems at variable load conditions: integrated optimization of plant design and operation
2007
Abstract Thermoeconomics has been assuming a growing role among the disciplines oriented to the analysis of energy systems, its different methodologies allowing solution of problems in the fields of cost accounting, plant design optimisation and diagnostic of malfunctions. However, the thermoeconomic methodologies as such are particularly appropriate to analyse large industrial systems at steady or quasi-steady operation, but they can be hardly applied to small to medium scale units operating in unsteady conditions to cover a variable energy demand. In this paper, the fundamentals of thermoeconomics for systems operated at variable load are discussed, examining the cost formation process an…