Seasonal Correction of Offshore Wind Energy Potential due to Air Density: Case of the Iberian Peninsula [PDF]
, 2019 A constant value of air density based on its annual average value at a given location is commonly used for the computation of the annual energy production in wind industry.
Carreno-Madinabeitia, Sheila +4 more
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Soil Arthropod Responses in Agroecosystem: Implications of Different Management and Cropping Systems
Agronomy, 2020 The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP 2014–2020) on soil management points to the combination of sustainable food production with environmental protection, reduction of CO2 emissions, and safeguarding of soil biodiversity.
Cristina Menta +4 more
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Family Involvement in Management and Product Innovation: The Mediating Role of R&D Strategies [PDF]
, 2019 Following calls to capture family firms’ innovative behavior and to specifically clarify how family firms manage product innovations to achieve sustainable economic development, this study empirically investigates the mediating role of Research ...
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Hydrology, 2022 The Po Plain (northern Italy) is one of the largest aquifers in Europe, and 67% of the utilized agricultural land in this area is classified as a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ). However, it hosts intensive agriculture and livestock farming.
Edoardo Severini +3 more
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Fuzzy Decision-Support System for Safeguarding Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage [PDF]
, 2019 In the current world economic situation, the maintenance of built heritage has been limited due to a lack of funds and accurate tools for proper management and implementation of these actions.
Macías Bernal, Juan Manuel +3 more
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Soil Health and Arthropods: From Complex System to Worthwhile Investigation
Insects, 2020 The dramatic increase in soil degradation in the last few decades has led to the need to identify methods to define not only soil quality but also, in a holistic approach, soil health.
Cristina Menta, Sara Remelli
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Cadmium Sulfide Quantum Dots Adversely Affect Gametogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Nanomaterials, 2022 In the last decades, nanotechnology-based tools have attracted attention in the scientific community, due to their potential applications in different areas from medicine to engineering, but several toxicological effects mediated by these advanced ...
Riccardo Rossi +6 more
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Capability of the Invasive Tree Prosopis glandulosa Torr. to Remediate Soil Treated with Sewage Sludge [PDF]
, 2019 Sewage sludge improves agricultural soil and plant growth, but there are hazards associated with its use, including high metal(loid) contents. An experimental study was conducted under greenhouse conditions to examine the effects of sewage sludge on ...
Abbas, Ahmed Mahmoud +5 more
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Can Grasslands in Photovoltaic Parks Play a Role in Conserving Soil Arthropod Biodiversity?
Life, 2023 Under the increasing global energy demand, the new European Union Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 encourages combinations of energy production systems compatible with biodiversity conservation; however, in photovoltaic parks, panels shadowing the effects ...
Cristina Menta +4 more
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Economic Resilience of German Lignite Regions in Transition [PDF]
, 2019 This paper recalls the development of the German lignite regions Rhineland and Lusatia since 1945 to allow for a better understanding of their situation in 2019. We analyze their economic resilience, defined as adaptive capacity, using Holling’s adaptive
Oei, Pao-Yu +3 more
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