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Plants, people and their shared heritage: A comparative medicinal and wild food ethnobotany of Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians living in the Gjirokaster area, southern Albania

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polychromy and gilding in the Gandharan sculptures from Pakistan and Afghanistan: samplings from Museum Guimet in Paris, Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan and Museum of Oriental Art of Turin

open access: yesRestauro Archeologico, 2019
This paper will discuss the scientific results of a recent sampling of the polychrome and gilded stone, stucco and clay sculptures of Gandharan art not yet published.
Simona Pannuzi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Post-seismic reconstruction. Places changes and memory conservation

open access: yesArcHistoR Architettura Storia Restauro: Architecture History Restoration, 2020
The 2016 seismic event was exceptional due to the vastness of the territory concerned, the peculiar characteristics of the damaged historic centers and the singular commingling of architecture and context.
Valeria Montanari
doaj   +1 more source

A Multi‐Analytical Campaign on Reused Medieval Musical Parchment From the Archivio di Stato di Siena (Italy)

open access: yesX-Ray Spectrometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, a non‐invasive, multi‐analytical approach combining hypercolorimetric multispectral imaging (HMI), stereomicroscopy, X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy, principal component analysis (PCA) and X‐ray radiography (RX) is used to investigate three reused musical parchment fragments dating from the late 14th or early 15th century ...
Mario Gentile   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservative data on polychrome stucco, stone and clay sculptures and architectonical decoration of Gandharan art

open access: yesRestauro Archeologico, 2019
the first phase of study on Gandharan artefacts (2014-15), the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro (ISCR) was focused on technological and conservative issues of some schist stone and stucco sculptures belonging to the collection of ...
Luciana Festa, Simona Pannuzi
doaj   +1 more source

Secularism, Gender and Masculinity in Nineteenth‐Century Cremation in Europe and the USA

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 765-776, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This essay explores, from transnational perspectives, the early history of modern cremation, which developed in the long nineteenth century with secularist connotations. I argue that the beginnings of modern cremation were shaped by bourgeois men who claimed certain identifiers for themselves in a gendering and Othering way.
Carolin Kosuch
wiley   +1 more source

Development of soundproofing and sound-absorbing bituminous membranes containing recycled materials

open access: yesTechne, 2018
This paper presents a research activity focused on the development of a range of membranes based on distilled bitumen and polymers, specifically designed for high levels of noise insulation from airborne noise.
Massimo Rossetti, Alberto Bin
doaj   +1 more source

Short‐Term Effects on Rill Erosion and Flow Resistance in a Wood‐Biochar Amended Soil

open access: yesHydrological Processes, Volume 40, Issue 8, August 2026.
This investigation evaluates the short‐term effects of wood‐biochar addition, with two different concentrations (BC = 3 and 5%) to soil on rill erosion and flow resistance. The results demonstrated that, in the short term, the addition of BC = 3% is effective in reducing soil erosion phenomena as compared to the control condition, while adding BC = 5 ...
Alessio Nicosia   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Idoneità ambientale e conservazione dell'orso bruno nell'Appennino

open access: yesHystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 2003
La conservazione di una popolazione vitale di orso (<em>Ursus arctos</em>) implica una coerente gestione territoriale a carattere interregionale di ampie aree.
Alberto Meriggi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Usi comunitari e conservazione della natura nell’area protetta di Ndoinet (foresta Mau, Kenya): elementi di conflitto

open access: yesGeography Notebooks, 2020
The article illustrates two elements of conflict found in the Ndoinet Forest area (Mau complex, Kenya): the first concerns the contrasting vision of the local communities and Kenya Forest Service (KFS) of degraded forest areas.
Stefania Albertazzi
doaj   +1 more source

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