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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
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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
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Post-seismic reconstruction. Places changes and memory conservation
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
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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
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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
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Secularism, Gender and Masculinity in Nineteenth‐Century Cremation in Europe and the USA
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
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Development of soundproofing and sound-absorbing bituminous membranes containing recycled materials
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
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Short‐Term Effects on Rill Erosion and Flow Resistance in a Wood‐Biochar Amended Soil
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
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Idoneità ambientale e conservazione dell'orso bruno nell'Appennino
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
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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
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