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Civic universities and bottom-up approaches to boost local development of rural areas: the case of the University of Macerata

open access: yesAgricultural and Food Economics, 2021
The aim of this paper is to provide a review of the main roles HEIs can play in rural areas. A longitudinal case study about the civic engagement of the University of Macerata - UNIMC (Italy) is presented, by assessing its attempt to fulfil its third and
Tomasi Sabrina   +6 more
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Universities and Wineries: Supporting Sustainable Development in Disadvantaged Rural Areas

open access: yesAgriculture, 2020
This exploratory study focuses on the role of the university in supporting sustainable development in rural areas, focusing on small wine producers, particularly those located in remote and disadvantaged areas.
Chiara Aleffi   +6 more
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Investigation and analysis of groundwater-derived damage to the Shahe ancient bridge site in Xi’an, China

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2021
Earthen cultural ruins and their subsurface environments act as carriers or support for aboveground cultural heritage artefacts, and groundwater has been identified as the most important factor accelerating the destruction of ruins.
Jing Cao   +4 more
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A method to characterize turquoise deposits in china using sedimentary environment sensitive elements

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2023
‘Fingerprint’ identification is the key to turquoise provenance studies, but previous studies have met with limited success in China. Turquoises in China mainly occur in altered sedimentary rocks and are formed by weathering, leaching and sedimentation ...
Yiheng Xian   +4 more
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Synthesis and thermal decomposition kinetics of moisture curable polyurethane films as a reinforcing material for cultural relics

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2020
In situ consolidation is the most common treatment to conserve cultural relics, but materials for preserving fragile organic cultural relics in humid archaeological excavation sites are scarce. To solve the problem, a moisture-curable polyurethane (MCPU)
Xing Zhao   +6 more
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Reliability of non-destructive sonic tomography for detection of defects in old Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) Makino trees

open access: yesForest Science and Technology, 2021
Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) Makino trees, which account for a large proportion of cultural assets and protected trees and have considerable historical and cultural symbolic meaning in South Korea.
Jiwon Son   +4 more
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Study on microbubble of cellulose acetate microfilm of the Republic of China (AD 1912–1949) collected in the Second Historical Archives of China

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2020
The white spots known as microbubbles that are formed in cellulose acetate film, significantly affects the texture of the image. However, the formation of microbubbles and their corresponding microstructure are poorly understood. In this paper, cellulose
Zhihui Jia   +7 more
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A new reinforcement method for the conservation of fragile, double-sided, printed paper cultural relics

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2021
Paper cultural relics such as double-sided printed newspapers and periodicals represent modern cultural heritage. Severe damage such as embrittlement, decay, and dreg generally occur to paper; hence, it urgently needs conservation and restoration ...
Jiaojiao Liu   +6 more
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A new method for the conservation of ancient colored paintings on ramie textiles

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2021
Textiles are valuable cultural heritage items that are susceptible to several degradation processes due to their sensitive nature, such as the case of ancient ma colored-paintings.
Jiaojiao Liu   +6 more
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The Solstice Fire Festivals in the Pyrenees: Constructing a Didactic Programme for Formal Education along with the Educational and Bearer Communities

open access: yesHeritage, 2022
In 2015, UNESCO inscribed the summer solstice fire festivals in the Pyrenees on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Marc Ballesté   +3 more
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