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THE LIGHTNING PROTECTION OF MONUMENTAL WOODEN BUILDINGS

, 1972
This paper deals with problems of lightning protection of monumental wooden folk buildings with special concern for the architectural aspect. The authors suggest a new method of laying the down conductors on the buildings directly on the inflammable ...
Szpor, Stanisław, Hirsch, Zenon
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Integrating human acceptance into habitat suitability models for snow leopards in northern Bhutan

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Habitat suitability models are commonly used to assess the potential distribution of large carnivores by identifying ecologically favourable areas. However, these models often overlook human dimensions, such as conflict and acceptance, which can lead to overestimation of species ranges and a mismatch between predicted and actual distributions.
Dechen Lham, Dominik M. Behr, Stefan Sommer, Gabriele Cozzi, Arpat Ozgul   +4 more
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Monumental buildings in collage & lost city

, 2019
LAUREA MAGISTRALEIn recent 20 years, cities of China have been undergoing quick developed period. Most of the traditional context were demolished and, instead, new buildings and even new cities were built in or near original cities.
LI, YULONG, SUN, BOCHAO
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Tracing change in the public perception of plants: insights from archives and social media in China

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
As urbanization accelerates, historic gardens serve as vital cultural treasures that offer spiritual and cultural support to the public. This study proposes an innovative approach that merges historical records from the Qing Dynasty with contemporary social media data to explore changes in public perceptions of these gardens.
Dong Xu, Pei‐yan Wang, Ya‐nan Li, Nan Hu, Yun‐yuan Li   +4 more
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Epistemic diversity and the politics of knowledge in plant disease management: Insights from the Xylella fastidiosa epidemic in southern Italy

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Xylella fastidiosa is a major plant pathogen affecting crops such as grapes, citrus, almonds, and olives, with potentially severe consequences for agricultural production and rural livelihoods worldwide. This paper examines the conflict around the management of the X. fastidiosa outbreak affecting olive trees in southern Italy.
Fabio Gatti, David Ludwig, Phil Macnaghten   +2 more
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Las sales solubles en el deterioro de rocas monumentales. Revisión bibliográfica

Materiales de Construccion, 1994
This paper points out the importance of soluble salts in the deterioration/conservation of monumental stones. The most frequent salts in monuments as well as their sources are referred.
C. M. Grossi, R M. Esbert
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A synthetic eco‐evolutionary proposal for the conservation of wild relatives of the olive tree

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Crop wild relatives (CWR) are valuable sources of genetic diversity for plant breeding. However, the identification of wild untapped genetic resources (i.e., unexploited in crops) is not always straightforward. We propose a methodology to guide the identification and conservation of these resources that integrates both genetic
Andrés Barea‐Márquez, Guillaume Besnard, Miguel González Ximénez‐Embún, Carlos García‐Verdugo, Concepción M. Diez, José Carlos Pérez‐Girón, Rafael Rubio de Casas   +6 more
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Base Isolation for large monumental buildings

, 2014
Italy is one of the countries with the highest number of historical and monumental buildings. At the same time is a country of moderate/high seismic risk.
MARTINELLI, LUCA, CHESI, CLAUDIO, S. Corticelli, TARDINI, CHIARA   +3 more
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Seismic behaviour of aggregate monumental buildings

The seismic vulnerability assessment of masonry buildings is a very topical and challenging research topic due to the difficulty of studying some of these buildings as independent structures.
Guadagnuolo, Mariateresa, Faella, Giuseppe   +1 more
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From traditional practice to unsustainable exploitation: Fruit overharvesting on the endangered relict palm Jubaea chilensis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Overharvesting of wild edible plants poses a growing threat to plant populations worldwide, particularly for slow‐growing species with limited regeneration. We quantified fruit extraction from the third‐largest known population of Jubaea chilensis—an endangered palm endemic to Chile—modeled the critical harvest threshold, and assessed consumer ...
Sebastián Cordero, Francisca Gálvez, Marisol Arriagada‐Honores, Andrés Jesús Garrido, Daniela Paredes‐Muñoz, Bastián Fuentes‐Valdés, Fernanda Torres‐Cifuentes, Francisco E. Fontúrbel   +7 more
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