In this paper, trend detection of wave parameters such as significant height, energy period, and power along the Italian seas was carried out. To purpose, time series in period 1979–2018 taken from global atmospheric reanalysis ERA-Interim by European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) were considered. Choosing a significance level equal to 90%, use Mann–Kendall test allowed esti...

In this paper I maintain that Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach (CA) implies a recuperation of practical science in Economics. Sen’s proposal has some problems closely related to this practical character: the heterogeneity and incommensurability of capabilities, its ambiguity concerning the use of the term “capability”, and the consequent lack of operative character of the CA. Sen recognizes th...

The Mediterranean Basin, located in a transition zone between the temperate and rainy climate of central Europe arid North Africa, is considered major hotspot change, subject to water scarcity drought. In this work, dry wet spells have been analyzed Wadi Cheliff basin (Algeria) by means annual precipitation observed at 150 rain gauges period 1970–2018. particular, characteristics (frequency, du...