In Italy, use and production of asbestos asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) were banned in 1992, however, the risk exposure to still exists, because most ACMs are located industrial public buildings. A total 111 Italian buildings with friable non-friable surveyed; 500 air samples collected areas where contamination might have occurred. Airborne fiber concentration calculated from was averaged...

We review the methods based on measurement of CO2 emissions for computation geothermal heat flow, both at a local (hydrothermal sites, few km2) and regional scale (hundreds km2). At scale, we present discuss cases Latera caldera Torre Alfina (Italy) systems. Latera, convection process sustains emission ~1 kg s?1 ~4 s?1, flows 46 MW 130 MW, respectively. case central Apennine (Italy), where mass...

Recent developments in hardware and software have increased the possibilities and reduced the costs of hyperspectral proximal sensing. Through the analysis of high resolution spectroscopic measurements at the laboratory or field scales, this monitoring technique is suitable for quantitative estimates of biochemical and biophysical variables related to the physiological state of vegetation. Two ...

The study of plant and animal remains from archaeological sites provides important evidence about past human diets habits: this includes species selection, food preparation, consumption dis...

The seasonality of 27,705 marriages celebrated in a four century span in the Province of Teramo (Abruzzo, Italy) was analyzed to identify the presence of a long-term pattern related to the prevailing subsistence activity and the main factors affecting it. The results show general agreement in all centuries with the agricultural patterns of other lowland or south-central Italian groups (Piedmont...

A simple, fast, and reliable two step procedure for the detection of non-alpha-thalassaemias in mass screening programmes is presented. Step 1 consists of a study of red cell morphology and a one tube red cell osmotic fragility tests. This step eliminates the non-thalassaemic samples; the rest are processed through step 2, consisting of determination of red cell indices and haemoglobin studies....