The main purpose of this study was to characterize Freisa red wines from Piedmont (northern Italy) according their volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and elemental composition. Moreover, the authors investigated whether it possible distinguish among five different DOCs produced in on basis these chemical parameters. VOCs profile very similar, most abundant species detected were isoamyl alcohol, ...

Background and Objectives. Survival after childhood cancer has shown a steady improvement from the late 1970s in most developed countries. Since 1967 the Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont has been collecting cases of malignant tumor, diagnosed in children aged 0-14 years, living in Piedmont. This work aims to update survival rates to 31.12.2000. Design and Methods. This study includes 2,678...

1 Biology Department, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, USA 2 Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA 3 Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA 4 Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA 5 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology & Department of Integrative Biology, University of California...

1Institute for Cancer Genetics, Departments of Pathology and Genetics & Development, and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, NY; 2Laboratory of Experimental Oncology and Lymphoma Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI), Bellinzona, Switzerland; 3Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull’Intelligenza Artificiale, Manno, Switzerland; and 4Divisi...

Thousands of stream miles in the southern Piedmont region are impaired because of high levels of suspended sediment. It is unclear if the source is upland erosion from agricultural sources or bank erosion of historic sediment deposited in the flood plains between 1830 and 1930 when cotton farming was extensive. The objective of this study was to determine the source of high stream suspended sed...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Survival after childhood cancer has shown a steady improvement from the late 1970s in most developed countries. Since 1967 the Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont has been collecting cases of malignant tumor, diagnosed in children aged 0-14 years, living in Piedmont. This work aims to update survival rates to 31.12.2000. DESIGN AND METHODS This study includes 2,678...

The Piedmont enjoys a highly regarded reputation for its historic sites and its world-class preservation practices. The well-preserved homes of presidents and extraordinary examples of architecture, known worldwide, dominate our landscape. We see daily the many ways in which preservation work enriches the lives of people who live in, work in, and visit our community. Numerous residents in the P...

BACKGROUND Human activities have diverse and profound impacts on ecosystem carbon cycles. The Piedmont ecoregion in the eastern United States has undergone significant land use and land cover change in the past few decades. The purpose of this study was to use newly available land use and land cover change data to quantify carbon changes within the ecoregion. Land use and land cover change data...

The use of fire for controlled burning to meet objectives for silviculture or for ecosystem management carries the risk of liability for smoke. Near-ground smoke can degrade air quality, reduce visibility, aggravate health problems, and create a general nuisance. At night, smoke can locally limit visibility over roadways creating serious hazards to transportation. PB-Piedmont, a numerical model...

The decay of community similarity with distance (distance decay) is reported for many taxa in a variety of geographic settings. However, the importance of scale, distance measure, ecoregions, and ecological transition zones to distance decay has not been thoroughly examined. The goal of our study was to test the effects of these factors on distance decay in two freshwater assemblages (benthic m...