Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 2020
The occurrence in Calabria (southern Italy) of Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero and Dellapé, ... more The occurrence in Calabria (southern Italy) of Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero and Dellapé, 2006, alien pest on various species of Eucalyptus, native to Australia, is reported for the first time. The first specimens were collected in September 2019; later the authors found feeding damage on the leaves, eggs batches and the various stages of the insect in various localities in Reggio Calabria (Italy). Notes on its distribution and biology are reported.
ABSTRACT: Emergency situations require fast and flexible response activities. Current geospatial ... more ABSTRACT: Emergency situations require fast and flexible response activities. Current geospatial and mapping technologies lack to support dynamic geographic information exchange. These limitations are partially caused by the classical client-server architectures. In our paper we present current researchinflexiblepeer-to-peer architecturesandtheirintegrationwithgeospat... that could possibly overcome these limitations. Further investigations and user requirements for suchadaptivearchitectures aredoneonastudycaseof CalabriaCivil ...
The present paper proposes a new methodology to characterize the landslide susceptibility of the ... more The present paper proposes a new methodology to characterize the landslide susceptibility of the Reggio Calabria metropolitan area. For this purpose, various factors were used, such as land use, slope, rainfall, elevation, lithology, distance from roads and rivers, and thanks to the use of GIS devices and the AHP method, the landslide risk was defined for the whole territory. The values obtained were classified into four categories: low, moderate, high, and very high. They were then exported into the GIS environment to produce a landslide susceptibility map. The study carried out demonstrates the fragility of the Calabrian territory. From the results obtained, in fact, 66% of the metropolitan territory of Reggio Calabria appears to have a medium–high landslide risk.
The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform... more The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform a User-Centered Design; it relies on continuous interactions with end-users in order to understand better and better how organizations are arranged during emergencies, which data are exchanged and which steps are performed by organizations to face disastrous events. In this paper we (i) illustrate the methodology used to collect the user requirements for the emergency management system developed in the European research project WORKPAD, and (ii) describe the WORKPAD high level architecture stemming from such requirements. Specifically, the methodology is applied in the context of Regional Civil Protection of Calabria (Italy) and is used as basis to provide more general user requirements for emergency management systems.
The authors present a review of the species of insects existing in the ecosystem of Aspromonte an... more The authors present a review of the species of insects existing in the ecosystem of Aspromonte and harmful to plants, with a particular reference to forest insects present in the National Park. The authors focus attention on the invasive and exotic species variously introduced over time. Aspromonte topographically is the area in the south of the Italian peninsula and has particular climatic peculiarities that make possible the presence of different habitats of particular ecological and natural beauty interest. Like other non-forest and forest ecosystems, Aspromonte in recent years has been extensively involved in the introduction and acclimatization of new species whose presence often becomes a normal element even inside the National Park of Aspromonte, which is a protected natural area established in 1989 to protect and safeguard the environment of the territories within the province of Reggio Calabria (Calabria, southern Italy). In this brief review for each species Leptoglossus o...
Lethocerus patruelis (Stal, 1854) is the only European member of the Belostomatidae family. Durin... more Lethocerus patruelis (Stal, 1854) is the only European member of the Belostomatidae family. During the last decades Lethocerus patruelis records have become frequent in south-eastern Italy, probably due to multiple accidental introductions or a natural westward spread of its range. The first records of Lethocerus cfr. patruelis for the Calabria region are here reported. The first individual was observed alive and photographed in Villapiana (Cosenza province), while the second one was found and collected in Prunella (Melito di Porto Salvo municipality, Reggio Calabria province). The status of Lethocerus patruelis in this region and in Italy as introduced or naturally spreading species is yet to be assessed.
The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform... more The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform a User-Centered Design; it relies on continuous interactions with end-users in order to understand better and better how organizations are arranged during emergencies, which data are exchanged and which steps are performed by organizations to face disastrous events. In this paper we (i) illustrate the methodology used to collect the user requirements for the emergency management system developed in the European research project WORKPAD, and (ii) describe the WORKPAD high level architecture stemming from such requirements. Specifically, the methodology is applied in the context of Regional Civil Protection of Calabria (Italy) and is used as basis to provide more general user requirements for emergency management systems.
The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform... more The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform a User-Centered Design; it relies on continuous interactions with end-users in order to understand better and better how organizations are arranged during emergencies, which data are exchanged and which steps are performed by organizations to face disastrous events. In this paper we (i) illustrate the methodology used to collect the user requirements for the emergency management system developed in the European research project WORKPAD, and (ii) describe the WORKPAD high level architecture stemming from such requirements. Specifically, the methodology is applied in the context of Regional Civil Protection of Calabria (Italy) and is used as basis to provide more general user requirements for emergency management systems.
The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform... more The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform a UserCentered Design; it relies on continuous interactions with end-users in order to understand better and better how organizations are arranged during emergencies, which data are exchanged and which steps are performed by organizations to face disastrous events. In this paper we (i) illustrate the methodology used to collect the user requirements for the emergency management system developed in the European research project WORKPAD, and (ii) describe the WORKPAD high level architecture stemming from such requirements. Specifically, the methodology is applied in the context of Regional Civil Protection of Calabria (Italy) and is used as basis to provide more general user requirements for emergency management systems.
A quali-quantitative analysis of diterpenoid composition in tissues obtained from different organ... more A quali-quantitative analysis of diterpenoid composition in tissues obtained from different organs of Pinus nigra subsp. laricio (Poiret) Maire (Calabrian pine) was carried out. Diterpene resin acids were the most abundant diterpenoids across all the examined tissues. The same nine diterpene resin acids were always found, with the abietane type prevailing on the pimarane type, although their quantitative distribution was found to be remarkably tissue-specific. The scrutiny of the available literature revealed species specificity as well. A phylogeny-based approach allowed us to isolate four cDNAs coding for diterpene synthases in Calabrian pine, each of which belonging to one of the four groups into which the d3 clade of the plants’ terpene synthases family can be divided. The deduced amino acid sequences allowed predicting that both monofunctional and bifunctional diterpene synthases are involved in the biosynthesis of diterpene resin acids in Calabrian pine. Transcript profiling r...
Viene descritto Psammotettix aspromontanus n.sp. di Calabria, Massiccio dell’Aspromonte; la nuova... more Viene descritto Psammotettix aspromontanus n.sp. di Calabria, Massiccio dell’Aspromonte; la nuova specie è morfologicamente simile a P. jenjouristi (Zachvatkin), P.confinis (Dahlbom) e P. viridiconfinis Remane, dalle quali si distingue per la forma dell’edeago; l’unica stazione di raccolta è una prateria acquitrinosa a circa 1.800 m s.l.m.; non sono note le piante ospiti.
Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 2020
The occurrence in Calabria (southern Italy) of Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero and Dellapé, ... more The occurrence in Calabria (southern Italy) of Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero and Dellapé, 2006, alien pest on various species of Eucalyptus, native to Australia, is reported for the first time. The first specimens were collected in September 2019; later the authors found feeding damage on the leaves, eggs batches and the various stages of the insect in various localities in Reggio Calabria (Italy). Notes on its distribution and biology are reported.
ABSTRACT: Emergency situations require fast and flexible response activities. Current geospatial ... more ABSTRACT: Emergency situations require fast and flexible response activities. Current geospatial and mapping technologies lack to support dynamic geographic information exchange. These limitations are partially caused by the classical client-server architectures. In our paper we present current researchinflexiblepeer-to-peer architecturesandtheirintegrationwithgeospat... that could possibly overcome these limitations. Further investigations and user requirements for suchadaptivearchitectures aredoneonastudycaseof CalabriaCivil ...
The present paper proposes a new methodology to characterize the landslide susceptibility of the ... more The present paper proposes a new methodology to characterize the landslide susceptibility of the Reggio Calabria metropolitan area. For this purpose, various factors were used, such as land use, slope, rainfall, elevation, lithology, distance from roads and rivers, and thanks to the use of GIS devices and the AHP method, the landslide risk was defined for the whole territory. The values obtained were classified into four categories: low, moderate, high, and very high. They were then exported into the GIS environment to produce a landslide susceptibility map. The study carried out demonstrates the fragility of the Calabrian territory. From the results obtained, in fact, 66% of the metropolitan territory of Reggio Calabria appears to have a medium–high landslide risk.
The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform... more The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform a User-Centered Design; it relies on continuous interactions with end-users in order to understand better and better how organizations are arranged during emergencies, which data are exchanged and which steps are performed by organizations to face disastrous events. In this paper we (i) illustrate the methodology used to collect the user requirements for the emergency management system developed in the European research project WORKPAD, and (ii) describe the WORKPAD high level architecture stemming from such requirements. Specifically, the methodology is applied in the context of Regional Civil Protection of Calabria (Italy) and is used as basis to provide more general user requirements for emergency management systems.
The authors present a review of the species of insects existing in the ecosystem of Aspromonte an... more The authors present a review of the species of insects existing in the ecosystem of Aspromonte and harmful to plants, with a particular reference to forest insects present in the National Park. The authors focus attention on the invasive and exotic species variously introduced over time. Aspromonte topographically is the area in the south of the Italian peninsula and has particular climatic peculiarities that make possible the presence of different habitats of particular ecological and natural beauty interest. Like other non-forest and forest ecosystems, Aspromonte in recent years has been extensively involved in the introduction and acclimatization of new species whose presence often becomes a normal element even inside the National Park of Aspromonte, which is a protected natural area established in 1989 to protect and safeguard the environment of the territories within the province of Reggio Calabria (Calabria, southern Italy). In this brief review for each species Leptoglossus o...
Lethocerus patruelis (Stal, 1854) is the only European member of the Belostomatidae family. Durin... more Lethocerus patruelis (Stal, 1854) is the only European member of the Belostomatidae family. During the last decades Lethocerus patruelis records have become frequent in south-eastern Italy, probably due to multiple accidental introductions or a natural westward spread of its range. The first records of Lethocerus cfr. patruelis for the Calabria region are here reported. The first individual was observed alive and photographed in Villapiana (Cosenza province), while the second one was found and collected in Prunella (Melito di Porto Salvo municipality, Reggio Calabria province). The status of Lethocerus patruelis in this region and in Italy as introduced or naturally spreading species is yet to be assessed.
The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform... more The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform a User-Centered Design; it relies on continuous interactions with end-users in order to understand better and better how organizations are arranged during emergencies, which data are exchanged and which steps are performed by organizations to face disastrous events. In this paper we (i) illustrate the methodology used to collect the user requirements for the emergency management system developed in the European research project WORKPAD, and (ii) describe the WORKPAD high level architecture stemming from such requirements. Specifically, the methodology is applied in the context of Regional Civil Protection of Calabria (Italy) and is used as basis to provide more general user requirements for emergency management systems.
The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform... more The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform a User-Centered Design; it relies on continuous interactions with end-users in order to understand better and better how organizations are arranged during emergencies, which data are exchanged and which steps are performed by organizations to face disastrous events. In this paper we (i) illustrate the methodology used to collect the user requirements for the emergency management system developed in the European research project WORKPAD, and (ii) describe the WORKPAD high level architecture stemming from such requirements. Specifically, the methodology is applied in the context of Regional Civil Protection of Calabria (Italy) and is used as basis to provide more general user requirements for emergency management systems.
The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform... more The most effective way to design an emergency management system matching user needs is to perform a UserCentered Design; it relies on continuous interactions with end-users in order to understand better and better how organizations are arranged during emergencies, which data are exchanged and which steps are performed by organizations to face disastrous events. In this paper we (i) illustrate the methodology used to collect the user requirements for the emergency management system developed in the European research project WORKPAD, and (ii) describe the WORKPAD high level architecture stemming from such requirements. Specifically, the methodology is applied in the context of Regional Civil Protection of Calabria (Italy) and is used as basis to provide more general user requirements for emergency management systems.
A quali-quantitative analysis of diterpenoid composition in tissues obtained from different organ... more A quali-quantitative analysis of diterpenoid composition in tissues obtained from different organs of Pinus nigra subsp. laricio (Poiret) Maire (Calabrian pine) was carried out. Diterpene resin acids were the most abundant diterpenoids across all the examined tissues. The same nine diterpene resin acids were always found, with the abietane type prevailing on the pimarane type, although their quantitative distribution was found to be remarkably tissue-specific. The scrutiny of the available literature revealed species specificity as well. A phylogeny-based approach allowed us to isolate four cDNAs coding for diterpene synthases in Calabrian pine, each of which belonging to one of the four groups into which the d3 clade of the plants’ terpene synthases family can be divided. The deduced amino acid sequences allowed predicting that both monofunctional and bifunctional diterpene synthases are involved in the biosynthesis of diterpene resin acids in Calabrian pine. Transcript profiling r...
Viene descritto Psammotettix aspromontanus n.sp. di Calabria, Massiccio dell’Aspromonte; la nuova... more Viene descritto Psammotettix aspromontanus n.sp. di Calabria, Massiccio dell’Aspromonte; la nuova specie è morfologicamente simile a P. jenjouristi (Zachvatkin), P.confinis (Dahlbom) e P. viridiconfinis Remane, dalle quali si distingue per la forma dell’edeago; l’unica stazione di raccolta è una prateria acquitrinosa a circa 1.800 m s.l.m.; non sono note le piante ospiti.
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