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The lower stretch of Gangetic delta in the Indian sub-continent is noted for its rich mangrove biodiversity, natural calamities, and livelihood-supporting matrix of millions of people and is the only mangrove base of Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in the planet Earth. The present trend of industrialization, urbanization and construction of barrage in the upstream zone has changed the landscape of the deltaic complex and the characteristics of the aquatic subsystem have also changed accordingly. This ecosystem offers an ideal site to study a number of physico-chemical parameters in relation to changing scenario of the region. The presence of heavily populated cities of Kolkata, Howrah and the Haldia industrial belt on the bank of the Hooghly estuary has made the mighty River Ganga highly vulnerable to anthropogenic stress. Spatial and tidal variations of important physico-chemical parameters in the Hooghly estuarine stretch of Gangetic delta complex were studied during the summer month April, 2008. The water quality reflects the impact of Bay of Bengal (sea) water almost on all the variables as revealed from the significant difference of parameter values in high and low tides (except surface water temperature and potassium). The 12 selected stations from the upstream to downstream regions exhibited uniformity with respect to surface water temperature. Significant spatial variations (at 5% level of significance) were observed with respect to parameters like surface water salinity, pH, alkalinity, DO, BOD, COD, NO 3 , PO 4 , SiO 3 , extinction coefficient, SO 4 , Na, K, Cl and total nitrogen. Along with tidal influences, the anthropogenic factors contributed by the adjacent cities and towns exert a regulatory influence on parameters like BOD, COD, NO 3 , PO 4 , extinction coefficient, SO 4 and total nitrogen.
Per una rassegna stampa sull’Ecumenismo: «L’Osservatore Romano», 5 febbraio 2024, p. 5
"Grazia ecumenica: L’esperienza del battesimo nello Spirito al convegno dei carismatici" del Prof. Riccardo BuriganaVeritas in caritate. Informazioni dall’Ecumenismo in Italia 17/2 (2024) Fondata e diretta da Riccardo Burigana
Displacement and the Humanities: Manifestos from the Ancient to the Present
On Displacement and the Humanities-An Introduction2023 •
This volume brings together the work of practitioners, communities, artists and other researchers from multiple disciplines. Seeking to provoke a discourse around displacement within and beyond the field of Humanities, it positions historical cases and debates, some reaching into the ancient past, within diverse geo-chronological contexts and current world urgencies. In adopting an innovative dialogic structure, between practitioners on the ground—from architects and urban planners to artists—and academics working across subject areas, the volume is a proposition to: remap priorities for current research agendas; open up disciplines, critically analysing their approaches; address the socio-political responsibilities that we have as scholars and practitioners; and provide an alternative site of discourse for contemporary concerns about displacement. Ultimately, this volume aims to provoke future work and collaborations—hence, manifestos—not only in the historical and literary fields, but wider research concerned with human mobility and the challenges confronting people who are out of place of rights, protection and belonging.
G.M. Della Fina (ed.), Ascesa e crisi delle aristocrazie arcaiche in Etruria e nell'Italia preromana, Annali della Fondazione per il Museo Claudio Faina,
Falerii: l’élite e la città, in Ascesa e crisi delle aristocrazie arcaiche in Etruria e nell'Italia preromana, Annali della Fondazione per il Museo Claudio Faina, XXVII, 2020, 77-1022020 •
Angelos Chaniotis (ed.) Unveiling Emotions III: Arousal, Display, and Performance of Emotions in the Greek World
Isocrates and Emotional Intelligence: From Local Audience to International Politics 20212021 •
Εὔνοια as a notion and emotion features in literary and documentary sources of the fifth and fourth century B.C.E. In particular, its proliferation in literary texts and inscriptions of the fourth century is notable. It is clear that its use as an ethical notion and its public exhibition has been significantly popularized in the fourth century B.C.E. This shift towards popularization calls for further investigation both in the literary and documentary sources so as to pin down the convergences and divergences in the use of εὔνοια in both the fifth and the fourth century B.C.E. Moreover, an in-depth analysis of the social and cultural processes constructing εὔνοια as an individual or collective emotion is also necessary in order to achieve a better understanding of its motivation and its public display. The recurrent use of the word in formulae of fourth century inscriptions combined with the abundant use of the notion in literary sources together provide a unique body of material which calls for further investigation. The proposed research project will survey the diversity of the material but will also attempt in a systematic way to provide an overview of the use of εὔνοια both as an ethical notion and as an individual or collective emotion. Using the abundant epigraphic and literary sources, it will attempt to highlight the construction of εὔνοια through social, political and cultural achievements, its reciprocity between individual and society, and its management by both its agents and recipients.
Monthly Weather Review
A Modified Kain–Fritsch Scheme and Its Application for the Simulation of an Extreme Precipitation Event in Vietnam2009 •
From 24 to 26 November 2004, an extreme heavy rainfall event occurred in the mountainous provinces of central Vietnam, resulting in severe flooding along local rivers. The Regional Atmospheric Modeling System, version 4.4, is used to simulate this event. In the present study, the convective parameterization scheme includes the original Kain–Fritsch scheme and a modified one in which a new diagnostic equation to compute updraft velocity, closure assumption, and trigger function are developed. These modifications take the vertical gradient of the Exner function perturbation into account, with an on–off coefficient to account for the role of the advective terms. According to the event simulations, the simulated precipitation shows that the modified scheme with the new trigger function gives much better results than the original one. Moreover, the interaction between convection and the larger-scale environment is much stronger near the midtroposphere where the return flow associated wit...
British Journal of Surgery
Reconstruction of extensive abdominal wall defects with microvascular tensor fasciae latae flap2011 •
Background Most abdominal wall defects can be repaired with a mesh, components separation technique or pedicle flaps, but a free flap reconstruction might be the only option for large epigastric or non-midline defects. This retrospective study reviewed the results of consecutive patients who had extensive full-thickness abdominal wall defects reconstructed with a large, microvascular tensor fasciae latae (TFL) flap. Methods A 30–35 × 15–20-cm TFL flap was harvested and microvascular anastomoses were performed using a saphenous arteriovenous loop. Results From 1995 to 2009, 20 patients were operated on with a TFL flap. The repair was combined with a mesh in nine patients, components separation in one patient, and both techniques were used in one patient. The median follow-up was 2 (range 0·5–13) years. There were no perioperative deaths, or intra-abdominal or deep surgical-site infections. The flap failed in one patient, two patients had minor distal tip necrosis of the flap and one ...
Light has a real important impact on our life, determining the circadian rhythm, the rhythm of our daily activity. Light is benefic for healthy people, but it can be also very helpful for treating disease or for enhancing the comfort and wellbeing. In the frame of our European project, ALADIN, light is intended to be a support for the elderly, in order to enhance their daily performance. The performance is appreciated by activity specific values of psycho-physiological features that can be modified by light. This paper will describe the signal processing techniques deployed for extracting useful features and the algorithms used for developing an adaptive light controller. Two algorithms were used to implement the light controller: Monte Carlo and Simulated Annealing. Experimental results obtained using the Simulated Annealing algorithm will be presented.
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
De la ressource commune au péril commun : Repenser nos modèles de l'action climatique2021 •
Procedia Engineering
The effects of Cryogenic Cooling on Surface Integrity in Hard Machining2011 •
muhammad nafiu
Mycoiogical analysis of locally made ginger drinks 12024 •