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Enthalpy change during hydrothermal carbonization of biomass: a critical review
(2020)A remarkable number of scientific papers are available in the literature about the process of hydrothermal carbonization (HTC), also called wet or hydrous pyrolysis, applied to biomass substrates. However, the biggest share ... -
Species and functional differences between subalpine grasslands with and without dwarf shrub encroachment
(2020)Diversity of subalpine semi-natural grasslands is threatened by both overgrazing and abandonment, resulting in degradation and woody plants encroachment, respectively. The effects of overgrazing, followed by a sharp decline ... -
Digital transformation challenges: strategies emerging from a multi-stakeholder approach
(2020)Purpose: This paper proposes adequate strategies that companies, public administrators and organisations in the education industry can undertake to successfully face the challenges of digital transformation in a regional ... -
Behind the definition of industry 4.0: Analysis and open questions
(2020)The many scholars approaching Industry 4.0 today need to confront the lack of an agreed-upon definition, posing serious limitations to theory building and research comparability. Since its initial German conceptualization ... -
Migliorare l’efficienza degli ingranaggi con la depressurizzazione
(2020)In passato molti gruppi di ricerca hanno investito tempo e denaro per cercare di massimizzare l’efficienza delle trasmissioni ad ingranaggi. Molte fonti di perdita, come lo strisciamento tra i denti, il contributo dei ... -
Review of the use of neurophysiological and biometric measures in experimental design research
(2020)Design is inherently affected by human-related factors and it is of no surprise that the fine-tuning of instruments capable of measuring aspects of human behavior has attracted interest in the design field. The recalled ... -
Genetic resistance to natural helminth infections in two chicken layer lines
(2011)Groups of Lohmann Brown (LB) and Lohmann Selected Leghorn (LSL) hens were reared under helminth-free conditions and kept afterwards together in a free range system. Mortality rate, body weight development, laying performance ... -
Gastrointestinal nematode infections in German sheep
(2012)The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence and variation of natural gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infections in lambs according to birth type, gender and breed based on individual faecal egg counts ... -
Cross-sectional study of bluetongue virus serotype 8 infection in South American camelids in Germany (2008/2009)
(2012)Bluetongue (BT) is a major disease of ruminant livestock that can have a substantial impact on income and animal welfare. In South American camelids (SAC), fatalities related to bluetongue virus (BTV) infection were reported ... -
Association study in naturally infected helminth layers shows evidence for influence of interferon-gamma gene variants on Ascaridia galli worm burden
(2011)Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes for interleukin-4, -13 and interferon-gamma, and 21 additional SNPs which previously had been significantly associated with immune traits in the chicken, were genotyped ... -
Kinetic analysis of hydrothermal carbonization using high-pressure differential scanning calorimetry applied to biomass
(2020)Assessing kinetic parameters of hydrothermal carbonization still requires several tests and time-consuming analyses, usually relying on few data points. With a view to containing the experimental effort and testing the ... -
Emerging research fields in safety and ergonomics in industrial collaborative robotics: A systematic literature review
(2021)Human–robot collaboration is a main technology of Industry 4.0 and is currently changing the shop floor of manufacturing companies. Collaborative robots are innovative industrial technologies introduced to help operators ... -
Supercritical fluid extraction of oils from apple seeds: Process optimization, chemical characterization and comparison with a conventional solvent extraction
(2020)Oils from apple seeds were extracted with the application of supercritical fluid (SFE) and Soxhlet techniques. The effect of SFE experimental variables such as pressure (10–30 MPa), temperature (40–60 °C) and carbon dioxide ... -
Pole assignment in vibrating systems with time delay: An approach embedding an a-priori stability condition based on Linear Matrix Inequality
(2020)The assignment of the poles of a second order vibrating system through state feedback is a problem that has been widely investigated and for which asymptotic stability has been precisely characterized. In the presence of ... -
Application of Metarhizium anisopliae as a potential biological control of Varroa destructor in Italy
(2020)The ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor is a serious threat to European honey bees. Traditionally, Varroa mite has been controlled with synthetic pesticides, but residues in honey bee products and recently arisen resistances ... -
Single and Combined Fe and S Deficiency Differentially Modulate Root Exudate Composition in Tomato: A Double Strategy for Fe Acquisition?
(MDPI AG, 2020)Fe chlorosis is considered as one of the major constraints on crop growth and yield worldwide, being particularly worse when associated with S shortage, due to the tight link between Fe and S. Plant adaptation to inadequate ... -
The design of 100 % renewable smart urban energy systems: The case of Bozen-Bolzano
(2020)Sustainable urban energy planning depends on how renewable and local sources are integrated, how smart systems are implemented, and how synergies between regional and national policies are maximized. This study presents a ... -
Experimental assembly reveals ecological drift as a major driver of root nodule bacterial diversity in a woody legume crop
(2020)Understanding how plant-associated microbial communities assemble and the role they play in plant performance are major goals in microbial ecology. For nitrogen-fixing rhizobia, community assembly is generally driven by ... -
Identification of vegetation and soil carbon pools out of equilibrium in a process model via eddy covariance and biometric constraints
(2010)Assumptions of steady-state conditions in biogeochemical modelling are often invoked because knowledge on the development status of the modelling domain is generally unavailable. Here, we investigate the role of vegetation ...
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