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The Advantages of Industry 4.0 Applications for Sustainability: Results from a Sample of Manufacturing Companies
(2020)Far from being exclusively related to economic considerations, the advantages of Industry 4.0 applications also include environmental and social concerns. An increasing amount of scientific publications relate the ... -
A Maturity Level-Based Assessment Tool to Enhance the Implementation of Industry 4.0 in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
(2020)Industry 4.0 has attracted the attention of manufacturing companies over the past ten years. Despite efforts in research and knowledge transfer from research to practice, the introduction of Industry 4.0 concepts and ... -
Cyclic proanthocyanidins in Pinot noir wine
(2020)The identification of cyclic (or crown) B-type proanthocyanidins in wine was recently reported; this identification has unlocked new possibilities for their application to wine quality evaluation. Here, cyclic and non-cyclic ... -
Preliminary evaluation of eggshells as a source of phosphate on hydroponically grown tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seedlings
(Taylor and Francis Inc., 2020)Phosphorus (Pi) is one of the most limiting factors in plant nutrition as it is the least mobile and available nutrient to plants in most soil conditions. The management of Pi fertilization in agriculture raises ecological, ... -
Design of human-centered collaborative assembly workstations for the improvement of operators' physical ergonomics and production efficiency: A case study
(2020)Industrial collaborative robotics is one of the main enabling technologies of Industry 4.0. Collaborative robots are innovative cyber-physical systems, which allow safe and efficient physical interactions with operators ... -
Analysis of the Building Smart Readiness Indicator Calculation: A Comparative Case-Study with Two Panels of Experts
(2020)The last release of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2018/844/EU stated that smart buildings will play a crucial role in the future energy systems. Consequently, the Directive introduced the Smart Readiness ... -
Comparison of MODIS and Model-Derived Snow-Covered Areas: Impact of Land Use and Solar Illumination Conditions
(2020)Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometry (MODIS) snow cover accuracy has been assessed in the past at different scales, with various approaches and in relation to the many factors influencing the remote observation ... -
Effect of feed concentrate intake on the environmental impact in dairy cows in an Alpine Mountain region including soil carbon sequestration and effect on biodiversity
(2020)Several studies on the environmental impacts of livestock enterprises are based on the application of life cycle assessments (LCA). In Alpine regions, soil carbon sequestration can play an important role in reducing ... -
Linking plant litter microbial diversity to microhabitat conditions, environmental gradients and litter mass loss: Insights from a European study using standard litter bags
(2020)Plant litter decomposition is a key process for carbon dynamics and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. The interaction between litter properties, climatic conditions and soil attributes, influences the activity ... -
Environmental distribution of AR Class 1 Integrons in upper Adige River catchment (Northern Italy)
(2020)The source of antibiotic residuals can be directly related to the presence of municipal or industrial wastewater and agricultural activities. Antibiotics can trigger the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes within ... -
Dynamics of in situ growth and taxonomic structure of fungal communities in Alpine supraglacial debris
(2020)Supraglacial debris of Miage Glacier (Mont Blanc, Italy) was used as an in situ model for monitoring growth and modification of the taxonomic structure of fungal populations using an in-growth mesh bag approach over three ... -
The last planner® system and building information modeling in construction execution: From an integrative review to a conceptual model for integration
(2020)Many researchers have stated that lean and building informationmodeling (BIM) have positive synergies. This integrative literature review aims at exploring this body of knowledge within the scope of combinations of BIM and ... -
Microbial community dynamics and process performance of a full scale two-stage anaerobic digester under the replacement from energy crop to poultry manure
(2020)BACKGROUND This study assessed the composition and dynamics of the bacterial and archaeal communities in a full-scale two-stage anaerobic digester over five months. The plant was fed on a variable mixture of feedstock, in ... -
Vitamin D3 in High-Quality Cow Milk: An Italian Case Study
(2020)The quality-labeling category of high-quality (HQ) milk defined by the Italian legislation must comply with specific requirements concerning rigorous breeder management, hygienic controls, fat and protein content, bacterial ... -
Flexible and Printed Electrochemical Immunosensor Coated with Oxygen Plasma Treated SWCNTs for Histamine Detection
(2020)Heterocyclic amine histamine is a well-known foodborne toxicant (mostly linked to “scombroid poisoning”) synthesized from the microbial decarboxylation of amino acid histidine. In this work, we report the fabrication of a ... -
Study of the internal flow field in a pump-as-turbine (PaT): Numerical investigation, overall performance prediction model and velocity vector analysis
(2020)This work presents a detailed analysis of the three-dimensional flows in a Pump-as-Turbine (PaT). The flow field is studied through URANS simulations and a velocity vector analysis. Moreover, a prediction model is used to ... -
Focused ion beam milling for the fabrication of 160 nm channel length IGZO TFTs on flexible polymer substrates
(2020)The quest for short channel length transistors is an important challenge in the semiconductor industry. A similar trend is observed in the field of flexible electronics where sensor conditioning circuits and transceivers ... -
Pinot Blanc: Impact of the Winemaking Variables on the Evolution of the Phenolic, Volatile and Sensory Profiles
(2020)The impact of two different winemaking practices on the chemical and sensory complexity of Pinot Blanc wines from South Tyrol (Italy), from grape pressing to the bottled wine stored for nine months, was studied. New chemical ... -
Appraisal of emerging crop management opportunities in fruit trees, grapevines and berry crops facilitated by the application of biostimulants
(2020)The fruit crop industry is continuously seeking for new technologies able to improve the overall sustainability of the production systems together with an enhancement of quality and safety of the products. Over the last ...
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