Investigating crop ecophysiological response to water stress to improve precision irrigation strategies

Kiwifruit is a widely cultivated and economically important fruit crop. Italy is one of the largest producers of kiwifruit in the world and its industry plays an important role both nationally and internationally. In recent years, however, kiwifruit plantations and total production in several countries around the world, including Italy, have been threatened by a complex vine physiological decline syndrome triggered by soil water excess and unsuitable conditions. The current climate change sce...

Feasibility and effectiveness of metaheuristic algorithms in optimizing valve placement for Water Distribution Networks optimization

In Italy, the majority of municipalities are small towns, with 70% of them having a population of less than 5,000 inhabitants. These small towns often face more complex challenges compared to larger cities, both due to limited economic resources and less developed infrastructure. This disparity is also evident in the water services sector, where management companies tend to focus more on the networks of larger cities. The latter are generally prioritized in the planning and execution of inter...

Rielaborazioni plautine: la riscrittura delle commedie di Plauto nel primo Cinquecento fiorentino

This study explores the influence of Plautine tradition on Florentine comic dramaturgy during the first fifty years of the sixteenth century—a crucial period for the emergence of modern theatre. Through a selected corpus of eight plays, the research focuses on the ways in which classical sources were rewritten, adapted, and blended, with particular attention to structural, typological, and stylistic elements derived from Plautus. The analysis highlights three main strategies of reuse: direct ...

Per una storia della Cassa per il Mezzogiorno nelle carte delle presidenze. L’intervento straordinario del secondo dopoguerra tra storia, politica e istituzioni (1950-1981).

Il presente lavoro di ricerca indaga il ruolo della Cassa per il Mezzogiorno nel contesto politico e istituzionale italiano tra il 1950 e il 1981, analizzando le relazioni tra l’ente, i partiti, i tecnici, gli intellettuali e il nuovo meridionalismo. È stato possibile ricostruire come la Cassa sia stata al centro delle strategie di sviluppo per il Sud, risultando determinante nel relativo processo, e come si sia progressivamente evoluta fino alla crisi, culminata con la sua liquidazione, a ca...

“Synthesis of Nanostructured Metal-Chitosan Hybrids by Laser Ablation in Liquid”

The growing focus on environmental sustainability, coupled with the need to enhance technological performance across various industrial sectors, has led to an increasing interest in the development of innovative materials. In this scenario, composite materials are emerging as key players, owing to their ability to combine superior properties through the synergistic interaction of different components. Among composites, biopolymers stand out as a particularly promising class, as they merge bio...

Percezione, Spazio, Natura. Linee guida per la biofilia e le neuroscienze applicate all'architettura

This research focuses on the analysis of some fields of study that are providing the basis for an important turning point in architecture: disciplines that investigate the influence of the built environment on people's psychophysical well-being. E. O. Wilson's 1984 Biophilia Hypothesis showed how humans are characterized by an innate need to be connected to natural ecosystems. It was the same year that Roger Ulrich's study, the cornerstone of scientific demonstrations on this topic, showed...

Sostenibilità e competitività aziendale: analisi economica di una innovazione per il miglioramento della shelf life dei prodotti ortofrutticoli

Lo spreco alimentare è uno tra i temi più dibattuti dell’ultimo decennio e rappresenta una priorità dell’agenda politica di tutti i Paesi. Con il moltiplicarsi degli studi sull’effettiva dimensione di questo fenomeno, si è registrata negli ultimi anni un’attenzione via via crescente da parte della comunità scientifica, delle istituzioni e della società civile ma ciò nonostante lo spreco alimentare fa registrare, ancora oggi, dati allarmanti e, una preoccupazione ancora maggiore, è la paradoss...

Diritto Amministrativo ed Economia Circolare. Strumenti di contrasto alle Ecomafie in ottica de iure condendo.

Ecomafias represent a problem of national and supranational importance, with serious impacts on the environment, on the economy and on the public health. Circular economy is the antithesis of the criminal purposes of eco-mafias and represents a means to fight the spread of the eco-mafia phenomenon. The range of action of eco-mafias is wide and goes beyond the national borders. Administrative law, with its distinctly preventive vocation, together with a change of mentality and with an efficien...

Resilienza e sostenibilità delle filiere frutticole per la valorizzazione dei territori: Irrigazione di precisione in Actinidia chinensis var. chinensis