Studio dei processi di ricarica naturale di corpi idrici sotterranei attraverso l'analisi di serie temporali

Nella Regione Emilia-Romagna, la zona delle conoidi ha una valenza strategica essendo la principale fonte di approvvigionamento idropotabile per le utenze civili, oltre che sostegno per le attività industriali ed agricole. All’interno di questo contesto ci si è soffermati sulla provincia di Piacenza, scegliendo come aree di studio le Conoidi del Trebbia e dell’Arda, per valutare le dinamiche di ricarica naturale attraverso l’identificazione della relazione che intercorre fra (i) l’entità dei deflussi superficiali riferiti ai corsi idrici che alimentano le conoidi, e (ii) il livello piezometrico nei rispettivi acquiferi. L’analisi è stata condotta applicando il modello Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL).

A probabilistic approach to classify the levee reliability

This work aims to evaluate the reliability of these levee systems, calculating the probability of “failure” of determined levee stretches under different loads, using probabilistic methods that take into account the fragility curves obtained through the Monte Carlo Method. For this study overtopping and piping are considered as failure mechanisms (since these are the most frequent) and the major levee system of the Po River with a primary focus on the section between Piacenza and Cremona, in the lower-middle area of the Padana Plain, is analysed. The novelty of this approach is to check the reliability of individual embankment stretches, not just a single section, while taking into account the variability of the levee system geometry from one stretch to another. This work takes also into consideration, for each levee stretch analysed, a probability distribution of the load variables involved in the definition of the fragility curves, where it is influenced by the differences in the topography and morphology of the riverbed along the sectional depth analysed as it pertains to the levee system in its entirety. A type of classification is proposed, for both failure mechanisms, to give an indication of the reliability of the levee system based of the information obtained by the fragility curve analysis. To accomplish this work, an hydraulic model has been developed where a 500-year flood is modelled to determinate the residual hazard value of failure for each stretch of levee near the corresponding water depth, then comparing the results with the obtained classifications. This work has the additional the aim of acting as an interface between the world of Applied Geology and Environmental Hydraulic Engineering where a strong collaboration is needed between the two professions to resolve and improve the estimation of hydraulic risk.

Energeia Año 13 Nº 13, 2015 (número completo)

Contenido: Presentación -- Desarrollo de una nueva técnica de base colorimétrica para una rápida evaluación de la biodegradabilidad de materiales polímeros / M. L. Burdisso ; L. M. Salvatierra ; L. M. Pérez -- Evaluación de los mecanismos de eliminación de Pb2+ en sistemas de fitorremediación en lotes operados con Salvinia biloba raddi (acordeón de agua) / W. Tello Zevallos ; L. M. Salvatierra ; L. M. Pérez -- Estudio a escala laboratorio y planta piloto, de la adsorción de NO y SO2 sobre CR2O3/AL2O3 a altas temperaturas, provenientes de fuentes fijas / Ignacio D. Coria ; Oscar Carattoli, Sabrina Hernández Guiance ; Diana Hamann -- Monitoreo de condiciones de higiene y seguridad del ambiente en entornos industriales usando redes de sensores inalámbricos / Eduardo Rodríguez ; Claudia Deco ; Luciana Burzacca ; Mauro Pettinari ; Santiago Costa ; Cristina Bender -- Análisis de la eficiencia técnica de programas de desarrollo empresarial : avance de investigación II / Luis Piacenza ; Pablo Salvático ; Azul Chamorro -- Estudio de los procesos de transferencia de masa, cantidad de movimiento y energía en el secado de granos de origen agrícola : desarrollo de herramientas de cálculo aplicables al diseño de equipos y control de procesos / Guillermo Boffa ; Francisco Casiello ; Ana María Farias ; Oscar Galaretto ; Fernando Giannico ; Luis Herrera -- Marginalidad urbana y organizaciones de la sociedad civil en el barrio San Francisquito de la ciudad de Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina / Carlos Fernández ; María Elena Aradas Díaz -- Construyendo la memoria del barrio San Francisquito / Graciela Enria -- Análisis desde la ingeniería ambiental dsobre la problemática de recuperar plásticos desechados los cuales son incorporados a materiales o elementos constructivos en una vivienda económica como respuesta socio-ambiental / A. Espinosa ; J. L. Parodi ; A. D'Alleva ; S. Forestieri ; M. Avendaño ; V. Bitteti -- Cuantificación de la capltura de CO2 por la flora nativa de totora en un humedal costero de Perú / H. Pérez Pinedo ; E. Luccini ; L. Herrera ; M. Parodi ; M. Matar ; L. Barrea ; M. Mechni ; E. Masramón

Discarge compilation from The Global River Discharge (RivDIS) Project

The Global River Discharge (RivDIS) data set contains monthly discharge measurements for 1018 stations located throughout the world. The period of record varies widely from station to station, with a mean of 21.5 years. These data were digitized from published UNESCO archives by Charles Voromarty, Balaze Fekete, and B.A. Tucker of the Complex Systems Research Center (CSRC) at the University of New Hampshire. River discharge is typically measured through the use of a rating curve that relates local water level height to discharge. This rating curve is used to estimate discharge from the observed water level. The rating curves are periodically rechecked and recalibrated through on-site measurement of discharge and river stage.

l-Arginine-dependent suppression of apoptosis in Trypanosoma cruzi: Contribution of the nitric oxide and polyamine pathways

Until recently, a capacity for apoptosis and synthesis of nitric oxide (⋅NO) were viewed as exclusive to multicellular organisms. The existence of these processes in unicellular parasites was recently described, with their biological significance remaining to be elucidated. We have evaluated l-arginine metabolism in Trypanosoma cruzi in the context of human serum-induced apoptotic death. Apoptosis was evidenced by the induction of DNA fragmentation and the inhibition of [3H]thymidine incorporation, which were inhibited by the caspase inhibitor Ac-Asp-Glu-Val-aspartic acid aldehyde (DEVD-CHO). In T. cruzi exposed to death stimuli, supplementation with l-arginine inhibited DNA fragmentation, restored [3H]thymidine incorporation, and augmented parasite ⋅NO production. These effects were inhibited by the ⋅NO synthase inhibitor Nω-nitroarginine methyl ester (l-NAME). Exogenous ⋅NO limited DNA fragmentation but did not restore proliferation rates. Because l-arginine is also a substrate for arginine decarboxylase (ADC), and its product agmatine is a precursor for polyamine synthesis, we evaluated the contribution of polyamines to limiting apoptosis. Addition of agmatine, putrescine, and the polyamines spermine and spermidine to T. cruzi sustained parasite proliferation and inhibited DNA fragmentation. Also, the ADC inhibitor difluoromethylarginine inhibited l-arginine-dependent restoration of parasite replication rates, while the protection from DNA fragmentation persisted. In aggregate, these results indicate that T. cruzi epimastigotes can undergo programmed cell death that can be inhibited by l-arginine by means of (i) a ⋅NO synthase-dependent ⋅NO production that suppresses apoptosis and (ii) an ADC-dependent production of polyamines that support parasite proliferation.

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Divi Augustini, et Scoti subtilium principis de Gratia Christi consensus /

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Lettere di un Teologo Piacentino a Monsignor Nani vescobo di Brescia ... : Lettera I ...

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Lettere di un Teologo Piacentino a Monsignor Nani vescobo di Brescia ... : Lettera II ...

Contiene: Lettera del signor arciprete Don Paolo Collini al signor abbate Don Giovanni Battista Guadagnini arciprete di cividate stampata in Assisi, ed ora ristampata con alcune brevi annotazioni : 23 p.

Lettere di un Teologo Piacentino a Monsignor Nani vescobo di Brescia ... : Lettera III ...

Contiene: Brevi riflessioni sopra un sermone di monsignor Jacopo Benigno Bossuet : LIX p.

Trattato de'principj dimostrabili della fede cristiana /

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R.P. F. Francisci Ghetii de Como ... Theologiae moralis siue casuum conscientiae e D. Thomae Aquinatis doctoris angelici ... : Tomus primus [-secundus] : In qua perspici poterit quicquid ex fonte thomistico recentiores hauserint summistae; cum triplici indice ..

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