Financing R&D Projects in Southern Italy: The “Technological Vouchers and Cooperative Research” Program by Gianpaolo Iazzolino

“…The weak points of the program mainly regard the evaluation phase that made it impossible to get a feedback useful for policy and for driving future agenda.…”
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CoViD-19: an automatic, semiparametric estimation method for the population infected in Italy by Livio Fenga

“…Obtained results show that, while official data at March the 12th report 12.839 cases in Italy, people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 could be as high as 105.789.…”
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Italian backgrounds. 1835-1837. Ruskin and Viollet-le-Duc’ early travels in Italy by Michela M. Grisoni

“…Focusing on the 1830s, and their first visits to Italy implies grasping how their experience of architecture, landscape, and Italian society influenced their later reflections on conservation. …”
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The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on modification of medical teaching in Italy: A narrative review by Antonio Brusini

“…Medical residents have reduced significantly the clinical and surgical practice, sometimes increasing the research. In the future, it is indispensable to create a system that guarantees the efficacy of FTF lessons for practice, it is still low in sanitary and medical courses in Italy during the pandemic period.…”
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Millennium-scale changes in the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation influenced groundwater recharge rates in Italy by Nazzareno Diodato, Gianni Bellocchi

“…Here, we provide a time-series of groundwater recharge from 801 CE to the present day in the Tiber River Basin, Italy, using historical records and hydrological modelling. …”
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Unsupervised Ethograms of a Vulnerable Bird Species: The Red-Footed Falcon in Northern Italy by Alessandro Ferrarini, Marco Gustin

“…By means of accurate GPS data-loggers, in 2019, 2020, and 2021, we tracked 8 red-footed falcons at the two largest colonies in Italy. We collected 13,484 GPS points and used recently introduced machine-learning methodology Unsupervised Animal Behaviour Examiner (UABE) to deduce the regular, nested, and hourly ethograms of the tracked individuals. …”
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A Scan-to-BIM Approach for the Management of Two Arab-Norman Churches in Palermo (Italy) by Manuela Aricò, Mauro Lo Brutto, Antonino Maltese

“…The paper shows the results of the research activities carried out by the Department of Engineering at the University of Palermo (Italy), which assessed the application of the Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM) methodology through a Scan-to-BIM approach to two local churches belonging to the medieval period. …”
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Land surface temperature and land cover dynamics. A study related to Sardinia, Italy by Federica Leone, Sabrina Lai, Corrado Zoppi

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Ethical and Legal Aspects of the Dispute Over the Legalization of Assisted Suicide in Italy in 2017-2022 by Andrzej Kobyliński

“…In 2017, the institution of the living will was introduced in Italy, which allows to make a declaration of intent for potential future loss of consciousness and ability to make decisions regarding one’s treatment and saving one’s life. …”
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Application of Empirical Approaches for Fast Landslide Hazard Management: The Case Study of Theilly (Italy) by Samuele Segoni, Francesco Barbadori, Alessio Gatto, Nicola Casagli

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The impact of COVID-19 on fertility plans in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom by Francesca Luppi, Bruno Arpino, Alessandro Rosina

“…<b>Objective</b>: This study offers a descriptive overview of changes in fertility plans during the COVID-19 crisis in a sample of the young population (18-34) in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. …”
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Anthropogenic Impact on Beach Heterogeneity within a Littoral Cell (Northern Tuscany, Italy) by Duccio Bertoni, Monica Bini, Marco Luppichini, Luigi Enrico Cipriani, Andrea Carli, Giovanni Sarti

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Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy) by Duilio Iamonico

“…The extensive set of data provided represents a general base framework for guiding future research efforts and landscape action plans consistent with environmental sustainability.…”
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Possible Increases in Floodable Areas Due to Climate Change: The Case Study of Calabria (Italy) by Giuseppe Barbaro, Giuseppe Bombino, Giandomenico Foti, Giuseppina Chiara Barillà, Pierfabrizio Puntorieri, Pierluigi Mancuso

“…The main results show that, in the analyzed areas, the floodable areas double between current and future scenarios, involving both significant percentages of the population and railways, highways, industrial areas, and coastal dunes.…”
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Robust Decadal Hydroclimate Predictions for Northern Italy Based on a Twofold Statistical Approach by Sara Rubinetti, Carla Taricco, Silvia Alessio, Angelo Rubino, Ilaria Bizzarri, Davide Zanchettin

“…Our prediction provides information of great value for hydrological management, and a target for current and future near-term numerical hydrological predictions.…”
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Geological features of the Special Nature Reserve of Montalbano Jonico Badlands (Basilicata, Southern Italy) by S. Gallicchio, R. Colacicco, D. Capolongo, A. Girone, P. Maiorano, M. Marino, N. Ciaranfi

“…With the goal to disseminate these knowledges, to improve future research and to promote sustainable geo-tourism, the map allows visitors to enjoy the scientific features and scenery of the Reserve.…”
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FE vs. DE Modeling for the Nonlinear Dynamics of a Historic Church in Central Italy by Angela Ferrante, Ersilia Giordano, Francesco Clementi, Gabriele Milani, Antonio Formisano

“…The present research paper properly focuses on the dynamics and failure mechanisms of the masonry “Apennine Church” of Santissimo Crocifisso in Pretare, municipality of Arquata del Tronto in the province of Ascoli Piceno (Marche region, Central Italy). Such a peculiar structural type traditionally characterizes the intense seismic area of Central Italy, unfortunately almost totally damaged by the recent shock sequence of 2016. …”
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Checklist of the marine malacofauna of Culuccia Peninsula (NW Sardinia, Italy), with notes on relevant species by Paolo Mariottini, Carlo Smriglio, Marco Oliverio, Sabrina Rossi, Andrea Di Giulio

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Acamprosate in the treatment of alcoholism: a budget impact analysis for the National Health Service in Italy by Colombo GL, Di Matteo S, Bruno G

“…Giorgio L Colombo,1,2 Sergio Di Matteo,2 Giacomo Bruno21Department of Drug Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; 2S.A.V.E. &amp;ndash; Studi Analisi Valutazioni Economiche, Milan, ItalyObjective: Alcohol dependence is a common condition associated with high direct and indirect health care costs. …”
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Agritourism and Farms Diversification in Italy: What Have We Learnt from COVID-19? by Barbara Zanetti, Milena Verrascina, Francesco Licciardo, Giuseppe Gargano

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