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«Políticas de género en el Consejo Nacional de investigación italiano»

Large-scale, real-time monitoring of Soil Moisture dynamics with Cosmic Rays

The availability of soil water resources is regulated by soil features such as texture, structure and soil organic content. It is challenging to establish the expected water reservoir dynamic boundaries, due to soil natural complexity which develops significant variability even within small areas. A solution to this issue is Cosmic-Rays Neutron Sensing (CRNS). It offers the capability to monitor the actual water content dynamics of an entire field yearround, using a single non-invasive sensor...

Modeling inter-row grass growth, soil water content and carbon cycle in vineyard

The agriculture sector plays a contrasting role in climate change mitigation, which results from the balance between carbon sequestration capacity of soil and perennial crops (e.g. vine) and, the negative impact of the highly productive cropping systems characterized by elevated greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions. In the Mediterranean agricultural sector, viticulture represents a widely spread activity, which may partially contribute, if sustainably managed, to carbon sequestration and to the ...

Techno-Universe, Imagination and Magic Wands: Narratives of the Web and Social Media in Italian popular Music

A close reading of the lyrics of Italian popular music reveals a significant relationship between technology and imagination that discloses much about how contemporary society perceives and describes personal relationships and social interaction. Over the past fifteen years, narratives about the use of smartphones and social media have echoed ancient myths like Narcissus and more recent fairy tale elements such as the wicked queen’s mirror in Snow White or Hansel and Gretel’s breadcrumbs. The...