scholarly journals An Integrated Approach for the Environmental Characterization of a Wide Potentially Contaminated Area in Southern Italy

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Ducci ◽  
Stefano Albanese ◽  
Lorenzo Boccia ◽  
Egidio Celentano ◽  
Elena Cervelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Environmental Characterization ◽  
Contaminated Area

scholarly journals An Integrated Approach for the Environmental Characterization of a Wide Area Potentially Contaminated (Southern Italy)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Ducci ◽  
Stefano Albanese ◽  
Lorenzo Boccia ◽  
Egidio Celentano ◽  
Elena Cervelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Environmental Features ◽  
Quality Of Therapy ◽  
Environment And Health ◽  
Environmental Characterization

This paper deals with the environmental characterization of a large and densely populated area, with a poor reputation for contamination, considering the contribution of environmental features (air, soil, soil hydraulic and groundwater) and the potential effects on human health. The use of Geographic Information System (GIS) has made possible a georeferenced inventory and, by overlaying environmental information, an operational synthesis of comprehensive environmental conditions. The cumulative effects on environmental features were evaluated, taking into account superposition effects, by means of the spatial multicriteria decision analysis (S-MCDA). The application of the S-MCDA for converging the combination of heterogeneous factors, related to soil, land and water, deeply studied by heterogeneous groups of experts, constitutes the novelty of the paper. The results confirmed an overall higher potential of exposure to contaminants in the environment and higher mortality rates in the study area for some tumours, but hospital admissions for tumours were generally similar to the regional trend. Besides, mortality data may be strictly dependent on the poor socioeconomic conditions, quality of therapy and a lack of welfare in the area relative to the rest of Italy. Finally, as regards the possible relationship between presence of contaminants in the environment and health conditions of the population no definite conclusions can be drawn, although the present study encourages the use of the new proposed methods, that increase the possibilities for studying the combined effect of more environmental factors.

Identification and molecular characterization of a novel 55-kb deletion recurrent in southern Italy: the ItalianGγ(Aγδβ)°-thalassemia

2013 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppina Lacerra ◽  
Romeo Prezioso ◽  
Gennaro Musollino ◽  
Giulio Piluso ◽  
Lucia Mastrullo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Characterization ◽  
Southern Italy

scholarly journals Living Benthic Foraminifera from the Surface and Subsurface Sediment Layers Applied to the Environmental Characterization of the Brazilian Continental Slope (SW Atlantic)

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 1863
Author(s):  
Luciana Cristina de Carvalho Santa-Rosa ◽  
Sibelle Trevisan Disaró ◽  
Violeta Totah ◽  
Silvia Watanabe ◽  
Ana Tereza Bittencourt Guimarães
Keyword(s):  
Continental Slope ◽  
Benthic Foraminifera ◽  
Subsurface Layer ◽  
Environmental Characterization ◽  
Potiguar Basin ◽  
Middle Slope ◽  
Sw Atlantic ◽  
Sediment Layers ◽  
Lower Slope

Living benthic foraminifera (>63 µm) were studied to characterize the continental slope of the Potiguar Basin (SW Atlantic). Foraminifers from the surface (0–2 cm), subsurface (2–5 cm), and integrated (0–5 cm) sediment layers were analyzed to verify their contribution to environmental characterization. It was also estimated if and which changes occur when the subsurface is added. Sampling stations were distributed in five transects in four isobaths (150, 400, 1000, and 2000 m). Sediment samples were fixed with 4% buffered formaldehyde and stained with Bengal rose. Were recorded 396 species in the surface layer, 228 in the subsurface, and 449 in integrating both layers. This study did not include tubular agglutinated species. The assemblages from 150 m isobath indicated the upper slope, from 400 m indicated the middle slope and the ones from the 2000 m indicated the lower slope. The surface layer’s assemblage at 1000 m isobath was more similar to the middle slope; in contrast, its subsurface layer´s assemblage had more similarity with the lower slope. Rarefaction curves, Permanova, and NMDS routines indicated a high resemblance between surface and integrated layers. Therefore, the first two centimeters were sufficient to characterize this region based on living benthic foraminifera.

scholarly journals Poplar-Assisted Bioremediation for Recovering a PCB and Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Area

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 689
Author(s):  
Valeria Ancona ◽  
Ida Rascio ◽  
Giorgia Aimola ◽  
Claudia Campanale ◽  
Paola Grenni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Contaminant Removal ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Treated Area ◽  
Legal Limits ◽  
Bacterial Groups ◽  
Contaminated Area ◽  
Stimulation Of

A Monviso clone has been applied to promote PCB degradation in a soil historically contaminated by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and heavy metals (HMs). The multi-contaminated area is located in Southern Italy. PCBs, HMs, and the soil microbial community (abundance, viability, and structure) were analysed in selected plots of the poplar-treated area. At 900 days after poplar planting, chemical analyses showed that PCBs and most of HMs diminished under the Italian legal limits. The overall results suggest that the poplar clone was effective in promoting PCB rhizodegradation and HM phytostabilization. Organic carbon content increased strongly in the rhizosphere of the planted plots. Microbiological results highlighted an overall increase in microbial abundance, cell viability, and the presence of bacterial groups involved in PCB degradation. The poplar-based bioremediation technology is a nature-based solution able to promote the recovery of soil quality in terms of contaminant removal, increase in organic carbon, and stimulation of autochthonous bacterial groups able to transform PCBs.

scholarly journals STATISTICAL MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS APPLIED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOIL IN SEMIARID REGION1

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 200-210
Author(s):  
Antônio Italcy de Oliveira Júnior ◽  
Luiz Alberto Ribeiro Mendonça ◽  
Sávio de Brito Fontenele ◽  
Adriana Oliveira Araújo ◽  
Maria Gorethe de Sousa Lima Brito
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter Content ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Multivariate Statistical ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Environmental Characterization ◽  
Hierarchical Grouping ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Total Data

ABSTRACT Soil is a dynamic and complex system that requires a considerable number of samples for analysis and research purposes. Using multivariate statistical methods, favorable conditions can be created by analyzing the samples, i.e., structural reduction and simplification of the data. The objective of this study was to use multivariate statistical analysis, including factorial analysis (FA) and hierarchical groupings, for the environmental characterization of soils in semiarid regions, considering anthropic (land use and occupation) and topographic aspects (altitude, moisture, granulometry, PR, and organic-matter content). As a case study, the São José Hydrographic Microbasin, which is located in the Cariri region of Ceará, was considered. An FA was performed using the principal component method, with normalized varimax rotation. In hierarchical grouping analysis, the “farthest neighbor” method was used as the hierarchical criterion for grouping, with the measure of dissimilarity given by the “square Euclidean distance.” The FA indicated that two factors explain 75.76% of the total data variance. In the analysis of hierarchical groupings, the samples were agglomerated in three groups with similar characteristics: one with samples collected in an area of the preserved forest and two with samples collected in areas with more anthropized soils. This indicates that the statistical tool used showed sensitivity to distinguish the most conserved soils and soils with different levels of anthropization.

Characterization of antimicrobial resistant Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium isolates from animal and food in Southern Italy

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Giannina Perugini ◽  
Maria Rosaria Carullo ◽  
Assunta Esposito ◽  
Vincenzo Caligiuri ◽  
Federico Capuano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salmonella Enterica ◽  
Southern Italy

Learning Through Processing: Toward an Integrated Approach to Early Word Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan C. Meylan ◽  
Elika Bergelson
Keyword(s):  
Word Learning ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Linguistic Knowledge ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Learning Mechanisms ◽  
Lexical Knowledge ◽  
Novel Word Learning

Children's linguistic knowledge and the learning mechanisms by which they acquire it grow substantially in infancy and toddlerhood, yet theories of word learning largely fail to incorporate these shifts. Moreover, researchers’ often-siloed focus on either familiar word recognition or novel word learning limits the critical consideration of how these two relate. As a step toward a mechanistic theory of language acquisition, we present a framework of “learning through processing” and relate it to the prevailing methods used to assess children's early knowledge of words. Incorporating recent empirical work, we posit a specific, testable timeline of qualitative changes in the learning process in this interval. We conclude with several challenges and avenues for building a comprehensive theory of early word learning: better characterization of the input, reconciling results across approaches, and treating lexical knowledge in the nascent grammar with sufficient sophistication to ensure generalizability across languages and development. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Linguistics, Volume 8 is January 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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