Rill erosion frequently occurs in Mediterranean cultivated landscapes due to high rainfall intensities, low soil organic matter concentrations and low vegetation coverage. Among other rill erosion mitigation practices, farmers have historically built ditch networks to intercept runoff upstream of cultivated plots. However, the construction and maintenance of these ditches generate indirect cost...

generally, the evaluation and assessment critical condition of rill formation are useful for a better understanding of soil erosion processes. the inherence characteristics of soils, which have much dynamic variations on the hill-slopes and are affected by rill formation, are the soil critical shear stress and soil erodibility factors. this study aims to assess experimental rill incision thresh...

I describe a novel hybrid approach to efficient parallel implementation of declaratively (and formally) specified applications. My approach proposes novel languages that support formal refinement and parallel distributions. I defer the complexity of designing user-level programming language features in favor of designing intermediate languages with specific properties and sufficient generality....

Generally, the evaluation and assessment critical condition of rill formation are useful for a better understanding of soil erosion processes. The inherence characteristics of soils, which have much dynamic variations on the hill-slopes and are affected by rill formation, are the soil critical shear stress and soil erodibility factors. This study aims to assess experimental rill incision thre...

Primary varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection or chickenpox is typically a benign illness in immunocompetent individuals. Reactivation of latent VZV, herpes zoster (HZ), usually manifests as shingles in a restricted dermatomal distribution. However, the risk of life-threatening complications, such as disseminated VZV, is greater in immunosuppressed individuals, with significant rates of mortal...

Institute of Medical Pathology, Universit a Cattolica, Rome 00168, Italy; Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council, Rome 00143, Italy; Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Universit a Cattolica, Rome 00168, Italy; Unit of Vascular Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan 20138, Italy; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Univ...

Generally, the evaluation and assessment of the critical condition of rill formation are useful for a better understanding of soil erosion processes. The inherence characteristics of soils, which have much dynamic variations on the hillslopes and are affected by rill formation, are the soil critical shear stress and soil erodibility factors. This study aims to assess experimental rill incision ...

The human liver cell line HepaRG has been recognized as a promising source for in vitro testing of metabolism and toxicity of compounds. However, currently the hepatic differentiation of these cells relies on exposure to dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), which, as a side effect, has a cytotoxic effect and represses an all-round hepatic functionality. The AMC-bioartificial liver (AMC-BAL) is a three-dim...