Iron is one of the most widespread elements in the earth crust. Its presence in soils has long been a forgone pedological fact. Iron toxicity occurs when, under the reductive effect of the environment, bacteria cause anaerobic respiration by releasing large quantities of ferrous ions (Fe2+) in the solution. The objective of this paper is to present an overview of the iron poisoning, etiology, p...

Studies of past human-landscape interactions rely upon the integration of archaeological, biological and geological information within their geographical context. However, detecting the often ephemeral traces of human activities at a landscape scale remains difficult with conventional archaeological field survey. Geophysical methods offer a solution by bridging the gap between point finds and t...

A change detection algorithm is applied on a three year time series of ASAR Wide Swath images in VV polarization over Calabria, Italy, in order to derive information on temporal soil moisture dynamics. The algorithm, adapted from an algorithm originally developed for ERS scatterometer, was validated using a simple hydrological model incorporating meteorological and pedological data. Strong posi...

In this work TF values for Sr and Cs were measured for reference plants grown in lysimeters containing soils representative of large agricultural areas in Brazil: Ferralsol, Nitisol and Acrisol. These results were discussed in the light of pedological analyses and results from the follow sequential chemical extraction protocol: 1) slightly acidic phase containing readily bioavailable elements; ...

The seventh international seminar on Vygotsky held in Geneva discussed a new French language translation of texts from ‘pedology,’ the now largely lost Soviet science developing child. In this introduction, guest editors touch three concepts development which coincide with elements Vygotsky’s best known idea, Zoped, or zone proximal development. each case, we find that pedological has potential...

The aim of our study was to determine the effectiveness a mobile 3D augmented reality (AR) simulator for local anesthesia training as serious game. We present which has three modes learning: study, simulation, and AR reality. Both pre- post-training surveys contained open-ended Likert-scale questions (comprising five response options) on demographics students’ experiences. rate 90.1%. Of total ...