Publications by authors named "A Carucci"
In the context of climate changes, characterized by an increase of short but intense rainfall events and rise of the average temperature, the fast population growth and consequent urbanization require the implementation of innovative solutions to mitigate pluvial floods and, at the same time, reduce the water demand. Among the different nature-based solutions, multilayer blue-green roofs have been widely recognized for their high capacity of reducing runoff generation from rooftops, and their additional storage layer enables to collect water, which could be reused for different purposes. However, the quality of the collected water in a multilayer blue-green roof and the influence that the additional storage layer has on it have not been analysed yet.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMetal phytostabilization by mastic shrub (Pistacia lentiscus L.) and its root-associated bacteria in different habitats of Sardinian abandoned mining areas (Italy).
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
December 2023
Pistacia lentiscus L. is an excluder metallophyte proposed for the revegetation and phytostabilization of metal-contaminated sites in the Mediterranean area. The present study aims at evaluating the linking between bacterial communities and plants spontaneously growing in ecosystems chronically impacted by mining activities.
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- COVID-19 can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome, requiring ICU admission and invasive ventilation, which increases the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in these patients.
- A study of 284 ICU patients with COVID-19 found a 33% incidence of VAP, predominantly caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella spp., with significant antimicrobial resistance noted in these bacteria.
- Key risk factors for developing VAP included receiving blood transfusions and certain therapies, with higher VAP rates linked to orotracheal intubation compared to tracheostomy, although patient positioning and specific admission ratios did not correlate significantly with VAP incidence.
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- The agro-industrial sector significantly contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, highlighting the need for effective waste management to lower the food chain's carbon footprint.
- Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) is a versatile process that transforms organic waste, like grape marc, into valuable products and energy through thermochemical treatment.
- This study found that HTC can enhance the carbon content of hydrochars, which can be used as a sustainable soil amendment, while also enabling energy recovery through combustion and biogas production, supporting a more sustainable and resilient agro-industrial system.
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) have proven their capability to treat nitrate-contaminated saline groundwater and simultaneously recover value-added chemicals (such as disinfection products) within a circular economy-based approach. In this study, the effect of the hydraulic retention time (HRT) on nitrate and salinity removal, as well as on free chlorine production, was investigated in a 3-compartment BES working in galvanostatic mode with the perspective of process intensification and future scale-up. Reducing the HRT from 30.
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