Infrared thermography reveals weathering hotspots at the Požáry field laboratory.

Evaluating physical properties and mechanical parameters of rock slopes and their spatial variability is challenging, particularly at locations inaccessible for fieldwork. This obstacle can be bypassed by acquiring spatially-distributed field data indirectly. InfraRed Thermography (IRT) has emerged as a promising technology to statistically infer rock properties and inform slope stability models.

Rock Surface Strain In Situ Monitoring Affected by Temperature Changes at the Požáry Field Lab (Czechia).

The evaluation of strain in rock masses is crucial information for slope stability studies. For this purpose, a monitoring system for analyzing surface strain using resistivity strain gauges has been tested. Strain is a function of stress, and it is known that stress affects the mechanical properties of geomaterials and can lead to the destabilization of rock slopes.

Surface temperature controls the pattern of post-earthquake landslide activity.

The patterns and controls of the transient enhanced landsliding that follows strong earthquakes remain elusive. Geostatistical models can provide clues on the underlying processes by identifying relationships with a number of physical variables. These models do not typically consider thermal information, even though temperature is known to affect the hydro-mechanical behavior of geomaterials, which, in turn, controls slope stability.

Biological and physical approaches to improve induced resistance against green mold of stored citrus fruit.

Health and environmental concerns have point out the need to improve or change several manufacturing steps in the food chain. In this context particular attention should be given to the technologies involved in fruits and vegetables production. Nearly all fresh fruit and vegetables are subjected to different periods of storage and/or shelf-life before of their consumption.

Increasing prevalence of juvenile onset type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in Sardinia: the military service approach.

In order to obtain new and more detailed information about temporal trends and geographic distribution of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in Sardinia, we screened a series of birth cohorts (1936-1973) of all male army conscripts aged 18-19 years, filed in the Sardinian Conscript Register where Type 1 diabetes is a cause of rejection. A total of 678 diabetic subjects, born and permanently residing in Sardinia, was identified. The point prevalence (x 1000) at the age of 20 years in the birth cohorts ranged from values close to zero for the first ten cohorts (1936-1945) up to a maximum of 3.