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Helping forest owners to manage forest carbon – the Forest Flux project. GI_Forum|GI_Forum 2021, Volume 1|
No full textForest Flux https://www.forestflux.eu/ will renew forestry value-added services in Earth Observation (EO) by creating and piloting cloud-based services for committed users on forest carbon assimilation and structural variable prediction. Forest Flux exploits the explosive increase of high-resolution EO data from the Copernicus program and developments of cloud computing technology. It implements a world-first service platform for high-resolution maps of traditional forestry variables together with forest carbon fluxes. Forest Flux will allow the users to improve the profitability of forest management while taking care of ecological sustainability. The Forest Flux services are implemented on the Forestry Thematic Exploitation cloud platform https://f-tep.com/. In 2020, nearly 700 thematic maps on forest stand and carbon flux variables were delivered to nine specific users in a form that was applicable to their operational forest management systems. The last project year 2021 focuses on map product refinement and improving user services, which eventually lead to operational service concepts. Forest Flux is an Innovation Action project of the European Union, Grant Agreement No. 821860
Die Chirurgie des 19. Jahrhunderts im Spannungsfeld zwischen Werkstatt und Hörsaal – die Trepanationsinstrumente der chirurgischen Sammlung der Universität Würzburg. VIRUS - Beiträge zur Sozialgeschichte der Medizin|VIRUS. Beiträge zur Sozialgeschichte der Medizin Band 19. Schwerpunkt: Objekte als Quellen der Medizingeschichte|
No full textIn this project, medical instruments from the historical surgical collection of the University ofWürzburg are being examined. The aim is both the exact characterisation and (functional)description of the instruments, as well as the examination of the collection against the backgroundof the professionalisation of the surgical profession between 1750 and 1850. The corequestions are: To what extent can the professionalisation of surgery in the 19th century beillustratedby the surgical teaching at the University of Würzburg? In what way is the relationshipbetween its doctors and craft surgeons reflected in the present teaching collection?The study starts from the instruments themselves as the main source. First results haveshown that not all instruments were functional from the beginning and that they were onlyused in university teaching as show and teaching specimens
Wilhelm Schmidt und die Wiener Schule der Ethnologie. Veröffentlichungen zur Sozialanthropologie|Völkerkunde zur NS-Zeit aus Wien (1938–1945) Veröffentlichungen zur Sozialanthropologie Band 27/1,2,3|Band 1 Veröffentlichungen zur Sozialanthropologie|
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Robert Heine-Gelderns Exilzeit in den USA 1938–1949. Veröffentlichungen zur Sozialanthropologie|Völkerkunde zur NS-Zeit aus Wien (1938–1945) Veröffentlichungen zur Sozialanthropologie Band 27/1,2,3|Band 3 Veröffentlichungen zur Sozialanthropologie|
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From the Aegean to the Ionian Sea: Pottery, Technology and People in the Plain of Sybaris in the Late Bronze Age. Orea|Punta di Zambrone I Oriental and European Archaeology Volume 17|
No full textThe Plain of Sybaris, in north-eastern Calabria, is one of the most important regions in Italy where it is possible to study the interactions between local people and Aegean-area traders and craftsmen in the Middle and Late Bronze Age. The combined use of systematic archaeological and archaeometric analyses, carried out especially on pottery from Broglio di Trebisacce and Torre Mordillo, has been fundamental for the investigation into the development of a local production of Mycenaean-type pottery. This Italo-Mycenaean production is oriented towards tableware that is often organised in sets of drinking vessels. There is no doubt that this is a specialised type of pottery production; one of the most controversial and challenging issues is how to connect the development of this specialised craftsmanship to the general organisation of local communities. Many studies concerning the introduction of technological novelties and craft specialisation, especially in the field of pottery production, propose that they arose not for practical or techno-economical convenience but for symbolic and social reasons connected to demand from the elite. It therefore seems necessary to analyse the phenomenon of Italo-Mycenaean pottery – and other Aegean-inspired wares – within a discussion which takes into account the political economy of local communities
Die Diskussion um Kompetenzen in den Federalist Papers. Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs|Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs Band 2 / 2021|
No full textPublius’ vigorous argument for a “more perfect union“ was backed by a deeply sensed fear of the human vices and their potential for the destruction of the polity. Hence, the often admired system of checks and balances as well as the distribution of competences is heavily biased in order to establish a compromise between stability and liberty and to safeguard a (true) republican government with, for and against the people
Modelling Climate–Sensitive Forest Succession to Assess Impacts of Climate Change and Support Decision Making. GI_Forum|GI_Forum 2021, Volume 2|
No full textMountain forests provide a wide variety of ecosystem services to society. In light of the trend of temperature increase and related climatic extremes in the Greater Alpine Area, mountain forests are likely to undergo dramatic changes in the coming centuries. Therefore, forest managers face the challenge of adapting forests to support resilience to climate change. To facilitate this process, the forest gap model ForClim, a process-based forest succession model, was applied to generate site-specific information on future forest stand development and species composition. The tree species composition without management activities was predicted up to 2100 assuming a stable climate, and for both moderate and severe climate-change scenarios. Furthermore, three different forest stand development scenarios were implemented. The forest stand investigated in our research shows significant climate-sensitivity. Results demonstrate that deciduous mixed forest stands are necessary to increase resilience and manage forests for climate change. Using active silvicultural measures, such as assisted migration through planting thermophilus species, negative effects of climate change could be reduced. The modelling approach presented here is appropriate for assessing the impacts of climate change and supporting decision making by local forest managers