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Crescentino Caselli e l'Ospizio di San Vincenzo a Vinovo
No full textVinovo, 1890: la Congregazione di Carità e il Comune hanno deciso di costruire un nuovo Ospizio. L’ente Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza del Cottolengo di Torino decide di patrocinare l’opera. Crescentino Caselli, giovane e brillante ingegnere allievo di Alessandro Antonelli, è coinvolto per la stesura del progetto dell’edi cio. Le soluzioni scelte dall’ingegnere confermano le sue notevoli capacità tecniche e la sua conoscenza riguardo alle prestazioni dei materiali da costruzione. Crescentino Caselli, nato a Fubine in provincia di Alessandria il 29 novembre 1849, infatti, si dimostra un aggiornato progettista. Inoltre, egli è attento al dibattito internazionale in materia di ingegneria sanitaria, architettura ospedaliera e nuove tecnologie edilizie
Climate Change and Major Pests of Mediterranean Olive Orchards: Are We Ready to Face the Global Heating?
No full textEvidence of the impact of climate change on natural and agroecosystems is nowadays established worldwide, especially in the Mediterranean Basin, an area known to be very susceptible to heatwaves and drought. Olea europaea is one of the main income sources for the Mediterranean agroeconomy, and it is considered a sensitive indicator of the climate change degree because of the tight relationship between its biology and temperature trend. Despite the economic importance of the olive, few studies are nowadays available concerning the consequences that global heating may have on its major pests. Among the climatic parameters, temperature is the key one influencing the relation between the olive tree and its most threatening parasites, including Bactrocera oleae and Prays oleae. Therefore, several prediction models are based on this climatic parameter (e.g., cumulative degree day models). Even if the use of models could be a promising tool to improve pest control strategies and to safeguard the Mediterranean olive patrimony, they are not currently available for most O. europaea pests, and they have to be used considering their limits. This work stresses the lack of knowledge about the biology and the ethology of olive pests under a climate change scenario, inviting the scientific community to focus on the topic
Alice and Cliff Donahue
No full textPhotograph - Friends of Alice B. and William Clifford Donahue, Athabasca, Alberta. Seated, left to right: Cliff Donahue, Joe Mikkelsen, Beryl Mikkelsen, and Marge Logan. Standing, left to right: Don Logan, Alice B. Donahue, Aaron Jones, Lorene Jones, and Beatrice Par
Alice B. Donahue - 09
No full textPhotograph - Alice B. Donahue at flooded campsite on the Athabasca River, Athabasca, Albert
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