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  • Soil Science in Italy

    1861 to 2024

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    History is generally defined as “the study of past events, particularly in human affairs” and is mostly understood when presented chronologically. That’s why someone also defined it as the ‘chronological record of the past’. Knowing the past is extremely important for any society and human being. Past gives us insights into our evolving behavior in many matters of life. The book is seen as a ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Chronotherapeutics for Affective Disorders

    A Clinician's Manual for Light and Wake Therapy

    'Light therapy' is established worldwide as the treatment of choice for seasonal affective disorder. It is also successfuly used in nonseasonal depression, as well as for many other psychiatric and neurologic illnesses, and in sleep medicine. ‘Wake therapy’ is the fastest antidepressant known. Imaging studies show that both methods share neurobiological substrates with antidepressants, but act ... Read more

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    Color History, Science and Impact

    Take a colorful walk through human ingenuity.Humans have been unpacking the earth to use pigments since cavemen times. Starting out from surface pigments for cave paintings, we’ve dug deep for minerals, mined oceans for colors and exploited the world of plants and animals. Our accidental fumbles have given birth to a whole family of brilliant blues that grace our museums, mansions and motorcars. ... Read more

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  • Trees Are Shape Shifters

    How Cultivation, Climate Change, and Disaster Create Landscapes

    Series series Yale Agrarian Studies Series
    An exploration of the anthropogenic landscapes of Lucca, Italy, and how its people understand social and environmental change through cultivationIn Italy and around the Mediterranean, almost every stone, every tree, and every hillside show traces of human activities. Situating climate change within the context of the Anthropocene, Andrew Mathews investigates how people in Lucca, Italy, make sense ... Read more

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  • Italian Renaissance Frames at the V&A

    This visually stunning and technically detailed book is an in-depth analysis of the materials and techniques used on thirty eight of the V&A's Renaissance frames. The book will teach the reader to recognise frame style, structure and surface decoration of the period, as well as additions and alterations and later frames in the style.* First detailed technical analysis of the V&A's most important ... Read more

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  • English for Sustainability

    Series Book 1 - Inglese
    This ebook is conceived for intermediate students interested in sustainability, climate change, global warming, deforestation, biodiversity, ecosystems, carbon footprint and waste management. The ebook presents sector-based definitions and explains technical terms; it proposes glossaries, comprehension questions, videos and word matching exercises. Students' second language skills are fostered ... Read more

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  • Built Heritage in post-Disaster Scenarios

    Improving Resilience and Awareness Towards Preservation, Risk Mitigation and Governance Strategies

    It is assumed that the impact of natural and man-made hazards on society in terms of damage cannot be avoided. To reduce potential disaster levels and to assess which policies have had a positive outcome, a careful comparison should take place on the procedures implemented in the management of crises.The experiences with the earthquakes in the Pianura Padana area and central regions of Italy in ... Read more

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  • Science and Art

    The Painted Surface

    Science and art are increasingly interconnected in the activities of the study and conservation of works of art. Science plays a key role in cultural heritage, from developing new analytical techniques for studying the art, to investigating new ways of preserving the materials for the future. For example, high resolution multispectral examination of paintings allows art historians to view ... Read more

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  • A Lost Mediterranean Culture

    The Giant Statues of Sardinia's Mont'e Prama

    Edited by Barbara Faedda, Paolo Carta ...
    Series series Columbiana
    Thousands of shattered limestone pieces came to light in 1974 at the Mont’e Prama site in western Sardinia. They have been reassembled into dozens of striking, colossal statues that reward close study by archaeologists, historians, conservators, and restorers. The giant statues and the individual tombs in this monumental necropolis—sculpted by a powerful Mediterranean civilization—make Mont’e ... Read more

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  • Indoor Air Quality in Healthcare Facilities

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This interdisciplinary guide offers background, research findings, and practical strategies for assessing and improving air quality in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Positing good air quality as critical to patient and staff well-being, it identifies disease-carrying microbes, pollutants, and other airborne toxins and their health risks, and provides localized interventions for reducing ... Read more

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  • Beyond the Garden

    Sustainable and Inclusive Green Urban Spaces

    Edited by Federica Dal Falco ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book addresses the interdisciplinary and multiscale theme of the design of sustainable, inclusive and creative urban green spaces in relation to the socio-ecological transition and in line with the systemic vision promoted by the 2030 Agenda, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the principles outlined by the New European Bauhaus (European Commission, 2021). The publication refers ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Science and Art

    The Contemporary Painted Surface

    Science and art are increasingly interconnected in the activities of the study and conservation of works of art. Science plays a key role in cultural heritage, from developing new analytical techniques for studying the art, to investigating new ways of preserving the materials for the future.Following on from the 2014 title Science and Art: The Painted Surface, this book consists of a series of ... Read more

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