A methodology for mapping co-benefits of climate adaptation. Participatory GIS in consultancy

This thesis seeks to broaden the research of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the context of citizen engagement and co-benefit mapping, by bringing forth consultancy perspectives and demands towards the uptake of new methods. The process is anchored in the Action Research methodology, as the empirical material is produced through a collaboration with the Ramboll consultancy. The thesis follows the process of creating a methodology for the spatial delineation of co-benefits within climate adaptation. It investigates how an otherwise analogue methodology can be enhanced by using digital tools based on GIS. The pinnacle of this process is the testing of the method, which could form the basis for co-benefit assessments, in two cases situated in a Western European context. The thesis discusses both the consultancy considerations for the adoption of a new participatory method, as well as the implications of using citizen knowledge in this process. One of the main research findings is the missing link between the concepts of place values, ecosystem services and co-benefits of climate adaptation, which is closely tied to the timing of the assessment, prior to or after climate adaptation measures. Local circumstances and project requirements dictate the introduction of a new digital method that is based on participatory GIS (PGIS), and partly the team’s resources. Integrating citizen knowledge in co-benefit assessments carried out in GIS is strongly related to the main difficulties of co-benefit assessments, such as overlapping and conflicting values. In addition to that, outreach is essential for a successful outcome, but also resource demanding

Subdifferential calculus and ideal solutions for set optimization problems

We explore the possibility to derive basic calculus rules for some subdifferential constructions associated to set-valued maps between normed vector spaces. Then, we use these results in order to write optimality conditions for a special kind of solutions for set optimization problems

Conic cancellation laws and some applications

We discuss, on finite and infinite dimensional normed vector spaces, some versions of Radstr\"{o}m cancellation law (or lemma) that are suited for applications to set optimization problems. In this sense, we call our results "conic" variants of the celebrated result of Radstr\"{o}m, since they involve the presence of an ordering cone on the underlying space. Several adaptations to this context of some topological properties of sets are studied and some applications to subdifferential calculus associated to set-valued maps and to necessary optimality conditions for constrained set optimization problems are given. Finally, a stability problem is considered

Antifungal activity of essential oils and homemade fungicides against Passalora Fulva

Passalora fulva is a pathogen which causes the disease on tomato known as the tomato leaf mold. In the greenhouses, this disease causes big problems during the fall, in early winter and spring, due to the high relative humidity of air and the temperature. The development of the disease is quick, moving from lower to upper leaves so the controlling must be done as soon as possible. The antifungal activity of medicinal plants bioactive compounds has gained a lot of attention within the scientific community. The main factor is the growing problem of multidrug resistance among pathogenic fungi. In addition, medicinal plant oils are the promising sources of antifungal drugs. Based on these facts, the present study emphasizes the importance of plants EOs as an alternative against pathogenic fungi causing tomato leaf mould. The spread of pesticide resistant pathogens is one of the most severe threats to successful treatment of microbial diseases. Renewed recent interest towards EOs utilization has been attributed to several factors, including a general revival in the appeal of ‘natural’ products, the desire for antimicrobial compounds with considerably better safety and toxicity profiles, and more importantly, the need for alternative ways to conventional antimicrobial, since they show reduced susceptibility to many major pathogens. In this paper we have analyzed possible substitutes to synthetic pesticides in controlling the fungus. Since the potential of essential oils (EOs) as antimicrobial agents is well established and farmers around the world already use traditional recipes, we have decided to test a fair amount of essential oils and homemade fungicides against the growth of Passalora fulva mycelium. We have discovered cloves EO kills the fungus at any tested concentration. The next EOs with strong effects are cinnamon, lemongrass, palmarosa, oregano and oil grass. The rest of EOs have shown a medium inhibitory effect

MM-Wave Metamaterial Adjustable Antenna on Magnetically Biased Ferritic Substrate

The paper presents a mm-wave metamaterial coplanar waveguide (CPW) zeroth-order resonating (ZOR) antenna on magnetically biased ferrite substrate. The measurements demonstrate tuning of the resonant frequency and steering of the radiation characteristic depending on the strength of biasing magnetic field. The resonant frequency shifts about 1.1 GHz for magnetic biasing field strength variation between 0 T and 0.265 T. The return loss is reduced as result of elimination of ferrite low field loss. The radiation characteristic in transversal plane steers between approximately −15° and +14° depending on the magnetic field strength. In the magnetically unbiased state the antenna gain is 4.16 dBi and increases slightly to 4.22 dBi due to small field loss reduction following the magnetic polarization application

The influence of agrometeorological characteristics of the agricultural year 2019-2020 on wheat crop in the North-East part of Moldova

The study based on the aforementioned theme puts to distinguish specifics agrometeorological characteristics of the agricultural year 2019-2020 in the North-East part of Moldova, and its influence on growth and yield in winter wheat crop. It’s presented the average values of precipitations and air temperature for the last decade and the values of precipitations and air temperature recorded between September 2019 and July 2020 and its influence in winter wheat crop. The climatic conditions encountered during the agricultural year 2019-2020 and, especially in the first half of 2020 made this year a very special one, being characterized by the presence of a severe drought, with strong negative influences on growth of cultivated plants and especially of winter wheat

Contribution to the knowledge of the micromycetes from the spontaneous flora identified in Iasi county region, Romania

Permanent knowledge of distribution, diversity and interactions between organisms, plants and the environment in which they live is extremely important for the conservation of biodiversity. Interest for biodiversity conservation is intensified by concern bout the conservation of genetic resources, destruction of forest, extinction of species and the effects of global warming. This paper presents some parasitic micromycetes identified on plant species from different areas of Iasi County. In our fieldwork made in the spring of 2021 year were indentified some parasitic micromycetes to spontaneous flora species as: fumewort (Corydalis solida L. Clairv.), alpine squill (Scilla bifolia L.), buttercup anemone (Anemone ranunculoides), lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria L.) și snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagrioides Patrin ex Schult. & Schult. f.) Identified micromycetes cause some plant diseases as downy mildew or rust and this fungi species belong to some different taxonomy: Those who cause downy mildew are from Oomycetes class, and rust are from Teliomycetes class as Tranzschelia, Puccinia.și Uromyces genera