Using Freshwater Mussels as an Indicator for River Water Quality

Using the freshwater mussel to monitor water quality is a practical and advantageous way to use nature’s indicator species. River water quality is an important measurement that is constantly monitored for many purposes. The sampling involved with monitoring can be very costly and time-consuming. Using mussels as indicator species could save money and time. So, this project has been dedicated to exploring the applications and reality of using freshwater mussels to monitor river quality

Mental planes

2014 Spring.Includes bibliographical references.My works are mental planes in which I chart the accounts and associations I have with textiles and patterned objects. Each piece is a direct consequence of being raised within a family of industrial textile manufactures that produced fabrics for fashion, food, and bio-medical science industries. While I do not know the technicalities that exist within the process of designing and creating fabric-based materials and ornamentations, my daily exposure to the industrial craft has instilled an inherent sensibility for textiles and related objects of pattern that I come in contact within my daily encounters. Painting in an abstract manner that mimics collage, I incorporate the synthetic, the flat, and the vagaries within representational forms. This encourages intentional ambiguity within synthesized spaces, causing the viewer to struggle and grasp to make a connection. The viewers are invited into the puzzle to create their own narratives of place and time

Composizione dello "sporco" (macrobenthos non commerciale) della pesca a strascico Campagna MEDITS 2016 - Stretto di Sicilia

E' riportata la lista tassonomica del macrobenthos campionato nel corso del trawl-survey MEDITS 2016 svolto nello Stretto di Sicilia

Only Fools and Dead People Never Change Their Opinions

Book review of Edward J. Larson\u27s The American Controversy Over Creation and Evolutio

Composizione dello "sporco" (macrobenthos non commerciale) della pesca a strascico Campagna MEDITS 2013 - Stretto di Sicilia

E’ riportata la lista tassonomica del macrobenthos campionato nel corso del trawl-surveys MEDITS 2013 svolto nello Stretto di Sicilia

Durability of biodegradable polymers for the conservation of cultural heritage

The use of polymers for conservation of cultural heritage is related to the possibility to slow down or stop natural deterioration which, in many cases, corresponds to stopping the entrance of liquid water and to favor spontaneous water vapor removal. Unfortunately, hydrophobicity is generally favored by surface roughness and thus competitive with transparency. It is therefore important to find an optimal balance hydrophobicity, transparency and durability (especially to photooxidation). However, polymers typically used for applications in this field come from non-renewable resources and are not biodegradable. In this work, the mechanical, structural, and optical properties of PLA, PBAT, and a PBAT/PLA blends, as well as surface properties and water vapor permeability, were investigated before and after exposure to UV irradiation, in order to evaluate their durability and suitability for conservation of cultural heritage