Capturing the multifaceted phenomena of socioeconomic vulnerability     

Linda Sorg  Neiler Medina  Daniel Feldmeyer  Arlex Sanchez  Zoran Vojinovic  Jörn Birkmann  Alessandra Marchese 《Natural Hazards》2018,92(1):257-282

Vulnerability and disaster risk assessment has been evaluated from different perspectives with focus on global or national scale. There is a lack of methodologies on city scale, which are able to capture inner-city disparities with regard to socioeconomic aspects. Therefore, the main objective was to develop a transparent and comprehensive indicator-based approach which is flexible in terms of data availability and is not tied to a specific case study side. This research proposes two flexible methodological approaches on how to perform socioeconomic vulnerability assessment. Susceptibility, Coping and Adaptation are the main elements of a modular hierarchical structure to capture the societal sphere of vulnerability. The first method is completely based on official census data at block scale. The second method is an expansion and includes data derived from a field survey to add components of risk perception. The proposed methodologies were developed and applied in the city of Genoa (Italy). The results are displayed spatially explicit on maps. Furthermore statistical analysis, to reveal the driving forces which influence vulnerability, was performed. The census-based approach revealed that vulnerability is forced along the river by the inherent susceptibility, as well as the lack of adaptation. The two approaches can be used effectively in gaining different insights. The flexibility of the framework proved to be suitable to the objective of the research. However, the values computed in this research do not claim completeness, and the aim was to provide useful information for stakeholders in decision making process to reduce vulnerability and risk.  相似文献   

Correction to: A Class-Kriging Predictor for Functional Compositions with Application to Particle-Size Curves in Heterogeneous Aquifers     

Alessandra Menafoglio  Piercesare Secchi  Alberto Guadagnini 《Mathematical Geosciences》2018,50(2):247-247

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Bounding the time delay between high-energy neutrinos and gravitational-wave transients from gamma-ray bursts     

Bruny Baret  Imre Bartos  Boutayeb Bouhou  Alessandra Corsi  Irene Di Palma  Corinne Donzaud  Vronique Van Elewyck  Chad Finley  Gareth Jones  Antoine Kouchner  Szabolcs Mrka  Zsuzsa Mrka  Luciano Moscoso  Eric Chassande-Mottin  Maria Alessandra Papa  Thierry Pradier  Peter Raffai  Jameson Rollins  Patrick Sutton 《Astroparticle Physics》2011,35(1):1-7

We derive a conservative coincidence time window for joint searches of gravitational-wave (GW) transients and high-energy neutrinos (HENs, with energies ?100 GeV), emitted by gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The last are among the most interesting astrophysical sources for coincident detections with current and near-future detectors. We take into account a broad range of emission mechanisms. We take the upper limit of GRB durations as the 95% quantile of the T₉₀’s of GRBs observed by BATSE, obtaining a GRB duration upper limit of ∼150 s. Using published results on high-energy (>100 MeV) photon light curves for 8 GRBs detected by Fermi LAT, we verify that most high-energy photons are expected to be observed within the first ∼150 s of the GRB. Taking into account the breakout-time of the relativistic jet produced by the central engine, we allow GW and HEN emission to begin up to 100 s before the onset of observable gamma photon production. Using published precursor time differences, we calculate a time upper bound for precursor activity, obtaining that 95% of precursors occur within ∼250 s prior to the onset of the GRB. Taking the above different processes into account, we arrive at a time window of t_HEN − t_GW ∈ [−500 s, +500 s]. Considering the above processes, an upper bound can also be determined for the expected time window of GW and/or HEN signals coincident with a detected GRB, t_GW − t_GRB ≈ t_HEN − t_GRB ∈ [−350 s, +150 s]. These upper bounds can be used to limit the coincidence time window in multimessenger searches, as well as aiding the interpretation of the times of arrival of measured signals.  相似文献   

Stability of the synchronous spin-orbit resonance by construction of librational trapping tori     

Alessandra Celletti 《Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy》1993,57(1-2):325-328

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Levels and chemical speciation of arsenic in polychaetes: a review     

Daniele Fattorini  Alessandra Notti  Magdalena N. Halt  Maria Cristina Gambi  & Francesco Regoli 《Marine Ecology》2005,26(3-4):255-264

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Do endocrine disrupting chemicals threaten Mediterranean swordfish? Preliminary results of vitellogenin and Zona radiata proteins in Xiphias gladius     

M. Cristina Fossi  Silvia Casini  Stefania Ancora  Alessandra Moscatelli  Antonella Ausili  Giuseppe Notarbartolo-di-Sciara 《Marine environmental research》2001,52(5)

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) have the potential to alter hormone pathways that regulate reproductive processes in wildlife and fishes. In this research the hypothesis that Mediterranean top predator species (such as large pelagic fish) are potentially at risk due to EDCs is investigated. These marine organisms tend to accumulate high concentrations of EDCs such as polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (PHAHs). The potential effects of EDCs on a fish species of commercial interest, the top predator Xiphias gladius (swordfish), were investigated using vitellogenin (Vtg) and Zona radiata proteins (Zrp) as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. Dramatic induction of typically female proteins (Vtg and Zrp) was detected by ELISA and Western Blot in adult males of the species. These results are the first warning of the potential risk for reproductive function of Mediterranean top predators, and suggest the need for continuous monitoring of this fragile marine environment.  相似文献   

X-ray spectromicroscopic investigation of natural organochlorine distribution in weathering plant material     

Alessandra C. Leri  Matthew A. Marcus 《Geochimica et cosmochimica acta》2007,71(23):5834-5846

Natural organochlorine (Cl_org) is ubiquitous in soil humus, but the distribution and cycling of different Cl species during the humification of plant material is poorly understood. Our X-ray spectromicroscopic studies indicate that the distributions of Cl_org and inorganic Cl⁻(Cl_inorg) in oak leaf material vary dramatically with decay stage, with the most striking changes occurring at the onset of weathering. In healthy or senescent leaves harvested from trees, Cl_inorg occurs in sparsely distributed, highly localized “hotspots” associated with trichomes as well as in diffuse concentration throughout the leaf tissue. The Cl_inorg associated with trichomes exists either in H-bonded form or in a solid salt matrix, while the Cl_inorg in diffuse areas of lower Cl concentration appears exclusively in H-bonded form. Most solid phase Cl_inorg leaches from the leaf tissue during early weathering stages, whereas the H-bonded Cl_inorg appears to leach away slowly as degradation progresses, persisting through advanced weathering stages. In unweathered leaves, aromatic and aliphatic Cl_org were found in rare but concentrated hotspots. In weathered leaves, by contrast, aromatic Cl_org hotspots are prevalent, often coinciding with areas of elevated Fe or Mn concentration. Aromatic Cl_org is highly soluble in leaves at early weathering stages and insoluble at more advanced stages. These results, combined with optical microscopy, suggest that fungi play a role in the production of aromatic Cl_org in weathering leaf material. Aliphatic Cl_org occurs in concentrated hotspots in weathered leaves as well as in diffuse areas of low Cl concentration. The distribution and speciation of Cl in weathering oak leaves depicted by this spectromicroscopic study provides new insight into the formation and cycling of Cl_org during the decay of natural organic matter.  相似文献   

Validation and fusion of different databases in preparation of high-resolution geoid determination     

Alessandra Borghi  Daniela Carrion  Giovanna Sona 《Geophysical Journal International》2007,171(2):539-549

An up to date determination of a high-resolution geoid requires the use of best available databases concerning digital terrain model (DTM), bathymetry, global geopotential model and gravity field. The occasion to revisit methods to validate and merge different data sets has been created by a new project for the determination of a new European Geoid.
Since the computation of the latest European geoid and quasi-geoid model (EGG97), significant new or improved data sets have become available, such as new global geopotential models from CHAMP and GRACE missions, new national and global DTMs and new or upgraded gravity data sets.
In the context of the new European Gravity and Geoid Project (EGGP), within the IAG Commission 2, some data validation tests have been performed in the Italian zone.
In the area 19°× 17° wide, covering Italy, three kinds of tests have been performed: comparison among different DTMs in order to choose the best one to be used; comparisons in terms of geoid computation in some coastal areas, to evaluate bathymetry effects, and the validation of the EIGEN-CG01C and EIGEN-CG03C new global models up to degree and order 360.
These preliminary tests lead to the choice of SRTM DTM (integrated in no-data holes), with an added bathymetry derived by the Italian 1:25 000 official cartography near the coasts and the NOAA bathymetry in high seas. The validation of the new global models and the comparison with EGM96 model show that, in terms of geoid computation, the EGM96 yields better results. Moreover, the validation of new available land gravity data and the cross-validation of two sets of gravity data on sea have been completed.  相似文献   

Multi-step SETARMA predictors in the analysis of hydrological time series   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Alessandra Amendola  Marcella Niglio 《Physics and Chemistry of the Earth》2006,31(18):1118-1126

The performance of the self-exciting threshold autoregressive moving average model in forecasting river flow data is investigated. Multi-step forecasts of two daily time series are generated through three different nonlinear predictors. The model adequacy to capture the main features of the data under study and its forecasting performance are analysed and discussed.  相似文献   

Influence of metal oxides in the colorimetric determination of acid volatile sulfide in sediments     

Janaina L. Oliveira  Alessandra Eugênio  Júlio C. Rodrigues de Azevedo  Jorge Nozaki 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2006,34(4):383-388

The sediment of Lagoa dos Patos‐MS, Brazil, was investigated to verify the influence of metal sulfides and oxyhydroxides of Mn and Fe on the heavy metal availability. The spectrophotometric method of methylene blue was used, with 8 interlinked tubes containing the samples with SnCl₂, where N₂ was introduced to release the H₂S extracted with 6.0 mol L^–1 HCl, and trapped in 0.05 M NaOH solution. The influence of SO₄^2–, Mn(IV) and Fe(III) oxyhydroxides was investigated with samples constituted by a mixture of MnO₂; Na₂SO₄; FeCl₃, and sediments. The presence of SnCl₂ was very important to avoid the interferences of iron and manganese oxyhydroxides. The method of standard addition was applied and the efficiency was (100.8 ± 9.4)%. The ratio among the quantities of metals potentially available and the acid volatile sulfide (AVS) indicate that the system presents small metals availability to the benthic community, by the existence of sulfide capable to immobilize the metal as insoluble sulfide.  相似文献