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Qualitative Rockfall Hazard Assessment: A Comprehensive Review of Current Practices by Ferrari, F., Giacomini, A., Thoeni, K.

“…Rockfall phenomena represent a major hazard in mountainous areas because they can cause severe damage to infrastructure and buildings as well as serious…”
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A Large-Scale Application of the Stochastic Approach for Estimating the Shear Strength of Natural Rock Discontinuities by Jeffery, M., Huang, J., Fityus, S., Giacomini, A., Buzzi, O.

“…Reliable shear strength determination of large in situ discontinuities is still a challenge faced by the rock mechanics field. This is principally due to the…”
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New rapid PCR protocol based on high‐resolution melting analysis to identify Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other species within its genus by Nadai, C., Bovo, B., Giacomini, A., Corich, V.

“…Aims Selection projects aiming at the identification of new Saccharomyces strains are always on going as the use of the suitable yeast can strongly improve…”
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A rigorous multiscale random field approach to generate large scale rough rock surfaces by Jeffery, M., Huang, J., Fityus, S., Giacomini, A., Buzzi, O.

“…Estimating the shear strength of large in situ rock discontinuities is non-trivial because of the multiscale nature of roughness and the fact that only a very…”
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Qualitative evolving rockfall hazard assessment for highwalls by Ferrari, F., Giacomini, A., Thoeni, K., Lambert, C.

“…This paper presents a new qualitative rockfall hazard assessment procedure primarily designed for the Australian open-pit coal mining environment. The…”
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Towards a novel and efficient method to determine the failure energy of rockfall chain-link meshes by Tahmasbi, S., Giacomini, A., Wendeler, C., Buzzi, O.

“…Quantifying the maximum energy that a rockfall mesh, or a full system, can dissipate before failing is an inherent part of characterizing its dynamic response…”
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Resistance to acetolactate synthase inhibitors is due to a W 574 to L amino acid substitution in the ALS gene of redroot pigweed and tall waterhemp by Nandula, Vijay K, Giacomini, Darci A, Ray, Jeffery D

“…Several Amaranthus spp. around the world have evolved resistance (and cross resistance) to various herbicide mechanisms of action. Populations of redroot…”
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A New Stochastic Approach to Predict Peak and Residual Shear Strength of Natural Rock Discontinuities by Casagrande, D., Buzzi, O., Giacomini, A., Lambert, C., Fenton, G.

“…Natural discontinuities are known to play a key role in the stability of rock masses. However, it is a non-trivial task to estimate the shear strength of large…”
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INFLUENCE OF ILLUMINATION CHANGES ON IMAGE-BASED 3D SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION by Bruno, N., Giacomini, A., Roncella, R., Thoeni, K.

“…The paper investigates the influence of lighting conditions on image-based 3D surface reconstruction, with particular focus on periodic photogrammetric surveys…”
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A comparison of multi-view 3D reconstruction of a rock wall using several cameras and a laser scanner by Thoeni, K., Giacomini, A., Murtagh, R., Kniest, E.

“…This work presents a comparative study between multi-view 3D reconstruction using various digital cameras and a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS). Five different…”
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The significance of geology for the morphology of potentially unstable rocks by Fityus, S.G., Giacomini, A., Buzzi, O.

“…From a consideration of the concepts of geological weathering and structure, it can be expected that rockfall hazards should be characteristically different in…”
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Experimental study on rockfall drapery systems for open pit highwalls by Giacomini, A., Thoeni, K., Lambert, C., Booth, S., Sloan, S.W.

“…This study presents in situ experiments carried out at an open cut mine in New South Wales (Australia). The research intends to improve the current knowledge…”
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Friedmann Dynamics Recovered from Compactified Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet Cosmology by Canfora, F., Giacomini, A., Pavluchenko, S. A., Toporensky, A.

“…Cosmological dynamics is studied in Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity with a perfect fluid source in arbitrary dimension. A systematic analysis is performed for…”
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In situ rockfall testing in New South Wales, Australia by Spadari, M., Giacomini, A., Buzzi, O., Fityus, S., Giani, G.P.

“…Despite the significance of rockfall hazards in Australia, this phenomenon is still poorly characterised in many regional environments. In particular, the…”
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Lactobacillus paracasei DTA81, a cholesterol‐lowering strain having immunomodulatory activity, reveals gut microbiota regulation capability in BALB/c mice receiving high‐fat diet by Tarrah, A., dos Santos Cruz, B.C., Sousa Dias, R., Silva Duarte, V., Pakroo, S., Licursi de Oliveira, L., Gouveia Peluzio, M.C., Corich, V., Giacomini, A., Oliveira de Paula, S.

“…Aims In‐vitro/In‐vivo evaluation of cholesterol‐lowering probiotic strain Lactobacillus paracasei DTA81 and the possible connection with the gut microbiota…”
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A COMPARISON OF LOW-COST CAMERAS APPLIED TO FIXED MULTI-IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEMS by Bruno, N., Thoeni, K., Diotri, F., Santise, M., Roncella, R., Giacomini, A.

“…Photogrammetry is becoming a widely used technique for slope monitoring and rock fall data collection. Its scalability, simplicity of components and low costs…”
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Numerical Modelling of a Low-Energy Rockfall Barrier: New Insight into the Bullet Effect by Mentani, A., Giacomini, A., Buzzi, O., Govoni, L., Gottardi, G., Fityus, S.

“…This paper investigates the dynamic response of low energy, semi-rigid rockfall barriers. The study is based on a FE model that reproduces the geometry,…”
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Anisotropic spacetimes in chiral scalar field cosmology by Giacomini, A., Leach, P. G. L., Leon, G., Paliathanasis, A.

“…We study the behaviour and the evolution of the cosmological field equations in an homogeneous and anisotropic spacetime with two scalar fields coupled in the…”
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Experimental studies on fragmentation of rock falls on impact with rock surfaces by Giacomini, A., Buzzi, O., Renard, B., Giani, G.P.

“…Rock fall is a common natural hazard causing significant damage to infrastructure and loss of life. Rock fragmentation is frequently observed during rock fall…”
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Does targeted recruitment turn the dial for gender equity? A qualitative study at an Australian University by Lane, C., Saronga, N., Fowell, R., Berretta, R., Blackmore, K., Momenzadeh, L., Giacomini, A., Ware, S., Milam, J.

“…This qualitative study explored a targeted recruitment initiative that was designed to attract and recruit female academic staff in STEM disciplines at an…”
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