Search Results - "Donato, Salvatore"

Optimizing the Sampling Area across an Old-Growth Forest via UAV-Borne Laser Scanning, GNSS, and Radial Surveying by Sferlazza, Sebastiano, Maltese, Antonino, Dardanelli, Gino, La Mela Veca, Donato Salvatore

“…Aboveground biomass, volume, and basal area are among the most important structural attributes in forestry. Direct measurements are cost-intensive and…”
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Understanding stakeholders' perspectives behind wildfires in Sicily: A Q‐methodology approach by Piroli, Erika, La Mela Veca, Donato Salvatore, Mistry, Jay, Kountouris, Yiannis

“…Mediterranean wildfires persistently challenge regions due to climatic factors, changing land use, and abandonment of rural areas, posing threats to both…”
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The efficiency of LiDAR HMLS scanning in monitoring forest structure parameters: implications for sustainable forest management by Sofia, Serena, Federico Guglielmo Maetzke, Crescimanno, Maria, Coticchio, Alessandro, Donato Salvatore La Mela Veca, Galati, Antonino

“…Purpose>This article aims to compare the LiDAR handheld mobile laser scanner (HMLS) scans with traditional survey methods, as the tree gauge and the…”
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Lateral hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A case report by Belmonte, Emanuela, Arcari, Luca, Camastra, Giovanni, Ciolina, Federica, Danti, Massimiliano, Sbarbati, Stefano, Musarò, Salvatore Donato, Cacciotti, Luca

“…Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular disorder, more often presenting with asymmetrical septal hypertrophy. Here we…”
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Forest accessibility, Madonie mountains (northern Sicily, Italy): implementing a GIS decision support system by Sferlazza, Sebastiano, Maltese, Antonino, Ciraolo, Giuseppe, Dardanelli, Gino, Maetzke, Federico Guglielmo, La Mela Veca, Donato Salvatore

“…Valorisation and sustainable exploitation of woody biomass from cultivation interventions might be an important opportunity to track alternative development…”
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Close-to-Nature Silviculture to Maintain a Relict Population of White Oak on Etna Volcano (Sicily, Italy): Preliminary Results of a Peculiar Case Study by Sferlazza, Sebastiano, Londi, Guglielmo, La Mela Veca, Donato Salvatore, Maetzke, Federico Guglielmo, Vinciguerra, Salvatore, Spampinato, Giovanni

“…Habitat loss is a potential long-term effect of projected climate change for Mediterranean forest ecosystems. Here, we investigated the effectiveness of a…”
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Living and Dead Aboveground Biomass in Mediterranean Forests: Evidence of Old-Growth Traits in a Quercus pubescens Willd. s.l. Stand by Emilio Badalamenti, Tommaso La Mantia, Giovanni La Mantia, Antonino Cairone, Donato Salvatore La Mela Veca

“…For a long time, human impact has deeply simplified most of the forest ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin. Here, forests have seldom had the chance to…”
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Pine Stand Density Influences the Regeneration of Acacia saligna Labill. H.L.Wendl. and Native Woody Species in a Mediterranean Coastal Pine Plantation by Emilio Badalamenti, Rafael da Silveira Bueno, Olimpia Campo, Martina Gallo, Donato Salvatore La Mela Veca, Salvatore Pasta, Giovanna Sala, Tommaso La Mantia

“…Mediterranean plantations are the most suitable areas to assess vegetation dynamics and competitive interactions between native and exotic woody species. Our…”
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Effects of traditional forest management on carbon storage in a Mediterranean holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) coppice by Sferlazza, S, Maetzke, FG, Iovino, M, Baiamonte, G, Palmeri, V, La Mela Veca, DS

“…In the last decade, there has been increased interest in measuring and modeling storage in the five forest carbon pools: the aboveground and belowground…”
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Identifying factors that predict the choice and success rate of radial artery catheterisation in contemporary real world cardiology practice: a sub-analysis of the PREVAIL study data by PRISTIPINO, Christian, RONCELIA, Adriana, SPECIALE, Giulio, TRANI, Carlo, NAZZARO, Marco S, BERNI, Andrea, DI SCIASCIO, Germano, SCIAHBASI, Alessandro, MUSARO, Salvatore Donato, MAZZAROTTO, Pietro, GIOFFRE, Gaetano

“…To assess: the reasons behind an operator choosing to perform radial artery catheterisation (RAC) as against femoral arterial catheterisation, and to explore…”
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Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the greater omentum: report of a case and review of the literature by Franzini, Christian, Alessandri, Luciano, Piscioli, Irene, Donato, Salvatore, Faraci, Rosario, Morelli, Luca, Del Nonno, Franca, Licci, Stefano

“…Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) represent the majority of primary non-epithelial neoplasms of the digestive tract, most frequently expressing the KIT…”
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The role of traditional Erica arborea L. management practices in maintaining northeastern Sicily's cultural landscape by La Mantia, Tommaso, Giaimi, Giuseppe, Veca, Donato Salvatore La Mela, Pasta, Salvatore

“…The tree heath ( Erica arborea L.), a small evergreen tree found in the Mediterranean region and parts of Eastern and Central Africa, produces lignotubers that…”
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Pulmonary congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation, type I, presenting as a single cyst of the middle lobe in an adult: case report by Morelli, Luca, Piscioli, Irene, Licci, Stefano, Donato, Salvatore, Catalucci, Alessia, Del Nonno, Franca

“…Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) of the lung is an uncommon fetal development anomaly of the terminal respiratory structures. The large cyst…”
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Circadian rhythm of COPD symptoms in clinically based phenotypes. Results from the STORICO Italian observational study by Scichilone, Nicola, Antonelli Incalzi, Raffaele, Blasi, Francesco, Schino, Pietro, Cuttitta, Giuseppina, Zullo, Alessandro, Ori, Alessandra, Canonica, Giorgio Walter

“…Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) encompasses various phenotypes that severely limit the applicability of precision respiratory medicine. The…”
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Motivations, adoption and impact of voluntary environmental certification in the Italian Forest based industry: The case of the FSC standard by Galati, Antonino, Gianguzzi, Giuseppe, Tinervia, Salvatore, Crescimanno, Maria, La Mela Veca, Donato Salvatore

“…Over the past few years several private voluntary schemes have been developed worldwide to address the environmental issues in the forest based industry. Using…”
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Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma of the parotid gland, unusual malignancy radiologically simulating a benign lesion: case report by Piscioli, Irene, Morelli, Luca, Falzone, Andrea, Del Nonno, Franca, Neri, Marinella, Di Rocco, Zorika Christiana, Catalucci, Alessia, Donato, Salvatore, Licci, Stefano

“…Ultrasound (US), Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are widely used in the clinical diagnosis of parotid gland tumors and their…”
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Comparing Different Methods to Determine Soil Physical Quality in a Mediterranean Forest and Pasture Land by Cullotta, S., Bagarello, V., Baiamonte, G., Gugliuzza, G., Iovino, M., La Mela Veca, D.S., Maetzke, F., Palmeri, V., Sferlazza, S.

“…Core Ideas Optimal values of soil physical quality indicators are still approximate. Sampling soils with minimal anthropic pressures will improve soil physical…”
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Which are Southern Italy’s fastest growing tree species? Lessons from the past for future perspectives, with a special focus on Sicily by Emilio Badalamenti, Sebastiano Sferlazza, Donato Salvatore La Mela Veca, Federico Maetzke, Giovanna Sala, Tommaso La Mantia

“…Fast growing tree species can generate high wood production in a short time frame. However, maximum productivity is dependent on environmental and management…”
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Anthropogenic Influences in Land Use/Land Cover Changes in Mediterranean Forest Landscapes in Sicily by La Mela Veca, Donato, Cullotta, Sebastiano, Sferlazza, Sebastiano, Maetzke, Federico

“…This paper analyzes and quantifies the land use/land cover changes of the main forest and semi-natural landscape types in Sicily between 1955 and 2012. We…”
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Differences of raw cork quality in productive cork oak woods in Sicily in relation to stand density by Pizzurro, Giuseppe M., Maetzke, Federico, Veca, Donato S. La Mela

“…Differences of raw cork quality, in terms of thickness and porosity, were observed in productive cork oak ( Quercus suber L.) stands in the Nebrodi and Iblei…”
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