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Review: Environmental impact of livestock farming and Precision Livestock Farming as a mitigation strategy by Tullo, Emanuela, Finzi, Alberto, Guarino, Marcella

“…This paper reviews the environmental impact of current livestock practices and discusses the advantages offered by Precision Livestock Farming (PLF), as a…”
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A Survey of Dairy Cattle Behavior in Different Barns in Northern Italy by Lovarelli, Daniela, Finzi, Alberto, Mattachini, Gabriele, Riva, Elisabetta

“…Due to its increasing pressure on dairy cows, studies that investigate how to cope with heat stress are needed. The heat stress affects multiple aspects of…”
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Nitrogen recovery from intensive livestock farms using a simplified ammonia stripping process by Finzi, Alberto, Ferrari, Omar, Riva, Elisabetta, Provolo, Giorgio

“…The ammonia (NH 3 ) stripping process can recover nitrogen (N) from slurry and digestates as a mineral fertilizer, but it is currently expensive and difficult…”
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Effects of Climatic Conditions on the Lying Behavior of a Group of Primiparous Dairy Cows by Tullo, Emanuela, Mattachini, Gabriele, Riva, Elisabetta, Finzi, Alberto, Provolo, Giorgio, Guarino, Marcella

“…Currently, lying behavior can be assessed using continuous observations from sensors (e.g., accelerometers). The analysis of digital data deriving from…”
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Comparison of techniques for ammonia emission mitigation during storage of livestock manure and assessment of their effect in the management chain by Finzi, Alberto, Riva, Elisabetta, Bicoku, Alda, Guido, Viviana, Shallari, Seit, Provolo, Giorgio

“…The reduction of ammonia (NH3) emissions associated with manure management requires identification and implementation of effective techniques. The objective of…”
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Fertigation of Maize with Digestate Using Drip Irrigation and Pivot Systems by Guido, Viviana, Finzi, Alberto, Ferrari, Omar, Riva, Elisabetta, Quílez, Dolores, Herrero, Eva, Provolo, Giorgio

“…Digestate is a nutrient-rich fertilizer and appropriate techniques are required for its application during the maize season to reduce losses and increase the…”
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Development of a New Wearable 3D Sensor Node and Innovative Open Classification System for Dairy Cows' Behavior by Lovarelli, Daniela, Brandolese, Carlo, Leliveld, Lisette, Finzi, Alberto, Riva, Elisabetta, Grotto, Matteo, Provolo, Giorgio

“…Monitoring dairy cattle behavior can improve the detection of health and welfare issues for early interventions. Often commercial sensors do not provide…”
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Effects of Feeding Frequency on the Lying Behavior of Dairy Cows in a Loose Housing with Automatic Feeding and Milking System by Mattachini, Gabriele, Pompe, Johanna, Finzi, Alberto, Tullo, Emanuela, Riva, Elisabetta, Provolo, Giorgio

“…Management systems in modern dairy farms is an important issue in relation to animal comfort and welfare. The objective of this study was to determine the…”
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Dairy Cow Behavior Is Affected by Period, Time of Day and Housing by Leliveld, Lisette M C, Riva, Elisabetta, Mattachini, Gabriele, Finzi, Alberto, Lovarelli, Daniela, Provolo, Giorgio

“…Dairy cow behavior is affected by external and endogenous factors, including time of year, barn microclimate, time of day and housing. However, little is known…”
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Evaluation of ammonia emissions from filtration of digestate used for fertigation by Righi Ricco, Celeste, Finzi, Alberto, Guido, Viviana, Riva, Elisabetta, Ferrari, Omar, Provolo, Giorgio

“…Fertigation can be a suitable technique for utilizing digestate, minimizing nitrogen losses, and contributing to circularity within a farming system. For this…”
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Sound Analysis to Predict the Growth of Turkeys by Abdel-Kafy, El-Sayed M, Ibraheim, Samya E, Finzi, Alberto, Youssef, Sabbah F, Behiry, Fatma M, Provolo, Giorgio

“…Protocols for manual weighing of turkeys are not practical on turkey farms because of the large body sizes, heavy weights and flighty nature of turkeys. The…”
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A rapidly-exploring random trees approach to combined task and motion planning by Caccavale, Riccardo, Finzi, Alberto

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Learning attentional regulations for structured tasks execution in robotic cognitive control by Caccavale, Riccardo, Finzi, Alberto

“…We present a framework for robotic cognitive control endowed with adaptive mechanisms for attentional regulation and task execution. In cognitive psychology,…”
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A Robotic Cognitive Control Framework for Collaborative Task Execution and Learning by Caccavale, Riccardo, Finzi, Alberto

“…In social and service robotics, complex collaborative tasks are expected to be executed while interacting with humans in a natural and fluent manner. In this…”
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Kinesthetic teaching and attentional supervision of structured tasks in human–robot interaction by Caccavale, Riccardo, Saveriano, Matteo, Finzi, Alberto, Lee, Dongheui

“…We present a framework that allows a robot manipulator to learn how to execute structured tasks from human demonstrations. The proposed system combines…”
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Describing the trend of ammonia, particulate matter and nitrogen oxides: The role of livestock activities in northern Italy during Covid-19 quarantine by Lovarelli, Daniela, Conti, Cecilia, Finzi, Alberto, Bacenetti, Jacopo, Guarino, Marcella

“…Nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur oxides (SOx) and ammonia (NH3) are among the main contributors to the formation of secondary particulate matter (PM2.5), which…”
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Flexible Task Execution and Attentional Regulations in Human-Robot Interaction by Caccavale, Riccardo, Finzi, Alberto

“…A robotic system that interacts with humans is expected to flexibly execute structured cooperative tasks while reacting to unexpected events and behaviors. In…”
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Nitrogen removal from digested slurries using a simplified ammonia stripping technique by Provolo, Giorgio, Perazzolo, Francesca, Mattachini, Gabriele, Finzi, Alberto, Naldi, Ezio, Riva, Elisabetta

“…[Display omitted] •A novel application of N stripping for anaerobic digestates was studied.•The studied process combines mixing, pH adjustment and continuous…”
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Combining human guidance and structured task execution during physical human–robot collaboration by Cacace, Jonathan, Caccavale, Riccardo, Finzi, Alberto, Grieco, Riccardo

“…In this work, we consider a scenario in which a human operator physically interacts with a collaborative robot (CoBot) to perform shared and structured tasks…”
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An integrated device for rapid analysis of indoor air quality in farms: The cases of milking parlors and greenhouses for baby leaf cultivation by Tugnolo, Alessio, Beghi, Roberto, Cocetta, Giacomo, Finzi, Alberto

“…The agricultural sector is responsible for polluting emissions originating from various sources, that impact on the environment and on human health. The…”
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