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Rock Emissivity Measurement for Infrared Thermography Engineering Geological Applications by Mineo, Simone, Pappalardo, Giovanna

“…Infrared thermography is a growing technology in the engineering geological field both for the remote survey of rock masses and as a laboratory tool for the…”
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UAV-Based Photogrammetry and Infrared Thermography Applied to Rock Mass Survey for Geomechanical Purposes by Mineo, Simone, Caliò, Davide, Pappalardo, Giovanna

“…A research study aimed at the extending the means of estimating ISRM (International Society for Rock Mechanics) geomechanical parameters through non-contact…”
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Digital Rock Mass Analysis for the Evaluation of Rockfall Magnitude at Poorly Accessible Cliffs by Caliò, Davide, Mineo, Simone, Pappalardo, Giovanna

“…The analysis of a digital rock cliff model, built by airborne photogrammetric data and infrared thermal images, is herein presented as an alternative tool for…”
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Advances in Engineering Geology of Rocks and Rock Masses by Mineo, Simone, Pappalardo, Giovanna

“…Slope instability phenomena are among the most hazardous natural events affecting our society, and therefore the physical–mechanical behavior of rock masses…”
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Recovery of Nanocellulose from Agri-food Residues Through Chemical and Physical Processes by Annachiara Pirozzi, Giovanna Pappalardo, Francesco Donsì

“…This work proposes a biorefinery approach for the exploitation of agri-food by-products, such as tomato pomace (TP), through the combination of mild chemical…”
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Statistical analysis of physico-mechanical parameters of sandstones occurring in orogenic settings by Pappalardo, Giovanna, Carbone, Serafina, Monaco, Carmelo, Zocco, Giordana, Mineo, Simone

“…In northeastern Sicily (Italy), sandstone rock masses widely crop out as cover deposits over crystalline terrains belonging to the orogenic belt. Despite being…”
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Evaluation of Natural Stone Weathering in Heritage Building by Infrared Thermography by Pappalardo, Giovanna, Mineo, Simone, Caliò, Davide, Bognandi, Annamaria

“…The application of non-contact diagnostic methodologies is the current challenge in the frame of the cultural heritage, referred to as preservation, monitoring…”
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Relationship between Rock Porosity and Infrared Cooling Rate in Non-Standard Specimens of Tuffs Used in the Hungarian Cultural Heritage by Simone Mineo, Luigi Germinario, Ákos Török, Giovanna Pappalardo

“…This paper is focused on the application of Infrared Thermography to non-standard rock specimens, in terms of size and deterioration conditions, of Hungarian…”
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Interaction between Rockfalls and Vehicles Studied for Speed Limit Zonation along Mountainous Roads by Pappalardo, Giovanna, Caliò, Davide, Mineo, Simone

“…A rockfall risk assessment along the transportation route to a historical village is presented herein with the aim of evaluating the potential of this approach…”
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Engineering Geological and Geophysical Studies Supporting Finite Element Analysis of Historical Buildings after Dynamic Identification by Imposa, Sebastiano, Cuomo, Massimo, Contrafatto, Loredana, Mineo, Simone, Grassi, Sabrina, Li Rosi, Davide, Barbano, Maria Serafina, Morreale, Gabriele, Galasso, Mirko, Pappalardo, Giovanna

“…Resonance frequencies of a masonry bell tower were estimated by means of ambient noise measurements and compared with those computed by using fixed base,…”
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Correlation Between P-Wave Velocity and Physical–Mechanical Properties of Intensely Jointed Dolostones, Peloritani Mounts, NE Sicily by Pappalardo, Giovanna

“…Understanding the fracture inuence on the P-wave velocity and physicalmechanical properties of brittle rocks is very useful for geotechnical characterization…”
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First results of infrared thermography applied to the evaluation of hydraulic conductivity in rock masses by Pappalardo, Giovanna

“…An innovative methodological approach using infrared thermography (IRT) provides a potential contribution to the indirect assessment of hydraulic conductivity…”
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Nondestructive rock porosity estimation by InfraRed Thermography applied to natural stones by Mineo, Simone, Pappalardo, Giovanna

“…•Advance in the rock porosity estimation by Infrared Thermography is presented.•Differently shaped and sizes specimens are tested to bring statistics to…”
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Reply by the Author to Discussion by Pappalardo, Giovanna

“…Issue Title: Special Issue: Including Selected Papers on "Anisotropy of Rock", dedicated to Professor Ove Stephansson on the occasion of his 75th birthday…”
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Relation between crack initiation-damage stress thresholds and failure strength of intact rock by Pepe, Giacomo, Mineo, Simone, Pappalardo, Giovanna, Cevasco, Andrea

“…The analysis of a wide literature dataset of mechanical parameters related to intact rocks from more than 480 unconfined compression tests, coupled with new…”
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Intelligent Approaches for Predicting the Intact Rock Mechanical Parameters and Crack Stress Thresholds by Shakeri, Jamshid, Pepe, Giacomo, Shirani Faradonbeh, Roohollah, Ghaderi, Zaniar, Pappalardo, Giovanna, Cevasco, Andrea, Mineo, Simone

“…This study aims to make a unique contribution to the existing body of knowledge about rock strength and deformation parameters and crack stress thresholds…”
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Landslide triggers along volcanic rock slopes in eastern Sicily (Italy) by Barbano, Maria Serafina, Pappalardo, Giovanna, Pirrotta, Claudia, Mineo, Simone

“…A new dataset of landslides, occurred in a tectonically active region, has been analysed in order to understand the causes of the slope instability. The…”
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Ground Deformation Monitoring Using InSAR and Meteorological Time Series and Least-Squares Wavelet Software: A Case Study in Catania, Italy by Ghaderpour, Ebrahim, Scarascia Mugnozza, Gabriele, Mineo, Simone, Meisina, Claudia, Pappalardo, Giovanna

“…Persistent Scatterers Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PS-InSAR) is an advanced satellite remote sensing technique which allows an effective…”
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A New Framework for Studying Tubes Rearrangement Strategies in Surveillance Video Synopsis by Pappalardo, Giovanna, Allegra, Dario, Stanco, Filippo, Battiato, Sebastiano

“…The manual review of raw surveillance video is a time consuming task which can be optimized by using a Video Synopsis (VS) algorithm. The aim of such…”
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On the Detection of Colorectal Polyps with Hierarchical Fine-Tuning by Pappalardo, Giovanna, Farinella, Giovanni Maria

“…Colorectal cancer is the largest cause of cancer deaths for both men and women, hence early detection of polyps plays an important role for survival. Despite…”
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