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Flood impact on masonry buildings: The effect of flow characteristics and incidence angle by Postacchini, Matteo, Zitti, Gianluca, Giordano, Ersilia, Clementi, Francesco, Darvini, Giovanna, Lenci, Stefano

“…Climate change and the raising number of extreme events, such as severe floods, has increased the attention on their effects on urban systems. Urban floods…”
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Monitoring for Coastal Resilience: Preliminary Data from Five Italian Sandy Beaches by Parlagreco, Luca, Melito, Lorenzo, Devoti, Saverio, Perugini, Eleonora, Soldini, Luciano, Zitti, Gianluca, Brocchini, Maurizio

“…Video-monitoring can be exploited as a valuable tool to acquire continuous, high-quality information on the evolution of beach morphology at a low cost and, on…”
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Preliminary Results on the Dynamics of a Pile-Moored Fish Cage with Elastic Net in Currents and Waves by Zitti, Gianluca, Novelli, Nico, Brocchini, Maurizio

“…Over the last decades, the aquaculture sector increased significantly and constantly, moving fish-farm plants further from the coast, and exposing them to…”
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A Preliminary Validation of a New Surgical Procedure for the Treatment of Primary Bladder Neck Obstruction Using a Computational Modeling Approach by Serpilli, Michele, Zitti, Gianluca, Dellabella, Marco, Castellani, Daniele, Maranesi, Elvira, Morettini, Micaela, Lenci, Stefano, Burattini, Laura

“…A new surgical procedure for the treatment of primary bladder neck obstruction with maintenance of anterograde ejaculation is proposed. In place of monolateral…”
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The role of size and inertia on the hydrodynamics of a self-reacting heave single point absorber wave energy converter by Zitti, Gianluca, Brocchini, Maurizio

“…We propose a detailed numerical study of a self-reacting floating point absorber, resembling the Ocean Power Technologies device PB3 PowerBuoy, for a possible…”
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Dynamics of a pile-moored fish cages in current and waves: A numerical study by Zitti, Gianluca, Novelli, Nico, Brocchini, Maurizio

“…We propose a numerical study of the dynamics of a double-constrained cylindrical pile-moored fish-farm cage, to be possibly installed at the foundations of…”
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Efficiency evaluation of a ductless Archimedes turbine: Laboratory experiments and numerical simulations by Zitti, Gianluca, Fattore, Fernando, Brunori, Alessandro, Brunori, Bruno, Brocchini, Maurizio

“…The aim of designing a new hydrokinetic turbine simple, cheap, environmentally friendly and suitable for installation in remote areas is pursued by studying…”
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Hydrodynamics at a microtidal inlet: Analysis of propagation of the main wave components by Melito, Lorenzo, Postacchini, Matteo, Sheremet, Alex, Calantoni, Joseph, Zitti, Gianluca, Darvini, Giovanna, Penna, Pierluigi, Brocchini, Maurizio

“…The evolution of different wave components as they propagate within a microtidal inlet during a storm occurring from 24–26 January 2014 is analysed, in order…”
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A model chain approach for coastal inundation: Application to the bay of Alghero by Postacchini, Matteo, Lalli, Francesco, Memmola, Francesco, Bruschi, Antonello, Bellafiore, Debora, Lisi, Iolanda, Zitti, Gianluca, Brocchini, Maurizio

“…Coastal inundation is an important threat for many nearshore regions worldwide, and has significantly increased in the last years also due to sea-level rise…”
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Sandbar dynamics in microtidal environments: Migration patterns in unprotected and bounded beaches by Melito, Lorenzo, Parlagreco, Luca, Perugini, Eleonora, Postacchini, Matteo, Devoti, Saverio, Soldini, Luciano, Zitti, Gianluca, Liberti, Luca, Brocchini, Maurizio

“…Novel observations of bar features and migration patterns at three Italian sandy beaches in Senigallia (central Adriatic Sea) and Terracina (central Tyrrhenian…”
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Impulse waves generated by snow avalanches: Momentum and energy transfer to a water body by Zitti, Gianluca, Ancey, Christophe, Postacchini, Matteo, Brocchini, Maurizio

“…When a snow avalanche enters a body of water, it creates an impulse wave whose effects may be catastrophic. Assessing the risk posed by such events requires…”
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Fluid dynamics in the functional foregut of xylem-sap feeding insects: A comparative study of two Xylella fastidiosa vectors by Ranieri, Emanuele, Zitti, Gianluca, Riolo, Paola, Isidoro, Nunzio, Ruschioni, Sara, Brocchini, Maurizio, Almeida, Rodrigo P.P.

“…[Display omitted] •Foregut morphometry of leafhopper and spittlebug performed with μCT and SEM.•Foregut hydrodynamics reproduced through CFD modeling.•The…”
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Initial Investigation of Athletes’ Electrocardiograms Acquired by Wearable Sensors during the Pre-exercise Phase by Romagnoli, Sofia, Sbrollini, Agnese, Colaneri, Massimo, Marcantoni, Ilaria, Morettini, Micaela, Zitti, Gianluca, Brocchini, Maurizio, Pozzi, Marco, Burattini, Laura

“…Aim: The aim of this study is to support large-scale prevention programs fighting sport-related sudden cardiac death by providing a set of electrocardiographic…”
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Wave-Current Interactions and Infragravity Wave Propagation at a Microtidal Inlet by Lorenzo Melito, Matteo Postacchini, Alex Sheremet, Joseph Calantoni, Gianluca Zitti, Giovanna Darvini, Maurizio Brocchini

“…Recent studies have shown that wave blocking occurs at river mouths with strong currents typically preventing relatively short period sea and swell waves from…”
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Experimental Setup for the Validation of the Bio-Inspired Thruster of an Ostraciiform Swimming Robot by Costa, Daniele, Callegari, Massimo, Palmieri, Giacomo, Scaradozzi, David, Brocchini, Maurizio, Zitti, Gianluca

“…In the last two decades, bio-inspired solutions have been thoroughly investigated as a source of efficiency and manoeuvrability improvement for underwater…”
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Monitoring for Coastal Resilience: A Project for Five Italian Beaches by Melito, Lorenzo, Parlagreco, Luca, Perugini, Eleonora, Postacchini, Matteo, Zitti, Gianluca, Brocchini, Maurizio

“…This paper presents the COPEMAP project, fruit of a research collaboration between the Università Politecnica delle Marche and the Istituto Superiore per la…”
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