The term Ecosystem Services (ES) was introduced in the Rio Declaration in 1992, within a strong international movement for sustainable natural resource management.Back then, the innovative principle concerned the environmental functions that maintain life support systems.To illustrate this further, pollination, oxygen production, temperature regula
Plantar pitted keratolysis: a study from non-risk groups
Pitted keratolysis is an acquired, superficial bacterial infection of the skin which is characterized by typical malodor and pits in the hyperkeratotic areas of the soles.It is more common in barefooted people in tropical areas, or those who have to wear occlusive shoes, such as soldiers, sailors and athletes.In this study, we evaluated 41 patients
Development of GHG Emission Factors for the Life Cycle of the Animal Manure Treatment Systems
Objectives:A whole process greenhouse gas emission factor was developed considering the direct greenhouse gas emission from the General decomposition of livestock manure provided by the IPCC guidelines and the energy consumption of manure management systems.Methods:Greenhouse gas generated by animal manure management is divided into direct greenhou
Learning Political Polarization on Social Media Using Neural Networks
Social media analysis is a fast growing research area aimed at extracting useful information from social media platforms.This paper presents a methodology, called IOM-NN (Iterative Opinion Mining using Covers Neural Networks), for discovering the polarization of social media users during election campaigns characterized by the competition of politi