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Lazzarich, Marinko. "La memoria del confine. Il motivo della patria perduta nel romanzo Il cavallo di cartapesta di Osvaldo Ramous." Quaderni d'italianistica 37, no. 2 (January 27, 2018): 125–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.33137/q.i..v37i2.29232.
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Nei testi letterari degli anni 1945–1956 che parlano dell’esodo degli italiani dalla città di Fiume il motivo del confine diventa il simbolo della conservazione di un’identità nazionale divisa. Al contempo, il tema della terra natale perduta lega direttamente la letteratura fiumana a quella mondiale coeva. In questo testo si propone un’analisi della letteratura della migrazione italofona e della questione dell’esodo dalla sponda orientale dell’Adriatico; in particolare, sarà osservato il costituirsi di identità individuali e di gruppo attraverso l’esperienza letteraria di convivenza propria della città di Rijeka (la Fiume di un tempo). Punto focale dell’analisi sarà il multiculturalismo nella scrittura di Osvaldo Ramous (1905–1981), autore che rappresenta la continuità della letteratura italiana autoctona di Fiume, i cui scritti portano la testimonianza dei traumi storici che hanno segnato il destino dei suoi concittadini. Attraverso una lettura critica del romanzo Il cavallo di cartapesta (1969) si tenterà un esame della dimensione estetica e sociologica dell’interpretazione delle doppie identità di questa città di frontiera, cosa che, nel contesto di un’Europa contemporanea senza confini interni, rende attuale la questione della tolleranza verso l’altro. di confine, storia, identità repressa, rapporti letterari italo-croati, la questione adriatica.
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Bucarelli, Massimo. "Marina Cattaruzza. L'Italia e la questione adriatica. Dibattiti parlamentari e panorama internazionale (1918–1926). Bologna: Il Mulino, 2014. Pp. 604." Austrian History Yearbook 48 (April 2017): 323–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0067237817000340.
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Hametz, Maura. "L’Italia e la questione adriatica. Dibattiti parlamentari e panorama internazionale (1918-1926), by Marina Cattaruzza, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014, 604 pp., €35.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-88-15-24708-7." Modern Italy 21, no. 1 (February 2016): 102–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mit.2015.7.
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Recchia, Giulia. "Reaching across the Adriatic: northern and western interactions of the Cetina phenomenon (25th–20th centuries BC)." Godišnjak Centra za balkanološka ispitivanja, no. 49 (January 6, 2022): 5–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5644/godisnjak.cbi.anubih-49.134.
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As is well known, peninsular Italy was considerably involved in the “Cetina phenomenon” during the second half of the 3rd millennium BC, as illustrated by the occurrence of pottery akin to Cetina-types at several sites on the Adriatic side; recent discoveries in present-day Campania have enriched this picture and evidence from the north-east (present-day Veneto and Trentino), besides that from the Trieste/Slovenian karst, may also enlarge this range of connections. The most probable hypothesis to explain the situation is that of small groups, which identified themselves with some elements that we consider as ‘Cetina’, moving from the eastern Adriatic (mainly Dalmatia) to the northern and western Adriatic. Several questions remain open, such as those related to the patterns of interaction between the eastern Adriatic small groups reaching the Italian regions and the local communities. What was the dimension of these cross-cultural contacts and how did they differ from one region to another? To what extent did the foreign groups blend with the local ones? Which were the aftermaths of these interactions? This paper presents a critical reconsideration of the available evidence from continental and peninsular present-day Italy, including the geographical setting of sites and reciprocal distances, with the aim of tracing similarities and differences between the various cases. Hypotheses on both the chronology and patterns of these Cetina interactions are discussed.
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Karavanić, I., and N. Vukosavljević. "Late Middle and Early Upper Paleolithic of the Eastern Adriatic and the Problem of the Regional Middle/Upper Paleolithic Interface." Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 47, no. 2 (June 26, 2019): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.17746/1563-0110.2019.47.2.003-012.
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Eastern Adriatic Late Middle Paleolithic is relatively well known. On the other hand, Early Upper Paleolithic sites in the same region are scarce, and in particular the sites from Early Aurignacian, which are completely lacking. Sites with stratigraphy encompassing Late Middle Paleolithic and Early Upper Paleolithic that would signifi cantly contribute to better understanding of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition have not yet been found. In this paper, we give an overview of the archaeological record of the regional Late Middle and Early Upper Paleolithic from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania. The information on research of Late Middle Paleolithic sites conducted in different regions of the eastern Adriatic (e.g., Mujina pećina and Velika pećina in Kličevica in Dalmatia, open-air site Campanož and Romualdova pećina in Istria, Bioče and Crvena stijena in Montenegro) is given. AMS and ESR dates give good temporal frame for Late Middle Paleolithic. Contrary to this, radiocarbon dates for Early Upper Paleolithic are scarce, and were made long time ago, hence bringing into question their reliability as is supported by their very late age for Aurignacian. Only one recent AMS date from Šandalja II could represent real Aurignacian age. According to current data, there is a hiatus of several thousand years between Late Middle and Early Upper Paleolithic in the eastern Adriatic. Here we suggest several potential reasons for such fragmentary record of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the eastern Adriatic.
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Kozličić, Mithad. ""Tabvla Sinvs Venetici" W. Barentsa i njeno povijesnozemljopisno značenje." Geoadria 4, no. 1 (January 11, 2017): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.15291/geoadria.146.
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Two variants of navigational map of the Adriatic made by the Dutch seaman and polarexplorer Willem Barents are known in the scientific literature. The first one, in this article marked K-1, was worked out and printed in Amsterdam in 1595. Its primary function was practical-related to navigation. Opposite to it, K-2, which we date 1595 (1637-1662), was used as the geostrategical map of the Adriatic and the southern parts of Europe. Namely, owing to the Turkish penetrations since the middle of the 16th century, essential military and political changes occured on the northern coasts of the Adriatic sea and specially in their hinterlands. Just such a map was in want in "Atlases" of Jan (Johann, Ioannes) Janssonius (1588-1664) which were printed several times also in Ammsterdam but in the period from 1637 to 1662. Barents’ K-1, which was at Janssonius’ disposal, could fulfil this function. So Janssonius made only the most indispensable changes in accordance with the cartography of the first half of the 17th century and printed it. In this way K-2 lost its primarily practical-navigational function and assumed the characteristics of a map with essential strategical elements. This article deals with these fundamental questions of K-1 and K-2.
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Banchev, Biser. "DEATH OF JOSIP BROZ TITO AND THE BULGARIAN FOREIGN POLICY." Istorija 20. veka 41, no. 1/2023 (February 1, 2023): 199–220. http://dx.doi.org/10.29362/ist20veka.2023.1.ban.199-220.
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The link between Tito’s illness and death, the events in Afghanistan and the Macedonian question is explored through newly declassified archival documents and memoir sources. In 1980, Belgrade and the world feared that Yugoslavia would descend into chaos after Tito’s death. The Soviet Union was expected to invade Yugoslavia after Afghanistan in order to reach the Adriatic coast before its NATO adversaries. Soviet troops would attack through Bulgarian territory, and Bulgaria would take advantage of the situation to settle the Macedonian question in its favour. “The Bulgarian threat” has served as one of the important instruments for preserving the internal cohesion of the nations of the federation.
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Mulazzani, Luca, Rosa Manrique, Giovanna Trevisan, Corrado Piccinetti, and Giulio Malorgio. "The relationship among catch, fishing effort, and measures of fish stock abundance: implications in the Adriatic Sea." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72, no. 3 (March 2015): 410–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0337.
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Relationships among catch, fishing effort, and measures of fish stock abundance have several implications for fisheries research. In this context, spatial and seasonal aspects are of significant importance for management decisions, especially when effort regulation schemes are used. In this paper, the multispecies trawl fishery in the Northern and Central Adriatic Sea was investigated, taking into account the heterogeneous distribution of fish stocks. Two approaches are presented depending on the availability (or not) of fishery-independent indices of stock abundance. The empirical results indicate that (i) aggregation and targeting behaviours affect catches by modifying the relationship between abundance and catch per unit effort and (ii) these relationships are not homogenous across space. Data from the Adriatic Sea is still insufficient to guarantee reliable estimations. However, these preliminary results call into question management decisions being made on the basis of catch per unit effort. Furthermore, the high heterogeneity between the northern and central areas of the sea basin calls for the adoption of spatially explicit management systems.
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Tekavčić, Pavao. "L'Istroromanzo in una recente pubblicazione lunguistica." Linguistica 28, no. 1 (December 1, 1988): 111–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/linguistica.28.1.111-124.
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Aggiunte, commenti, rettifiche, risposte alla problematica istroromanza nel volume omaggio a Žarko Muljačić Romania et Slavia Adriatica Il recente volume omaggio a Žarko Muljačić Romania et Slavia Adriatica (Hamburg, Buske Verlag, 1987) riserva, come è naturale, una notevole parte dello spazio ai dialetti chiamati istroromanzi o istrioti: infatti, sui 41 contributi ben 8 concernono l'istroromanzo (in seguito: IR). Vi sono discusse o almeno toccate tutte le questioni della genesi, della storia e della posizione dell'IR nella Romània. Prescindendo ovviamente dal nostro contributo, intendiamo soffermarci sul testo introduttivo di G. Holtus e J. Kramer Streiflichter auf Forschungen zum Dalmatischen und zum Istroromanischen, pp. 43-53 (soprattutto p. 48 sgg.) e sui contributi di J. Kramer (Was sind italienische Mundarten? Bemerkungen zur Klassifikation des «lstroromanischem>, pp. 91-100), E. Blasco Ferrer (L 'istroromanzo, una lengua-puente. Analisi tipologica e genetica della desinenza di persona dell'indicativo presente, pp. 101-113) e G. Ineichen (Bemerkungen zur Stellung des Istriotischen, pp. 115-125). C} soffermeremo inoltre sul testo di M. Iliescu (Les caractéristiques de la flexion synthétique des verbes réguliers en istro-roman en perspective romane, pp. 365-372), mentre non abbiamo trovato elementi discutibili negli articoli di M. Doria (Note etimologiche al lessico istro-veneto ed istrioto, pp. 255_...:265) e di G. Holtus (Beiträge zur Lexikographie des Istroromanischen: der «Vocabolario giuliano» von Enrico Rosamani, pp. 525-535).
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Govedarica, Blagoje. "stratigraphy of Tumulus 6 in Shtoj and the appearance of the violin idols in burial complexes of the south Adriatic region." Godišnjak Centra za balkanološka ispitivanja, no. 45 (January 6, 2022): 5–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.5644/godisnjak.cbi.anubih-45.70.
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The paper presents the violin-shaped idols from Shtoj, Rakića Kuće and Apollonia that date to the beginning of the Bronze Age in the area of the southern Adria. A relationship is indicated between the appearance of these idols and the abstract-schematic forms of the Early Cycladic period. Further, the question of contacts between the study area and the Pit-grave culture of the steppe region, with its local derivatives in the eastern Balkans, is discussed. To this end, the emergence of the pit graves under tumuli in the area of the Adria, in which the idols were discovered, is also considered. The links with the Aegean and the eastern Balkans, including several reliable radiocarbon dates that fit within the local framework, offer for the first time the possibility of placing the beginning of the Adriatic Bronze Age in the context of cultural advancements of the first centuries of the 3rd millennium BC. At the same time, it represents the first age determination for this period based on definite indicators of the absolute chronology. The emergence of tumuli and violin idols, as well as rich “princely” graves is an explicit reflection of the important cultural innovations that mark the final break with the former Neolithic traditions. That makes the southern Adriatic, above all the coastal areas of present-day Montenegro and northern Albania, the initial centre of the development of the Adriatic Bronze Age.
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Mihailović, Dušan. "The Iron Gates Mesolithic in a Regional Context." Documenta Praehistorica 48 (June 1, 2021): 2–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/dp.48.2.
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The specific character of the Iron Gates Mesolithic material culture derives from the geomorphological and ecological features of the Iron Gates gorge in the Early Holocene. However, the Mesolithic of this geographic area can be entirely linked to the general flows of Mesolithic development in Europe as well as to the phenomena observed in the Adriatic-Ionian and Aegean zones. This demonstrates that the cultural, technological and economic changes which occurred during the Early Holocene were influenced by the same or similar factors as the entire area of the Balkan Peninsula. The absence of Mesolithic settlements outside the Iron Gates raises the question of whether the interior parts of the Central Balkans were inhabited during the Early Holocene. As hinted by the research in the Iron Gates and the Adriatic hinterland, Mesolithic settlements were probably located outside the denser forested areas (in the littoral and high-altitude zones) but this remains to be confirmed. Based on the assessment of the demographic potential of Mesolithic and Neolithic communities, four scenarios of Neolithisation of different parts of the Balkan Peninsula have been proposed.
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Turk Dermastia, Timotej, Sonia Dall’Ara, Jožica Dolenc, and Patricija Mozetič. "Toxicity of the Diatom Genus Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae): Insights from Toxicity Tests and Genetic Screening in the Northern Adriatic Sea." Toxins 14, no. 1 (January 15, 2022): 60. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins14010060.
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Diatoms of the genus Pseudo-nitzschia H.Peragallo are known to produce domoic acid (DA), a toxin involved in amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP). Strains of the same species are often classified as both toxic and nontoxic, and it is largely unknown whether this difference is also genetic. In the Northern Adriatic Sea, there are virtually no cases of ASP, but DA occasionally occurs in shellfish samples. So far, three species—P. delicatissima (Cleve) Heiden, P. multistriata (H. Takano) H. Takano, and P. calliantha Lundholm, Moestrup, & Hasle—have been identified as producers of DA in the Adriatic Sea. By means of enzme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), high-performance liquid chromatography with UV and visible spectrum detection (HPLC-UV/VIS), and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), we reconfirmed the presence of DA in P. multistriata and P. delicatissima and detect for the first time in the Adriatic Sea DA in P. galaxiae Lundholm, & Moestrup. Furthermore, we attempted to answer the question of the distribution of DA production among Pseudo-nitzschia species and strains by sequencing the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) phylogenetic marker and the dabA DA biosynthesis gene and coupling this with toxicity data. Results show that all subclades of the Pseudo-nitzschia genus contain toxic species and that toxicity appears to be strain dependent, often with geographic partitioning. Amplification of dabA was successful only in toxic strains of P. multistriata and the presence of the genetic architecture for DA production in non-toxic strains was thus not confirmed.
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Gurova, Maria, and Clive Bonsall. "‘Pre-Neolithic’ in Southeast Europe: a Bulgarian perspective." Documenta Praehistorica 41 (December 30, 2014): 95–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/dp.41.5.
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This paper discusses why large areas of the central and northern Balkans lack evidence of Mesolithic settlement and what implications this holds for future research into the Neolithization of the region. A marked shift in site distribution patterns between Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic is interpreted as a response to changing environmental conditions and resource availability. It is suggested that some important questions of the pattern, processes and timing of the transition to farming across the Balkan Peninsula may only be answered through new archaeological surveys of the Lower Danube valley and exploration of submerged landscapes along the Black Sea, Aegean and Adriatic coasts.
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Verwater, Vincent F., Eline Le Breton, Mark R. Handy, Vincenzo Picotti, Azam Jozi Najafabadi, and Christian Haberland. "Neogene kinematics of the Giudicarie Belt and eastern Southern Alpine orogenic front (northern Italy)." Solid Earth 12, no. 6 (June 15, 2021): 1309–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-12-1309-2021.
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Abstract. Neogene indentation of the Adriatic plate into Europe led to major modifications of the Alpine orogenic structures and style of deformation in the Eastern and Southern Alps. The Giudicarie Belt is a prime example of this, as it offsets the entire Alpine orogenic edifice; its activity has been kinematically linked to strike-slip faulting and lateral extrusion of the Eastern Alps. Remaining questions on the exact role of this fold-and-thrust belt in the structure of the Alpine orogen at depth necessitate a quantitative analysis of the shortening, kinematics, and depth of decoupling beneath the Giudicarie Belt and adjacent parts of the Southern Alps. Tectonic balancing of a network of seven cross sections through the Giudicarie Belt parallel to the local NNW–SSE shortening direction reveals that this belt comprises two kinematic domains that accommodated different amounts of shortening during overlapping times. These two domains are separated by the NW–SE-oriented strike-slip Trento-Cles–Schio-Vicenza fault system, which offsets the Southern Alpine orogenic front in the south and merges with the Northern Giudicarie Fault in the north. The SW kinematic domain (Val Trompia sector) accommodated at least ∼ 18 km of Late Oligocene to Early Miocene shortening. Since the Middle Miocene, this domain experienced at least ∼ 12–22 km shortening, whereas the NE kinematic domain accommodated at least ∼ 25–35 km shortening. Together, these domains contributed an estimated minimum of ∼ 40–47 km of sinistral strike-slip motion along the Northern Giudicarie Fault, implying that most offset of the Periadriatic Fault is due to Late Oligocene to Neogene indentation of the Adriatic plate into the Eastern Alps. Moreover, the faults linking the Giudicarie Belt with the Northern Giudicarie Fault reach ∼ 15–20 km depth, indicating a thick-skinned tectonic style of deformation. These fault detachments may also connect at depth with a lower crustal Adriatic wedge that protruded north of the Periadriatic Fault and are responsible for N–S shortening and eastward, orogen-parallel escape of deeply exhumed units in the Tauern Window. Finally, the E–W lateral variation of shortening across the Giudicarie Belt indicates internal deformation and lateral variation in strength of the Adriatic indenter related to Permian–Mesozoic tectonic structures and paleogeographic zones.
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Palińska, Katarzyna A., and Waldemar Surosz. "A blue-pigmented hasleoid diatom, Haslea sp., from the Adriatic Sea." Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 47, no. 1 (March 26, 2018): 60–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2018-0007.
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Abstract We present the first report and description of the pinnate diatom Haslea sp. from the northeastern Adriatic Sea, Croatia, producing a blue pigment. This organism is very similar to the well-known Haslea ostrearia, the first described “blue” diatom producing marennine, i.e. the pigment involved in the greening of oysters, and recently described H. provincialis. However, the Croatian diatom slightly differs from other Haslea species in its morphology and 18S rRNA sequence. The discovery of Haslea sp. from Croatia confirmed the possible existence of more species among the representatives of blue Haslea species, as previously assumed. The discovery of several genetically distinct populations of Haslea ostrearia, new species H. karadagensis, H. provincialis and Haslea sp. from Croatia, suggests that species richness in the group of “blue” diatoms is probably underestimated and still more new blue diatoms remain undiscovered. This also raises questions about previously published reports and observations of Haslea distribution in the Mediterranean Sea whether these organisms really belong to H. ostrearia.
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Gentile, Laura, Antonio Casalini, Pietro Emmanuele, Riccardo Brusa, Annalisa Zaccaroni, and Oliviero Mordenti. "Gonadal Development in European Eel Populations of North Adriatic Lagoons at Different Silvering Stages." Applied Sciences 12, no. 6 (March 9, 2022): 2820. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12062820.
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The European eel (Anguilla anguilla, Linnaeus 1758) is a catadromous fish with significant cultural, scientific, and commercial value. The protection of this species is particularly difficult because the biology of the eel life cycle remains unknown in many aspects. The European eel (A. anguilla) population has declined alarmingly over the past 30 years; this condition has led to questions about the long-term welfare of this species. This work aims to perform a histological analysis on gonad samples from European eels coming from four different lagoons of the North Adriatic at different stages of silvering, and to evaluate the maturation of the gonads. For this study, a total of 859 wild eels were captured from four different lagoons using the “lavoriero”. Subsequently, the biometric parameters were collected. Seventy-nine female eels were randomly selected, dissected, and the gonads were removed for histological analysis. Sections of 4 µm were cut and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E). Histological observations of germ cells at the light microscopy level allowed for the characterization of six steps of oocyte maturation. Valle di Comacchio had the highest levels of oocyte maturation, while Valle Ca’ Pasta had the lowest. Eels with silver index III had an oocyte maturation nearly equal to that of eels at stages IV and V of silvering. Considering the results, we can affirm that eels from North Adriatic lagoons have high oocyte maturation levels and high GSI value indices at silvering stage III. The following experimental work shows that the levels of oocyte maturation are higher even at lower silver index levels. It can be hypothesized that in these eels, the transition from yellow to silver eel occurs faster in relation to the high trophic availability in North Adriatic lagoons.
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Wolf, M. A., G. W. Maneveldt, S. Kaleb, I. Moro, and A. Falace. "Morphological and molecular characterization of Hydrolithon rupestre (Corallinaceae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta): first report from the Mediterranean Sea." Phytotaxa 224, no. 1 (August 26, 2015): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.224.1.4.
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The genera Hydrolithon and Porolithon are the most discussed taxa of non-geniculate Corallinaceae, as well as the most poorly known. Anatomical observations based usually on thallus construction, number of epithallial cell layers, trichocyte arrangement, occurrence of vegetative filaments between the trichocytes, and presence/absence of cell fusions and secondary pit connections led to different interpretations mainly due to the lack of available reproductive material from type specimens. Recently molecular surveys on the phylogeny of the Corallinales supported the hypothesis of considering Hydrolithon and Porolithon as two distinct genera but, up to now, several taxonomic questions remain in part unanswered. For these reasons identification of species belonging to these genera is still very difficult and can often lead to misidentification of taxa. In this study we report the discovery of a species of the Hydrolithon group found along the coast of Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea. Samples were identified through morpho-anatomical examinations and the phylogenetic position of this species was investigated through molecular analyses based on the nuclear nSSU and the plastidial psbA markers. This finding represents the first report for the Mediterranean Sea of Hydrolithon rupestre, one of the few encrusting coralline algae reported to overgrow live corals. The species can represent a possible threat to populations of Adriatic scleractinian corals.
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Krzymowski, Adam. "Energy Transformation and the UAE Green Economy: Trade Exchange and Relations with Three Seas Initiative Countries." Energies 15, no. 22 (November 10, 2022): 8410. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15228410.
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In 2015, on the initiative of Poland and Croatia, the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) was adopted, combining economic and political cooperation between 12 countries of Central and Eastern Europe, located between the three seas of the Adriatic, the Baltic, and the Black Sea. Since then, there has been a dynamic relationship between these countries and the United Arab Emirates. Consequently, most 3SI states have signed economic cooperation agreements, establishing the Joint Economic Committees (JEC). Therefore, this manuscript aims to answer the research question to what extent the visits at the highest level support the trade exchange between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the 3SI countries. Another question is, what are the cooperation prospects related to the energy transformation and initiatives on the green economy for sustainable development? To find the answer, the author implemented quantitative methods together with case studies. The results show that regular top-level visits support trade. At the same time, the study demonstrates a strategic potential for energy transformation.
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Susmel, Sabina, Federico Girolametti, Viviana Fonti, Federico Figueredo, Viviana Scognamiglio, Amina Antonacci, Vincenzo Manna, et al. "The Interreg Project AdSWiM: Managed Use of Treated Wastewater for the Quality of the Adriatic Sea." Water 14, no. 16 (August 9, 2022): 2460. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14162460.
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The Italy-Croatia Cross Border Cooperation (CBC) Programme is the financial instrument supporting the cooperation between the two European Member States overlooking the Adriatic Sea. The first call for proposals was launched in 2017, identifying four priority axes of intervention. Subsequently, in 2019, the kick-off of the AdSWiM project “Managed use of treated urban wastewater for the quality of the Adriatic Sea” took place in Udine (IT). Adriatic marine waters are generally classified as good to excellent based on the Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC). Nevertheless, issues of low productivity or the lack of nutrients have been often suggested, especially on the Italian side. The project addresses the question of whether wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) discharging to the sea, after applying appropriate pollution control and management technologies, can modulate the nutrient content of their effluents to support localized depleted areas. This idea is borrowed from one of the motivations that support the reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation, thus leading to the return of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, etc.) to natural biogeochemical cycles. However, the hypothesis of modulating the nutrient composition of wastewater opens up to several critical aspects, including legislative and technological ones. Being aware of the delicate environmental implications, we have undertaken the project involving WWTPs, research centers, municipalities, and legal experts with the aim of investigating in detail the problems related to wastewater reuse, especially with regard to the content of nutrients. Our experimental approach aimed to evaluate appropriate and possibly new treatment technologies to reduce the microbial load and to implement chemical and microbiological tests on the treated wastewater. Results have shown that it can be tricky to draw decisive conclusions because (i) the wastewater management systems differ between the two sides of the Adriatic sea due to the different levels of technological development of WWTPs; (ii) the Italian and Croatian coasts deeply differ in geographic characteristics (i.e., topography, orography, current circuits, presence of rivers) and anthropogenic pressure (i.e., exploitation levels, population density); (iii) the new treatment technologies to lower bacterial contamination need further efforts to raise their technological level of readiness (TRL) and make them implementable in the existing WWTPs. However, in terms of chemical control methodologies, the proposed sensors and biosensors gave positive results, managing to decrease the detection limits for the measured parameters, and the tested technologies for microbiological monitoring were also effective. In particular, the latter was carried out by using recent molecular biology techniques, capable of resolving the microbiota in treated wastewater, which emerged to be strictly related to the features of the WWTPs.
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Jelinčić, Daniela Angelina, and Sanja Tišma. "Tourism Innovation in the Adriatic-Ionian Region: Questioning the Understanding of Innovation." European Journal of Geography 13, no. 5 (December 29, 2022): 97–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.48088/ejg.d.jel.13.5.097.114.
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Today, tourism as the most important global service industry faces many challenges, which call for innovations. That includes product (new products and services), process (new ways of delivering tourist services), logistical (new ways of providing products/services to tourists), and market innovations (new marketing methods or market behaviour). To detect the number and types of tourism innovations funded by the EU in the Adriatic-Ionian region (AIR), a desk research approach and a survey was carried out between 2020 and 2022. The purpose of our work was to detect projects fostering innovations in sustainable tourism, analyse their innovation capacity and propose possible policy enhancements. The main research questions were: Firstly, are financial incentives appropriate measures to foster innovations? and secondly what is the role of governance models of the EUSAIR in fostering innovations in sustainable tourism? In total, 88 projects were detected fostering different types of innovations. The results demonstrate an uneven geographical distribution of financial incentives for innovative projects and underline the lack of a clear understanding of the concept of innovation in funded projects and in seconded national administration in the AIR. Additionally, our findings show that financial incentives, although welcome, do not always foster innovations. Rather, an effective governance should be in place to tailor the appropriate financial incentives and guide the process. Our work contributes to the development of new guidelines related to growth and innovation in sustainable tourism in the AIR.
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Admin, Admin, and Jasenka Kranjčević. "The relation between sport and tourism at the beginning of tourism development – the case of Croatia." European Journal of Tourism Research 16 (July 1, 2017): 19–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v16i.275.
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This paper aims at contributing to the discussion whether functional relationships existed between tourism and sport in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea in the late 19th and early 20th century as they do today and whether they were interconnected. After the introduction, the paper describes tourism opportunities of the time and draws conclusions based on the research on built sports architecture, sports disciplines, sports associations and sports events that were linked to tourism. In addition to contributing to the knowledge of the history of functional relationships between sport and tourism, the paper raises the question of how much the relationship between tourism and sport has changed in the last hundred years. The research contributes to a better knowledge of sport tourism history, sport tourism heritage and sport as a tourist attraction.
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Sraka, Gregor. "Jerome’s relations to the area of the Western Balkans and the Northern Adriatic in the time of his sojourn in the East (375–420)." Zgodovinski časopis 75, no. 1-2 (June 20, 2021): 10–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.56420/zgodovinskicasopis.2021.1-2.01.
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In historiography and theology Christian epistolography of the late antiquity is one of the signifi cant sources for researching a comprehensive spectrum of social factors. Since his own time and throughout history Jerome has, with his profound intellect, long been rousing interest. His literary works, not only translations and exegetic treatises, but also theological, biographic and historical compositions, were written in and speak of a turning point in history. The letters are certainly one of the most important witnesses to the social situation in the Western Balkans and the Northern Adriatic at that time and to his personal relations with the people of the area in question, which are best and most eloquently depicted through his celebration of the ideals of the ascetic life and monasticism, culminating in the very time of Jerome.
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Stevovic, Ivan. "Byzantium, Byzantine Italy and cities on the eastern coast of the Adriatic: The case of Kotor and Dubrovnik." Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta, no. 39 (2001): 165–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zrvi0239165s.
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This text considers the echoes of the various ties of Byzantium with Kotor and Dubrovnik in the early Middle Ages. Results of studies of the urban nuclei of these cities, the architecture of their churches in the period in question and the cults of especially venerated saints in both cities, indicate that at the beginning of the IX century both Kotor and Dubrovnik were flooded with a great influx of immigrants from the eastern provinces of the Empire.
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Іван Олександрович Бордюг. "JERZY GIEDROYC AND THE UKRAINIAN QUESTION IN THE COLD WAR PERIOD." Intermarum history policy culture, no. 5 (January 1, 2018): 39–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.35433/history.11182.
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Despite efforts of the Soviet Union authorities to make Ukraine an integral part, historical circumstances and prominent personalities have influenced preservation of memory of its history and political ambitions. The end of the Second World War led to redistribution of spheres of influence between the two superpowers. Their relationships for a long period were characterized as the Cold War. In difficult conditions of ideological and political confrontation, several emigrant centers were formed; Paris was one of the most influential ones. Prolonged journalistic and socio-political activity of a brilliant intellectual Jerzy Giedroyc is associated with the French center of Polish emigrationThe article deals with the main components of Jerzy Giedroyc' activity as the editor of the journal "Culture". In fact, until the destruction of the Soviet Union, the journal remained the most authoritative in émigré and dissident circles. On its pages there was an intense literary, historical and political debate, and the representatives of the opposition forces of the Warsaw Pact were able to publish their work.The particular Giedroyc' merit is associated with a new formulation of the Ukrainian issue and the formation of the circle of supporters of its ideas. Due to his conception, the idea of Ukraine statehood received special support; it joined the efforts of Ukrainians and Poles to implement independence. The cooperation of the editor of "Culture" with the Ukrainian emigration was extremely productive, the term "Executed Renaissance ", as well as the idea of creating an anthology of works of representatives of this generation, belong to him.Jerzy Giedroyc together with accomplices developed the conception of the Central and Eastern Europe transformation to overcome totalitarianism, establish peace and democratic order. The pages of "Culture" published material substantiating the conceptions of the federation of the countries of the Inter-Sea (a federation of territories between the three seas - the Adriatic, Baltic and Black).Jerzy Giedroyc’s ideas were condemned in socialist Poland, and they were absolutely seditious in the Soviet Union. Despite ambiguous attitude towards the idea of the Ukrainian independence among the Polish figures, gradually, thanks to Jerzy Giedroyc activity, it found support in opposition circles of Poland.The evidence of efficiency of Giedroyc’s activity was «The Declaration on the Ukrainian Cause» signed by the representatives of the Polish, Russian, Czech and Hungarian emigration in 1977. The declaration later became the basis for the establishment of the national states in the CEE.
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Mârza, Radu. "Postcards and Tourism Brands in Central Europe around 1900." Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Historia 66, no. 1 (February 2022): 149–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.24193/subbhist.2021.1.07.
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"The paper discusses the development of tourism during the Belle Époque in Europe, especially in the Austrian (Austro-Hungarian) Empire, in connection to postcards, a postal product specific to the period. The analysis of the images on the postcards that circulated during the era in question leads to the identification of actual “brands” of the cities and regions of the Empire. Those “brands” are iconic images that the general public and visitors in particular automatically associated with the depicted places. The present paper discusses the cases of Vienna and Budapest, the two capitals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as well as the cases of cities like Bratislava, Cluj and Salzburg, spa resorts, places on the Adriatic Riviera, tourist places in Semmering and the Tatra Mountains, and those in the region of Tyrol. Keywords: History of tourism, postcards, visual history, 1900, Austro-Hungary "
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Favaretto, Chiara, Luca Martinelli, and Piero Ruol. "Coastal Flooding Hazard Due to Overflow Using a Level II Method: Application to the Venetian Littoral." Water 11, no. 1 (January 13, 2019): 134. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11010134.
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In recent years, marine flooding and its impacts have become a question of growing interest, since coastal areas are the most heavily populated and developed land zones in the world. This paper presents a rapid tool for mapping at regional scale the hazard associated with coastal flooding due to overflow. The tool merges a recently developed numerical model that solves a simplified form of the Shallow-Water Equations and is suited for Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) acceleration, with a Level II reliability method that allows producing hazard maps of inland flooding propagation. The procedure was applied to two stretches of the Venetian littoral, i.e., Valle Vecchia and Caorle, located in the northern Adriatic Sea. The application includes the site descriptions and the resulting hazard maps that show the probability of failure in each point of the coast for a given inland inundation level.
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Jerković, Ivan, Željana Bašić, Ivana Kružić, and Šimun Anđelinović. "Sex determination from femora in late antique sample from Eastern Adriatic coast (Salona necropolis)." Anthropological Review 79, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 59–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/anre-2016-0005.
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Abstract The determination of sex is one of the first steps in anthropological analysis. When skeletal remains are fragmented, the most useful approach is application of osteometric methods. The methods are population specific, and therefore require development of discriminant functions for each population group. The aim of this study was to test sexual dimorphism of femoral measurements and to calculate discriminant functions applicable for sex determination on fragmented skeletal remains on the late antique sample from the Eastern Adriatic coast (2nd-6th century AD). 214 randomly chosen skeletons from the excavation site Solin-Smiljanovac were analyzed. Sex and age were assessed using standard anthropological methods, and skeletons were examined for pathologic and traumatic changes. In the next step, we selected 27 female and 48 male skeletons free of peri- or post-mortem changes that could affect measurements Eight standard femoral measurements were taken. Sexual dimorphism was initially compared using independent sample t test, after which discriminant functions were computed. All femoral measurements showed statistically significant sexual dimorphism (p<0.001). Ten discriminant functions for every part of femur were calculated and obtained classification accuracy of 73.1-91.8%. This study reached relatively high classification, which will improve further analysis of the skeletal remains from the Salona necropolis. Due to similar population structure in the Roman period across the Adriatic coast, the discriminant functions could be applicable for all populations from the same period and area. This study also raised a few methodological questions showing that when creating discriminant functions we should consider not only the accuracy, but also the applicability based on the experience from the anthropology laboratory that considers the state of preservation and frequent pathology.
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Kushch, Tatiana. "Pirates of the Aegean: Eastern Mediterranean Sea Robbery in the 15th Century." Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Serija 4. Istorija. Regionovedenie. Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija, no. 6 (January 2020): 245–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.15688/jvolsu4.2019.6.19.
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Introduction. Geopolitical changes in the Eastern Mediterranean following the Fourth Crusade destabilized the situation in the region which became the area of conflict of the Greeks, Latins, and Turks. Their rival caused the power vacuum which influenced political and economic development in the region under study. This article addresses the phenomenon of the 15th-century piracy in the context of ethnopolitical changes in the Aegean. Methods. Taking the results of the comparative analysis of Western European and Byzantine sources as the background, the author of this article evaluates the scope of the Eastern Mediterranean piracy and the place of this phenomenon in the political processes that changed the regional leader. Analysis. In the beginning of the period under study, Catalans and Genoese did a great part of sea robbery by plundering ships and devastating coastal areas. However, later on they gradually moved the focus of their actions to the Adriatic. The most important changes occurred in the actions of Ottoman pirates, who significantly enlarged their presence in the area in question. Under the unstable political situation in the area with an actually absent evident regional political leader, piracy became a tool of political struggle. The Turkish government used the struggle against the pirates as a way of strengthening its maritime power and the pretext for occupying new territories. Results. Shaping of Pax Turcica resulted in the gradual decrease of piracy by the late 15th century, and the stabilization of the Aegean and Pontic maritime traffic. From that time on, sea robbery concentrated in the waters of the Adriatic, Cyprus, and Levantine Seas where piracy continued flourishing.
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Josipovič, Damir. "Recent demographic trends in the northern borderland between Italy and Slovenia: Stabilization or further redistribution of population?" European Countryside 6, no. 1 (March 1, 2014): 50–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/euco-2014-0005.
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AbstractThe contribution presents findings from the research on a constitution of new ethnic identities in Alps-Adriatic region. The key question dealt here with was to which extent the recent demographical processes impact the peripheral, mountainous, and ethnically specific cross-border region between Slovenia and Italy. In lay and professional discourse there is still omnipresent mentality of extinguishing Slovene minority in Italy. Applying various demographical methods the article resolves the demographical processes and quantifies the extent of the local Slovene speakers. The author argues that the recent demographical processes of heavy depopulation tend to stabilize towards stagnation. Depopulation is stronger in the Slovenian part of the region, though the traditional Slovene-speaking areas in Italy aren’t as threatened as the adjacent Friulian areas. New migration trends along with the generally low fertility contribute to changes in traditional dualistic structure and bring refreshment to remote parts of the border region as well.
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Mazzeschi, Claudia, Natalia Piana, Daniela Capezzali, Antonella Mommi, Cristina Aiello, Michela Gatti, Giannermete Romani, et al. "The Impact of Strenuous Group Physical Activity on Mood States, Personal Views, Body Composition, and Markers of Myocardial Damage in Overweight/Obese Adults: The “Step-by-Step Italy’s Coast to Coast” Trek." BioMed Research International 2014 (2014): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/854129.
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It is clinically relevant to understand whether it is safe to recommend to trained overweight/obese people long-distance treks and whether these experiences could have a negative psychological impact or become even dangerous exposing the trekkers to the risk of clinically silent myocardial damage. To answer these questions we have performed a quantitative/qualitative study comparing the changes in mood profiles, personal views, body composition, and plasma troponin levels of 40 overweight/obese subjects with those of 36 healthy normal weight subjects after the participation in a trek of 388 km from the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenian seas trek: the “Step by step…Italy’s coast to coast”. The results of this study demonstrate that long-distance treks are a safe activity for trained overweight/obese people which should be recommended because they improve mood, health status, and the relationship of participants with themselves and with the regular practice of exercise with effects similar to those obtained by healthy normal weight subjects.
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Egeler, Matthias. "The Plane Trees of Diomedes: Staging the Islands of the Blessed in the Adriatic Sea." Numen 62, no. 5-6 (September 7, 2015): 495–518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685276-12341389.
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Taking its starting point from the current theoretical debate about “religious aesthetics” (Religionsästhetik), this article offers a new interpretation of the landscaping of the Island of Diomedes. On the basis of a survey of the primary sources, it demonstrates that the descriptions of the Island of Diomedes have to be seen in the context of the mythological motif of the Islands of the Blessed. This in turn suggests an explanation for Theophrastus’ statement that in the Adriatic region of his day, the plane tree grew only around the shrine of Diomedes: given the typical associations of the plane tree, the planting of planes on the sanctuary island of Diomedes may have been intended to bring the appearance of the Island of Diomedes in line with contemporary stereotypes about the appearance of the Islands of the Blessed; thus, the plane trees of Diomedes constitute a historical case of direct relevance for the question of “religious aesthetics.” The article goes on to demonstrate that the plane trees of Diomedes constitute conclusive evidence against the identification of the Island of Diomedes with the island of Pelagosa (recently suggested on the basis of archaeological finds). Instead, the Island of Diomedes should be sought among the Isole Tremiti.
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Pavasović, Marko, Almin Đapo, Marijan Marjanović, and Boško Pribičević. "Present Tectonic Dynamics of the Geological Structural Setting of the Eastern Part of the Adriatic Region Obtained from Geodetic and Geological Data." Applied Sciences 11, no. 12 (June 21, 2021): 5735. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11125735.
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The Adriatic microplate has always attracted scientific attention, and various studies on the geodynamics of this area have been performed over the years. With the development of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology in the last 30 years, most significant research in this field has used it as the primary source of data on geodynamic movements. However, apart from a few global positioning system (GPS) campaigns conducted in the 1990s, the measurements had a low spatiotemporal density. Therefore, the eastern side of the Adria region or the territory of the Republic of Croatia was usually omitted from the results presented in the various published papers. A study of this literature concluded that the territory of Croatia represents a kind of scientific gap and that denser measurement data from GPS/GNSS stations could be used to supplement the geodynamic picture of the area in question. Thus, GPS/GNSS measurements from 83 stations (geodynamic, reference, and POS’ GPS/GNSS) all over Croatia and neighboring countries for a period of almost 20 years (1994–2013) were collected and processed with Bernese software to obtain a unique database of relative velocities. From the geological perspective, the most important and latest insights on the recent geological structural setting, tectonic movements, most active faults, and relationships and movements of structures were taken into account. It was important to compare the geodetic and geological data, observe the present tectonic dynamics of the geological structural setting, and determine the causes of the obtained directions of movement. The research presented in this paper, based on a combination of geodetic and geological data, was conducted to broaden the current knowledge of the present tectonic dynamics of the geological structural setting of the eastern part of the Adriatic region.
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Gračan, Daniela, Gorana Bardak, and Andreja Rudančić-Lugarić. "The research results of charter companies in Croatia." Tourism and hospitality management 17, no. 1 (2011): 19–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/thm.17.1.2.
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Demand for Croatia as a nautical country constantly maintains the upward trend. The reason for this is the fact that Croatia is on the way to the EU integration as a future equal member state. This fact significantly contributes to Croatia’s openness to the generating market in both economical and in terms of tourism. Nautical tourism of Croatia is profitable which has been recognized by foreign entrepreneurs by directing their fleets to the Adriatic and developing successful and today frequently leading charter companies. The paper defines the charter activity and points out its characteristics. The purpose of the paper is to research, understand and set forth the attitudes of nautical tourists within the charter domain as an activity with the highest annual growth rate in nautical tourism. Methodology used in this paper was questionnaire based on three sections of questions. First section of questions refers to structure of charter companies, the second section of questions refers to the features of demand and season of 2009, and the third section of the questionnaire shows the expectations of charter companies for the season of 2010. Further on, the authors have additionally researched Slovenian charter companies and made the correlation of Slovenian and Croatian charter market.The research in this paper is descriptive, conducted on a one-time basis and on an intentionally selected sample. Based on the results, appropriate conclusions and attitudes have been made also incorporating specific views regarding the quality improvement of a nautical tourist product and charter offer.
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Yakushkina, Ekaterina I. "The vocabulary of the Eastern Hercegovina and Shumadia-Voyvodina dialects of the Serbian language in a comparative aspect." Slavic Almanac, no. 3-4 (2020): 194–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.31168/2073-5731.2020.3-4.2.03.
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The paper deals with the results of a survey of speakers of Eastern Her-cegovian (Western Bosnian, Manjača and Livanjsko Polje districts) and Shumadia-Voyvodina dialects (Rađevina and Podgorina districts) on the base of 370 questions covering the main thematic groups of vocabulary. In comparison with Rađevina, the answers of informants from Western Bosnia contain more words diff erent from the literary language. But most of Bosnian dialect words coexist in with words that are identical to the literary language. The range of lexical diff erences between the Western Bosnian dialect and the Western Serbian dialect is 27%, but half of this number also falls on doublet pairs. A series of diff erential lex-emes demonstrates a clear areal dichotomy between dialects of Western Bosnia and Western Serbia (dimljak — odžak, guliti — ljuštiti, uvor — kresta, gra — pasulj, mrkva — šangarepa, cesta — put, tara — razboj,kruv — hleb). The Western Bosnian corpus is heterogeneous, and the southern dialects, which tend to the Adriatic area, contain more archa-isms and vocabulary characteristic for the Western part of the Serbo-Croatian area.
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Borzan, V., V. Orsic Fric, and B. Borzan. "P578 Adriatic-Balkan regional survey on COVID-19 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients." Journal of Crohn's and Colitis 15, Supplement_1 (May 1, 2021): S534. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjab076.699.
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Abstract Background COVID-19 pandemic completely changed the world during the past year, but its’ greatest impact was on healthcare system. As inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic conditions, and patients are in constant interaction with healthcare system and are treated with immunosuppressive therapies, they present a particularly vulnerable group of patients during the pandemic. Methods Aim of this study was to survey IBD patients’ opinion on the impact of COVID-19 on their mental health, availability and quality of healthcare and their opinion on vaccination. We created a questionnaire that was posted to web based IBD patient group that gather patients from our geographical, Adriatic-Balkan, region (Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro). Patients answered questions anonymously. Answers were created as yes/no, in grades from 1 (no impact/fear) to 5 (very large impact/very severe fear) or by choosing one of the offered answers. In total, 167 responses were received between December 2020 and March 2021, and were analyzed by descriptive statistics. Results A total of 167 IBD patients filled the questionnaire, of which 116 (69,5%) were female. Median age was 36 years (min. 15, max. 62 ys). Most patients did not have COVID-19 (82,6%). A little over half of patients believe that IBD patients are at higher risk of developing COVID-19 (n=97, 58,1%). COVID-19 pandemic has a moderate to large impact on their mental health in majority of patients (n=106, 63,5%) and 99 patients (59,3%) feel moderate to severe fear for their own health because of the pandemic. Most of the information about COVID-19 patients found on the internet (44,3%), from patients’ associations (26,3%) and from their IBD doctor (22,8%). Same number of patients (n=48, 28,7%) feel no impact or very large impact of pandemic on availability to IBD team. Most of patients did not change their IBD therapy during the pandemic (86,8%), and majority (62,3%) felt there was no impact of pandemic on the availability to their therapy. Almost half of patients (49,7%) feel that the quality of healthcare system is worse since the beginning of the pandemic. More than half of patients (57,5%) do not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Conclusion COVID-19 pandemic had a moderate to large impact on mental health in majority of patients. It is particularly important that patients receive correct information about COVID-19 from medical professionals, and patients’ association groups are very useful channel for patient education that should be used more. More than half of patients do not want to be vaccinated, showing the importance of patient education even more.
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Bartulović, Željko, and Maja Aflić. "Sailor’s Service from Medieval Times to Modern Maritime Labour Conventions." Journal of Maritime & Transportation Science 55, no. 1 (December 2018): 167–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.18048/2018.00.11.
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The Medieval statutory regulations at the east coast of the Adriatic Sea, especially in Dubrovnik, that are analysed in this article are related to sailor’s service, agreement of service, types of contracts, single voyage contracts, time contracts and profit share, sailors’ working responsibilities, breach of contractual obligations etc., all of which enable an interesting insight and open the question of possible parallels with contemporary seafarers’ labour relations. In 2006, the International Labour Organisation adopted the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) which sets out terms and conditions for employment of seafarers, regarding the minimum age for employment, medical conditions to be met by seafarers, employment of seafarers through an appropriate system with no charge to the seafarers, entitlement to wages in accordance with employment agreements, etc. Special focus is dedicated to their hours of work and rest in order to ensure safety of navigation. MLC entitles seafarers to adequate compensation in cases of injury, loss or unemployment arising from ship’s loss or foundering, in addition to the right to free repatriation of seafarers, except in cases of serious breach of seafarer’s contractual obligations.
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Araujo, Ana Karla, Marta Pola, Manuel Antonio E. Malaquias, and Juan Lucas Cervera. "To be or not to be? What molecules say about Runcina brenkoae Thompson, 1980 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Runcinida)." Scientia Marina 83, no. 3 (September 18, 2019): 223. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04907.07a.
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Runcinids are poorly known minute marine slugs inhabiting intertidal and shallow subtidal rocky shores. Among the European species, Runcina brenkoae, described from the Adriatic Sea in the Mediterranean, has been described to display chromatic variability, placing in question the true identity and geographic distribution of the species. In this paper we investigate the taxonomic status of R. brenkoae based on specimens from the central and western Mediterranean Sea and the southern Iberian coastline of Portugal and Spain, following an integrative approach combining multi-locus molecular phylogenetics based on the mitochondrial markers cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and 16S rRNA and the nuclear gene histone H3, together with the study of morpho-anatomical characters investigated by scanning electron microscopy. To aid in species delimitation, the Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery and Bayesian Poisson tree process methods were employed. Our results indicate the existence of a complex of three species previously identified as R. brenkoae, namely two new species here described (R. marcosi n. sp. and R. lusitanica n. sp.) and R. brenkoae proper.
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Bulić, Nada, Maria Mariola Glavan, and Daniel Nečas Hraste. "Hannibal’s Elephants and the Liburnians." Tabula, no. 17 (November 16, 2020): 47–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.32728/tab.17.2020.2.
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The second Punic war is a relatively well-known episode from Roman history. Reliable, detailed ancient sources such as Livy and Polybius, however, don’t say much on the topic of Hannibal’s provisions from his native Carthage. One of the questions related to the provisions is where Hannibal’s elephants came from after the battle of Cannae, as after traversing the Etrurian swamp Hannibal only had one elephant left (Livy XXII 2). Immediately after the victory at Cannae Hannibal sends a delegation requesting logistics and the Carthaginian senate decides to send him military aid, among which were 4000 Numidians and 40 elephants (Livy XXIII 11-13). In the meantime, Hannibal penetrates Campania already accompanied by elephants at the Siege of Casilinum (Livy XXIII 18). The authors of this paper believe that Hannibal’s path to Cannae was part of a premeditated military plan, according to which the Carthaginian army needed to pick up supplies near Cannae, with the Liburnians playing an important role in opening channels of communication and supplies. Several facts support this theory, most importantly the following: – one of the few suitable ports that Hannibal could count upon to be less guarded by the Romans than more northern ports, such as Ariminum, is found near Cannae; – an enormous amount of money from Africa is in circulation in Liburnia right at the time of the war with Hannibal; It is known that political entities on the eastern coast of the Adriatic had an anti-Roman political agenda during the time of the second Punic war, coordinating themselves with Macedonia among others, which became an ally of Hannibal and with which Rome went to war in 214 B.C, with which the two Illyrian wars right before and right after the war with Hannibal are related. The authors believe that the sources point to a sort of coalition for transport, trade and communication between Hannibal, the Liburnians and Carthage, which should be viewed in the context of the operations of the anti-Roman coalition of political entities on the eastern shores of the Adriatic
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Rudan, Smiljko, and Irena Radić Rossi. "Application of the State-Of-The Art Engineering Methods in Nautical Archaeology." Journal of Maritime & Transportation Science 2, Special edition 2 (April 2018): 113–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.18048/2018-00.113.
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Modern interdisciplinary projects are connecting researchers from seemingly unrelated fields, like naval engineering and archaeology. However, archaeological remnants of the present days, such as ancient ships and ceramic transport containers, were created by engineers and artisans of the past. It is therefore meaningful to consider their function and construction from an engineering point of view, complementing the archaeological research. One track of the interdisciplinary project Archaeology of Adriatic Shipbuilding and Seafaring (AdriaS), founded by the Croatian Science Foundation, aims at better understanding of structural behaviour of the ancient seaborne structures, made of wood and ceramics. In addition, a reverse engineering method is considered in the analysis of underwater archaeological sites, by the simulation of capsizing of ancient ship. This paper presents the possibilities and limitation of the application of the state-of-the-art engineering methods in nautical archaeology. It focuses on the analysis of wooden and ceramics structures, particularly through the identification of open questions, and exploitation of proper material models. Moreover, it presents the complex fluid-structure interaction analysis of a ship capsizing event as a possible engineering tool for testing hypothesis.
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Gänzle, Stefan, Dominic Stead, Franziska Sielker, and Tobias Chilla. "Macro-regional Strategies, Cohesion Policy and Regional Cooperation in the European Union: Towards a Research Agenda." Political Studies Review 17, no. 2 (June 13, 2018): 161–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1478929918781982.
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Since 2009, the European Union has developed strategies for the Baltic Sea, Danube, Adriatic-Ionian and Alpine macro-regions. These macro-regional strategies represent a new tool of European Union governance that seeks to combine the community’s territorial cooperation and cohesion policy repertoire with intergovernmental ‘regional cooperation’ involving European Union member and partner countries. By establishing comprehensive governance architectures for cross-sectoral and trans-boundary policy coordination in areas such as transport infrastructure and environmental protection, macro-regional strategies seek to mobilise European Union member and non-member states alike in promoting and harmonising territorial and trans-governmental cooperation. Both the macro-regional strategies and the macro-regions themselves have been met with increasing interest across several disciplines, including geography, regional planning, political science and public administration, triggering questions and debates on issues such as their impacts on existing practices of territorial cooperation and their relation to previously established forms of regional cooperation. Authored by scholars based in the above-mentioned fields of study, this contribution seeks to take stock of research on the subject to date, reflect on conceptual starting points and highlight new directions for future research in the political sciences.
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JOURDE, JÉRÔME, NICOLAS LAVESQUE, CÉLINE LABRUNE, JEAN-MICHEL AMOUROUX, PAULO BONIFÁCIO, SUZIE HUMBERT, BASTIEN LAMARQUE, PIERRE-GUY SAURIAU, and KARIN MEIßNER. "New insights in the biogeographical distributions of two Spionidae (Annelida) from the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean French coasts." Zoosymposia 19, no. 1 (December 28, 2020): 173–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.19.1.18.
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We report the first occurrences of Spiophanes afer Meißner, 2005 and Prionospio cristaventralis Delgado-Blas, Díaz-Díaz & Viéitez, 2018 from French marine waters (from the southern part of the Bay of Biscay in NE Atlantic, and the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea). Morphological characters of S. afer include the presence of an occipital antenna, dorsal ciliated organs extending to chaetigers 13–15, neuropodial hooks from chaetiger 15, ventrolateral intersegmental pouches from chaetigers 14–15, chaetal spreaders of “2+3 type”, and conspicuous dark brown pigmentation on parapodia of chaetigers 9–13. Prionospio cristaventralis has four pairs of branchiae (1st and 4th pinnate, 2nd and 3rd apinnate), ventral crests from chaetigers 11–12, high dorsal crests on chaetigers 10–11, and very large notopodial prechaetal lamellae on anterior chaetigers. Both records represent northern extensions of their known distributions. However, the presence of S. afer on French coasts may have been overlooked for several decades. The validity of the recently proposed Spiophanes adriaticus is questioned.
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Kopsachilis, Vasilis, Lucia Siciliani, Marco Polignano, Pol Kolokoussis, Michail Vaitis, Marco de Gemmis, and Konstantinos Topouzelis. "Semantically-Aware Retrieval of Oceanographic Phenomena Annotated on Satellite Images." Information 12, no. 8 (August 11, 2021): 321. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/info12080321.
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Scientists in the marine domain process satellite images in order to extract information that can be used for monitoring, understanding, and forecasting of marine phenomena, such as turbidity, algal blooms and oil spills. The growing need for effective retrieval of related information has motivated the adoption of semantically aware strategies on satellite images with different spatio-temporal and spectral characteristics. A big issue of these approaches is the lack of coincidence between the information that can be extracted from the visual data and the interpretation that the same data have for a user in a given situation. In this work, we bridge this semantic gap by connecting the quantitative elements of the Earth Observation satellite images with the qualitative information, modelling this knowledge in a marine phenomena ontology and developing a question answering mechanism based on natural language that enables the retrieval of the most appropriate data for each user’s needs. The main objective of the presented methodology is to realize the content-based search of Earth Observation images related to the marine application domain on an application-specific basis that can answer queries such as “Find oil spills that occurred this year in the Adriatic Sea”.
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Handy, Mark R., Stefan M. Schmid, Marcel Paffrath, and Wolfgang Friederich. "Orogenic lithosphere and slabs in the greater Alpine area – interpretations based on teleseismic P-wave tomography." Solid Earth 12, no. 11 (November 25, 2021): 2633–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/se-12-2633-2021.
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Abstract. Based on recent results of AlpArray, we propose a new model of Alpine collision that involves subduction and detachment of thick (∼ 180 km) European lithosphere. Our approach combines teleseismic P-wave tomography and existing local earthquake tomography (LET), allowing us to image the Alpine slabs and their connections with the overlying orogenic lithosphere at an unprecedented resolution. The images call into question the conventional notion that downward-moving lithosphere and slabs comprise only seismically fast lithosphere. We propose that the European lithosphere is heterogeneous, locally containing layered positive and negative Vp anomalies of up to 5 %–6 %. We attribute this layered heterogeneity to seismic anisotropy and/or compositional differences inherited from the Variscan and pre-Variscan orogenic cycles rather than to thermal anomalies. The lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB) of the European Plate therefore lies below the conventionally defined seismological LAB. In contrast, the lithosphere of the Adriatic Plate is thinner and has a lower boundary approximately at the base of strong positive Vp anomalies at 100–120 km. Horizontal and vertical tomographic slices reveal that beneath the central and western Alps, the European slab dips steeply to the south and southeast and is only locally still attached to the Alpine lithosphere. However, in the eastern Alps and Carpathians, this slab is completely detached from the orogenic crust and dips steeply to the north to northeast. This along-strike change in attachment coincides with an abrupt decrease in Moho depth below the Tauern Window, the Moho being underlain by a pronounced negative Vp anomaly that reaches eastward into the Pannonian Basin area. This negative Vp anomaly is interpreted as representing hot upwelling asthenosphere that heated the overlying crust, allowing it to accommodate Neogene orogen-parallel lateral extrusion and thinning of the ALCAPA tectonic unit (upper plate crustal edifice of Alps and Carpathians) to the east. A European origin of the northward-dipping, detached slab segment beneath the eastern Alps is likely since its down-dip length matches estimated Tertiary shortening in the eastern Alps accommodated by originally south-dipping subduction of European lithosphere. A slab anomaly beneath the Dinarides is of Adriatic origin and dips to the northeast. There is no evidence that this slab dips beneath the Alps. The slab anomaly beneath the Northern Apennines, also of Adriatic origin, hangs subvertically and is detached from the Apenninic orogenic crust and foreland. Except for its northernmost segment where it locally overlies the southern end of the European slab of the Alps, this slab is clearly separated from the latter by a broad zone of low Vp velocities located south of the Alpine slab beneath the Po Basin. Considered as a whole, the slabs of the Alpine chain are interpreted as highly attenuated, largely detached sheets of continental margin and Alpine Tethyan oceanic lithosphere that locally reach down to a slab graveyard in the mantle transition zone (MTZ).
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Aspöck, Horst, Ulrike Aspöck, Julia Walochnik, and Edwin Kniha. "Where did the Central European populations of Ornatoraphidia flavilabris (Costa) come from? (Neuropterida, Raphidioptera, Raphidiidae)." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 68, no. 2 (August 30, 2021): 249–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.68.70814.
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Ornatoraphidia flavilabris (Costa, 1851) is one of 15 snakefly species occurring in southern parts of Central Europe. It is a polycentric Mediterranean faunal element with refugia in the Apennine Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula. Two phylogeographic questions are dealt with in this paper: (1) Is it possible to differentiate, morphologically or genetically, the Balkanic populations from the Italian? (2) Did the species reach Central Europe from the Balkan or Apennine Peninsula? These questions were investigated using morphological and molecular biological methods. No morphological characters were uncovered which could serve to differentiate specimens from either distribution center. However, differences were detected in cox1, cox3 and 28S genes which allow for a reliable differentiation. Central European populations were largely identical with populations from Italy, but distinctly different from specimens from Greece. This could lead one to assume that the species migrated from Italy to Central Europe, although colonization from the southeast would appear easier due to more favorable orographic conditions. This discrepancy may be explained by the apparent absence of O. flavilabris from the large central part of the Balkan Peninsula, so that a gap exists between the southern and northern areas inhabited by O. flavilabris. Moreover, the species does not occur in eastern parts of Europe. Thus it would be more probable to assume that the occurrence of the species in the northwest Balkan Peninsula can be traced to migrations from the Apennine Peninsula to areas north and northeast of the Adriatic Sea, where O. flavilabris may have colonized the southeast of Central Europe. A migration of Adriatomediterranean faunal elements from the northwest Balkan Peninsula to Central Europe might be of more significance than previously assumed.
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Smolčić Jurdana, Dora, Zvonimira Šverko Grdić, and Marinela Krstinić Nižić. "Managers’ Informedness of Energy Issues in Tourism." Sustainability 12, no. 17 (August 19, 2020): 6733. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12176733.
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Energy and environmental issues are nowadays becoming more prominent, and business subjects in tourism should dedicate more effort to energy management. This can lead to a reduction in energy-related expenses, and it shows social responsibility and concern for the environment. In order to determine the informedness of managers in tourism concerning energy issues, empirical research was conducted in all seven counties of Adriatic Croatia. The questionnaire was filled out by 254 managers in tourism in such a way that the research covered business management (hotel, villa, camp, and apartment managers), managers in tourist boards, managers in units of local self-government, and managers among other stakeholders directly or indirectly involved in tourism. The questionnaire consisted of closed-ended questions answered using the Likert scale with 1 being the worst and 5 the best. The questionnaire’s reliability was tested using factor analysis and internal consistency analysis. The results showed that managers still have insufficient knowledge concerning the impact of energy and its link to tourism. Additionally, 66.4% of the participants considered their knowledge regarding energy issues in tourism to be poor or negligible. It can be concluded that continued education for managers is required as higher awareness leads to “greener” attitudes among managers in tourism.
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Pescaroli, G., and M. Magni. "Flood warnings in coastal areas: how do experience and information influence responses to alert services?" Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15, no. 4 (April 1, 2015): 703–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-703-2015.
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Abstract. Many studies discuss the economic and technical aspects of flood warnings. Less attention has been given to the social and behavioural patterns that affect alert services. In particular, the literature focuses on warnings activated in river basins or marine environments without providing clear evidence on Mediterranean coastal areas, even though these are subjected to growing flood risk related to climate change. This paper is a first attempt to bridge this gap. Our research develops an in-depth analysis of the village of Cesenatico on the Adriatic Sea coast. Here the municipality adopted two complementary warning systems: a siren and an alert via short message service (SMS). The analysis focuses on a survey conducted in 2011 and 2012 with 228 participants. The relationships between social and behavioural variables and warning services are investigated as well as flood preparedness and information dissemination. Qualitative evidence from informal interviews is used to support the understanding of key responses. The conclusions show how different social and behavioural patterns can influence the effectiveness and use of warning systems, regardless of the technology adopted and the structural mitigation measures implemented. Education, training and accountability are seen to be critical elements for implementation. Finally, the statistical output is used to suggest new questions and new directions for research.
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Pescaroli, G., and M. Magni. "Flood warnings in coastal areas: how do social and behavioural patterns influence alert services?" Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions 3, no. 1 (January 21, 2015): 641–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhessd-3-641-2015.
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Abstract. Many studies discuss the economic and technical aspects of flood warnings. Less attention has been given to the social and psychological patterns that affect alert services. In particular, the literature focuses on warnings activated in river basins or marine environments without providing clear evidence of relevance to Mediterranean coastal areas, even though these are subjected to growing flood risk related to climate change. This paper is a first attempt to bridge this gap. Our research develops an in- depth analysis of the village of Cesenatico on the Adriatic Sea coast. Here the municipality adopted two complementary warning systems: a siren and an alert via Short Message Service (SMS). The analysis focuses on a survey conducted in 2011 and 2012 with 228 participants. The relationships between social and behavioural variables and warning services are investigated, and so are flood preparedness and information dissemination. Qualitative evidence from informal interviews is used to support the understanding of key responses. The conclusions show how different social and behavioural patterns can influence the effectiveness and use of warning systems, regardless of the technology adopted and the structural mitigation measures implemented. Education, training and accountability are seen to be critical elements for improvement. Finally, the statistical output is used to suggest new questions and new directions for research.
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Krzykowska-Piotrowska, Karolina, Marek Piotrowski, Anna Organiściak-Krzykowska, and Emilia Kwiatkowska. "Maritime or Rail: Which of These Will Save the Planet? EU Macro-Regional Strategies and Reality." Sustainability 14, no. 6 (March 17, 2022): 3555. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14063555.
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A well-thought-out strategy for shaping the transport of the future is a challenge for countries and integration groups. The answer to which modes of transport should become a priority in the context of incurred and planned investments should largely depend on their observed and forecasted environmental impact. This paper focuses on the scope and content of EU macro-regional strategies. The main objectives of the study were to identify common assumptions and differences between the Adriatic and Ionian Region and the Baltic Sea Region in terms of sustainable transport and provide a critical assessment of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) and the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) compliance with the assumptions of the White Paper on Transport, as well as the attempt to answer the question of which modes of transport should be prioritized by the analyzed macro-regions, making transport decarbonization one of their main goals. It is possible to state that the assumptions of both the strategies of the macro-regions seem to be partially consistent with the White Paper on Transport vision. However, the emphasis of the macro-regions on the development of maritime transport is somewhat omitted in the White Paper. Among the countries of both areas (EUSAIR, EUSBSR), estimates showed a statistically significant (p < 0.05) positive impact on the volume of loads transported by road transport. An increase in the volume loads by 1% resulted in an increase in air pollution by 0.446% (EUSAIR) and 0.728% (EUSBSR). The elasticity of air pollution, regarding loads’ road transport changes, was the highest compared to other transport modes in the studied areas. This proves the highest emissivity of road transport. In the EUSAIR countries, an increase by 1% of the volume of transport by railway resulted in a decrease in air pollution, with emissions of greenhouse gases decreasing by 0.063%. Considering the analyzed documentation, reports, strategies, and assumptions, it seems right to clearly emphasize the role of rail transport in the decarbonization of transport. According to the authors, mainly, this branch of transport can significantly reduce the emission of gases into the atmosphere and thus contribute to the so-called “green deal”. However, many activities must be undertaken for this to happen, not only investment ones. First of all, it is worth paying attention to the coherence of regional strategies with the European transport development plan contained in the White Paper.
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Landrein, Philippe, Jean-Paul Loreau, and Jean-Jacques Fleury. "Emersion generalisee intra-maastrichtienne de la plate-forme de Gavrovo-Tripolitza (Grece); effets sur les populations de foraminiferes Rhapydionininae." Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 172, no. 1 (January 1, 2001): 85–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/172.1.85.
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Abstract The reliability of biostratigraphic correlations in neritic carbonate platforms is often questioned because the benthic fauna on which biozonation is based are particularly sensitive to environmental change. It is crucial to know whether a population change corresponds strictly to a facies change. Conversely, there arise the questions of determining how populations are renewed over time and how new species appear even if facies associations remain unchanged. This is the case with the Gavrovo-Tripolitza zone of Greece, an isolated shallow carbonate platform surrounded by two oceanic domains (Pindos-Olonos Zone and Ionian Zone). The absence or scarcity of faunas generally used in Upper Cretaceous biostratigraphy has led to the use of local biozonation instead, based on faunas endemic to Adriatico-Aegean platforms. The final two biozones based on Rhapydioninidae foraminifera are: - CsB6 (Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian): the "Murciella biozone" is the total range zone of all Rhaphydionininae except for Rhapydionina liburnica; - CsB7 (Upper Maastrichtian): the total range zone of R. Liburnica. The purpose of this paper is to test the biostratigraphic value of the benthic foraminifera by comparing the distribution of the biostratigraphic limits with the distribution of time-surfaces. These time-surfaces are established from sedimentological analysis and sequences stratigraphy. The Upper Cretaceous of the Gavrovo platform is formed by stacked shallowing-upward parasequences which are usually capped by an exposure surface. Most of them were exposed in supratidal environments and dolomitized to a greater or lesser extent. Some underwent continental diagenesis as recorded by karsts, microkarsts and karstic fillings (fig. 5), root traces, alveolar-septal structures, microcodiums, pseudomicrocodiums, pedogenetic pseudomicrokarsts and continental stromatolithic laminations. Although outcrops are great distances apart and located on different structural blocks, they record a major discontinuity within the Maastrichtian. It is characterized by continental exposure, a change in the main type of parasequences, and disruption of the parasequence stacking pattern as evidenced on Fischer plots. In each outcrop, limestones exhibiting continental diagenesis are cut by an erosional surface. This surface is proposed as a local maximum of regression and a transgressive surface. On a peculiar outcrop, the surface marks the inflection point between thinning-upward and thickening-upward parasequence trends on the Fischer plot. In proximal platforms, such a point can be interpreted as corresponding to a local maximum of regression and this surface is also a transgressive surface. The same features occurred in many other outcrops and show that the entire platform was subaerially exposed. Similar episodes of exposure associated with continental diagenesis are reported for Maastrichtian deposits of other Adriatico-Aegean platforms. Continental exposure and associated erosion is currently interpreted as a result of a fall in relative sea level caused either by uplift or by eustatic sea level fall. Successive shallowing up parasequences showing final exposure and continental diagenesis would imply an impossible yo-yo type subsidence. Accordingly, the proposed maximum of regression is thought to be eustatically controlled. Moreover, the maximum of regression caps CsB6 parasequences controlled by allocyclic mechanisms as indicated by similar stacking patterns in different and remote outcrops. This strongly suggests CsB6 sedimentation was eustatically controlled and the relevant maximum of regression is proposed as a time-surface. The distribution of foraminifer populations in the outcrops studied here indicates that the Rhapydionininae of biozone CsB6 do not occur above the maximum of regression. The regressive maximum clearly coincides with the disappearance of foraminifer species whereas the subsequent transgressive episode is characterized by the emergence of just one species. And yet, population renewal is not related to a fundamental change in the platform environment: very shallow water facies association below and above the maximum regression surface are identical. This supports the hypothesis that sea level variations were the cause of faunal extinction and renewal. It is evidenced too that the boundary between the two populations can be used as a time marker. In this case study, the biostratigraphy based on the use of benthic and shallow-water dependent foraminifera is genuinely chronostratigraphic.
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Bettoso, Nicola, Federico Pittaluga, Sergio Predonzani, Antonella Zanello, and Alessandro Acquavita. "Mercury Levels in Sediment, Water and Selected Organisms Collected in a Coastal Contaminated Environment: The Marano and Grado Lagoon (Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy)." Applied Sciences 13, no. 5 (February 27, 2023): 3064. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app13053064.
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Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant capable of bioaccumulates/biomagnifies along the trophic chain and posing concerns for organisms and humans. The historical mining in Idrija (NW Slovenia) and the more recent activity of a chlor-alkali plant (CAP) sited in Torviscosa (NE Italy) causes diffuse Hg contamination in the Marano and Grado Lagoon (MGL, northern Adriatic Sea, Italy). Despite the importance of fishing and aquaculture for local inhabitants, knowledge of the Hg content of MGL fish is still scarce and fragmentary. This paper reports the results obtained from the collection of sediments, water, and biota during the implementation of the WFD/2000/60/CE. The solid phase is characterised by high Hg concentrations (up to 7.4 mg kg−1) with a net positive gradient moving eastward, but chemical speciation suggests the prevalence of cinnabar (not mobile) species. The scarce mobility of Hg is attested to by the low concentrations found in surface waters. Hg in fish often exceeds the limit set for commercialization (0.5 mg kg−1 ww), especially in the Grado basin, but its content is variable depending on the size and habits of species. Although there was a significant linear relationship between THg content in sediment and tissues of Chelon auratus, the values of the biota sediment accumulation factor (BSAF), which were always less than one, suggest that the Hg bioavailable for transfer from sediment to biota is low. Additionally, the Target Hazard Quotient (THQ) calculated on C. auratus’s daily consumption showed that adverse effects on human health are out of the question at least for the Marano basin.