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Abstract This paper presents the results of design, manufacturing, testing and validation of a medium and low voltage cable which has been blocked against the ingress of water and gas potentially occurring at water depths up to 3500 meters. Offshore umbilical and deepwater applications are considered. The ...
Background Microalgae are potential sources of biofuels and high-value compounds. Mixotrophic conditions usually promote growth of microalgae. The pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, with its short life cycle, completely sequenced genome, and ease of transformation, can be used as a model for ...
The European COMMON SENSE project aims to support the implementation of European Union marine policies such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The project has been designed to directly respond to requests for integrated and effective data acquisition systems by developing innovative ...
The interest in off-shore multi-purpose platforms resides in the wide opportunities involved in it, for example considering the development of large marine infrastructure in the near future. An available off-shore site where testing marine energy converters (exploitation of wave, tidal and hydrokinetic ...
A robust, reliable, small, light and low consumption water collecting device, or Sampling System (SS), is a fundamental part of any physical chain and any functional process aiming at automatically monitor or measure chemical or biological water parameters in-situ. Autonomous aquatic vehicles (ASV and ...
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is an environmental management instrument implemented worldwide. In the last years the development of Wave Energy Converter (WEC) influenced environmental research to quantify impacts on marine life. In this paper we present a case study of EIA: a real application ...
Nutrient pollution is one of worldwide most diffused, expensive and challenging environmental issues. The monitoring of nutrients in coastal areas is a complex task, due to the fact that the available methods reaching the required sensitivity are based on optical wet chemistry measurements. In order ...
New alliances between public and private partners at local, national and international level are needed to unlock the potential for growth from the maritime economy, boost green and blue technology development, and turn the environmental challenges into opportunities for innovation and sustainable development. ...
There is a rising concern about the environmental status of the seas of our planet. Such concern regards several kinds of anthropogenic activities and their impact on the marine ecosystems. Part of the adverse effects are recognised to be due to various forms of acoustic emissions generated by human ...
This paper describes the development of cost-efficient, innovative and interoperable ocean passive acoustics sensors systems deployable from multiple platforms in the European FP7 project NeXOS (Next generation Low-Cost Multifunctional Web Enabled Ocean Sensor Systems Empowering Marine, Maritime and ...
The proposed project shows the results obtained in the implementation and testing in lacustrine and marine environment of an innovative laterals hydro floating tilting systems control for USV or remote/autonomous surface nautical vehicles. This vehicle is based on a pending patent belonging to Palermo ...
The proposed project shows the results obtained in the implementation and testing in lacustrine and marine environment of a nautical remote controlled vehicle with surface navigation and innovative features Semi-Immersible (SI-USV). This vehicle is based on a pending patent belonging to Palermo University ...
Multibeam Echosounder (MBES) is increasingly becoming suitable for marine habitat mapping and various classification methods, diversifying in terms of classification algorithms, automation and MBES involved data features, are requiring scientific attention. On the other hand, the improved quality and ...
The overall objective of this proposal is to build an advanced and original prototype specifically devoted to seafloor and water-column monitoring as starting Italian contribution to the further development of the EMSO Ligurian Sea node. In detail the aim of the observatory is to ensure realtime continuous ...
A few diatom species produce toxins that affect human and animal health. Among these, members of the Pseudo-nitzschia genus were the first diatoms unambiguously identified as producer of domoic acid, a neurotoxin affecting molluscan shell-fish, birds, marine mammals, and humans. Evidence exists indicating ...
The proposed low cost systems shows the results obtained in the implementation and testing in marine environment of a Innovative Monitoring Underwater Buoy Systems for Marine and Rivers installation with IR-Cam, Instrumental Telemetry and Acoustic Data Acquisition Capability (MUnBuS). This concerning ...
In the last decade, the use of underwater systems of all kinds has seen a steady increase. In this publication, we advocate the use of such systems in a complementary, collective, and networked manner. Even though today's achievements of such systems look impressive, the level of autonomy and networking ...
The Blue Economy, also referred to as the ocean or maritime economy, is a concept that simultaneously encourage social inclusion, environmental sustainability, strengthening of maritime ecosystems, transparent governance as well as economic growth and development. This developing world initiative is ...
Urban sprawl/urbanization has large impacts on the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems. Net primary production (NPP) is an important indicator for estimating the earth’s ability to support life and aids the evaluation of sustainable development of the terrestrial ecosystem. In this study, ...
Rural areas in South Africa and Zambia face a number of similar issues in the domains of agriculture, connectivity, water, transport, health and education etc., which calls for potentially similar solutions to be directed towards solving these issues. The intention of this research is to investigate ...