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Sta. Maria is located in the municipality of Val Müstair GR on a main connecting axis between the Engadine and South Tyrol. The cantonal main road leads through the narrow centre of the village, where passage is very difficult due to the limited space available. In order to eliminate the traffic bottleneck, a bypass ...

Coorg district in Southern India in the Western Ghats is known for its exceptional biodiversity and unique agroforestry farming systems maintained by smallholder coffee farmers. Due to the rapid transformation of the market and the increase in production costs, the environmental friendly farming practices are at ...

Agricultural policy 14/17 cancels or cuts animal contributions. This can lead to a reduction in livestock numbers in areas where production is often profitable only with direct payments (Alpine area). Meadows and pastures that are no longer used for fodder production can thus be put into a new recycling channel. A ...

A visitor management concept has been developed for the area of the natural monument "Ruinaulta" in the Rheinschlucht gorge. The concept consists of the two sections "Nature monitoring" and "Visitor guidance". The report is divided into the chapters on leisure use, nature monitoring and visitor management and is ...

The main objective of this Action is to constitute an international scientific and technology network on issues related to eco-sustainable Polymer Nanocomposites Food Packaging for the preservation, conservation and distribution of high quality and safe food. The Action will constitute an international scientific ...

Electrospinning, an electro-hydrodynamic process is a versatile and promising platform technology for the production of electrospun nanofibrous materials consisting of diverse polymers and polymer composites. This platform process can provide bio- or oil based polymer nanofibrous materials for the fabrication of ...

Biocides are used to protect materials against undesired decomposition by microorganisms and to improve hygiene protection. Many biocides are deactivated in presence of plastic-additives. Therefore, a large excess of biocides is often necessary. Within this project, the better understanding of chemical ...

The outdoor spaces of the housing estate Glanzenberg 12 and 26-28 were re-designed according to the outcomes of qualitative interviews with inhabitants and other stakeholders and taking aethetic, ecological and economic aspects into consideration. The goal was to enhance the possibilities for appropiation of the ...

Ink corrosion - caused by acids and metal ions such as iron and copper - threatens manuscripts that form much of our written cultural heritage from the 3rd century BC to the 19th century AD. The paper is simply breaking apart in the areas where there is writing in ink. Whole texts are being lost in this manner. Many ...

Bois noir is a yellow disease of grapevines (Vitis vinifera) caused by phytoplasmas belonging to the class 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani'. These phytoplasmas live mostly on bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) and stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). By accident they are transmitted by the ciciid  Hyalesthes obsoletus to V. ...

Plasmopara viticola, an oomycete causing downy mildew of grapevines (Vitis vinifera), is one of the major pathogenes in grape production in many grape growing regions world wide. We are interested in genes of V. vinifera expressed during the first 24 h post inoculation.

On a scientific basis, an online expert system for the B2B business is being developed, which enables significant cost savings in the sales process and an increase in the quality of processing. Using the example of a highly fragmented niche market (promotional items), the new approach will be tested by taking into ...

Precision viticulture is precision farming applied to optimize vineyard performance, in particular maximizing grape yield and quality while minimizing environmental impacts and risk.  This preliminary study seeks to determine the extent to which infra-red data from remote sensing can be used to determine decision ...

Flow cytometry (FC) devices count and measure cells in fluids in an automated procedure. We examine and develop computational methods for the identification of different phytoplankton species on the basis of FC measurements.  

Today, as a result of rapid population growth, increased food requirements and proceeding urbanization, the area of agricultural land is rapidly declining and our oceans are over-fished. To meet future demands for food, there is need for new innovative, space-saving and ecological techniques in food ...

Scenarios of future periurban landscape development were created within the WSL research program "Spatial Requirements of Man and Nature". Development scenarios were created in workshops with representatives of case study areas and visualized in real time to allow first order estimates of (unexpected) consequences ...

So-called “Zero-Emission” buildings (ZEB) do not produce harmful emissions. In contrast, they may even have positive environmental impacts because they can produce energy, water and resources. Decentralized innovative technologies and systems for the realization of ZEB were developed and successfully applied ...

St. Moritz Energy will try to use water which leaks in the area Sur Chaunt Blais for producing electricity with a micro-hydro turbine. The idea is not new, since old documents and project plans as well as existing water intakes fwere found, showing similar considerations in the seventies.The area shows from the ...