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Renewables and mining activities: the case study of Piedmont Region (NW Italy)

Mining activities have high energy demand, significantly impacting the climate and environment due to reliance on fossil fuels, and accounting for about 30% of operating costs. Consequently, integrating renewable energy into the mining sector has been promoted by international agreements aimed at reducing carbon footprints. However, challenges remain in terms of technical and policy barriers to widespread implementation. A positive example comes from the Piedmont Region (NW Italy), where the ...

Uncertainty-aware AI for tumor subtyping with histology and immunohistochemistry: A multi-center study in Renal Cell Carcinoma

Background and objective: Accurate classification of Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) subtypes is essential for personalized therapy, as prognostic outcomes and treatment responses differ markedly among subtypes. Most artificial intelligence applications in RCC focus on histology, while immunohistochemistry applications mainly quantify biomarkers rather than perform subtype classification. In clinical diagnostics, immunohistochemistry remains a valuable complement to histology, though its implement...

Costruzione e manutenzione. La sfida low carbon

Impatto degli scavi sotterranei sulla stabilità e la conservazione di un ponte ad arco in muratura

Il lavoro analizza il comportamento di un ponte ad arco in muratura soggetto ai cedimenti indotti dallo scavo di una galleria in prossimità delle fondazioni. Il caso studio, riguarda un’infrastruttura ferroviaria mantenuta in esercizio durante le fasi di cantiere, condizione che ha imposto un monitoraggio continuo e un’attenta gestione del rischio. I cedimenti differenziali osservati hanno generato un quadro fessurativo significativo, evidenziando l’elevata sensibilità di tali strutture a def...