SHRINES AND HOLY PLACES IN TUSCANY BETWEEN PILGRIMAGE AND RELIGIOUS TOURISM: THE DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND VALORIZATION

Shrines and Holy Places in Tuscany between Pilgrimage and Religious Tourism: the Difficult Relationship between Knowledge and Valorization

After an introduction to the correct classification of the relationship between knowledge and valorization as a strategic subject in territorial development policies, the article moves on to talk about the Via Francigena through historical and territorial Italian culture.In the accumulation of successful initiatives not everything has been estimate

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Mitochondrial DNA mapping of social-biological interactions in Brazilian Amazonian African-descendant populations

The formation of the Brazilian Amazonian population has historically involved three main ethnic groups, Amerindian, African and European.This has resulted in genetic investigations having been carried out using classical polymorphisms and molecular markers.To better understand the genetic variability and the micro-evolutionary processes acting in h

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Quantification of Geometrical and Morphological Characteristics of Desiccation Crack and Shrinkage Behavior of Composite Clay Liner

Clay soil and their related irregular behavior such as shrinkage, swelling, desiccation cracks etc.are the main concern for the construction of composite clay liner (CCL) in waste landfill site.In this study, an investigation was conducted on a scaled model of prototype landfill liner to quantify both the geometrical and morphological characteristi

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