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Microplastic ingestion and diet analysis in migratory shorebirds at Bahía Lomas Ramsar site, Chile

Microplastic (MP) pollution is an emerging threat to marine and coastal ecosystems and their fauna, even in remote and protected areas. Shorebirds depend on wetlands and feed mainly on benthic invertebrates, making them vulnerable to contaminants that accumulate in sediments and their prey. Stable isotope analysis provides a useful framework to interpret MP ingestion in relation to trophic ecology. We applied stable isotopes of carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) to investigate the diet of ...

Echoes of Stone: Reinterpreting the Materiality of Villa Medici and the Pincian Hill

A review of Francesca Alberti and Ariane Varela Braga, eds., Pierres, matières, surfaces à la Villa Médicis, Milan: Silvana, 2024, 216 pages, 127 images. ISBN 9788836657926. Dedicated to a historical and critical analysis of Villa Medici, the book comprises eleven contributions by scholars from various disciplines, including art history, archaeology, and geology, that explore events related to the origins, evolution, and restorations of the villa and its surroundings from ancient times into t...

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A Reasoned Diagnostic Procedure to Support the Restoration of the 17th Century Stucco Altar Dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel in Barbarano Romano (Viterbo, Italy)

The 17th-century stucco altar dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel is an interesting, but very damaged, artwork located in the complex of St. Angel in the little town of Barbarano Romano in Central Italy. During the recent and quite necessary restoration carried out by University of Tuscia students on the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage Master’s program, some problems with the surface coating were encountered in the cleaning phase. Diagnostic and scientific analyses were c...