ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE: LEARNING OUTDOORS

The aim of this paper is to underline the importance of Outdoor Education (OE) as a fundamental practice in learning processes, especially in the school context. The OE encourages the creation of knowledge circuits oriented towards exploration and experimentation, favoring the acquisition of autonomy. For outdoor experiences to be truly meaningful, it is necessary to reserve precise moments and spaces for reflection on the experience conducted to make it operational.

Metaverse for service industries: Future applications, opportunities, challenges and research directions

Diet and Aging: The Role of Polyphenol-Rich Diets in Slow Down the Shortening of Telomeres: A Review

The ends of human chromosomes are defended by DNA–protein complexes named telomeres, which inhibit the chromosomes from fusing with each other and from being known as a double-strand break by DNA reparation proteins. Telomere length is a marker of biological aging, and disfunction of telomeres is related to age-related syndromes. Telomere attrition has been shown to be accelerated by oxidative stress and inflammation. Telomere length has been proven to be positively linked with nutritional st...

Improving the performance of room temperature magnetic regenerators using Al2O3-water nanofluid

The present study examines the use of Al2O3-water nanofluid as the heat transfer fluid in a magnetic regenerator and evaluates the improved cooling capabilities of the device. Room-temperature magnetic refrigeration exploits a special property of some materials, the “magnetocaloric effect”, that is the ability of the material to change its temperature when exposed to rapid changes in an external magnetic field. As adiabatic magnetic field variations of 1 to 1.5 T produce a small temperature c...