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Francesco Pilla

Full Professor and Chair | Smart and Sustainable Cities, University College Dublin
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[HTML][HTML] Air pollution abatement performances of green infrastructure in open road and built-up street canyon environments–A review

…, J Gallagher, A McNabola, R Baldauf, F Pilla… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
Intensifying the proportion of urban green infrastructure has been considered as one of the
remedies for air pollution levels in cities, yet the impact of numerous vegetation types …

End-user perspective of low-cost sensors for outdoor air pollution monitoring

AC Rai, P Kumar, F Pilla, AN Skouloudis… - Science of The Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Low-cost sensor technology can potentially revolutionise the area of air pollution monitoring
by providing high-density spatiotemporal pollution data. Such data can be utilised for …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-based solutions efficiency evaluation against natural hazards: Modelling methods, advantages and limitations

…, SJ Mun, A Gonzalez-Ollauri, J Pfeiffer, F Pilla… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nature-based solutions (NBS) for hydro-meteorological risks (HMRs) reduction and
management are becoming increasingly popular, but challenges such as the lack of well-recognised …

Pharmaceutical pollution of the world's rivers

…, O Abdullah, SS Gharbia, F Pilla… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Environmental exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can have negative effects
on the health of ecosystems and humans. While numerous studies have monitored APIs …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the association between socio-demographic composition and COVID-19 fatalities in the European region using spatial regression approach

S Sannigrahi, F Pilla, B Basu, AS Basu… - Sustainable cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The socio-demographic factors have a substantial impact on the overall casualties caused by
the Coronavirus (COVID-19). In this study, the global and local spatial association between …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating changes in noise pollution due to the COVID-19 lockdown: The case of Dublin, Ireland

…, AS Basu, S Sannigrahi, M Belmonte, F Pilla - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Noise pollution is considered to be the third most hazardous pollution after air and water
pollution by the World Health Organization (WHO). Short as well as long-term exposure to noise …

A new mutation in the coding region of the bovine leptin gene associated with feed intake

R Lagonigro, P Wiener, F Pilla, JA Woolliams… - Animal …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… The ACRS–PCR method was carried out as follows: the 20 μl ACRS–PCR contained 0.5 μl
of PCR product created from primers LB-F and LB-R, 2 mm of each dNTP, 1.5 mm of MgCl 2 , …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable development solutions of public transportation: An integrated IMF SWARA and Fuzzy Bonferroni operator

S Moslem, Ž Stević, I Tanackov, F Pilla - Sustainable cities and society, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing the quality of public transport has an efficient impact to attract more users to
switch modes from private vehicles to public transport, which has a tremendous capability in …

Goats' milk of defective αs1-casein genotype decreases intestinal and systemic sensitization to β-lactoglobulin in guinea pigs

…, M PIOT, AM ROUCAYROL, F Pilla… - Journal of Dairy …, 2001 - cambridge.org
Contradictory results have been reported on the use of goats' milk in cows' milk allergy. In this
study the hypothesis was tested, using a guinea pig model of cows' milk allergy, that these …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of monitoring methods for assessing the performance of nature-based solutions against natural hazards

…, M Menenti, SB Mickovski, J Pfeiffer, F Pilla… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
To bring to fruition the capability of nature-based solutions (NBS) in mitigating hydro-meteorological
risks (HMRs) and facilitate their widespread uptake require a consolidated …