Search results for " Belice"
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Effect of the mechanical harvest of drupes on the quality characteristics of green fermented table olives
2015
Background: Because of damage caused by mechanical harvesting, the drupes for table olive production are traditionally hand harvested. Until now, no data have been available on the microbiological and chemical features of mechanically harvested drupes during fermentation. Results: Drupes mechanically harvested and inoculated with Lactobacillus pentosus OM13 were characterized by the lowest concentrations of potential spoilage microorganisms. On the other hand, drupes mechanically harvested and subjected to spontaneous fermentation showed the highest concentration of Enterobacteriaceae and pseudomonads during transformation. The lowest decrease of pH (4.20) was registered for the trials inoc…
Barocco perduto, barocco dimenticato
2008
Quaranta anni ci separano dal 1968 e la distanza è ormai tale da farci scorgere relazioni, intrecci, combinazioni che i protagonisti del tempo forse non sono riusciti a intravedere. Probabilmente non c’è altro che casualità nella coincidenza tra un terremoto devastante e la “riscoperta”, o meglio la ribalta pubblica, del barocco siciliano, ottenuta attraverso il contributo di sir Anthony Blunt. Eppure questa concomitanza cronologica fortuita finisce per assumere oggi significati imprevedibili. Se la strada intrapresa è stata orientata verso l’abbandono dei centri e verso la sufficienza con cui si è guardato al passato (con alcune eccezioni e grazie in particolare a benemeriti studiosi local…
An Investigation of the Shelf-life of PDO Vastedda della Valle del Belice Cheese Subjected to Different Packaging Systems Alternative to Vacuum
2015
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different packaging systems alternatives to vacuum that is commonly applied for PDO Vastedda della Valle del Belice (VdB) cheese, a tipical pasta filata cheese, made with raw ewes’ milk. After production following the traditional cheesemaking protocol, VdB cheeses were packaged as follows: vacuum, paraffin wax and two different Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) consisting of a gas mixture of 70% CO2-30% N2 (MAP1) and 100% N2 (MAP2). Cheeses were stored at 4°C and analyzed (25 g) at time 0 and after 15, 30, 60, 90, 120 and 180 days. All the samples were subjected to microbiological analyses for the evaluation of total mesophilic aerobic b…
Costruzioni di ‘identità’. I cinquant’anni della comunità belicina
2019
Il territorio è un essere vivente di grande complessità: il risultato di processi sinergici di co-evoluzione tra gli insediamenti umani e l’ambiente. Rappresenta quindi il campo in cui i diversi attori possono sviluppare un senso di identità, di appartenenza e di riconoscimento con il proprio luogo: l’identità spaziale, che varia da luogo a luogo e nel tempo. Nel 1968 la Valle del Belice (Sicilia) è stata danneggiata da un violento terremoto che ha trasformato radicalmente la regione e le sue comunità. A cinquant’anni dall’evento, il presente scritto analizza questa parte del territorio secondo tre diverse narrazioni: - caratteristiche fisico-materiali; - una prospettiva locale come area di…
Loss in milk yield and related composition changes resulting from different levels of somatic cell count in Valle del Belice dairy sheep
2015
Mastitis is the most common and costly disease in the dairy industry and is responsible for several production effects. Mammary infections cause high somatic cell count (SCC) and severe damage to udder tissue and result in important losses of milk yield and quality, curd and cheese yields in dairy ewes. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of different levels of SCC on milk yield and composition in Valle del Belice dairy sheep. The original data set used for this study included 92,261 records of 6,763 ewes. Data were collected between 1994 and 2006 in 15 flocks. Test-day records of milk yield (MY), fat % (F%), protein % (P%), and SCC were collected following an A4 recording sch…
Situazione e bisogni dei soggetti portatori di handicap residenti nei comuni dell'area del Progetto A.M. 20
1994
Polymorphisms of β-defensin genes in Valle del Belice dairy sheep
2011
The aim of this work was to study β-defensin 1 (SBD1) and β-defensin 2 (SBD2) genes in Valle del Belice dairy sheep in order to identify polymorphisms that can be utilized as markers of the analyzed genes, and search for the functional effects and roles of the identified polymorphisms (variation of the amino acid sequence of the protein and stability of mRNA molecule). The study was conducted on 300 randomly selected animals belonging to four flocks. A total of seven SNPs were identified, two in SBD1 and five in SBD2. The two SNPs identified in SBD2 coding region, at position 1659 and position 1667, were non-synonymous, leading to amino acid changes in the protein product. Nevertheless, the…
Poggioreale
2008
The paper aims to reconstruct the appearance of Poggioreale and, in particular, its baroque architecture before the earthquake in Belice (1968). The earthquake caused considerable damage to the architectural heritage of the city, causing the abandonment of the site and the construction of a new center away from the original urban core. The study, carried out by the bibliographical archival and iconographic sources, has also availed of surveys on the surviving buildings, allowing to make a reconstructive hypotesis of the main square, Piazza Elimo and to deepe the study of the mother-church, whose structures are still visible today.
Determination of milk production losses and variations of fat and protein percentages according to different levels of somatic cell count in Valle de…
2018
The somatic cell count (SCC) of milk is widely used to monitor udder health and the milk quality and because of its positive genetic correlation with mastitis this trait was included in breeding schemes of dairy sheep. The aim of this study was to estimate the loss in milk yield (MY) and related composition resulting from different levels of somatic cell count in Valle del Belice dairy sheep. Data were collected between 2006 and 2016 in 15 flocks following an A4 recording scheme. Somatic cell count (SCC), fat and protein percentage (F% and P%) were determined using mid-infrared spectroscopy. To evaluate loss in test day MY, F% and P%, five different classes of SCC were arbitrarily defined: …
Placemaking in rural areas. New town Gibellina
2016
In Belice Valley, in 1968, after the earthquake, due to the generally poor life conditions, people losing their homes, and a rather not very present State, popular mobilisation was the choice. In the post-earthquake reconstruction, the self-organisation process came back in vogue due to the previous example of Danilo Dolci's action in western Sicily, during the fifties. The Mayor Ludovico Corrao also referred to the revolutionary roots of Dolci's movement, including those values in his dream of city's rebirth, involved inhabitants, artists, and architects to "make the town".