Search results for " carica"
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Behavior-modifying and insecticidal effects of plant extracts on adults of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera Tephritidae)
2018
The Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata is a major pest of fruit orchards worldwide. In order to develop control methods based on natural products, particularly required in organic farming, a laboratory study was carried out to evaluate the response of adults to leaf extracts from four plant species: Ruta graveolens, Eriobotrya japonica, Rubus ulmifolius, and Ficus carica. Air-dried leaf powders were subjected to an ethanolic cold extraction. Chemical composition was assessed by GC/MS analysis. Extracts were tested in laboratory bioassays to assess the electroantennographic (EAG) response, attraction/repellence toward ovipositing females, and induced mortality toward adults. Among th…
Formulation, development and characterization of a novel functional fruit snack based on fig (Ficus carica L.) coated with sugar-free chocolate
2020
The aim of the present investigation was to explore the possibility of developing a fruit snack formulation based on dried fig powder and chocolate-coated. Dried Fig (Ficus carica L.) powder with a maximum particle size of 354 μm and the lowest compaction force was formulated as the core. Persian gum was prepared at the concentrations of 1.5, 2 and 2.5% and xanthan gum was prepared at the levels of 0.25, 0.39 and 0.54% as the middle layer to the coating of the core. Regarding rheological assessments, sugar-free chocolate containing 29.3% isomalt was selected for the coating of the outer chocolate shell in the entitled snack. Textural analysis showed that coating of the core with hydrocolloi…
Quando i corpi svelano lo spazio
2020
Living means transfiguring the place and loading it with meanings that transcend its pure objectivity, allowing our body to feel itself among "its things", close to itself. The path of "transfiguration" inherent in living interprets the complementarity between man and his environment and reveals the poetic capacity of architecture. Thus, it may be interesting to understand how the interaction between body and space can make us regain possession of the most problematic places, within a mental and transcendent dimension.
Ladri di luce. Leonardo Sciascia e Piero Guccione tra bellezza e verità
2023
The unpublished correspondence between Leonardo Sciascia and Piero Guccione from 1975 to 1989 shows the profound charge of humanity that innervates the friendship between these two great Enlightenment leaders "upside down". A "correspondence of amorous senses", despite the inevitable ideological differences, which the letters reproduced here for the first time and the original contributions of the volume give us back, under the banner of the binomial "beauty-truth".
Compensi e “buonuscita” dell’amministratore delegato di S.p.a.: problemi di competenza
2021
Il tribunale di Roma prende posizione sulla delicata questione della competenza alla determinazione dei compensi e delle altre remunerazioni degli amministratori delegati di società per azioni, discostandosi da una interpretazione consolidata, specie in dottrina, e optando per l’applicazione in materia del comma 1 dell’art. 2389 c.c., con argomentazioni idonee ad aprire un dibattito sul significato delle “particolari cariche” degli amministratori di S.p.a. In facing the thorny matter of competence to determine payments and other kind of remuneration for chief executive officers in corporations, the Court of Rome distances itself from a steady interpretation mainly spread among scholars, and…
Honoré Daumier Caricature
2011
L’artista francese Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) si distinse per la sua poliedricità, ricchezza e com- plessità tanto nelle tecniche impiegate (litografia, pittura e scultura) quanto nei temi trattati (costumi politici e sociali). La sua produzione litografica fu amplissima: egli realizzò circa 4000 immagini1 pubblicate, all’epoca, presso alcuni giornali e a partire dal 1925 raccolti e pubblicati nell’opera fondamentale di L. Delteil, che qui si è utilizzata. Fu, anche, pittore e scultore: ambì, senza riuscirci, ad essere riconosciuto in vita come un pittore mentre, invece, venne considerato sempre come un litografo. Nella seconda metà dell’Ottocento la litografia non era percepita dall’ambien…
Oxidative stress in patients with Alzheimer's disease: Effect of extracts of fermented papaya powder
2015
Brain tissue is particularly susceptible to oxidative stress (OS). Increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), reduced antioxidant systems, and decreased efficiency in repairing mechanisms have been linked to Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Postmortem studies in AD patients’ brains have shown oxidative damage markers (i.e., lipid peroxidation, protein oxidative damage, and glycoxidation). Fermented papaya (FPP, a product ofCarica papaya Linnfermentation with yeast) is a nutraceutical supplement with favorable effects on immunological, hematological, inflammatory, and OS parameters in chronic/degenerative diseases. We studied 40 patients (age 78.2 ± 1.1 years), 28 AD patients, and 12 co…
APPROACHES TO STUDY BIODIVERSITY AND SALINITY TOLERANCE MECHANISMS IN MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT TREE SPECIES
Changes in global climate are going to increase the problem of drought and soil salinity in the Mediterranean area, where increases in temperature, drought and soil and water salinity are expected. Identification of plant genotypes with positive agronomic traits, such as salt tolerance, may reduce the effects of salinity and drought on productivity. Therefore, there is considerable effort being directed toward the development of salt-tolerant genotypes through plant breeding, with the aim to the introgression of salt-tolerance traits into new cultivars. The results presented in this thesis contributed to the develop of new tools to improve knowledge on the biodiversity and salinity toleranc…
Qualitative traits and shelf life of fig fruit (cv Melanzana) treated with Aloe vera gel coating
2021
The fig (Ficus carica L.) cv Melanzana is typical of Southern Italy. This cultivar produces breba fruit in June and fig fruit in August. Some previous studies on the use of coatings extracted from stems of Aloe vera showed positive effects to maintain fruit quality during shelf life. However, there are no studies on breba fig fruit treated with Aloe vera coating. In this study breba fig fruit, cv Melanzana, was treated with an application of Aloe vera gel, sealed in macro-perforated bag and stored at 5°C for 10 days. The effect of application of the Aloe vera gel on the shelf-life of this fruit, and its quality attributes after application were evaluated measuring fresh weight, total solubl…
Genovesi e catalani: nationes mercantili nel caricatore di Sciacca nella prima metà del Quattrocento
2016
Il saggio si propone di ricostruire la frequentazione delle diverse nationes di mercanti nel caricatore di Sciacca, in particolar modo di quelle genovese e catalana, prendendo come periodo a campione gli anni di regno di Alfonso V, attraverso lo studio della sottoserie dei Conti del Maestro Portulano che fa parte della Miscellanea del Tribunale del Real Patrimonio conservata presso l’Archivio di Stato di Palermo. Questa fonte, integrata con i dati forniti dai registri notarili conservati presso l’Archivio di Stato di Sciacca, ha consentito di determinare con chiarezza il volume del commercio extra regnum e infra regnum, la tipologia delle merci esportate e delle imbarcazioni utilizzate, i n…