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Effects of diet and genotype at CSN1S1 locus on the oxidative stress in lactating goats

2011

Twenty-eight Girgentana goats were selected on the basis of their CSN1S1 genotype as follows: 14 goats homozygous for strong (AA) alleles and 14 goats heterozygous (AF). The goats were used in a 2 x 4 factorial arrangement of treatments, with the two genotypes (G) and four diets (D). The diets were: a pelleted alfalfa hay (100H), a complete feed including alfalfa hay at 65% (65H), fresh sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.) forage (100S) and fresh sulla plus barley (65S). Each trial consisted of 15d for adaptation and 8d for sample collection, during which the goats received the scheduled diet ad libitum. Blood samples were collected at the end of pre-experimental and experimental period. Plasma …

Effects of αs1-casein and k- casein genotypes on nutrient intake and milk production in Girgentana goats: a further investigation

2013

The influence of polymorphism at αs1-casein locus (CSN1S1) on goat milk properties is adequately known, whereas the knowl- edge is limited on the effects of κ-casein gene variants (CSN3), C-093 and the association between variants of CSN1S1 and CSN3 Milking technique in jenny: effects on milk production genes. This study aimed to investigate the effect of some CSN1S1-CSN3 composite genotypes (CG) on feed intake and milk production of 95 Girgentana goats from 6 experiments (551 Rossella Di Palo, Diana Neri, Barbara Ariota, Rosanna Serafini, observations). Goats, genotyped using specific PCR protocols at DNA level and IEF technique at milk protein level, were equal at αs2-casein and β-casein …

Feed intake, milk composition and cheesemaking properties in Girgentana grazing goats with different genotype at αs1-casein and K-casein

2009

Milk ability for cheese manufacturing depends on both animals utilization of dietary nutrients and genetic polymorphism of caseins. It is well known that strong alleles associated with high content of as1-casein increase cheese-making properties of goat milk, whereas there is little information about effect of genetic variants of κ-casein. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect of some composite as1-casein and κ-casein genotypes n changing feeding behavior at pasture and milk yield and properties of Girgentana goats. Forty goats were genotyped at as1, as2, b and κ-casein loci using specific PCR protocols at DNA level and IEF technique at milk protein level. Twelve goats, d…

Relationships among diet, plasma and milk total polyphenol content in milking goats.

2013

Right to the future

2019

Dalla fine della seconda guerra mondiale, le città hanno affrontato un rapido e incontrollabile sviluppo e pur coprendo, oggi, appena il 2% della superficie del pianeta, sono l’habitat per più del 50% degli abitanti della Terra, consumano oltre l’80% delle risorse disponibili ed emettono più del 70% delle sostanze inquinanti. È nel 1976 che l’assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite indice la prima conferenza per gli insediamenti umani (human settlements) a Vancouver, riconoscendo l’impatto devastante che le condizioni degli insediamenti abitativi hanno sullo sviluppo sociale ed economico, sull’uomo e sull’ecologia urbana. Questa conferenza, oggi conosciuta come Habitat I, avvia un processo d…

Right to the future: ideas kit for the future of Palermo

2019

La città di Palermo, soggetta ai sempre più costanti fenomeni di brain drain e di immigrazione, si trova necessariamente a decidere cosa vuole fare da grande. Gli input che arrivano dall’esterno, e non solo, spingono la città prevalentemente verso una sola possibilità: il turismo. Eppure la visione del turismo come unica via possibile si è rivelata la condanna a morte al diritto di vivere e praticare la città dove si e nati, cresciuti ma soprattutto si è scelto di abitare. In contrapposizione a questa visione, città come Barcellona, Bogotà o Medellin si sono messe in gioco sfidando la formazione/conformazione storica a favore della praticità e benessere della quotidianità urbana. Dimostrand…

Energy Use in the Building Sector and Climate Change: Modeling, Developments, and Future Trends

2020

Climate change is going to have significant impacts among a wide range of areas and domains, including the building sector, characterized by constructions which may not be designed to be resilient to the evolutions in the warming climate that will occur in the next decades. The chapter investigates methodologies and approaches connected to the assessment of the effects of climate change to the energy use within the building sector. Methodologies are compared and the most relevant future trends expected are traced for the current century.

Diritti individuali vs. scopi collettivi? I provvedimenti in materia di immigrazione al tempo della pandemia

2020

This paper analyses the interventions implemented in Italy in the field of immigration during the covid-19 emergency. The way in which they affect constitutive principles and fundamental rights, by opposing them to collective purposes is considered. The legal notion of “place of safety” is deepened to highlight the problematic nature of the Interministerial Decree 7 April 2020, n. 150 in terms of respect of fundamental rights and international law. Other legislative initiatives and praxis are taken into account as examples of a more general modality of intervention which, in the name of the protection of public health and safety, had controversial and unreasonable results also with respect …

The Effects of Short-Term Personal Goals on Subjective Well-Being

2015

Several studies demonstrated that subjective well-being is associated with goal value and perceived progress but their validity is affected by methodological biases. Moreover, a few have analysed the influence of short-term goals. We aimed to analyse how the levels of and changes in short-term goals progress and value influence subsequent levels of and changes in subjective well-being. This study adopted a three-wave longitudinal design with one-month intervals. Four hundred nine participants (186 males; age 19–71) reported their subjective well-being and their two most important goals and rated each over time in terms of value and progress. A latent difference score model revealed that lev…

A Model of Goal Dynamics in Organizations: a case study

2009

The purpose of the present work is to build a suitable system dynamics model for goal dynamics in organizations, as proposed by Barlas & Yasarcan (2008). The proposed model does not bear any ambition of being exhaustive: the main objective of this paper is to propose a model of goal dynamics in which Goal Setting, Management by Objectives and Training are viewed as human resource practices able to enhance workers’ goal commitment, and therefore, improve organizational performance. In the first part of this paper, an analysis of the Goal Setting Theory and the role of goal setting practices, in bettering worker’s performance, are stressed. In the second part, a case-study, the causal loop an…