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La maschia potenza. Pratiche ergologiche e coreutica rituale nella civiltà contadina
2020
In occasione di diverse celebrazioni religiose che scandiscono il calendario cerimoniale siciliano, in specie nel corso della Settimana Santa e di alcune feste patronali, possibile osservare delle modalità di trasporto dei fercoli processionali (vare) assai peculiari. I santi simulacri, infatti, in tali circostanze, sono fatti correre e danzare sia per le strade dei centri abitati sia, in rari casi, all’interno degli edifici religiosi. Il disordine che connota queste performances coreutiche solo apparente. Esse obbediscono in realtà a un preciso codice cinetico: i fercoli vengono ritmicamente alzati e abbassati sulle braccia dai portatori, roteano ripetutamente su se stessi facendo id…
Brassica macrocarpa Guss., Cytisus aeolicus Guss., Elatine gussonei (Sommier) Brullo, Lanfr., Pavone & Ronsisv., Muscari gussonei (Parl.) Nyman, Ophr…
2016
Schede per il monitoraggio delle specie Brassica macrocarpa Guss., Cytisus aeolicus Guss., Elatine gussonei (Sommier) Brullo, Lanfr., Pavone & Ronsisv., Muscari gussonei (Parl.) Nyman, Ophrys lunulata Parl., Petagnia saniculifolia Guss., Silene hicesiae Brullo & Signor. all'interno del Manuale per il monitoraggio di specie ed habitat di interesse comunitario secondo la Direttiva 92/43/CEE in Italia.
Carex panormitana Guss., Leontodon siculus (Guss.) Nyman
2016
Schede per il monitoraggio delle specie Carex panormitana Guss. e Leontodon siculus (Guss.) Nyman all'interno del Manuale per il monitoraggio di specie ed habitat di interesse comunitario secondo la Direttiva 92/43/CEE in Italia.
Abies nebrodensis, Silene hicesiae
2017
The Egiptyan Vulture's food habits in Sicily
2002
Agronomical and chemical characterisation of Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav. biotypes from Sicily, Italy
2015
In this study the agromomical and chemical characterization of 13 sicilian biotypes of Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav. (or Thymus capitatus Hoff. et Link.) collected from different areas of Sicily (Italy) and grown under the same agricultural and environmental condition are reported. The main morpho-productive parameters and quali-quantitative profile of essential oils were determined . Essential oils were extracts from the aerial parts of the plants by hydrodistillation. The essential oils were analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis and Principal Component Analysis statistical methods were used to group biotypes according to the essential oils chemical composition. The esse…
A survey to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with the risk of foodborne infection in a sample of Sicilian general population
2022
<abstract> <p>Although foodborne infections contracted at home are frequent diseases worldwide, there is a general lack of information. Main purpose of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of a sample of the general Sicilian population about the risk of contracting foodborne diseases. It was carried out through a web-based questionnaire to a Sicilian population sample. The questionnaire collected socio-demographic data, health issues, KAP and self-reported diseases. Scores were calculated for summarizing the results. A total of 373 subjects participated into the study. Overall, 65.15% of the participants were females, 48.26% of all…
ANDREA GIACOBBE, UN SELVICOLTORE CHE MERITA DI USCIRE DALL'OBLIO
2021
Andrea Giacobbe, a forester who deserves to get out from oblivion. The scientific production of Andrea Giacobbe, a Sicilian forester who worked in central and northern Italy in the last century, has been revisited. The aim is to highlights how his contribution to botany, forest ecology and forestry has been largely overlooked. He was the protagonist of a lively debate with the greatest for est scientists of his time, he produced 64 papers and books, but above all he proposed many inno vative reforestation techniques that today should be rediscovered and applied.
Una forma per le comunità resilienti
2022
Resilience has been extensively debated and studied. Yet its actual form is far from being defined The essay focus on a possible definition of its form