Search results for " noto"

Involvement of Bax and Bcl-2 in induction of apoptosis by essential oils of three Lebanese Salvia species in human prostate cancer cells

2018

Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in men, and research to find more effective and less toxic drugs has become necessary. In the frame of our ongoing program on traditionally used Salvia species from the Mediterranean Area, here we report the biological activities of Salvia aurea, S. judaica and S. viscosa essential oils against human prostate cancer cells (DU-145). The cell viability was measured by 3(4,5-dimethyl-thiazol-2-yl)2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) test and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release was used to quantify necrosis cell death. Genomic DNA, caspase-3 activity, expression of cleaved caspase-9, B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) and Bcl-2 associated X (Ba…

First record of the tadpole shrimp triops cancriformis (Branchiopoda, Notostraca) in Cyprus

2014

The presence of the large branchiopod Triops cancriformis (Bosc, 1801-1802) in Cyprus is reported for the first time. Triops cancriformis individuals were observed in the large temporary wetland of Paralimni Lake (Famagusta District, Cyprus) during the wet periods of 2013 and 2014. This finding extends the current knowledge of the species distribution in the eastern Mediterranean area, and stresses the ecological and conservation value of the unique habitat of Paralimni Lake. In addition, it highlights the need for carrying on further studies on the fauna of temporary pond habitats in Cyprus, and for better conservation management strategies for such EU priority habitats.

Expression analysis of jagged genes in zebrafish embryos

2005

The interaction of transmembrane Delta and Jagged/Serrate ligands with Notch receptors on neighboring cells is critically involved in cell specification during development. In zebrafish, the early expression of delta but not of jagged genes has been investigated in some detail. We have analyzed the sequence and embryonic expression pattern of the three zebrafish genes jagged1a, jagged1b, and jagged2. These genes, whose transcripts are detectable by in situ hybridization from early somitogenesis, are widely and dynamically expressed in embryos. Coexpression is limited, however, to the notochord and lens (jagged1a and jagged1b) and to the otic vesicle and pronephros (jagged1b and jagged2). Co…

Porte e finestre di Paolo Labisi in un manoscritto del 1746 (?)

2013

L’architetto Paolo Labisi , uno dei principali protagonisti della ricostruzione settecentesca in Val di Noto, si differenza dalle coeve figure di spicco (spesso di formazione cantieristica o di bottega) per lo svolgimento di una comprovata attività di teorico e di disegnatore che si racconta in una serie di manoscritti e tavole progettuali, da lui realizzati e oggi custoditi presso la Biblioteca Comunale di Noto. Tra i manoscritti si distingue un volume rilegato a libro con copertina in pergamena, fogli interni in carta vergellata e filigranata, che risulta uno scritto teorico corredato da disegni - dei quali si attribuisce la paternità al Labisi – che forse poteva essere destinato alla sta…

Short distance neutrino oscillations with Borexino

2014

International audience; The Borexino detector has convincingly shown its outstanding performances in the low energy, sub-MeV regime through its unprecedented accomplishments in the solar and geo-neutrinos detection. These performances make it the ideal tool to accomplish a state-of-the-art experiment able to test unambiguously the long-standing issue of the existence of a sterile neutrino, as suggested by the several anomalous results accumulated over the past two decades, i.e. the outputs of the LSND and Miniboone experiments, the results of the source calibration of the two Gallium solar neutrino experiments, and the recently hinted reactor anomaly. The SOX project will exploit two source…

Le scale elicoidali con vuoto centrale: Tradizioni costruttive nel val di Noto del Settecento

2013

Branchiopod crustaceans from circum-Sicilian islands, I: Ustica (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) (Crustacea Branchiopoda)

2003

The role of spatial and environmental factors as determinants of large branchiopod distribution in Tunisian temporary ponds

2015

Terrorismo e sistema penale: realtà, prospettive, limiti - Presentazione del corso

2017

Il testo riproduce la relazione introduttiva al VII Corso “Giuliano Vassalli” per dottorandi, svoltosi a Noto nel 2016, integrandola con i riferimenti alla struttura dell’inziativa e ai temi a rontati nel corso dei lavori e poi oggetto dei contributi di seguito pubblicati.

Architects in Noto and stereotomy in the 1700s

2013

Val di Noto in Sicily is the geographical area with most attention to stereotomy and with centuries-old tradition in stone carving. In the ancient city of Noto one can note, and partially verify verify-from archival documents and manuscripts, and also through the discovery of complex architectural elements in stone found in recent excavations , that probably as early as the second half of the fifteen century, elements as cross-vaults “de arista”, spiral columns, staircases of the type “vis the Saint-Gilles had been constructed.