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Sometimes Pigs Fly
2020
The relationship between the Demeter cults and the offering of piglets is a cornerstone of many discussions about ancient Greek religion. However, this connection has rarely been supported by systematic zooarchaeological studies. The new excavations at the sanctuary of S. Anna greatly increase the zooarchaeological record of Sicily, while also providing an excellent case study for exploring the broader issues of ancient Greek ritual practice. Our results highlight the almost exclusive presence of pig bones, mostly belonging to very young individuals. The taphonomic analysis of the remains point to a cultic context, in which the piglets were used for sacrificial purposes and as part of sacre…
Animal husbandry in Sicilian prehistory: The zooarchaeological perspective from Vallone Inferno (Scillato, Palermo)
2023
Starting in the mid-6th millennium cal BCE, Neolithic groups occupied the midlands of Sicily. The economy of these groups was based primarily on livestock farming. Archaeological and archaeobotanical data indicate an intensification of livestock practices during the Early Bronze Age, leading to a change in the landscape in the form of more open forests. The Vallone Inferno rockshelter in the Madonie massif is one of the few sites that has been systematically excavated in these midlands, and has yielded evidence of Middle Neolithic and Early Bronze Age occupations. This work focuses on the study of prehistoric husbandry in the Sicilian midlands and highlands through the analysis of the Vallo…
Comunicazione e divulgazione della ricerca scientifica applicata all’archeologia : il punto di vista degli young researchers
2017
International audience; What is the relationship between science and communication? And how important are cultural dissemination tools for the research survival? Recently, the archaeological study has undergone a substantial change, thanks to the introduction of non-invasive digital surveying techniques as well as physical and chemical analyses. It became therefore necessary to form a new archaeologist able to use them and to dialogue with new professional figures that move in the same direction. Also, it’s essential to promote the communication expert figures, which linked the scientific world and the public at large. Actually, Digital storytelling is a learning tool increasingly used by m…
La gestione delle acque nelle città fenicio-puniche della Sicilia: riflessioni e prospettive a partire dalle evidenze di Mozia, Solunto e Palermo
2017
The study of the hydraulic preparations of Phoenician-Punic Sicily constitutes a field of investigation alas problematic, especially with regard to the evidence related to the archaic-classical period. Not we know, for example, hydraulic works of a certain engineering commitment comparable to the oldest aqueducts of Tyre known from the sources 2 or the great Greek hydraulic infrastructures of the archaic era 3. The problem of water management in Sicily has, in recent years, received a considerable pulso and concerned especially the evidence of the Greek colonial foundation4 cities. Such "abundance" of data is not yet appreciable for Phoenician foundations, except, as we shall see, of Motya,…
Les abductions de Saussure
2005
L'articolo esamina la nozione peirceana di abduzione in relazione a F. de Saussure. Essa viene rintracciata tanto nelle sue teorizzazioni che nel suo lavoro di ricerca sui fenomeni linguistici
l'Italia degli "ancora no": la ricerca delle origini e l'adozione aperta
2017
L’apertura e il diritto dei bambini a sapere sulla loro provenienza genetica sono diventate questioni chiave nei dibattiti circa l'adozione e un significativo cambiamento verso la trasparenza ha preso luogo nel contesto politico italiano. Ma l'ipotesi sulla possibilità di adozione aperta trova ancora vincoli e limitazioni evidenti nella legge di adozione italiana, che tutela il diritto della madre all'anonimato, anziché il diritto di origine e l'identità dei bambini. Tuttavia, recenti ricerche hanno dimostrato l'importanza di parlare attraverso l'apertura in caso di adozione, vale a dire l'atteggiamento della vita familiare a comunicare con onestà e sincerità riguardo la biologia e biografi…
Recensione: Lingiardi V. (2002) L’alleanza terapeutica. Teoria, clinica, ricerca. Cortina, Milano.
2002
Tradizione e innovazione nell'ambiente costruito di area mediterranea
2011
The researches of the Ph.D in Building Engineering: Tradition and Innovation, focus on the issues related to the design methods, processes and materials of the historical and contemporary built environment. Some of these researches give a disciplinary contribution to the knowledge of the Mediterranean area.
La Valutazione in itinere
2011
Questo capitolo tratta la valutazione in itinere e il monitoraggio delle policies distinguendone i vari ambiti: parlamentare, normativo, organizzativo ( del personale e delle strutture), finanziario dell'implementazione, dei risultati di prodotto e dei risultati d'impatto. Ci si sofferma inoltre sugli interventi di correzione in corso di attuazione delle politiche pubbliche e infine sul benchmarking. This chapter deals with the ongoing evaluation and monitoring of policies, distinguishing the various areas: parliamentary, regulatory, organizational (of personnel and structures), financial implementation, product results and impact results. We also focus on corrective measures in the course …
Production of cecropin A in transgenic rice plants has an impact on host gene expression.
2008
Summary Expression of the cecropin A gene in rice confers resistance to the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. In this study, a polymerase chain reaction-based suppression subtractive hybridization approach was used to generate a cDNA macroarray from the elite japonica rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivar ‘Senia’. Gene expression studies revealed that the expression of components of the protein secretory and vesicular transport machinery is co-ordinately activated at the pre-invasive stage of infection of rice by the blast fungus. Comparisons of gene expression between wild-type and cecropin A plants revealed the over-expression of genes involved in protection against oxidative stress in tran…