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Genome wide linkage disequilibrium and genetic structure in Sicilian dairy sheep breeds

2014

Background The recent availability of sheep genome-wide SNP panels allows providing background information concerning genome structure in domestic animals. The aim of this work was to investigate the patterns of linkage disequilibrium (LD), the genetic diversity and population structure in Valle del Belice, Comisana, and Pinzirita dairy sheep breeds using the Illumina Ovine SNP50K Genotyping array. Results Average r2 between adjacent SNPs across all chromosomes was 0.155 ± 0.204 for Valle del Belice, 0.156 ± 0.208 for Comisana, and 0.128 ± 0.188 for Pinzirita breeds, and some variations in LD value across chromosomes were observed, in particular for Valle del Belice and Comisana breeds. Ave…

Linkage disequilibriumSicilian sheep breedsPopulationSingle-nucleotide polymorphismBiologyBreedingPolymorphism Single NucleotideLinkage DisequilibriumSettore AGR/17 - Zootecnica Generale E Miglioramento GeneticoGenome structureOvineSNP50K BeadChip Sicilian sheep breeds Linkage Disequilibrium genome structureGeneticsAnimalsGenetics(clinical)educationSicilyGenetics (clinical)PhylogenySheep DomesticGenetic associationGeneticsGenetic diversityeducation.field_of_studyPrincipal Component AnalysisModels GeneticOvineSNP50K BeadChipBayes TheoremBreedGenetic structureInbreedingGenome-Wide Association StudyResearch Article
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Polymeric proanthocyanidins from Sicilian pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) nut extract inhibit lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response in RAW 26…

2011

Positive effects of pistachio nut consumption on plasma inflammatory biomarkers have been described; however, little is known about molecular events associated with these effects. We studied the anti-inflammatory activity of a hydrophilic extract from Sicilian Pistacia L. (HPE) in a macrophage model and investigated bioactive components relevant to the observed effects. HPE oligomer/polymer proanthocyanidin fractions were isolated by adsorbance chromatography, and components quantified as anthocyanidins after acidic hydrolysis. Isoflavones were measured by gradient elution HPLC analysis. RAW 264.7 murine macrophages were pre-incubated with either HPE (1- to 20-mg fresh nut equivalents) or i…

LipopolysaccharidesLipopolysaccharideInflammation Isoflavones Macrophages Nut Proanthocyanidins Sicilian pistachioCell SurvivalAnti-Inflammatory AgentsNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIMedicine (miscellaneous)Nitric OxideCell LineNitric oxideMicechemistry.chemical_compoundWestern blotmedicineAnimalsNutsProanthocyanidinsViability assayFood scienceProstaglandin E2InflammationNutrition and DieteticsPistaciabiologymedicine.diagnostic_testPlant ExtractsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaNF-kappa BIsoflavonesbiology.organism_classificationProanthocyanidinchemistryCyclooxygenase 2Pistaciamedicine.drug
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SISTEMI VERDI COME CULTURA RIGENERATIVA: STRUMENTI E TECNOLOGIE

2021

The study analyzes and proposes in the historical and in the area immediately to it adjacent, the "values-nature" of the buildings through the creation of gardens wall and vertical gardens in the elevatiloy of non-monumental buildings. The study deepens in particular the specificity of the garden roof and the garden vertical, recognizing benefits and critical issues that distinguish these green systems for construction. It also deepens the concept of resilience in close relationship sustainability and regenerative design applied to the built environment. The theme of regenerative design is studied and promoted as an adaptive strategy at the design stage; it requires you to leave nature stre…

Lo studio analizza e propone nel centro storico e nell’area immediatamente ad esso adiacente la ”valori-naturazione” degli edifici attraverso la creazione di giardini pensili e di giardini verticali nei prospetti degli immobili non monumentali. Lo studio approfondisce in particolare le specificità del tetto giardino e del giardino verticale riconoscendo benefici e criticità che contraddistinguono questi sistemi verdi per l’edilizia. Si approfondisce inoltre il concetto di resilienza in stretta relazione alla sostenibilità e al regenerative design applicato all’ambiente costruito. Il tema del regenerative design viene studiato e promosso come strategia adattiva in fase di progettazioneesso richiede di lasciare che la natura rafforzi le sue capacità di autoguarigione e la sua integrità mediante l’uso di metodologie rigenerative integrate. Lo studio intende proporre una base su cui poter fondare ulteriori sviluppi scientifici sui sistemi di inverdimento esistenti o su brevetti in fase di sviluppo applicabili ai centri storici del territorio siciliano. Si prevede la redazione di un libretto divulgativo per gli abitanti volto alla disseminazione di una cultura del verde tecnologico ancora poco presente nei centri siciliani. Per quanto concerne le modalità attuative del progetto di ricerca sono state individuate: sia azioni orientate alla sensibilizzazione dei cittadini di Alcamo e dei residenti nella provincia sia l’individuazione di possibili forme di incentivazione per la mobilitazione di risorse private. Tale studio si inserisce nell’ambito di un filone di ricerca in itinere sui sistemi tecnologici di inverdimento per la costruzione di “Città parco” e di “Green hill” le cui linee guida e modalità attuative sono già state individuate dall’autrice per diversi comuni siciliani.Settore ICAR/12 - Tecnologia Dell'Architettura
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Sicilian Ways and Days. La Sicilia “senza veli” di Louise Hamilton

2017

Sicilian ways and days di Louise Hamilton, pubblicato a Londra nel 1910, è una testimonianza etnografica sulla Sicilia rurale della fine dell’Ottocento e del primo Novecento, ripubblicato nel 1983 con titolo Vicende e costumi siciliani. Diversamente da altre opere realizzate dai viaggiatori stranieri che soggiornarono per un breve periodo nell’Isola inserita in quel percorso europeo quasi obbligato per la formazione di brillanti esponenti delle ricche famiglie europee, Louise Hamilton viveva in Sicilia avendo sposato Eugenio Caico, proprietario terriero originario di Montedoro. L’opera, iniziata intorno al 1897, è ambientata proprio a Montedoro, piccolo paese nisseno, isolato immerso in una…

Louise Hamilton Sicilian ways and days etnografia siciliana
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LA MECCANIZZAZIONE DELLE AREE INTERNE SICILIANE

1990

INDAGINE SULLA MECCANIZZAZIONE DELLE AREE INTERNE DELLA SICILIA

MECCANICA AGRARIAMECCAZIZZAZIONE AREE INTERNE SICILIANESettore AGR/09 - Meccanica Agraria
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Introduzione. La Madonna del Mirto e le Rigattiate

2012

Viene documentata la secolare Festa della Madonna del Mirto a Villafranca Sicula, con la particolare usanza delle "rigattiate", attraverso fonti folkloriche, numerose testimonianze ed interviste.

Madonna del MirtoSettore M-DEA/01 - Discipline Demoetnoantropologichetradizioni religiose in SiciliaFeste patronaliFolklore sicilianoRigattiateVillafranca Sicula
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4843delC of the BRCA1 gene is a possible founder mutation in Southern Italy (Sicily).

2007

Various studies have been published in Italy regarding the different BRCA1 mutations, but only the BRCA1-5083del19 mutation is recurrent and specific to individuals of Italian descent with a founder effect on the Calabrian population. In our previous study, BRCA1-5083del19 mutation carriers were found in four index cases of 106 Sicilian patients selected for familial and/or hereditary breast/ovarian cancers. The high frequency rate of this mutation identified in the Sicilian population led us to perform haplotype analysis in all family carriers. Five highly polymorphic microsatellite markers were used (D17S1320, D17S932, D17S1323, D17S1326, D17S1325) to establish whether or not all these fa…

MaleBRCA1 gene Founder mutation Haplotype analysis Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer Sicilian patientsSettore MED/06 - Oncologia MedicaGenetic counselingPopulationDNA Mutational AnalysisGenes BRCA1Single-nucleotide polymorphismBreast NeoplasmsBiologyBRCA1 geneHaplotype analysiHumansAlleleeducationAllelotypeFounder mutationSicilyGeneticsOvarian Neoplasmseducation.field_of_studyHaplotypeHematologylanguage.human_languageFounder EffectPedigreeOncologyHaplotypesHaplotype frequencylanguageFemaleSicilianGene DeletionFounder effectGenetic counselingMicrosatellite Repeats
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An association analysis to identify genetic variants linked to asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis in a cohort of Sicilian children

2018

Abstract Asthma and rhino-conjunctivitis are common chronic diseases in childhood. In this cross-sectional study, we performed a gene association analysis with current asthma and rhino-conjunctivitis in a cohort of Sicilian children aged 10–15 years. Overall, our findings reveal the importance of different genetic variants at 4p14, 16p12.1, 17q12, 6p12.2 and 17q21.1, identifying possible candidate genes responsible for susceptibility to asthma and rhino-conjunctivitis.

MaleCandidate genemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentSingle-nucleotide polymorphismSicilian childrenPolymorphism Single NucleotideCohort Studies03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicine030225 pediatricsInternal medicineGenetic variationmedicineotorhinolaryngologic diseasesGeneticsHumans030212 general & internal medicineChildLetter to the EditorGenetic Association StudiesGenetic associationAsthmaRhinitisbusiness.industrylcsh:RJ1-570Asthma Rhino-conjunctivitis Sicilian children Genetics SNPslcsh:Pediatricsmedicine.diseaseConjunctivitislanguage.human_languageAsthmaRhino-conjunctivitisItalyCohortlanguageFemalebusinessSicilianCohort studySNPs
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L’inclusione vista dagli alunni: costruzione e validazione del questionario per rilevare la qualità inclusiva della scuola

2018

Molti studi nazionali e internazionali si sono concentrati sulla valutazione e sulla promozione della qualità inclusiva della scuola. Si tratta di un argomento complesso, che ha stimolato un ampio dibattito e una varietà di contributi che mettono in luce la necessità di uno strumento in grado di misurare la qualità inclusiva delle nostre scuole, per determinare l’evidenza empirica riguardo a questo tema. L’articolo presenta i risultati di una sperimentazione finalizzata alla redazione di un questionario per la rilevazione della qualità inclusiva del sistema scolastico percepita dagli alunni. Il questionario si pone come uno strumento di valutazione e autovalutazione che permette la misurazi…

Many national and international studies have concentrated on the evaluation and promotion of the inclusive qualities of schools. It is a complex issue which has led to wide debate and a variety of contributions which in turn highlight the need for a tool capable of measuring the inclusive quality of our schools in order to determine the empirical evidence regarding this topic. This article presents the results of an experiment in drafting a questionnaire in order to measure the inclusive quality of the school system perceived by its pupils. The questionnaire is intended as an evaluation and selfevaluation tool that enables the inclusive quality generated by the context to be measured as it is perceived by pupils. At the same time the tool allows reflection processes amongst teachers to be promoted so that they can implement educational activities which contribute to the planning and control of inclusive teaching practices. This contribution puts forward an original tool for measuring the inclusive quality of the school system perceived by pupils attending primary school in several Sicilian towns. It was administered in its definitive version to a sample of 1652 children. The psychometric properties of the tool and the significance it can hold in the areas of planning in research and of educational design are presented in this paper.Settore M-PED/03 - Didattica E Pedagogia Speciale
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Deformation history during chain building deduced by outcrop structural analysis: The case of the Sicilian fold-and-thrust belt (Central Mediterranea…

2015

Abstract The Sicilian fold-and-thrust belt is located in the central Mediterranean area, and it represents the south-eastern arcuate segment of the Apennine-Maghrebide orogen. The tectonic evolution of the Sicilian belt is documented after outcrop analysis of small-scale structural features carried out throughout the region. Results are consistent with the following four main deformation stages having affected the study area, from the oldest to the youngest: (i) multilayer weakening; (ii) folding-and-thrusting, (iii) extension, and (iv) renewed thrusting. The first deformation stage included three different substages (layer-parallel shortening, bed-parallel simple shear and fold nucleation)…

Mediterranean climategeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryOutcropFold (geology)Classification of discontinuitieslanguage.human_languageSimple shearPaleontologyTectonicsGeophysicscollisional tectonics structural pattern sequence of deformation Sicilian belt.Fold and thrust beltlanguageSicilianSeismologyGeologyEarth-Surface Processes
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