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Sorveglianza attiva delle patologie pneumococciche invasive dell'età pediatrica: l’esperienza della Regione Sicilia nel triennio 2009-2011
2013
S.pneumoniae is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children globally. Since 2007 the World Health Organization has recommended anti-pneumococcal vaccination to reduce the burden of invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPD). The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of IPD in Sicilian children and describe the distribution of serotypes in subjects with IPD following the recent introduction of a universal vaccination program. Active surveillance of IPD (PneumoNet) was carried out in Sicily from 2009 to 2011 by nine reference hospitals (one per province) and one-hundred randomly sampled family pediatricians. Hospital discharge data of participating hospitals were also analyzed…
Active deformation in a sector of the Sicilian-Maghrebian Chain: new insights from integrated GNSS, structural high-resolution seismic reflection and…
2016
We document active deformation in a sector of the Sicilian Maghrebian Chain exposed in north Sicily and in its offshore prolongation on the basis of the integrated analysis of 1) time series of data collected by GNSS acquisition representing the change in the positions (X and Y) of permanent stations located in Palermo, Partinico, Prizzi, and Termini compared to the IGS station of Noto, 2) high-resolution (Sparker) single-channel reflection seismic data, 3) structural data, and 4) seismological data. The average values for the velocity vectors obtained for the Palermo, Partinico, Prizzi, and Termini Imerese stations are 4.55, 2.97, 2.96, and 2.15 mm/yr, respectively. The direction of the ve…
HLA Class I and Class II Polymorphism in Three Sicilian Populations
2007
Two human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I loci (HLA-A and HLA-B) and one class II locus (HLA-DR) were typed at the DNA level in the Sicilian population. Study participants were of Sicilian origin (183 for class I loci and 260 for class II loci) and live in three towns, chosen on the basis of geographic position and different historical events. These towns are Sciacca (southwest Sicily, located at sea level, conquered by Arabs in a.d. 814), Piana degli Albanesi (northwest Sicily, 720 m above sea level, has maintained religious, cultural, and linguistic peculiarities traced to Albanian settlement in 1488), and Troina (northeast Sicily, 1,120 m above sea level, known as the first settlement of…
Significance of persistence of antibodies against Leishmania infantum in Sicilian patients affected by acute visceral leishmaniasis.
2012
The background of this article is as follows: Few data are available about the persistence of serum-specific IgG antibodies to L. infantum after acute VL. The objective of this article is to evaluate the persistence of antibodies against L. infantum in patients healed from acute VL, and the kinetic of the same antibodies observed in 2 cases of VL relapse and 2 cases of resistance to therapy. The methods which we used to obtain our objective are the following: 55 apparently immunocompetent, HIV-negative patients were examined for antibodies to L. infantum by IFAT over 14 years period, and we got the following results: Serum-specific IgG antibodies titers decrease slowly, but constantly. In t…
Nel serra serra dei capelli. L'amore in un manipolo di odii
2016
Viene ricordato dopo i duecento anni della morte, il poeta Giovanni Meli. Sono messe in evidenza le anacreontiche che raccontano dell'amore, della bellezza femminile in una nota cornice arcadica.
L ’ANALISI DI BILANCIO PER INDICI DELLE AZIENDE VITIVINICOLE SICILIANE “GRANDI”
2015
LA MONOGRAFIA INDAGA L'ANALISI DEI BILANCI NEGLI ASPETTI PATRIMONIALI,,FINANZIARI E REDDITUALI DELLE PRINCIPALI AZIENDE VITIVINICOLE SICILIANE
La lingua “inventata” di Andrea Camilleri: il peso della parola dialettale
2019
la singolare lingua delle opere di Andrea Camillerii spinge a considerare – semmai ce ne fosse bisogno – che la scrittura letteraria è fatta di parole e qualche appunto sulle parole può certo aiutare a cogliere i meccanismi del plurilinguismo letterario e, nel caso di Camilleri, le ragioni di un grandissimo successo editoriale e di una straordinaria popolarità. Le opere di Andrea Camilleri mostrano una certa (ma non spropositata) quantità di lessico “prettamente dialettale” (pari a circa il 20% delle parole che non coincidono con quelle dell’italiano letterario). Ma mentre una parte di questo lessico autoctono (costituito da voci di bassa frequenza all'interno di ciascuna opera e nell'inter…
Antioxidant activities of sicilian prickly pear (Opuntia ficus indica) fruit extracts and reducing properties of its betalains: betanin and indicaxan…
2002
Sicilian cultivars of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus indica) produce yellow, red, and white fruits, due to the combination of two betalain pigments, the purple-red betanin and the yellow-orange indicaxanthin. The betalain distribution in the three cultivars and the antioxidant activities of methanolic extracts from edible pulp were investigated. In addition, the reducing capacity of purified betanin and indicaxanthin was measured. According to a spectrophotometric analysis, the yellow cultivar exhibited the highest amount of betalains, followed by the red and white ones. Indicaxanthin accounted for about 99% of betalains in the white fruit, while the ratio of betanin to indicaxanthin varied fr…
Ricami d’aria – L’organo di Donato Del piano nella chiesa di S. Basilio in Regalbuto (EN)
2011
Aurea Jugalia. Gli ori della Madonna del Soccorso di Castellammare del Golfo
2011
Il volume, esito di una ricerca che offre nuovi e interessanti spunti alla conoscenza della storia dell'oreficeria siciliana, fornisce un'ampia rassegna tipologica di gioielli donati al simulacro della Madonna del Soccorso di Castellammare del Golfo, monili databili tra la seconda metà del XVIII secolo e la prima metà del XX, importanti e preziose testimonianze di arte e devozione.