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Reproductive Physiology ofAedes(Aedimorphus)vexans(Diptera: Culicidae) in Relation to Flight Potential
2001
Total protein, lipid, and glycogen of Aedes vexans (Meigen) were related linearly to body size at eclosion. Starvation after emergence led to the determination of minimal irreducible amounts of protein, lipid, and glycogen and the availability of the teneral reserves, whereas access to sucrose revealed the potential for reserve synthesis. Glycogenesis and lipogenesis increased reserves approximately 10-fold the teneral value within 1 and 2 wk after emergence, respectively. Carbohydrate feeding was an essential behavior before blood feeding and oogenesis commenced. Female flight was tested on a flight mill. Maximal flights of 10-17 km in a single night occurred at 2 wk posteclosion and paral…
Adherence to an Injury Prevention Warm-Up Program in Children’s Soccer : A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
2021
This study examined the impact of high adherence to a neuromuscular training (NMT) warm-up on the risk of lower extremity (LE) injuries in children’s soccer. Twenty U11–U14 youth clubs (n = 92 teams, 1409 players) were randomized into intervention (n = 44 teams) and control (n = 48 teams) groups. The intervention group was advised to perform an NMT warm-up 2 to 3 times a week for 20 weeks. Team adherence, injuries, and exposure were registered throughout the follow-up. Primary outcomes were the incidence of soccer-related acute LE injuries and the prevalence of overuse LE injuries. Intervention teams conducted mean 1.7 (SD 1.0) NMT warm-ups weekly through follow-up. The seasonal trend for a…
Social capital in the international operations of family SMEs
2012
PurposeThe aim of this study is to discuss how social capital is developed in the internationalization process of small and medium‐sized family enterprises (family SMEs).Design/methodology/approachThis paper reports findings from an in‐depth multiple case study with four Finnish manufacturing family SMEs. The data were analyzed through the perspectives of structural holes, network closure, and the interplay between these two mechanisms.FindingsThe material in the paper demonstrated that family entrepreneurs had a large number of structural holes when launching international operations, but also after several years of running international operations. Instead of trying to span structural hol…
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
Riconoscere il paesaggio
2013
Nel 2002, un'interessante esperienza seminariale vide confluire a Vigevano numerosi gruppi di lavoro provenienti da diverse facoltà di architettura italiane per ragionare attorno ai temi dell’architettura e del paesaggio, sperimentando approcci e soluzioni progettuali su un contesto del tutto particolare e sollecitante quale è quello individuato dal bacino del fiume Ticino. Attraverso la presentazione di uno dei progetti redatti nel corso del seminario, intendiamo oggi riprendere una riflessione più generale sul tema del “paesaggio”, presupponendo il riconoscimento dei luoghi come passaggio necessario per la riqualificazione delle loro specificità attraverso lo sviluppo di singoli progetti.…
Hormone replacement therapy enhances IGF-1 signaling in skeletal muscle by diminishing miR-182 and miR-233 expressions: A study on postmenopausal mon…
2014
MiRNAs are fine-tuning modifiers of skeletal muscle regulation, but knowledge of their hormonal control is lacking. We used a co-twin case–control study design, that is, monozygotic postmenopausal twin pairs discordant for estrogen-based hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to explore estrogen-dependent skeletal muscle regulation via miRNAs. MiRNA profiles were determined from vastus lateralis muscle of nine healthy 54–62- years-old monozygotic female twin pairs discordant for HRT (median 7 years). MCF-7 cells, human myoblast cultures and mouse muscle experiments were used to confirm estrogen’s causal role on the expression of specific miRNAs, their target mRNAs and proteins and finally the ac…
Tecniche innovative di fotoelasticità digitale in luce bianca
2010
An optimization-based approach for solving a time-harmonic multiphysical wave problem with higher-order schemes
2013
This study considers developing numerical solution techniques for the computer simulations of time-harmonic fluid-structure interaction between acoustic and elastic waves. The focus is on the efficiency of an iterative solution method based on a controllability approach and spectral elements. We concentrate on the model, in which the acoustic waves in the fluid domain are modeled by using the velocity potential and the elastic waves in the structure domain are modeled by using displacement.Traditionally, the complex-valued time-harmonic equations are used for solving the time-harmonic problems. Instead of that, we focus on finding periodic solutions without solving the time-harmonic problem…
Indianocéanie: un laboratorio interculturale per condividere un oceano e una storia
2018
La geografia ha disseminato nell’Ovest dell’oceano Indiano una pluralità di isole, relativamente vicine le une dalle altre, ma difficili da riunire in un insieme coerente dal punto di vista morfologico, storico e culturale: il Madagascar, le isole Seychelles, l’arcipelago delle Mascarene (che comprende la Réunion, l’isola Mauritius, e la sua dipendenza Rodrigues), le Comore e molte altre isole minuscole. Questo spiega la grande diversificazione che presenta anche la produzione letteraria che si è sviluppata in ogni isola in funzione del ventaglio di lingue, di culture e di cambiamenti storici. La letteratura dell’Oceano Indiano è tra le più antiche del mondo ma la sua espressione in lingua …
La misura discreta dell’infinito
2022
Il progetto di architettura è un percorso di sfrondamento delle complessità e delle contraddizioni che predispone il presente fisico all’autenticità dell’abitare. Questo percorso interpreta l’inconciliabilità delle relazioni urbane, compone le differenze. Ricerca la semplicità senza semplificazione, interpreta lo stare nel mondo nella continuità dei suoi significati, ma con la misura esatta e discreta di un innovativo cambiamento di senso.