Search results for "Carn"

Introduzione. I carnevali di inizio millennio

2017

Revivalismo folklorico e rifunzionalizzazione della tradizione in alcuni carnevali della Sardegna

2009

Late Carnian-Early Norian ammonoids from the GSSP candidate section Pizzo Mondello (Sicani mountain, Sicily).

2012

A small collection of ammonoids from the Upper Triassic Scillato Formation at Pizzo Mondello (Agrigento, Sicily) is studied. The specimens were collected in a framework of a project aimed at providing an integrated high-resolution bio-chronostratigraphic support to the Upper Carnian-Norian magnetostratigraphic scale defined at this site, that is located in an historical area from which G.G. Gemmellaro collected the Upper Triassic of ammonoids monographed at the beginning of the XX century. The specimens from Pizzo Mondello were bed-by-bed sampled and represent the first collection of Upper Triassic ammonoids described from Sicily since Gemmellaro time. Quite several levels of the Pizzo Mond…

I committenti

2006

Carnitine supplementation in sport

2013

Il destino nelle parole. Questue, mascheramenti e formule augurali

2016

Le pratiche di questua sono azioni rituali che caratterizzano diversi periodi festivi di tutta l’area euro-mediterranea. Si tratta di richieste di dazione e prelievi di beni (generalmente alimenti) eseguite, secondo diverse modalità e entro precisi segmenti spazio-temporali, da soggetti tradizionalmente demandati a rivestire il ruolo di postulanti (comitati, confratrie, compagnie di adulti, giovani, bambini/e; spesso ma non sempre connotati da speciali costumi e/o maschere e da altri simboli materiali nonché da specifici e peculiari comportamenti). L’auspicata e prefigurata (nelle formule di questua) dazione degli offerenti presuppone un dono da parte dei questuanti che assume spesso, ma no…

Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (mammalia)

1988

The correlation between the lower carnassial crown area and the body weight is examined for modern carnivores. It is very high, but the ursids and felids show a relationship different from the other carnivore families. Some exceptions are discussed. The possibility of predicting body weight for fossils is given.

The contribution of insect prey to the total nitrogen content of sundews (Drosera spp.) determined in situ by stable isotope analysis.

2003

Summary • The contribution of insect prey to total N in the carnivorous plants, Drosera rotundifolia and D. intermedia , was quantified in situ and without any experimental manipulation using natural abundance stable isotope analysis. • Samples of D. rotundifolia and D. intermedia , insects and noncarnivorous reference plants were collected from three contrasting locations across Britain. The proportion of Drosera nitrogen obtained from insect prey was calculated by a mixing model using δ 15 N values from the different plant groups. • The mean proportion of Drosera N derived from prey was 50%. There were significant differences in this proportion between sites, and significant differences w…

Space of signatures as inverse limits of Carnot groups

2021

We formalize the notion of limit of an inverse system of metric spaces with 1-Lipschitz projections having unbounded fibers. The construction is applied to the sequence of free Carnot groups of fixed rank n and increasing step. In this case, the limit space is in correspondence with the space of signatures of rectifiable paths in ℝn, as introduced by Chen. Hambly-Lyons’s result on the uniqueness of signature implies that this space is a geodesic metric tree. As a particular consequence we deduce that every path in ℝn can be approximated by projections of some geodesics in some Carnot group of rank n, giving an evidence that the complexity of sub-Riemannian geodesics increases with the step.…

Changes in carnitine octanoyltransferase activity induce alteration in fatty acid metabolism

2011

The peroxisomal beta oxidation of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA) leads to the formation of medium chain acyl-CoAs such as octanoyl-CoA. Today, it seems clear that the exit of shortened fatty acids produced by the peroxisomal beta oxidation requires their conversion into acyl-carnitine and the presence of the carnitine octanoyltransferase (CROT). Here, we describe the consequences of an overexpression and a knock down of the CROT gene in terms of mitochondrial and peroxisomal fatty acids metabolism in a model of hepatic cells. Our experiments showed that an increase in CROT activity induced a decrease in MCFA and VLCFA levels in the cell. These changes are accompanied by an increase in …