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The promotion of tourism in Italian regions from a sensorial perspective: a website content analysis
2022
Recent tourism literature has identified the sensory dimension as key to understanding, planning and marketing tourist experiences. This paper aims to understand to what extent Italian regions consider the sensorial perspective in tourist communication, focusing the analysis on their institutional websites. We used the content analysis method considering two different periods to investigate the evolution of Italian tourism promotion. The results show that for all institutional websites, over time, attention engages only some of the five sensorial dimensions. That is, the communication does not appear balanced. Furthermore, the promotional communication in several regions is more oriented to…
Double copies of blaKPC-3::Tn4401a on an IncX3 plasmid in Klebsiella pneumoniae successful clone ST512 from Italy
2015
ABSTRACT A carbapenem-resistant sequence type 512 (ST512) Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase 3 (KPC-3)-producing K. pneumoniae strain showing a novel variant plasmid content was isolated in Palermo, Italy, in 2014. ST512 is a worldwide successful clone associated with the spread of bla KPC genes located on the IncFIIk pKpQIL plasmid. In our ST512 strain, the bla KPC-3 gene was unusually located on an IncX3 plasmid, whose complete sequence was determined. Two copies of bla KPC-3 ::Tn 4401a caused by intramolecular transposition events were detected in the plasmid.
Benthic foodweb structure in a large shallow lake studied by stable isotope analysis
2014
The benthic foodweb structure of Lake Võrtsjärv, a large (270 km2), shallow, and turbid Estonian lake, was evaluated based on C and N stable-isotope signatures (δ13C, δ15N). Variation in δ13C between sampling sites was not related to site proximity to the littoral zone or the more vegetated southern part of the lake, but rather appeared to be influenced by in-situ site peculiarities. δ13C was stable temporally and between functional feeding groups, a result implying that the whole benthic food web of the lake relies largely on the same C source admixture, essentially particulate organic matter (POM). Thus, the foodweb composition of Lake Võrtsjärv is remarkably homogeneous given the lake’s …
Dependence of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus L.) on littoral and pelagic energy sources in a subarctic lake, Saanajärvi
2007
Ureteral stent encrustation: evaluation of available scores as predictors of a complex surgery
2022
Background: Stent Encrustation is an uncommon event (13%) with a significant impact in patients' management. Aim of our study was to evaluate the available grading systems for encrusted stents. Methods: A retrospective analysis of encrusted stents was performed in four Italian centers between 2006 and 2020. Encrusted stents were classified according to four classifications: the Forgotten Encrusted Calcificated (FECal) score, the Kidney Ureter Bladder (KUB) score, the Visual Grading for Ureteral Encrusted Stent Classification and the Encrustation Burden Score (EBS). Classifications were evaluated to predict complex surgery defined as: long operative time (>60min); need of more than one su…
Antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity of selected Egyptian medicinal plants.
2011
Medicinal plants have been used as a source of remedies since ancient times in Egypt. The present study was designed to investigate the antibacterial activity and the cytotoxicity of the organic extracts from 16 selected medicinal plants of Egypt. The study was also extended to the isolation of the antiproliferative compound jaeschkeanadiol p-hydroxybenzoate (FH-25) from Ferula hermonis. The microbroth dilution was used to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the samples against twelve bacterial strains belonging to four species, Providencia stuartii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Escherichia coli, while a resazurin assay was used to assess the cytoto…
Systematic Comparison of Epidemic and Non-Epidemic Carbapenem Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains
2021
Over the past few decades, extensively drug resistant (XDR) resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae has become a notable burden to healthcare all over the world. Especially carbapenemase-producing strains are problematic due to their capability to withstand even last resort antibiotics. Some sequence types (STs) of K. pneumoniae are significantly more prevalent in hospital settings in comparison to other equally resistant strains. This provokes the question whether or not there are phenotypic characteristics that may render certain K. pneumoniae more suitable for epidemic dispersal between patients, hospitals, and different environments. In this study, we selected seven epidemic and non-epidemic ca…
Travelling to the green island full of shamrocks and pubs – or not : representations of Ireland in tourism web sites
2009
Matkailu on merkittävä tekijä elinkeinoelämässä, myös Irlannissa: kaikkiaan 5 % irlantilaisista työskenteli vuonna 2007 matkailualalla. Internet on yhä enenevässä määrin matkailun edistämiseen käytetty väylä. Matkailun kieli on oma diskurssinsa, jossa luodaan tietty kuva kohdemaasta ja sen kulttuurista. Matkailua edistävissä esitteissä, oppaissa ja WWW-sivuilla korostetaan tiettyjä asioita kun taas toiset asiat jätetään mainitsematta. Yleinen mainontastrategia on esittää kohdemaa mahdollisimman eksoottisena ja erilaisena kuin potentiaalisen asiakkaan oma kotimaa, jolloin korostetaan kohdemaan erikoisempia piirteitä. Kohteeseen liittyvien stereotypioiden hyödyntäminen on myös yleistä matkai…
No klīniskā materiāla izdalīto E.coli un Klebsiella Spp. baktēriju jutības noteikšana pret antibakteriālajiem līdzekļiem un to kombinācijām ar ēteris…
2021
Aktualitāte: Antibakteriālā rezistence ir pasaules mēroga problēma, līdz ar to ir svarīgi meklēt jaunas iespējas infekciju ārstēšanai. Potenciāla alternatīva, iespējams, ir ēteriskās eļļas. Mērķis: Noteikt laboratorijā izdalīto E. coli un Klebsiella sugu jutību pret antibiotikām un ēteriskajām eļļām, izmantojot mikrobioloģisko metodi un statistisko apstrādi. Rezultāti: 242 E. coli un 214 Klebsiella paraugu vidū ESBL producē 7,85% E.coli un 11,21% Klebsiella spp. paraugi. Vislabākā jutība konstatēta pret meropenēmu/imipenēmu, kas atbilstoši ir 99,59% un 99,53%, un vismazākā pret ciprofloksacīnu – Klebsiella spp. – 86,45%, E. coli - 91,74%. No trim pētāmajām eļļām, vislabākā antibakteriāla ie…
The rhetorical construction of Hillary Rodham Clinton as a presidential contender in 2016: A case study of hillaryclinton.com
2016
Niniejsze studium poświęcone jest retorycznym sposobom konstruowania obrazu kandydatki na prezydenta USA Hillary Rodham Clinton podczas pierwszej fazy kampanii 2016 roku. Kontekstem studium jest literatura na temat różnic genderowych w dyskursie politycznym, a w szczególności badania poświęcone medialnym reprezentacjom kobiet w polityce, z których wynika, że kobiety, przynajmniej w USA, muszą bardziej aktywnie niż mężczyźni kreować swój publiczny wizerunek. Za pomocą perspektywy retorycznej, zbadano strategiczny sposób konstruowania i kontrolowania publicznego obrazowania Hillary Clinton w reakcji na przedstawienia jej kandydatury przez media głównego nurtu. Analizie poddano materiały tekst…