Search results for "Fora"

Predation risk and habitat selection of Australian house mice , Mus domesticus , during an incipient plague: desperate behaviour due to food depletion

2002

We studied habitat selection and foraging behaviour of the house mouse (Mus domesticus) related to increasing mouse densities and depleting food resources over the breeding season. The study was conducted during the increase phase of an incipient outbreak of mice in a grain-growing area of southeastern Australia. A 3-year rotation created a mosaic of large paddocks of grain crop, pasture, and fallow. The narrow fence lines between paddocks provide an important stable habitat for the mice. We monitored population densities with live-trapping and habitat preference by measuring giving-up densities (GUD) using artificial food patches. Food patches were established in crop fields, fence lines, …

Orbitally modulated black shale deposition in the upper Albian Amadeus Segment (central Italy): a multi-proxy reconstruction

2003

Abstract The upper Albian Amadeus Segment, which falls within Oceanic Anoxic Event 1c, exhibits cyclical alternations of marls/black shales and carbonate-rich beds that record evidence of orbital climate and sedimentary dynamics. A combined micropalaeontological (planktic and benthic foraminifera, and palynomorphs) and geochemical (stable isotopes, clay mineralogy, and major element distribution) investigation allowed recognition of a remarkable influence of continental material within the black shales. Moreover, the palaeoproductivity record is characterised by a non-linear response to the orbital forcing. The micropalaeontological and geochemical record suggests that upper Albian bedded c…

Pulsveida radiofrekvences un transforaminālas glikokortikosteroīdu injekcijas ietekme uz asins plūsmu perifēros asinsvados

2016

Darba mērķi: salīdzināt divu metožu – transforaminālās epidurālās glikokortikosteroīdu injekcijas un dorsālo gangliju pulsveida radiofrekvences efektivitāti pacientiem ar reģistrētu temperatūras pieaugumu un izvērtēt sāpju samazināšanos pacientiem 15. un 30. dienā pēc procedūras. Pētījuma raksturojums: Prospektīvs, novērojošs un atklāts pētījums. Pētījumā tika iekļauti 22 pacienti, kuri tika sadalīti divās grupās. 1.grupā tika iekļauti 13 pacienti, kuriem L4, L5 jostas daļas skriemeļu līmenī tika veikta TESI ar Depo-Medrol 80 mg, 2.grupā tika iekļauti 9 pacienti, kuriem L4, L5 līmenī tika veikta DRG PRF. Abas procedūras tika veiktas rentgena staru kontrolē un lokālā anestēzijā. Procedūras l…

Generativismo e Cognitivismo: teorie grammaticali a confronto

2002

Benthic foraminifera assemblages in coastal marine ecosystem and relationship with metal distribution. A spatial study along Sicilian coasts.

2007

Decorazione, illustrazione o metafora? Su un gruppo di terrecotte architettoniche dal sito di S. Biagio ad Agrigento

2014

At the end of the 19th cent. P. Orsi acquired for the Archaeological Museum of Syracuse a group of architectural terracottas said to come from Agrigentum, San Biagio area (on the SE slope of the Rupe Atenea). This lot, left quite unnoticed until now, consists of six antefixes of late 5th-early 3rd cent. B.C. Tarantine types with relief heads of Gorgo-Medusa, Pan, and Artemis Bendis, that can confirm the circulation of these products, known otherwhere in Sicily by a few specimens from Gela excavations and from surface finds. But the most noteworthy piece is a fragmentary clay sima with a lion head spout, dated around 280-70 B.C., that is particularly interesting both for the technique and fo…

The Man of Action vs the Blunders of Politicians. Rappresentazioni ideologiche e identitarie nella Stampa Fascista dell'Inghilterra degli anno Trenta

2016

In uno studio precedente (Spinzi 2015) basato sulla versione italiana della rivista fascista Legioni e Falangi è stato rilevato come l’intrecciarsi dei vari ‘discorsi’ (Fairclough 1989), da quello storico a quello geografico, da quello spirituale a quello sentimentale, fosse utile al fine di giustificare ideologicamente un comportamento e un profilo avido, opportunista, perfido e poco sensibile quale quello attribuito dall’identità fascista italiana e spagnola a quella inglese. Quella stessa ideologia dell’insularità che nel discorso geografico di Legioni e Falangi era un elemento di critica nei confronti dell’Inghilterra la si ritrova in questa analisi come elemento di forza che caratteriz…

Anterolateral thigh perforator flap made by customized 3D-printing fabrication of fixed positioning guide for oromaxillofacial reconstruction:a preli…

2022

Oromaxillofacial carcinomas frequently result in serious tissue defect due to enlarged resection for treating their extensive invasion, which require challenging reconstruction. Three-dimensional (3D) printing is an advanced technology which has greatly promoted the progress of craniomaxillofacial reconstructive surgery. This present study aimed to investigate the advantages of anterolateral thigh (ALT) perforator flap manufactured by 3D printing fixed positioning guide template in curing oromaxillofacial defect. Twenty patients with oromaxillofacial defects resulted from severe primary malignant tumors were divided into experimental group assisted by digital technique (n=8) and controlled …

Understanding Interaction Search Behavior in Professional Social Networks

2011

We present an empirical study of social interaction in a professional social network. As the point of departure, we take previous research into distributed work and information foraging theory to explore interaction search behavior of individuals active in professional networks, examining how social factors govern their behavior. For this exploration, we focused on the process through which relevant collaborators are chosen to execute shared work tasks in the area of logistics, and identified six characteristics of the explored processes. We recognized the “survival of the social” as a cornerstone for efficient and long-term professional networks and outlined design implications arising fro…

Metaphorical dimension of idioms in TV series for German, Norwegian and Spanish audiences

2022

Over recent years, internet TV series have grown in popularity to become one of the audiovisual products with the highest audiences worldwide. The Covid crisis, with limitations on movement, has further increased their success during 2020-21. English is by far the most common language for such productions, which are typically offered to non-anglophone viewers in translated format, with either subtitles or dubbing. One of the main challenges in translation here concerns the use of idioms, since these do not always have a fixed equivalent in the target language. Taking as a starting point a corpus of drama series from Netflix and Amazon Prime, this study considers the metaphorical dimension o…