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Reply to Douka et al: Critical evaluation of the Ksâr 'Akil chronologies
2015
Our paper (1) proposes a new chronology for Ksâr 'Akil based on 16 accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) determinations on shells. To minimize the possibility of dating diagenetically compromised samples, we conducted amino acid racemization analyses on the intracrystalline proteins, oxygen isotope analysis, and geochemical characterization of all dated shells. Our calibrated radiocarbon ages fit well with existing Levantine chronologies, but are up to 4,000 y older than Douka et al.’s (2). Our paper explores several possibilities for this difference, whereas Douka et al. (3) provide alternative explanations. They accept our radiocarbon ages as correct but question our sample selection and Ba…
Works with Heart and Soul
2008
He states:" I love letters for they are atoms of communication, ambiguous objects and subjects of experimentation of avant-gardes in XX century" . He does not manage to fulfil his curiosity and his huge and not hidden pleasure to go on experimenting with those little elements which make alphabets, living not only by themselves but also as members of a coupled system, that is syllables, or of a more complex one, that is word. Every letter is accurately analysed, stripped down and then assembled again as in the patient research for a common denominator which stand at the base of each one of them. One or more standards are individuated in order to compose them in the space, so translating a co…
Louseborne relapsing fever in young migrants, sicily, Italy, july-september 2015
2016
To the Editor: During the early 20th century, at the end of World War I, and during World War II, louseborne relapsing fever (LBRF) caused by Borrelia recurrentis was a major public health problem, especially in eastern Europe and northern Africa (1,2). Currently, poor living conditions, famine, war, and refugee camps are major risk factors for epidemics of LBRF in resource-poor countries, such as those in the Horn of Africa (3,4). Increased migration from resource-poor countries and war/violence create new routes for spread of vectorborne diseases. Recently, several cases of LBRF have been reported among asylum seekers from Eritrea in the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany (5–8). All of…
Siciliani al fronte. Lettere dalla Grande Guerra
2017
La Prima guerra mondiale è l'evento epocale che segna l'inizio del Novecento. Questo volume si pone l'obiettivo di indagare l'impatto del conflitto sulla Sicilia nell'ambito di una rinnovata linea di ricerca. Cento anni fa, nel 1917, dopo Caporetto, prese corpo una raccolta di lettere e altri testi di e su 23 militari siciliani, mai pubblicata e qui presentata in edizione critica e accompagnata da un'introduzione ed un saggio. Il libro dà conto di come la cosiddetta borghesia patriottica dell'isola visse e percepì l'inedita e sconvolgente esperienza bellica. The First World War is the epochal event that marks the beginning of the twentieth century. This volume aims to investigate the impact…
Letters in Arabic sent from the Nasrid Court. A diplomatic analysis
2018
El trabajo aplica las técnicas de la ciencia Diplomática a la correspondencia enviada desde la corte nazarí de Granada a monarcas y señores de los reinos de Aragón y Castilla. Por razones de coherencia y espacio, se centra únicamente en las misivas redactadas en árabe. El objetivo es establecer sus caracteres extrínsecos (tamaño y color del papel, tipo de letra, características del sello, presencia o no deʽalāma) e intrínsecos (manera de dirigirse al destinatario, manera de presentarse, saludos, tipo de datación tópica y crónica), comprobar si con el paso del tiempo hubo evolución en las fórmulas y si se refleja en éstas la categoría social de remitente y destinatario. Las fuentes empleadas…
Sexually transmitted COVID‐19
2020
Telemedicine and Remote Screening for COVID-19 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients: Results From the SoCOVID-19 Survey
2020
TASSINARI / VETTA，信件工廠 / Tassinari/Vetta. The factory of letters
2009
的里雅斯特，一個以憂鬱的方式，將肘部靠在窗戶的門檻上，望著大海，是Tassinari / Vetta工作室的所在地，在那里工作完成了對項目的細緻投入的連貫循環，不斷研究和實驗，與短暫的趨勢相距甚遠，而是堅定地依賴於國家和國際，圖形和印刷傳統。然而在工作室裡，人們繼續偏愛那些已經影響到所有人的真正的痴迷，將其僅僅空間變成一個神話般的信件工廠，每個人都在設計中工作，到執行和設置那些將被選擇並用於各種任務的人。這些是首先構思，然後培養，教育和攜帶，直到它們成熟。這種方式可以幫助他們完成將思想轉化為清晰易讀的艱鉅任務，不僅可以作為聲音的正式表達，還可以作為充滿意義的小容器。 Trieste, the city which in a melancholy way, leaning his elbows upon the threshold of the window, looks at the sea, is the seat of the Tassinari/Vetta Studio, where the work completes a coherent cycle made of meticulous devotion to the project, of continuous research and experimentation, quite distant from the transitory trends, but rather firmly anchored to the national and international, graphic and typogra…
Spectrum of pncA Mutations in Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates Obtained in Latvia
2004
Pyrazinamide (PZA) is an effective antituberculous agent ([1][1]) that becomes active when bacterial pyrazinamidase converts it to pyrazinoic acid, which is toxic to mycobacteria ([4][2]). In Mycobacerium tuberculosis , PZA resistance is associated with the loss of pyrazinamidase activity, mainly
A free plate model can predict guided modes propagating in tubular bone-mimicking phantoms
2014
The goal of this work was to show that a non-absorbing free plate model can predict with a reasonable accuracy guided modes measured in bone-mimicking phantoms that have circular cross-section. Experiments were carried out on uncoated and coated phantoms using a clinical axial transmission setup. Adjustment of the plate model to the experimental data yielded estimates for the waveguide characteristics (thickness, bulk wave velocities). Fair agreement was achieved over a frequency range of 0.4 to 1.6 MHz. A lower accuracy observed for the thinnest bone-mimicking phantoms was caused by limitations in the wave number measurements rather than by the model itself.