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Una Praeparatio ad Missam Pontificalem miniata da Jacopo Ravaldi per l’arcivescovo Ausiàs Despuig ritrovata a Monreale. Prime considerazioni
2022
Il saggio presenta alla comunità scientifica un manoscritto miniato quattrocentesco del Tesoro della Cattedrale di Monreale già noto ad Angela Daneu Lattanzi e recentemente ritrovato, attribuendone la committenza al cardinale Ausias Despuig e la paternità al miniatore francese Jacopo Ravaldi attivo a Roma. The essay presents to the scholarly community a 15th-century illuminated manuscript from the Treasury of the Cathedral of Monreale already known to Angela Daneu Lattanzi and recently rediscovered, attributing its commission to Cardinal Ausias Despuig and its authorship to the French illuminator Jacopo Ravaldi active in Rome.
Recenti scoperte a Gela: il sacello suburbano di Piazza Gorizia
2012
In the winter of 2001-2002, an emergency excavation uncovered another suburban sanctuary in the periphery of ancient Gela (Piazza Gorizia). During the excavations remains of a sacellum and a votive depot datable at the end of 5th century BC were found.
Next-Generation Sequencing in Clinical Practice
2019
Abstract During the past few decades, Sanger sequencing represented the “gold standard” technique. In order to better define the mutational status of several genes at the same time, next-generation sequencing methodologies have been introduced in the molecular laboratory workflow. In the era of personalized medicine, this technological improvement plays a key role in the comprehensive molecular characterization of cancer patients in order to get a “tile” target therapy. For different cancer patients, different target therapies are available and different genes serve as clinical it relevant biomarkers. This chapter reviews the principal features of these novel technologies and their applicat…
Isolation of the silicatein-α interactor silintaphin-2 by a novel solid-phase pull-down assay.
2011
The skeleton of siliceous sponges consists of amorphous biogenous silica (biosilica). Biosilica formation is driven enzymatically by means of silicatein(s). During this unique process of enzymatic polycondensation, skeletal elements (spicules) that enfold a central proteinaceous structure (axial filament), mainly comprising silicatein, are formed. However, only the concerted action of silicatein and other proteins can explain the genetically controlled diversity of spicular morphotypes, from simple rods with pointed ends to intricate structures with up to six rays. With the scaffold protein silintaphin-1, a first silicatein interactor that facilitates the formation of the axial filament and…
Technical‐economic evaluation of the effectiveness of measures applied to the artificial lighting system of a school
2021
Ensuring optimum interior lighting is a topic of great importance, as this influences not only the well-being of users but also the optimal performance of visual tasks. Lighting can be natural, but if not sufficient, it can be compensated with artificial lighting. This study highlights a methodology for designing a new lighting system that takes into account both technical and economic aspects. The method was applied to an existing school located in southern Italy, in which the electricity consumption is related to the current lighting system. The school is chosen as being representative of the construction type and layout of many local schools. In addition, the coexistence of several visua…
Integration of Gravitational Torques in Cerebellar Pathways Allows for the Dynamic Inverse Computation of Vertical Pointing Movements of a Robot Arm
2008
BackgroundSeveral authors suggested that gravitational forces are centrally represented in the brain for planning, control and sensorimotor predictions of movements. Furthermore, some studies proposed that the cerebellum computes the inverse dynamics (internal inverse model) whereas others suggested that it computes sensorimotor predictions (internal forward model).Methodology/principal findingsThis study proposes a model of cerebellar pathways deduced from both biological and physical constraints. The model learns the dynamic inverse computation of the effect of gravitational torques from its sensorimotor predictions without calculating an explicit inverse computation. By using supervised …
When the brain goes diving: glial oxidative metabolism may confer hypoxia tolerance to the seal brain.
2009
Deep diving mammals have developed strategies to cope with limited oxygen availability when submerged. These adaptations are associated with an increased neuronal hypoxia tolerance. Brain neurons of the hooded seal Cysto- phora cristata remain much longer active in hypoxic condi- tions than those of mice. To understand the cellular basis of neuronal hypoxia tolerance, we studied neuroglobin and cy- tochrome c in C. cristata brain. Neuroglobin, a respiratory protein typically found in vertebrate neurons, displays three unique amino acid substitutions in hooded seal. However, these substitutions unlikely contribute to a modulation of O2 affinity. Moreover, there is no significant difference i…
Quantitative Multispectral Imaging Differentiates Melanoma from Seborrheic Keratosis.
2021
Melanoma is a melanocytic tumor that is responsible for the most skin cancer-related deaths. By contrast, seborrheic keratosis (SK) is a very common benign lesion with a clinical picture that may resemble melanoma. We used a multispectral imaging device to distinguish these two entities, with the use of autofluorescence imaging with 405 nm and diffuse reflectance imaging with 525 and 660 narrow-band LED illumination. We analyzed intensity descriptors of the acquired images. These included ratios of intensity values of different channels, standard deviation and minimum/maximum values of intensity of the lesions. The pattern of the lesions was also assessed with the use of particle analysis. …
Knowledge engineering and semantic formalism of symbolic relations. From medieval network to web 3.0
2020
A search has always been at the center of human concerns, the one of conditions and means to represent, to control well, and to communicate effectively with his environment. While technological advances and electronic gadgets such as smartphones, the Web, and online social networks currently allow addressing this concern, it has not always been the case. Our works in this thesis treat medieval documents considered as a medium of communication and as a model of the social network in the Middle Ages. These documents are called medieval illuminations. They were luxurious paintings used in that time to represent the environment and ideal world for elites such as prince, duke, etc. Those paintin…
Age-related changes in the regulation of transcription factor NF-kappa B in rat brain.
1997
Aging process involves an increase in stress at cellular level. We studied whether aging affects the regulation of stress responsive transcription factor NF-kappa B in brain samples of Wistar rats. Hippocampus, cerebellum, and temporal and frontal lobes of cortex were studied. We observed a significant up-regulation in the constitutive, nucleus-located NF-kappa B binding activity in 30-month-old Wistar rats compared to young and 18-month-old rats. The increase was most prominent in cerebellum and in frontal cortex, but age-related changes did not occur in hippocampus. Inducible, cytoplasmic NF-kappa B binding activity was not affected by aging in any of the samples studied. Western blot ass…