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Le conchiglie di Lamarck come beni culturali
2012
Con questo contributo si è voluto ricordare che nella turbolenta Francia nel 1793 per la prima volta i beni naturali vengono ufficialmente riconosciuti anche come beni culturali facenti parte del patrimonio di un popolo, che li deve custodire e tutelare. Il tutto era scaturito dalla necessità di salvare dalla distruzione due acquasantiere costituite da 2 valve di tridacna, una conchiglia esotica, presenti nella Chiesa di S. Sulpice a Parigi. A questo importante evento partecipò attivamente anche Jean Baptiste Lamarck, Professore di Zoologia degli Insetti e dei Vermi presso il Museo Nazionale di Storia Naturale di Parigi. Proprio dallo studio delle conchiglie attuali, comparate con quelle fo…
Casting the light on cinema – how luminance and contrast patterns create meaning
2012
The question of meaning creation has always been at the core of cross-disciplinary scholarly research. Considered from the cinematographic perspective, it inevitably evokes correlations with plot and dialogue. However, the conveyance of significance in films does not rely solely on the verbal channel, but also manifests itself in the visual layer, ranging from facial expressions, setting and locations, to directorial editing choices. Elevating the role of the how of film making, this article focuses on the influence of light and contrast patterns on the reading of cinema. In order to highlight their position in film text vocabulary and recognize their relevance in film translations and adap…
Die mafiaartige organisierte Kriminalität und das italienische Strafrechtssystem
2013
Nach eine Einführung über die Mitwirkung von Recht und Gesellschaft in der italiänischen Einsatz gegen die Mafiartige Kriminalität, wird die ursprünglich ausdrückliche Nichtberücksichtigung des Problems im italienischen Strafgesetzbuch sowie der ersten außer-strafrechtlichen Maßnahmen dargestllt. Dann werden drei Antimafia-Phasen im italienischen Strafrechtssystem zusammengefasst: Eine erste Gruppe von Maßnahmen, die infolge des grundlegenden Gesetzes von 1982 und in den folgenden zehn Jahren in Kraft traten; eine zweite Gruppe von Normen, die nach den Morden an den Richtern Giovanni Falcone und Paolo Borsellino 1992 eingeführt wurden (auch mit Bezugnahme auf den entscheidenden Bereich der …
Effect of High‐Caloric Nutrition on Survival in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
2019
International audience; Objective: Weight loss has been identified as a negative prognostic factor in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, but there is no evidence regarding whether a high-caloric diet increases survival. Therefore, we sought to evaluate the efficacy of a high-caloric fatty diet (HCFD) for increasing survival.Methods: A 1:1 randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, double-blinded trial (LIPCAL-ALS study) was conducted between February 2015 and September 2018. Patients were followed up at 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 months after randomization. The study was performed at 12 sites of the clinical and scientific network of German motor neuron disease centers (ALS/MND-NET). Eligible…
BRAIN-TARGETED SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLES CONTAINING RILUZOLE: PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND BIODISTRIBUTION
2009
Aim: Developments within nanomedicine have revealed a great potential for drug delivery to the brain. In this study nanoparticulate systems as drug carriers for riluzole, with sufficiently high loading capacity and small particle size, were prepared to a reach therapeutic drug level in the brain. Materials & method: Solid lipid nanoparticles containing riluzole have great potential as drug-delivery systems for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and were produced by using the warm oil-in-water microemulsion technique. The resulting systems obtained were approximately 88 nm in size and negatively charged. Drug-release profiles demonstrated that a drug release was dependent on medium pH. Biodi…
Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of acetyl-L-carnitine for ALS.
2013
Our objective was to assess the effects of acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC) with riluzole on disability and mortality of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Definite/probable ALS patients, 40-70 years of age, duration 6-24 months, self-sufficient (i.e. able to swallow, cut food/handle utensils, and walk), and with forced vital capacity (FVC) > 80% entered a pilot double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group trial and were followed for 48 weeks. ALC or placebo 3 g/day was added to riluzole 100 mg/day. Primary endpoint: number of patients no longer self-sufficient. Secondary endpoints: changes in ALSFRS-R, MRC, FVC and McGill Quality of Life (QoL) scores. Analysis was made in the intention-to-tr…
Effect of high-caloric nutrition on serum neurofilament light chain levels in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
2020
Recent publications showed that circulating neurofilaments (Nfs) may be used as a diagnostic biomarker distinguishing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) from ALS mimics with high sensitivity and specificity.1–3 Furthermore, it has been shown that patients with higher Nf levels show faster disease progression1 and shorter survival.2 3 Nf levels remain rather stable during the course of disease.2 Current literature suggests that the diagnostic value of neurofilament light chains (NfL) and phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chains in cerebrospinal fluid is about equal, whereas in blood NfL seems to be superior.4 In this study, we investigated the effect of a high-caloric fatty diet (HCFD) on …
1909-1910: La 'conversione' di Morgan al modello dell'ereditarietà indiretta.
2010
Omaggio a Charles Darwin: 1809-2009: duecento anni di evoluzionismo
L'abolizione delle Province in Sicilia: resoconto semiserio di un rivoluzione in progress
2014
Effetto della risoluzione spaziale della mesh sulla modellazione delle frane attivate da precipitazione
2018
Le frane attivate da precipitazione sono, tra tutti gli eventi di dissesto idrogeologico, quelle che probabilmente si verificano con più frequenza. Il verificarsi di tali frane, soprattutto per la velocità con cui inizia e si sviluppa il fenomeno, può comportare conseguenze, a volte anche gravi, per le persone e le cose. In un tale scenario è chiaro che risulta di fondamentale importanza munirsi di strumenti per la previsione del fenomeno nel tentativo di prevenirne e/o mitigarne il rischio che questo comporta. L’utilizzo di modelli idrologici spazialmente distribuiti e a base fisica accoppiati con modelli di stabilità è, oggigiorno, uno tra i metodi più ricorrenti per la valutazione del ri…