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Corrigendum: Elena+ Care for COVID-19, a Pandemic Lifestyle Care Intervention: Intervention Design and Study Protocol
2021
Osgillazioni eustatiche, biocronologia dei depositi continentali quaternari e neotettonica nella Sicilia nord-occidentale (penisola di San Vito lo Ca…
1999
Vengono presentati i risultati di uno studio interdisciplinare condotto nella Penisola di San Vito lo Capo, Sicilia nord - occidentale. In questa area i terreni quaternari sono rappresentati da depositi marini e di spiaggia distribuiti a varie quote e da depositi continentali contenenti resti di vertebrati. Questi terreni si rinvengono all'interno di solchi e grotte marine, dove sono state riconosciute anche fasce a fori di litodomi, o costituiscono corpi sedimentari che giacciono sopra superfici di abrasione marina. Le associazioni a mammiferi presenti in tali terreni appartengono al complesso faunistico a Elephas falconeri del primo Pleistocene medio, al complesso a Elephas mnaidriensis d…
REPRISES PLIO-PLEISTOCENES DU PALEOKARST QUERCINOIS
2005
11 pages; National audience; L'investigation du paléokarst du Sud-Quercy (France) a révélé en de nombreux points une reprise d'érosion et remblaiement superficiels de la plateforme karstique jurassique, succédant à celle plus généralisée du Paléogène. Cette reprise est marquée par la présence de fossiles, notamment de grands et petits mammifères. La note dresse un inventaire de ces localités dans leur contexte géologique et de leurs restes fossiles. Leurs âges sont distribués depuis le Pliocène supérieur jusqu'à l'Holocène et principalement dans la période du Pléistocène moyen et supérieur (de 0,5 à 0,1 Ma).
Understanding Prediction Limits Through Unbiased Branches
2006
The majority of currently available branch predictors base their prediction accuracy on the previous k branch outcomes. Such predictors sustain high prediction accuracy but they do not consider the impact of unbiased branches which are difficult-to-predict. In this paper, we quantify and evaluate the impact of unbiased branches and show that any gain in prediction accuracy is proportional to the frequency of unbiased branches. By using the SPECcpu2000 integer benchmarks we show that there are a significant proportion of unbiased branches which severely impact on prediction accuracy (averaging between 6% and 24% depending on the prediction context used).
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor is critically involved in basal and fluoxetine-stimulated adult hippocampal cell proliferation and in anxiety,…
2011
Intensive research is devoted to unravel the neurobiological mechanisms mediating adult hippocampal neurogenesis, its regulation by antidepressants, and its behavioral consequences. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that is expressed in the CNS, where its function is unknown. Here, we show, for the first time, the relevance of MIF expression for adult hippocampal neurogenesis. We identify MIF expression in neurogenic cells (in stem cells, cells undergoing proliferation, and in newly proliferated cells undergoing maturation) in the subgranular zone of the rodent dentate gyrus. A causal function for MIF in cell proliferation was shown using genetic (M…
Impatto dei predatori lungo un gradiente forestale di urbanizzazione in Danimarca
2010
Lungo un gradiente di urbanizzazione che va dalla foresta, dominata da Fagus selvatica, ai frammenti della foresta originale nel parco urbano di Sorø a sud della Danimarca (Isola Zelanda), i coleotteri carabidi non dimostrano un decremento nella loro diversità generale, ma le specie che hanno una preferenza nei confronti della foresta diminuiscono (Magura & al. 2010, Global Ecol. Biogegoraphy). Cercando una spiegazione per quest’anomalia, si sono analizzati i tassi di predazione e competizione nei differenti habitat a diversi livelli di urbanizzazione. A tal fine è stato utilizzato un metodo innovativo (Howe & al. 2009, Entomol. Exp. Appl.), che consiste nella disposizione di larve artifici…
Humic substances along the profile of two Typic Haploxerert.
2002
In Vertisols, organic matter contributes to soil colour by formation of organo-mineral complexes and affects morphological, physico-chemical, biological and biochemical properties. Turbation may affect the chemical and structural composition of the most stabilised fractions of soil organic matter (SOM), i.e., humic substances (HS). The objectives of this study were to: (1) characterise SOM in two Vertisols (V1 and V2) developed under Mediterranean climate in Italy, using some HS characteristics as indicators of SOM turnover in Vertisols, and (2) explore possible differences related to the pedomorphologic conditions of the area under which two soils have formed. SOM evolution along the soil …