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Per una storia della Settimana Santa a Malta. I gruppi processionali del Venerdì Santo di Valletta

2013

L’articolo ricostruisce la storia dei riti della Settimana Santa e delle processioni per il Venerdì Santo a Malta, in relazione al più ampio contesto mediterraneo e, pertanto, alla tradizione dei pasos in Spagna e dei “misteri” di Trapani ed Erice. Viene evidenziato il ruolo cruciale svolto a partire dalla fine del XVI secolo dai frati Francescani, la cui presenza si rivelò determinante per la nascita e, in seguito, per la diffusione e la fortuna di tali rappresentazioni processionali, anche grazie al fatto che nel corso dei secoli la devozione per la Passione di Cristo a Malta fu alimentata dalla presenza di ben due crocefissi lignei dello scultore siciliano frate Innocenzo da Petralia. In…

High-definition endoscopy with i-Scan and Lugol’s solution for more precise detection of mucosal breaks in patients with reflux symptoms

2009

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease are subdivided into non-erosive (NERD) and erosive reflux disease (ERD). The newly available EPKi processor enables high-definition resolution above HDTV standard (HD+). The aim of the study was to test the efficacy of HD+ esophagogastroduodenoscopy alone and in conjunction with i-Scan (newly developed postprocessing digital filter) and chromoendoscopy (Lugol’s solution) for differentiation of reflux patients. METHODS: The distal esophagus of patients with heartburn was inspected with three imaging modalities. HD+ was followed by i-Scan and 15-mL Lugol’s solution (1.5 %). The esophagus was evaluated for mucosal breaks …

Information literacy as a resource for citizenship : an interdisciplinary issue for information studies

2010

Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on esophageal motility in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease

2014

To evaluate the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on esophageal peristalsis in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).Patients with GERD preliminary diagnosis were included in a randomized double-blind sham-controlled study. Esophageal manometry was performed before and during transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) of the right precentral cortex. Half of patients were randomly assigned to anodal, half to sham stimulation. Distal waves amplitude and pathological waves percentage were measured, after swallowing water boli, for ten subsequent times. Last, a 24h pH-bilimetry was done to diagnose non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) or functional heartb…

Functional heartburn has more in common with functional dyspepsia than with non-erosive reflux disease.

2009

Introduction: Functional dyspepsia and non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) are prevalent gastrointestinal conditions with accumulating evidence regarding an overlap between the two. Still, patients with NERD represent a very heterogeneous group and limited data on dyspeptic symptoms in various subgroups of NERD are available. Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of dyspeptic symptoms in patients with NERD subclassified by using 24 h impedance-pH monitoring (MII-pH). Methods: Patients with typical reflux symptoms and normal endoscopy underwent impedance-pH monitoring off proton pump inhibitor treatment. Oesophageal acid exposure time (AET), type of acid and non-acid reflux episodes, and symptom ass…

Circadian pattern of intragastric acidity in patients with non-erosive reflux disease (NERD)

2003

Summary Background : Most patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease have non-erosive reflux disease. Proton pump inhibitors are less effective than expected in these patients, but no previous study has measured their 24-h gastric pH values. Aims : To evaluate whether there are differences in 24-h intragastric acidity between reflux patients with and without oesophagitis and controls. The influence of Helicobacter pylori on the gastric pH of reflux patients was also assessed. Methods : Sixty-three consecutive patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease symptoms who agreed to undergo endoscopy and 24-h pH-metry were recruited. Twenty-five (39%) had erosive oesophagitis and 38 (61%) …

"... Quattro Misteri principali in legno e cartapesta". I gruppi processionali del Venerdì Santo di Erice

2012

I gruppi processionali ericini, opere di forte impatto visivo, sono frutto di committenza devota, ma anche manifestazione di tecnica artistica varia nell’esecuzione e nei materiali, tali da ritenerli manufatti polimaterici. Sono opere realizzate da maestranze trapanesi nella metà del XVIII secolo, avvincenti anche per la loro cifra compositiva, declinata attraverso l’associazione di diverse suggestioni stilistiche che spaziano da eredità manieriste a coeve presenze proprie al realismo barocco, il tutto accordato in un’armoniosa partitura consona alle finalità catechetiche, drammatiche e anche teatrali a cui questi piccoli capolavori d’arte sacra erano destinati. Il contributo di Maurizio Vi…

Minimal Change Esophagitis: Prospective Comparison of Endoscopic and Histological Markers between Patients with Non-Erosive Reflux Disease and Normal…

2004

<i>Introduction:</i> More than half the patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) show no endoscopic abnormality or minimal change esophagitis (non-erosive reflux disease, NERD). We investigated the value of endoscopic and histological markers for the prediction of NERD before and after treatment with 20 mg esomeprazole. <i>Methods:</i> Between July and October 2002, consecutive patients presenting for upper endoscopy were stratified into GERD and non-reflux patients (control group) with the help of a questionnaire. The endoscopist was blind to the presence of reflux symptoms. Using magnifying endoscopes minimal change esophagitis was defined by the presen…