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Nutritional properties and plausible benefits of Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) on bone metabolism and osteoimmunology : a mini-review
2020
Bone is a hard connective tissue that undergoes a systematic renewal. This highly dynamic organ is made up of four different types of cells, however, bone formation is commonly attributed to osteoblasts and bone resorption to osteoclasts. Bone tissue formation occurs during embryonic development and in certain post-birth pathological conditions. The immune system could influence the functions of bone cells, and the crosstalk between hematopoietic, immune, and bone cells is known as osteoimmunology. Indeed, cytokines produced by immune cells, including TNF-α and IL-6, are critically implicated in bone pathogenesis. It is well established that diet plays an important role in bone health and f…
Empirical Verification of the Relationship Between Personality Traits and EFL Attainments
2023
Although the study of personality is one of the major themes in psychology, its role in the second language acquisition (SLA) process has not been unanimously acknowledged. The overall scarcity and obscurity of research outcomes can be attributed to methodological problems and lack of firm grounding in the vast field of personality theories. Moreover, it appears that personality may not exact an easily observable, direct effect on L2 behaviours and success. This paper is an attempt to broaden the understanding of the role of personality in the SLA field. Its main aim is to establish the predictive value of the personality dimensions (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to experience, Agreea…
«Purpureo fiore». Penna e De Pisis
2017
Il rapporto tra Penna e De Pisis, con analisi comparativa di loro testi e varianti e la pubblicazione delle lettere di De Pisis a Penna
Openness to interreligious dialogue – psychological antecedents and processes
2019
Celem niniejszego artykułu jest określenie psychologicznych uwarunkowań i procesów, które odgrywają kluczową rolę w budowaniu i rozwijaniu otwartości na dialog międzyreligijny. Dwa czynniki decydują o stylu prowadzenia dialogu międzyreligijnego: cechy osobowości (ugodowość i otwartość na doświadczenie) oraz postawy religijne (dojrzała religijność). Formują one atmosferę tolerancji, która jest szczególnie ważna w dialogu, gdyż tworzy wolność religijną, która jest niezbędnym warunkiem dialogu międzyreligijnego. Skuteczność dialogu międzyreligijnego zależy od obecności czynników osobistych i grupowych, które określają jego ostateczny charakter, np. prawdziwa autonomia motywacji religijnej, umi…
Stock Market Integration and the Global Financial Crisis
2014
We study the dynamics of stock market integration and its consequences during the recent financial crisis for twenty-three developed and sixty emerging markets. We find that integration increased slightly for emerging markets but decreased for developed countries during the crisis. Moreover, we argue that the high degree of integration propagated the crisis across the global financial markets at the beginning of the crisis, but it had little effect during the crisis. We also find that integration is mostly affected by financial openness, the institutional environment, and global financial uncertainty but that these determinants vary slightly between emerging and developed markets.
Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle Architecture Is Altered After Exhaustive Stretch-Shortening Cycle Exercise
2019
Muscle architecture is an important component of muscle function, and recent studies have shown changes in muscle architecture with fatigue. The stretch-shortening cycle is a natural way to study human locomotion, but little is known about how muscle architecture is affected by this type of exercise. This study investigated potential changes in medial gastrocnemius (MG) muscle architecture after exhaustive stretch-shortening cycle exercise. Male athletes (n = 10) performed maximal voluntary contractions (MVC) and maximal drop jump (DJ) tests before and after an exercise task consisting of 100 maximal DJs followed by successive rebound jumping to 70% of the initial maximal height. The exerci…
Séisme 2016 et Amatrice: au-delà des représentations sensationnalistes, la recherche-action militante
2021
Dopo il terremoto del 2016-2017, l'Appennino centrale italiano sta attraversando una lunga fase di transizione tra l'urbicidio e la ricostruzione. La riflessione emerge da una ricerca sui processi di ri-territorializzazione della città di Amatrice, nel cuore del cratere del terremoto: un lavoro all'incrocio tra la geografia sociale e culturale, sostenuto da nove mesi di lavoro sul campo. Dopo aver descritto il sistema di gestione dell'emergenza, ci si interroga sulla dimensione di rappresentazione del disastro. Criticando l'iconografia sensazionalista, si descrive l'esperienza di ricerca di Emidio di Treviri, un collettivo di ricerca-azione nato per documentare e analizzare i processi socio…
Beta-decay studies for applied and basic nuclear physics
2020
In this review we will present the results of recent beta-decay studies using the total absorption technique that cover topics of interest for applications, nuclear structure and astrophysics. The decays studied were selected primarily because they have a large impact on the prediction of a) the decay heat in reactors, important for the safety of present and future reactors and b) the reactor electron antineutrino spectrum, of interest for particle/nuclear physics and reactor monitoring. For these studies the total absorption technique was chosen, since it is the only method that allows one to obtain beta decay probabilities free from a systematic error called the Pandemonium effect. The me…
SELVICOLTURA ALPINA E SELVICOLTURA APPENNINICA: ELEMENTI DI CONTATTO E DI DIFFERENZIAZIONE
2009
Riassunto Il rapporto tra boschi e popolazioni locali sulle Alpi come sugli Appennini, seppur in momenti storici differenti, è stato caratterizzato dalla distruzione e sfruttamento intensivo, protrattisi fino alla metà del secolo scorso, cui hanno fatto seguito la ricostituzione sia mediante rimboschimenti sia con il miglioramento dei boschi esistenti. Partendo dai presupposti sui quali si è imperniata l’attività forestale che ha caratterizzato, nel corso degli ultimi cinquant’anni, l’approccio selvicolturale nei due contesti e da una puntuale e documentata analisi, nel lavoro vengono evidenziati gli elementi di differenziazione tra la selvicoltura naturalistica applicata in ambiente alpino…
Trapped Ion Oscillation Frequencies as Sensors for Spectroscopy
2010
The oscillation frequencies of charged particles in a Penning trap can serve as sensors for spectroscopy when additional field components are introduced to the magnetic and electric fields used for confinement. The presence of so-called "magnetic bottles" and specific electric anharmonicities creates calculable energy-dependences of the oscillation frequencies in the radiofrequency domain which may be used to detect the absorption or emission of photons both in the microwave and optical frequency domains. The precise electronic measurement of these oscillation frequencies therefore represents an optical sensor for spectroscopy. We discuss possible applications for precision laser and microw…