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La domus Augusta in Sicilia: dame imperiali nel paesaggio urbano della prima provincia
2018
The paper deals with the sculptural images of the Iulio-Claudian princesses that were found in SIcily,. Beside iconography, the statuary types, associations and contexts of the portraits are treated, in order to understand the meanings and the role of the honors payed to the domus Augusta by the cities of Roman Sicily in shaping the new cultural landscape of the province after Augustus.
S. Toscano, Tolle Divitem. Etica, Società e Potere nel De Divitiis, Catania, Edizioni del Prisma, 2006
2010
Review of the monograph by S. Toscano that proposes an original interpretation of De Divitiis, a text generally linked to the environment of the Pelagian cells of Sicily.The book is divided into three parts: one focusing on the ideology of wealth; one on De Divitiis' society; the last on power dynamics.
Economic Sustainability of Italian Greenhouse Cherry Tomato
2014
Greenhouse tomato cultivation plays an important role in Sicily, being the primary production area in Italy, due to its favorable pedo-climatic conditions that permit extra-seasonal productions. In Sicily, more than half of greenhouse tomato production is derived from the Province of Ragusa on the southeastern coast, where especially cherry tomato typologies are cultivated. Over the last decade, the Ragusa Province has registered a decrease both in terms of greenhouse tomato area and harvested production due to several structural problems that would require restructuring of the tomato supply chain. Thus, since recognition of real costs and profitability of tomato growing is a vital issue, b…
Quali sono le specie arboree a rapido accrescimento per la Sicilia?
2018
A dispetto dell’uso diffuso massiccio della locuzione “specie a rapido accrescimento”, riferita a specie utilizzate per la produzione di biomassa, mancano ad oggi riferimenti certi che servano a definire le suddette specie. Si consideri, inoltre, che la locuzione è utilizzata, oltre che in articoli e testi tecnici, anche in testi che hanno carattere applicativo e/o costituiscono norme di riferimento come, ad esempio, le misure dei Piani di Sviluppo Rurale. Una definizione ormai datata della FAO (1967), riferita ai paesi in via di sviluppo, riporta: “Fast-growing species are considered as those capable of a mean annual increment of at least 10 cubic meters per hectare”. Nel frattempo, da qua…
Ceramic Production in the Indigenous Settlement of Entella (Western Sicily) During the Archaic Age
2010
Indigenous fine tablewares (both plain and with painted geometric patterns/decorations) were widely diffused in western and central Sicily between the seventh and the fifth centuries BC (Gargini 1995; Spatafora 1996; Trombi 1999; Campisi 2003 However, the considerable recurrence of shapes and decorative subjects inhibits the identification of specific production centres merely on the basis of stylistic and morphological analyses. Therefore, the extent of the distribution of objects manufactured in different workshops cannot be fully appreciated, and the network of ceramic trade in Archaic Sicily is acknowledged only in terms of the relationships between the Phoenician and Greek colonies and…
«DI RICCHE LIBRERIE FORNITI, O NON SANNO, O NON NE VOGLIONO GIOVARSI». NOTE SU CULTURA, EDITORIA E CIRCOLAZIONE LIBRARIA IN SICILIA (SECC. XVIII-XIX)
2015
SOMMARIO: Il saggio ricostruisce le vicende dell’editoria e della tipografia in Sicilia tra tardo Settecento e primo Ottocento, riconnettendole alla questione della circolazione libraria nel delicato frangente contraddistinto dall’espulsione gesuitica e dall’abolizione dell’Inquisizione, sino alla repressione antigiacobina e all’esperienza costituzionale di stampo inglese. L’indubbio rilancio dell’editoria, che nell’isola risponde alle rinnovate esigenze delle élites urbane e al vasto progetto borbonico di riforme, subisce un’inevitabile battuta d’arresto nel 1799, quando la censura, ora saldamente nelle mani del governo, ne impedisce l’ulteriore espansione comprimendo gli spazi di moviment…
Every great wine starts in grapevine nursery. Tendencies and perspectives of Sicilian grapevine nurseries
2010
Grapevine nursery production, strictly-regulated by EU norms, represents the important first step in the wine production process, because it’s able to strongly influence both the quali-quantitative performance of farm investments and the type and the quality of wines, with consequences on profitability. The latest reform of the Common Market Organisation (CMO) for wine took effect on August the 1st 2008 and introduced, among many initiatives oriented towards enhancing the competitiveness of the wine sector, a new voluntary three-year grubbing-up scheme from the 2008/2009 season, achieving a balanced wine market, reducing surplus production and providing an alternative for uncompetitive prod…
Detection of Quaternary tectonic deformations through quantitative morphotectonic analysis in a drainage basin of northern Sicily (Italy)
2012
Applicazioni di radiotracking in Testuggine palustre siciliana
2008
Studying the relationships between hourly precipitation extremes and dewpoint temperature in Sicily.
2019
According to the well-known Clausius-Clapeyron relation, the maximum moisture content of the atmosphere increases with approximately 7% per degree temperature raise (CC-scaling rate). Under the hypothesis that relative humidity does not change, an increase in the water vapor should occur at the same rate. For this reason we could expect for the coming years an increase in the intensity of extreme precipitation as a consequence of the global climate warming. Trend on precipitation extremes and possible links to changes in atmospheric temperature and moisture are investigated in different parts of the world, and a number of observational studies has exhibited scaling rates that are either hig…