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Preliminary data on systematics and biogeography of Bufo bufo in the Western Mediterranean

2008

City gates of Augustodunum and their architectural models (Gaul, Italy, Western Provinces of the Roman Empire)

2012

Augustodunum, civitas Aeduorum, roman city founded under the reign of Augustus, was equipped with four roman city gates : the gate of Arroux and the gate of Saint André, both well preserved, the gate of Saint Andoche which sole remaining part is a flanking tower, and the gate of Rome, destroyed long ago.The heart of this study lies in the stratigraphic reading of those gates structure and in thoughts about the building site of Autun’s city gates operating process. Moreover, since the 16th century, antiquaries, travelers and artists have described in many ways their visits to the roman city gates of Autun. These accounts constitute a major documentary collection of written and iconographical…

Paliotti d’altare in fili di paglia delle chiese cappuccine della Sicilia occidentale

2018

Degna di nota è l’abilità di alcuni religiosi francescani nell’eseguire opere ornate con fili e frammenti di paglia, materiale povero per eccellenza, facilmente flessibile e dal colore simile all’oro. Pochi nomi emergono nel panorama artistico siciliano relativamente alla lavorazione di paliotti d’altare ornati con tale materiale, uno di questi è Padre Antonino da Bisacquino, ma meritano di venire alla ribalta insieme alle loro creazioni. Very interesting is the ability of some Franciscan religious in executing works adorned with threads and straw fragments, a poor material, easily flexible and with a color similar to gold. Few names emerge in the Sicilian artistic panorama regarding the cr…

Geodetic and geological evidences of activetectonics in western Sicily (Italy): insights onthe seismogenic source of the 1968 Beliceearthquake sequen…

2013

The night between the January 14th and 15th 1968, a wide area of western Sicily (Italy) was shaken by a strong earthquake, the main shock of a seismic crisis that hit the region until the January 25th. The disastrous event, that is the strongest seismic event recorded in Western Sicily in historical times, caused about 370 deaths and the destruction of many villages facing the Belice river valley, which was the epicentral area for this unexpected natural disaster. The seismic sequence consisted of a main shock with M=5.9 and a series of pre-shock and aftershocks that were clustered along a NE-SW alignment. Focal planes solutions provided by many authors in the last decades show controversia…

The majolica production of Northern central Sicily (16th - 18th Century AD): Archaeometric evidence

2007

Architetture lignee per lo spettacolo tra XVII e XVIII secolo a Palermo (Theatral wooden architectures in Palermo during XVIII and XIX centuries)

2016

La realizzazione di architetture per lo spettacolo, stabili o temporanee, interamente realizzate in legno fu una consuetudine sette-ottocentesca diffusa sia in molte grandi città europee sia in centri di minori. Anche a Palermo anfiteatri, teatri-circo e casotti occuparono anche a lungo le piazze del centro storico e grandi edifici "contenitori" pubblici o di facoltosi cittadini, ospitando giochi equestri, spettacoli con animali esotici. La connotazione temporanea suggeriva l'uso del legno a costruttori e progettisti: realizzate rapidamente, potevano con semplicità essere smontate e riproposte altrove. Sebbene si trattasse di "architetture provvisorie", era necessario che fossero non solo s…

Diagnostic follow-up of blood donors with indeterminate results to Western Blot for HIV infection in Palermo, Sicily

2002

27,343 blood donors, were tested for HIV infection at the Poli- clinico of Palermo in the period 1999-2001 by using a com- mercial ELISA as screening test and a commercial Western Blot (WB) as confirmatory test. HIV infection was detected in two subjects, whereas five individuals reacted faintly at the screening and tested indeterminate at the confirmatory test showing the presence of only one band for gp41 (four cases) or p24 (one case). A one year follow-up was performed in these patients. All donors but one, spontaneously seroreverted during the follow-up; the only one who persisted as WB inde- terminate, tested also negative for HIV RNA by PCR assay at the end of follow-up. In conclusio…

Showdown in South America: James Scrymser, John Pender, and United States–British Cable Competition

2004

The British dominated the world's submarine cable business over the second half of the nineteenth century, but they encountered significant challenges in the 1880s and 1890s—especially from James Scrymser, an upstart entrepreneur from New York. Scrymser exploited a strategic gap in the cable system in the Western Hemisphere and became locked in a confrontation along the west coast of South America with John Pender, the leading British cable magnate. Scrymser gained the upper hand in Chile by outmaneuvering Pender and used this victory to expand his operations with the telegraph network that linked South America, North America, and Europe.

The Euro Area Crisis; Need for a Supranational Fiscal Risk Sharing Mechanism?

2013

The aim of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of risk sharing mechanisms in the euro area and whether a supranational fiscal risk sharing mechanism could insure countries against very severe downturns. Using an unbalanced panel of 15 euro area countries over the period 1979–2010, the results of the paper show that: (i) the effectiveness of risk sharing mechanisms in the euro area is significantly lower than in existing federations (such as the U.S. and Germany) and (ii) it falls sharply in severe downturns just when it is needed most; (iii) a supranational fiscal stabilization mechanism, financed by a relatively small contribution, would be able to fully insure euro area countries …

Labor Market Flexibility and Unemployment: New Empirical Evidence of Static and Dynamic Effects

2012

The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between labor market flexibility and unemployment outcomes. Using a panel of 97 countries from 1985 to 2008, the results of the paper suggest that improvements in labor market flexibility have a statistically and significant negative impact on unemployment outcomes (over unemployment, youth unemployment, and long-term unemployment). Among the different labor market flexibility indicators analyzed, hiring and firing regulations and hiring costs are found to have the strongest effect.