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METODI FISICO E BIOLOGICO DI IDENTIFICAZIONE DI ALIMENTI IRRADIATI CONTENENTI CELLULOSA ATTRAVERSO L'USO DELLA DNA COMET ASSAY E DELLE SPETTROSCOPIA …

2013

CULTURA ORGANIZZATIVA E CAMBIAMENTO NELLE PUBBLICHE AMMINISTRAZIONI. IL CASO DELL'ACCORPAMENTO TRA AGENZIA DELLE ENTRATE E AGENZIA DEL TERRITORIO

ESPLORAZIONE DELLA CULTURA ORGANIZZATIVA DELL'AGENZIA DELL'ENTRATE A 15 ANNI DALLA SUA ISTITUZIONE E IN SEGUITO ALL'ACCORPAMENTO CON L'EX AGENZIA DEL TERRITORIO. RILEVAZIONE, ATTRAVERSO STRUMENTI DI INDAGINE QUANTITATIVA E QUALITATIVA,DI EVENTUALI PUNTI DI CONTATTO E/O DIFFERENZE, CON UN FOCUS RELATIVO ALLA PERCEZIONE SULLO STATO DELL'ARTE DELL'INTEGRAZIONE TRA I DUE ENTI

Comisión de Test: veinticinco años velando por la calidad de los test

2022

[ES]El objetivo del presente trabajo es mostrar las actividades y proyectos llevados a cabo por la Comisión de Test del Consejo General de Psicología de España para mejorar la calidad y el uso de los test. Se repasan los proyectos más relevantes de la comisión durante sus veinticinco años de existencia, describiendo los trabajos llevados a cabo para a) conocer las opiniones y actitudes de los psicólogos hacia los test, b) evaluar la calidad de los test editados en España, y c) desarrollar estándares, directrices y códigos éticos y deontológicos que mejoren la práctica de los test. También se resaltan otras actividades de la comisión de carácter formativo, así como sus relaciones con otras o…

Artesunate derived from traditional Chinese medicine induces DNA damage and repair.

2008

Abstract Artesunate is a semisynthetic derivative from artemisinin, a natural product from the Chinese herb Artemisia annua L. It exerts antimalarial activity, and, additionally, artemisinin and its derivatives are active against cancer cells. The active moiety is an endoperoxide bridge. Its cleavage leads to the formation of reactive oxygen species and carbon-centered radicals. These highly reactive molecules target several proteins in Plasmodia, which is thought to result in killing of the microorganism. DNA damage induced by artemisinins has not yet been described. Here, we show that artesunate induces apoptosis and necrosis. It also induces DNA breakage in a dose-dependent manner as sho…

Use of HepG2 cell line for direct or indirect mutagens screening: comparative investigation between comet and micronucleus assays.

2003

International audience; In the present study, DNA-damage and clastogenic or aneugenic effects of genotoxic compounds were examined in a metabolically competent human cell line (HepG2 cells) using the micronucleus and the comet assays. Compounds with various action mechanisms were tested: direct mutagens such as 4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide (4-NQO) and methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) and indirect mutagens requiring biotransformation to be active such as N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF). The compounds were first tested for cytotoxicity by measuring their effects on RNA synthesis inhibition in HepG2 cells. 4-NQO, B[a]P and 2-AAF were the most po…

Modulating effects of humic acids on genotoxicity induced by water disinfectants in Cyprinus carpio

2005

The use of chlorinated disinfectants during drinking-water production has been shown to generate halogenated compounds as a result of interactions of humic acids with chlorine. Such chlorinated by-products have been shown to induce genotoxic effects and consumption of chlorinated drinking-water has been correlated with increased risk for cancer induction in human populations. The aim of this work was to test the potential genotoxic effects on circulating erythrocytes of the fish Cyprinus carpio exposed in vivo to well-waters disinfected with sodium hypochlorite (NaClO), chlorine dioxide (ClO2) or peracetic acid (CH3COO2H, PAA), in the absence or presence of standard humic acids (HA). The ef…

Essential oils of Salvia bracteata and Salvia rubifolia from Lebanon: Chemical composition, antimicrobial activity and inhibitory effect on human mel…

2009

Aim of the study: Salvia bracteata Banks et Sol. and Salvia rubifolia Boiss. are known in folk medicine of Lebanon for the treatment of microbial infections, cancer, urinary and pulmonary problems. In the present study the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils from aerial parts of Salvia bracteata and Salvia rubifolia collected in Lebanon were evaluated. The oils were also tested for their potential antiproliferative effects against M14 human melanoma cells. Material and methods: The oils were studied by GC and GC-MS and their antibacterial activity (MIC and MBC) was tested against ten bacteria species using the broth dilution method. The inhibitory effect on hum…

Validación del cuestionario holandés de comportamiento alimentario (DEBQ-C) para su uso en niños españoles

2011

Introduction: The Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire for children was developed by Van Strien and Oosterveld (2008) to measure three different eating behaviors (emotional eating, restrained eating and external eating); it is an adaptation of the DEBQ for adults. Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze the psychometric properties of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire for Children (DEBQ-C) with a Spanish sample. Method: The DEBQ-C was administered to 473 children (240 boys and 233 girls), from 10 to 14 years old. The sample included a Clinical Overweight Group (COG; n = 81) comprising children who were receiving weight loss treatments, a Non Clinical Overweight Group (NCOG, …

Ein automatisches viskosimeter zur flüssigkeitschromatographie

1968

Eine Viskosimeterapparatur wird beschrieben, die ein automatisches sukzessives Einfullen und Meessen von Flussigkeiten erlaubt. Bei chromatographischen Prozessen ermoglicht es das Gerat, auser der bisher ublichen Verfolgung der Konzentration auch das Molekulargewicht des gelosten Stoffes im Eluat zu bestimmen. Fur eine Elutionsgeschwindigkeit von 1 ml/min ist es moglich, das mittlere viskosimetrische Molekulargewicht in Intervallen von jeweils 2 ml oder auch 1 ml fur den gesamten Elutionsvorgang anzugeben. A viscometer system is described, which allows automatic successive loading and measuring of liquids. For chromatographic columns the apparatus can registrate not only the concentration b…

Genotoxicity of citrus wastewater in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and efficiency of heterogeneous photocatalysis by TiO(2).

2012

Abstract The presence of (±)α-pinene, (+)β-pinene, (+)3-carene, and R-(+)limonene terpenes in wastewater of a citrus transformation factory was detected and analyzed, in a previous study, by using Solid Phase Micro-extraction (SPME) followed by GC analyses. Purpose of that research was to compare the genotoxic responses of mixtures of terpenes with the genotoxicity of the individual compounds, and the biological effects of actual wastewater. Genotoxicity was evaluated in the Salmonella reversion assay (Ames test) and in V79 cells by Comet assay. Ames tests indicated that the four single terpenes did not induce an increase of revertants frequency. On the contrary, the mixtures of terpenes ca…