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The clinical impact of an extra virgin olive oil enriched mediterranean diet on metabolic syndrome: Lights and shadows of a nutraceutical approach

2022

For years it has been established that the only truly effective treatment of metabolic syndrome (MS) is lifestyle modification to prevent its cardiovascular (e.g., coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis), metabolic (e.g., diabetes mellitus), and hepatic (e.g., steatosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) complications. The focal points of this approach are to increase physical activity and intake of a diet characterized by high quantities of fruits, vegetables, grains, fish, and low-fat dairy products, the so called mediterranean diet (MD); however, the added value of MD is the presence of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), a healthy food with a high content of monounsaturated fatty acids,…

Antioxidant activity of cactus pear fruits and bioavailability of betalan components in healthy humans

2008

Consumption of fruit and vegetables is now associated with protection against various pathologies, including cancer and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, in which oxidative damage is an important etiologic factor. Various compounds from plant food, acting independently of known nutrients and micronutrients, have appeared very important in protecting human health. Most of these components can act as antioxidants or affect redox-dependent cell activities involved both in physiological and pathological events. In this scenery fruits of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica), and the characteristic betalain pigments have recently attracted the attention of researchers. While suggesting m…

Sūnu daudzveidība uz atmirušās koksnes egļu mežos saistībā ar koksnes vecumu un substrāta īpašībām

2015

Atmirusī koksne ir specifisks un dinamisks substrāts. Tā kalpo kā dzīves vide daudzām retām un tieši šim substrātam specifiskām sūnu sugām, kas norāda uz nepieciešamību veikt detalizētus pētījumus par atmirušo koksni kā sūnām nozīmīgu substrātu. Pētījumā salīdzināts sūnu sugu un funkcionālo grupu sastāvs uz dažādiem atmirušās koksnes veidiem (kritalām, stumbeņiem, sausokņiem), analizēta sūnu sugu un funkcionālo grupu bagātība saistībā ar atmirušās koksnes vecumu un substrāta parametriem (izmēri, sadalīšanās pakāpe). Kopumā uz visiem atmirušās koksnes veidiem konstatētas 53 sūnu sugas (40 lapu un 13 aknu sūnas). Novērotas atšķirības sūnu sugu sastāvā starp kritalām un stāvošu atmirušo koksni…

Kształtowanie kompetencji językowych młodszych uczniów w kontekście zapobiegania analfabetyzmowi funkcjonalnemu

2014

Cross-border integration of universities as a possible research topic in border studies

2021

The text deals with the cross-border cooperation of universities as a possible new research topic in border studies. We identified two important associations of universities operating in border areas in the EU core and two associations gathering universities from Czech, Polish and Slovak areas. Then we tried to identify the areas in which these universities cooperate. It turned out that the principal difference is in a significantly higher number of joint study programs. This has probably a link to the high cross-border integration in the EU core. We believe that the topic is promising and deserves much higher attention, as it probably points at new and not really exploited cross-border int…

Migrants and Literacy Crises

2011

International comparisons of levels of literacy have in some countries been interpreted as an indication of a prevailing literacy crisis that demands political actions to avoid negative impact on national competitiveness, democracy, and coherence. Special attention is focused in the Danish crisis discourse on literacy as a reading competence and on migrants who, in particular, have become symbols of the crisis. In this article, the values and beliefs embedded in the political actions taken in the wake of the literacy crisis are analysed and the implications of the functionally based discursive construction of the literacy crisis for migrants are discussed. Based on an understanding of liter…

Cortical networks show characteristic recruitment patterns after somatosensory stimulation by pneumatically evoked repetitive hand movements in newbo…

2022

Abstract Controlled assessment of functional cortical networks is an unmet need in the clinical research of noncooperative subjects, such as infants. We developed an automated, pneumatic stimulation method to actuate naturalistic movements of an infant’s hand, as well as an analysis pipeline for assessing the elicited electroencephalography (EEG) responses and related cortical networks. Twenty newborn infants with perinatal asphyxia were recruited, including 7 with mild-to-moderate hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Statistically significant corticokinematic coherence (CKC) was observed between repetitive hand movements and EEG in all infants, peaking near the contralateral sensorimotor…

Ruolo dell’imaging funzionale nel management delle emorragie cerebrali atipiche: proposta di un protocollo diagnostico derivato dalla sperimentazione…

2005

Functionalized poly(butylene succinate) by nitroxide radical coupling

2014

In recent years there has been a growing interest in developing sustainable alternatives to oil-based plastics. In particular, biodegradable aliphatic polyesters, such as poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and poly(butylene succinate) (PBS), are becoming increasingly important due to their valuable properties including thermoplastic processability and thermo-mechanical properties. Nonetheless, these materials present several drawbacks, such as the lack of reactive functionalities that are limiting their applications, versatility and successful use as commodity plastics. In this work it was investigated for the first time a new method of preparation of functionalized PBS by a post-polymerization approa…

Uso di estratti antiossidanti di crusca di grano duro per ottenere una nuova pasta funzionale con l’approccio di arricchimento “da grano a grano”

2017

La crescente attenzione dei consumatori per gli alimenti funzionali ha stimolato le ricerche su nuovi tipi di pasta ottenuti con ingredienti in grado di migliorarne l’attività antiossidante, il profilo amminoacidico o il contenuto di acidi grassi polinsaturi e fibre, con risultati, però, non sempre soddisfacenti a causa di alterazioni delle proprietà tecnologiche e sensoriali della pasta (consistenza, tenuta alla cottura, odori e sapori inusuali). La crusca di grano duro contiene numerosi composti bioattivi, tra cui fenoli, carotenoidi e tococromanoli, che possono essere estratti con tecnologie green e reintegrati nell’impasto per ottenere prodotti con caratteristiche simili alla pasta trad…