Search results for "mediterranea"

Reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire among pregnant women in a Mediterranean area

2013

Background: Studies exploring the role of diet during pregnancy are still scarce, in part due to the complexity of measuring diet and to the lack of valid instruments. The aim of this study was to examine the reproducibility and validity (against biochemical biomarkers) of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) in pregnant women. Methods: Participants were 740 pregnant women from a population-based birth cohort study in Valencia (INMA Study). We compared nutrient and food intakes from FFQs estimated for two periods of pregnancy (reproducibility), and compared energy-adjusted intake of several carotenoids, folate, vitamin B12, vitamin C and a-tocopherol of the FFQ in the firs…

La Corona d'Aragona nel Mediterraneo: precedenti e conseguenze della migrazione albanese nell'italia meridionale aragonese

2018

Political, economic and military framework of the Albanian immigration in Sicily in the 15th Century. The Crown of Aragon plays a leading role in the Western politics towards Othman expansion and conquest in the Balcans, together with the Italian merchant cities. The article describes the premises of the support given by Alfonso the Magnanimous to the Albanian resistence leaded by Giorgio Skanderbeg and to the immigration of Albanian people to Southern Italy after the Othman conquest of their land.

Mediterranean transcriptions in Sicily

2014

In Sicilia, terra di confronto e d’incontro tra culture, la migrazione e la mutazione si pongono come condizioni essenziali per la costruzione di quella sintesi espressa nello stupefacente palinsesto culturale offerto dall’orizzonte mediterraneo. Si tratta di una sintesi del tutto originale che, grazie all’attitudine all’ascolto, ha spesso fatto tesoro della compresenza di contrasti stridenti, ricomponendoli in inedite unità. I luoghi “mediterranei” di Sicilia, luoghi del paradosso per eccellenza, vivono di questi contrasti e ci mostrano la loro forza essenziale nel rivelare quella particolare circolarità temporale che li permea, che li ha strutturati nel tempo e nello spazio e che consente…

Spazio ritmo e tempo. La costruzione di un archivio mediterraneo

2014

Multifunctional role of medicinal and aromatic plants: Perspectives and constraints

2008

Multifunctionality is one of the newest claims addressed to agricultural practices, that are nowadays requested to overpass their classical role to furnish food and fibers for human needs, also addressing to the fulfillment of other human necessities, such as to accomplish recreational services and to give a contribute for environmental safeguard. Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) may be an important tool for the advancement of agricultural practice towards multifunctionality: they represent a mean for crop (and economical) diversification, contribute to land valorization by means of their aesthetical value, may fit into integrated agro-industrial pathways, may give raw matters and inter…

Trophic niche features influence microplastic ingestion in Mediterranean fish species

2022

Widespread microplastic (MP) contamination in the marine environment has raised global concern in the last decade. Scientific evidence of the adverse effects of MP on organisms is growing fast and there is urgent need to fulfil the knowledge gaps about the trophic drivers that lead to such contamination processes and resulting impacts. Fish are considered good bioindicators of MP contamination due to their easy availability, high ecological and commercial value, however our understanding of how trophic niche influences MP ingestion is limited. Here, we investigated the occurrence and abundance of MP in the gastrointestinal tract of 8 commercial fish species (Boops boops, Engraulis encrasico…

Unlocking human trafficking and smuggling/trade networks between Libya and Italy

2016

The essay deals with the flux of migrants from Libya to Italy as put forward and organized by a network of criminal organizations. Their modus operandi is analyzed.

Introduction. Social Work with newcomers: entering into the field

2021

For about thirty years, Sicily has assumed the role of a gateway from Africa to Europe, acting as a bridge between cultures, ethnic groups and religions. When we talk about immigration in Sicily, therefore, we are referring to a structural reality, which the island's inhabitants have generally accepted with a sense of hospitality and openness. It is an interesting observation point from which it is possible to look at the social and political implications generated by immigration movements in the understanding of contemporary migration phenomena.

Taxonomy and conservation ofPancratium maritimum(Amaryllidaceae) and relatives in the Central Mediterranean

2015

Pancratium maritimum L. (Amaryllidaceae) is a geophyte occurring in the Mediterranean region, from the Black Sea to part of the Atlantic coast. This plant is receiving much attention from the international scientific community due to its value as a bioindicator, the potential industrial value of its chemical compounds, and its use as a commercial ornamental plant. Plant morphometry and sequences of three plastid DNA regions (rbcL, matK, trnH-psbA) were used to assess the phenotypic and genetic variability of this taxon and its closest congeneric species (in particular Pancratium linosae, from the volcanic island of Linosa) in the Central Mediterranean (Sicily, Tunisia and surrounding island…

Late Pleistocene vertebrate - bearing deposits at San Teodoro Cave (North-Eastern Sicily): Preliminary data on faunal diversification and chronology

2008

Abstract This paper deals with the chronology and the possible correlations among levels of different excavated areas in the Pleistocene vertebrate-bearing deposits at the large San Teodoro Cave (North-Eastern Sicily). Two trenches have been excavated along the eastern side of the cave, located at a distance from the entrance, respectively, of 8 m ( α trench) and 28 m ( β trench) and at different depths. Lithological features, biometrical data from small mammals and ecological data from molluscs point to similar environmental conditions for the α trench deposits and those located along the eastern wall of the cave in the eastern part of the β trench. The same evidence, and the taphonomic fe…