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Il giardino sensoriale per malati d'Alzheimer - Rsa Fontenuovo - Perugia
No full textL’idea di progettare il Giardino Sensoriale di Fontenuovo nasce dal concetto di creare un luogo per i malati di Alzheimer che rispetti il principio “della massima libertà nel massimo controllo”. L’evoluzione di tale malattia porta, infatti, ad una graduale e sempre più grave estraniazione dall’ambiente ed alla perdita di consapevolezza del proprio corpo: in ciò risiede la grande difficoltà dei malati, di riconoscere ed usare lo spazio e gli oggetti circostanti (Valla, 2002). L’obiettivo del progetto è stato quello di dotare la struttura sanitaria di Fontenuovo di un healing garden che potesse essere fruito dai ospiti del Nucleo Alzheimer della struttura, per supportarli anche psicologicamente nella loro quotidianità. Esso è nato con l’intento di stimolare i cinque sensi, con colori, profumi, sapori, suoni e superfici di diverso tipo ed ha previsto la predisposizione di percorsi sinuosi, soste, punti di riferimento e l’inserimento ponderato di specie vegetali (Ranfa et al., 2014
HEALING GARDEN FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: A CASE OF GREEN THERAPY IN UMBRIA REGION (CENTRAL ITALY)
No full textThroughout history it has been recognised that Nature satisfies not only human nutrition requirements, but also man’s pyscho-physical well-being. ‘Healing gardens’, designed to stimulate sensory interaction between patient and the natural environment, arose from this concept. This paper illustrates the creation of a healing garden for Alzheimer patients, for whom physical surroundings can take on therapeutic value. The garden was laid out in five areas with different characteristics so as to act as a stimulus for subjects with cognitive disabilities, with particular attention being paid to the choice of plant species, flowering periods, foliage colour and clearly-defined visitor reference points
The Role of Edible Wild Plants in Human Nutrition: Ethnobotanical Uses and Nutritional Properties. The Case Study of Umbria, Central Italy
No full textThis chapter deals the importance of edible wild plants as regards not only the ethnobotanical uses but also their value in human nutrition. Particularly in the past, these species played an important supporting role in daily nutrition and provided a balanced intake of oligoelements, vitamins and minerals. However, aspects that have attracted recent interest are the nutraceutical properties of these species and the health benefits that derive from their habitual consumption. Data on the use of 60 species were collected through informed consent ad hoc semi-structured interviews with local informants. Furthermore, the nutraceutical analysis centered on some of the commonly used wild edible plants demonstrates how these species contain many of the so-called minor nutrients, such as antioxidant vitamins and polyphenol
Ethnobotanical knowledge and nutritional properties of two edible wild plants from Central Italy: <i>Tordylium apulum</i> L. and <i>Urospermum dalechampii</i> (L.) F.W. Schmid
Full text linkEdible wild plants have provided an important source of food since time immemorial and have continued to do so until the present day. The study aimed to evaluate ethnobotanical uses and nutraceutical properties of Tordylium apulum L. and Urospermum dalechampii (L.) F.W. Schmidt. The ethnobotanical data collected showed that knowledge of these two species was not limited to alimentary use, but also included folk medicinal properties. Data obtained by nutraceutical analysis demonstrated how these species contain many of the so-called minor nutrients, such as carotenoids, tocopherol, and polyphenols. Furthermore in a comparison with some cultivated species, these species showed higher calcium, iron, and phosphorus values. T. apulum also showed significant vitamin A, polyphenol and ORAC values
Gestione del verde in ambito archeologico e storico
No full textIl legame tra la presenza di specie vegetali nei siti archeologici e storici e gli ambienti stessi, si può inquadrare in un ambito ecologico-urbano a valenza più ampia in cui i rapporti di insediamento e diffusione dei vegetali, sono determinate da regole biologico - naturalistiche ed ambientali (Gaudio, 1997/1999; Fazio, 2008). Particolare da non trascurare è l’influenza che il microclima dei siti archeologici esercita sulle specie vegetali, determinate dal particolare microhabitat delle mura (Lisci & Pacini, 1993), dai vari reperti marmorei e lastricati che inoltre, surriscaldandosi, danno origine ad ambienti spesso fortemente limitanti per la xericità, la mancanza di un substrato edafico maturo e la scarsità di nutrienti. Sulla composizione floristica influisce indirettamente anche l’afflusso dei turisti che involontariamente si rendono vettori di specie attraverso organuli vegetali (frutti, semi, parti di pianta, ecc.), contribuendo alla dispersione delle specie vegetali (Lucchese & Pignatti, 2009).
La gestione di questi siti, comunque, riveste importanza elevata sia in termini conservazionistici dei ruderi stessi sia per l’impatto visivo che la composizione floristica può avere nei visitatori (Caneva & Ceschin, 2
Plant phenological observations in rural and industrial central Italy areas
No full textThe physiological stress caused by particular pollution conditions can result in phenological phase shifts that can include a block in vegetative or reproductive development. The main aim of the present study was to determine and analyse the mean development trends of some winter deciduous species in comparison to the climate tendencies, as calculated within two phenological gardens in the Arezzo and Perugia areas of central Italy. Moreover, a phenological comparison between the guide species of the two phenological gardens, one located in an industrial area, and the other in a farming area, was carried out. The phenological evidences showed significant phase displacements for the common guide species present in both the gardens which however may be explained by the meteorological performances above all in the Perugia not polluted area. In these terms, there were no evident phenological effects on the plants from the industrial area pollutants in the Arezzo garden. Moreover, also the temperature reduction tendencies at the end of spring not influenced significantly the phenological behaviours of the plant species not inducing them toward a predictable delay of reproductive and adult leaves phases
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Bioactive compounds and antioxidant characterization of three edible wild plants traditionally consumed in the Umbria Region (Central Italy): <i>Bunias erucago</i> L. (corn rocket), Lactuca perennis L. (mountain lettuce) and Papaver rhoeas L. (poppy)
Full text linkThe leaves of three edible wild plants, Bunias erucago L. (Corn rocket), Lactuca perennis L. (Mountain lettuce) and Papaver rhoaes L. (Poppy) were analysed for their proximate composition, some nutraceutical components and total antioxidant capacity. The protein levels ranged from 2.7 to 4.1 g/100 g of the edible portion. The range of dietary fibre content was 3.8 to 6.4 g/100 g of the edible portion. The amount of ash, carbohydrate and lipid ranged from 1.7 to 1.9, 3.3 to 4.4 and 0.22to 0.45 g/100 g of the edible portion, respectively. Lipids consisted mainly of polyunsaturated fatty acids with the highest value for the Bunias erucago L. (71.8 % of total fatty acids) and Lactuca perennis L. (70.0 %). Potassium (374.0-521.0 mg/100 g) and calcium (204.8-331.8 mg/100 g) were the most representative macro-elements in the species studied. The values of vitamin E, b-carotene and total vitamin C are included in the range from 0.91 to 2.61 mg/100 g, from 1,957 to 2,631 mg/100 g and from 19.2 to 31.0 mg/100 g, respectively. Our results showed that the total antioxidant capacity performed by the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) method, which ranges from 27.2 to 63.7 μmol TE/g, is highly justifiable by the high content of phenolic compounds (159-246 mg GAE/100 g)
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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