304 research outputs found
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
No full textWinner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Winterson, the acclaimed author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God's elect, but as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household crumbles.Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Genesis -- Exodus -- Leviticus -- Numbers -- Deuteronomy -- Joshua -- Judges -- RuthWinner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Winterson, the acclaimed author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God's elect, but as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household crumbles.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
'Lesbian appetites' : food, sexuality and community in feminist autobiography
No full textFood and its emotional and political significance pervades autobiographical writing by lesbians. This article traces the connections between food, sexuality and identity through four exemplary texts - Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Audre Lorde's Zami, Dorothy Allison's 'A Lesbian Appetite' and Anna Livia's 'Tongues or Fingers' - where food is crucial in both defining and contesting lesbian identity, sexuality and community. Food memories and histories are portrayed as constitutive of the self, reaching back to childhood and images of 'home'. On the other hand, they are also related to the social context of class inequalities and gendered hierarchies. Within these autobiographical narratives, food both constitutes and expresses a sense of self, playing a crucial part in the construction of the writers' complex, multi-layered narratives of identity
Microsfere polimeriche e peptidi autoassemblanti come mezzi di veicolazione per cellule staminali e Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) nel miocardio infartuato.
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River rocks and vanishing oranges
No full textRiver Rocks and Vanishing Oranges is a novel set in Southern California, an area that in the first half of the 1900\u27s was the center of the citrus industry for the U.S. The growing, picking and packing of oranges was the primary industry in what today is the Inland Empire. The orange industry flourished in Highland and Redlands until the mid-1960\u27s when the area began its transformation from rural agricultural community to an urban society. The author liked the idea of writing a contemporary story that had this history as its background. She wasn\u27t interested in writing a historical fiction about the citrus industry, but rather about the people who live in the modern end result of that time period. She wanted to show the evolution of the area and of people who lived in these towns filled with acres of orange groves
Chirurgia plastica e cellule staminali: il tessuto adiposo come risorsa per la medicina rigenerativa
No full textCurrent developments in medicine have come to identify strategies that allow the regeneration of tissues affected by pathological phenomena. In this context we find the research on stem cells, which are equipped with the capacity to continue over time and, similarly, to give rise at least to an offspring of completely differentiated and highly specialized cells. In support of the latest advances in regenerative medicine, plastic surgery is playing an ever increasing role. Through the procedures of liposuction, the plastic surgeon provides biologist and clinician with a considerable amount of fat tissue, which is proving an extraordinary source of stem cells, useful both for plastic surgery and other fields of medicine. Adipose-derived stem cells have shown a very considerable differentiation potential. Furthermore, their easiness of taking and their abundance in the human body, makes them a potential tool with extraordinary effectiveness in tissue repairing. We already have experiences documenting that these cells have been successfully used in otorhinolaryngology, for the reconstruction of the vocal cords, in orthopedic surgery for bone defects filling, in neurosurgery, for the repair of cerebrospinal fluid loss, in colo-rectal surgery, which used the graft of adipose tissue for the treatment of sphincterial incompetence. In plastic surgery the most significant results were achieved in the treatment of radiodermatitis lesions, ulcers and for the breast reconstruction and augmentation. The purpose of this review is to examine the literature about the usefulness of adipose tissue as a source of stem cells and evaluate the studies which have already tried their use in regenerative medicine, with particular reference to plastic surgery
HEAD AND NECK CANCER IN ELDERLY PATIENTS: IS MICROSURGICAL FREE-TISSUE TRANSFER A SAFE PROCEDURE?
No full textThe safety and success of microvascular transfer have been well documented in the general population, but the good results achieved with the use of free flaps in elderly patients have received little attention. This study sought to identify differences in complications, morbidity and functional outcomes between elderly (≥ 75 years) and younger (< 75 years) patients treated surgically for advanced head and neck cancer using the Head and Neck 35 module of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire.
Patient treatment consisted of composite resection, including excision of the primary tumour with ipsilateral or bilateral neck dissection and microvascular reconstruction. Eighty-five microvascular tissue transfers were performed to reconstruct major surgical defects. Postoperative radiation therapy was performed when indicated. Total flap loss occurred in three cases in elderly patients and two cases in younger patients. The rates of major surgical complication were 9% in young patients and 11% in elderly patients. No significant difference was observed between the two groups in the rates of major and minor flap complications, morbidity or long-term functional outcome. The results of the present analysis indicate that free-flap microvascular reconstruction can be considered a safe procedure in elderly patients with head and neck cancer
Study of the shelf-life of cured cv Tarocco oranges by sensory and physicochemical parameters
No full textPhysical treatments at temperatures > 30 degrees C and RH > 90% (curing) are useful to limit fungal attacks on citrus fruits post-harvest. In order to evaluate the effect of such treatment on the shelf-life of fruits, cv Tarocco oranges were subjected to curing under various time-temperature combinations and then kept at 8 degrees C and 90% RH for 60 days. Sensory and physicochemical parameters were determined for samples (fresh, at the end of curing, after 20, 40 and 60 days). At the end of the trial, no fungal attacks were detected on fruits. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed differences between fresh and 60 day stored samples. Damage on fruits was proportional to the heat damage of curing. Sensory and physicochemical variables provided different information. The former discriminate samples along the first PC, where the descriptors juiciness, acid and aroma are associated with fresh. Colour differences Delta E, Hunter's parameter a (red-green component) and acidity discriminate samples along the second P
How effective is the EU Entry Price System for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables?
No full textThe EU protects EU growers of 15 kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables against international competition not only by the means of ad valorem tariffs of up to 20%, but also by the EU entry-price system (EPS), which is designed to restrict imports below the product-specific, politically designated entry price level. This study investigates the influence of the EPS on import prices of fruits and vegetables per product and country of origin. We utilise a unique data set comprising about 60,000 observations of daily synthetic import prices. We develop two indicators for the effectiveness of the EPS, which serve as variables in a cluster analysis identifying four classes differing in the relevance of the EPS. Results suggest that the relevance of the EPS is heterogeneous among products as well as countries of origin for most fruits and vegetables. Thus, an adequate assessment of the importance of the EPS requires not only a product-specific but also a country-specific analysis. Overall, our results indicate that the effectiveness of the EPS is highest for the import of artichokes, courgettes, cucumbers, lemons, plums and tomatoes. The influence of the EPS on apples, clementines and pears is significantly lower, and of least relevance for EU imports of apricots, mandarins, oranges, peaches and nectarines and table grapes. The EPS has the greatest effect on countries which neighbour the EU, whereas it is of minor importance for exports from far-away countries with the exception of China and South Africa.threshold cointegration, spatial price transmission, vector error correction model, Agricultural and Food Policy, Demand and Price Analysis,
Rinocheilognatoschisi monolaterale: approccio globale alla dismorfia della punta nasale
No full textThe correction of nasal tip deformities, always combined with cleft lip, so that some authors the prefere the term rynocheilognatoschisis, is one of the most difficult and controversial issues in plastic surgery procedures for face malformation.The nose is a crucial feature in the harmony of the face and there is a vast literature on the numerous surgical corrective techniques, concerning both methodologies and timing. As a regards the time of correction we divide rhinoplasty into: primary rhinoplasty, performed at the time of primary lip surgery repair, intermediate rhinoplasty, performed between first and second childhood and final rhinoplasty, performed after completion of the development of the face. The purpose of this paper is to describe the pathological anatomy of nasal deformities in unilateral rinocheilognatoschisis and to illustrate the global methodology implemented by the Bologna school, made up of three distinct phases of treatment: pre-surgical modeling, surgery and post-surgical shaping.It aims to describe how the treatment of nasal deformities combined with cleft lip has been developed in the Bologna school over the last twenty years, through the analysis of functional and aesthetic results achieved in the treatment of 70 clinical cases, from 1988 to data, in the Center for Dismorphopaties Plastic Surgery/Center for the Treatment of Malformations.The main objective of the article is to compare the results achieved through the global technique with those obtained through the merely surgical traditional procedure used in the past.On the basis of the data obtained we can conclude that an early use of pre-surgical procedures and of their surgical variant currently applied in the Bologna school has allowed to achieve very good both on functional and aesthetic level. These procedures have actually resulted in a series of short and long term benefits, which mainly concern the correction of nose/lip/ labial deformities, and have significantly reduced complexity and invasiveness of secondary corrective surgery, which can thus be performed on a more stable and symmetric background. Finally they have also reduced the price to be paid in terms of residual scars, length of stay in hospital and surgery morbidity. These results are optimized by Psychological Assistance that influence in determining the future life in terms of adaptation and social interaction, appearance, self-esteem, emotional conditioning, behavioural and even cognitive, conditioning therefore, in a positive way, the quality of life of young patients and their families
The Effects of Huanglongbing on Florida Oranges
No full textThis tri-fold brochure offers commercial citrus growers and other stakeholders’ succinct details about the effects of HLB, and presents important facts of HLB’s history in Florida, illustrated descriptions, and details regarding HLB’s effects on fruit yield, appearance, and quality. Includes author contact information. Written by Michelle Danyluk, Timothy M. Spann, Russell Rouseff, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, and Charlie Sims and published by the UF Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, January 2011. Digital edition issued March 2011.
FSHN11-08/FS169: The Effects of Huanglongbing on Florida Oranges (ufl.edu
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