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Le «buone letture». 2. Giovanni Casati
No full textIl saggio è costituito da due parti, la prima delle quali, dedicata alla fondazione della Federazione italiana delle biblioteche circolanti cattoliche, è stata pubblicata nel precedente numero dei «Nuovi Annali», XXVII (2013), pp. 137-163. In questa seconda parte viene delineata la figura intellettuale di Giovanni Casati, che diresse la «Rivista di letture» dal 1912 al 1944, trasformando il periodico della Federazione in una rivista impegnata nella divulgazione della cultura cattolica. A questo impegno militante Casati fece corrispondere un intenso programma editoriale, che trovò espressione nella pubblicazione di saggi letterari, di manuali e opere repertoriali.The study consists of two parts; the first is dedicated to the history of the Federazione italiana delle biblioteche circolanti cattoliche since its foundation (1904) up to 1912 and was published in the previous volume of the «Nuovi Annali », XXVII (2013), pp. 137-163. In this second part, the author outlines the intellectual figure of Giovanni Casati, who directed the «Rivista di letture» from 1912 to 1944, transforming the magazine of the Federation in a journal engaged in the spreading of Catholic culture. To this militant engagement Casati matched an intense publishing program, which found its expression in the publication of literary essays, manuals and reference works
Comico e tragico del diritto nella novellistica italiana: il novelliere di Giovanni Sercambi
No full textNelle novelle di età tardomedievale ed umanistica, a causa del loro carattere fortemente realistico, il diritto ha un posto importante, poiché rappresenta un elemento centrale e ineliminabile della vita della comunità. Il novelliere di Giovanni Sercambi da Lucca non fa eccezione, anche se l’autore non ha una cultura giuridica né s’interessa in modo specifico al diritto. Il presente saggio vuole analizzare sotto tale profilo queste novelle per verificare quale concezione del diritto emerge da esse e come la narrazione ne risulti arricchita.In the late medieval and humanistic novellas, owing to their very realistic character, the right is an important central and inevitable element in community life. Giovanni Sercambi’s novelliere is no exception even if the author lacks a legal culture, nor is specifically interested in right. This essay intends to analyze these novellas under this profile to verify what kind of right they consider and how the stories are enriched
Management of oral chronic pharmacotherapy in patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure
No full textAcute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is the most common cause of cardiovascular hospitalization. The presentation is characterized by different clinical profiles due to various underlying causes, volume balance and tissue perfusion status. Currently, a variety of pharmacological therapies, including diuretics, betablockers, ACE-inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers and digoxin, are usually prescribed in order to treat chronic heart failure (HF) syndromes caused by left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Despite the large number ofHF patients with frequent hospitalizations for decompensation, only a fewstudies have evaluated the management of oral chronic therapies in the clinical setting of ADHF. This article summarizes the information derived from the few published trials on this subject and a therapeutic approach is suggested with respect to the continuation, dose modification or suspension of oral medications. © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved
Bird presence vegetation complexity data in Melbourne, Australia. Data created in 2018 by Giovanni Carrabs.
No full textBird presence and vegetation complexity data from Melbourne, Australia. Data created for a university thesis project and publication in 2018. Author: Giovanni Carrabs.</p
Chapter Atto biografo di Giovanni Gualberto
No full textThe paper examines the Vita s. Iohannis Gualberti by Atto, reconstructing its genesis and fortune. Probably the author wrote this hagiography when he was abbot and before becoming bishop of Pistoia. He re-elaborated the Life of the saint by Andrea of Strumi, adapting it to a changed historical and ecclesiastical context. The text was successful among the Vallombrosan Order and it was used by later hagiographers to create epitomes and rewritings of the Life of Giovanni Gualberto
Activity of AMP2041 against human and animal multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates
No full textBackground: Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to public health. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a relevant
pathogen causing human and animal infections, frequently displaying high levels of resistance to commonly used
antimicrobials. The increasing difficulty to develop new effective antibiotics have discouraged investment in this area
and only a few new antibiotics are currently under development. An approach to overcome antibiotic resistance
could be based on antimicrobial peptides since they offer advantages over currently used microbicides.
Methods: The antimicrobial activity of the synthetic peptide AMP2041 was evaluated against 49 P. aeruginosa clinical
strains with high levels of antimicrobial resistance, isolated from humans (n = 19) and animals (n = 30). In vitro activity
was evaluated by a microdilution assay for lethal dose 90% (LD90), while the activity over time was performed by
time-kill assay with 12.5 μg/ml of AMP2014. Evidences for a direct membrane damage were investigated on P. aeruginosa
ATCC 27853 reference strain, on animal isolate PA-VET 38 and on human isolate PA-H 24 by propidium iodide and
on P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853 by scanning electron microscopy.
Results: AMP2041 showed a dose-dependent activity, with a mean (SEM) LD90 of 1.69 and 3.3 μg/ml for animal
and human strains, respectively. AMP2041 showed microbicidal activity on P. aeruginosa isolates from a patient with
cystic fibrosis (CF) and resistance increased from first infection isolate (LD90 = 0.3 μg/ml) to the mucoid phenotype
(LD90 = 10.4 μg/ml). The time-kill assay showed a time-dependent bactericidal effect of AMP2041 and LD90 was
reached within 20 min for all the strains. The stain-dead assay showed an increasing of membrane permeabilization and
SEM analysis revealed holes, dents and bursts throughout bacterial cell wall after 30 min of incubation with AMP2041.
Conclusions: The obtained results assessed for the first time the good antimicrobial activity of AMP2041 on P. aeruginosa
strains of human origin, including those deriving from a CF patient. We confirmed the excellent antimicrobial
activity of AMP2041 on P. aeruginosa strains derived from dog otitis. We also assessed that AMP2041 antimicrobial activity
is linked to changes of the P. aeruginosa cell wall morphology and to the increasing of membrane permeability
Author of newly released Bicycles, Nikki Giovanni gives tips on writing a love poem
No full textA new book of love poetry has been published by internationally known author Nikki Giovanni, University Distinguished Professor of English at Virginia Tech
Due paliotti ricamati da Giovanni Rassanelli alias Fiorentino per la Cappella del Crocifisso nella Cattedrale di Palermo
No full textGrazie a due documenti pubblicati in questo articolo, l'autore attribuisce due paliotti d'altare conservati nel Tesoro della Cattedrale di Palermo, provenienti dai beni mobili della cappella del Crocifisso, a Giovanni Rassanelli detto "Fiorentino". Uno di essi viene identificato come quello ricamato con corallo, che fa parte dell'attuale esposizione del Tesoro.Thanks to two documents published in this article, the author ascribes two altar clothes stored
in the Treasure of Palermo’s Cathedral, coming from the movables concerning the chapel
of the Crucified, to Giovanni Rassanelli called "Florentine". One of them is identified as the one embroidered
with coral, which is part of the Treasure’s current exhibition
Decomposition of organic residues in soil: experimental technique and spectroscopic approach Organic Geochemistry,33.2002,327-345
No full textDRIFT (diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier-transform) spectroscopy was used to follow the early transformations that take place after the incorporation of organic materials in soil. Alfalfa (A), dried maize (DM), laboratory-composted maize (CM), and two commercial composts (YWC and MWC) confined into fiberglass bags were incubated in sand with and without planting with lettuce. DRIFT spectra of these materials before and after incubations were correlated with CO 2-C evolution and mass, carbon and nitrogen balances. Spectra obtained by successive subtractions allowed us to distinguish between the main classes of biochemical compounds (cellulose, lignin, polypeptides, pectins) and to study their degradation during incubation. Quantitative spectroscopic determination of lignin showed a relative enrichment in the incubated materials. This experimental approach can be applied to studies on the degradation pathway of green manure materials like A, DM and CM but seems less appropriate for commercial composts
Frankenstein Rather Than Faust? The Decline of Limit-Surpassing Forces
No full textGiovanni Bottiroli’s article “Frankenstein Rather Than Faust?” aims to problematize and investigate further the challenge to the notion of «rigid identity» proposed by extant scholarship. In order to do so, Bottiroli dismantles a univocal understanding of «identity», bringing to light the polysemy and porosity intrinsic to this term. In order to do so, the author discusses here different modes of identity, concentrating on two in particular: coincidence and non-coincidence with oneself. Taking this distinction as his point of departure, Bottiroli applies these interpretative frameworks to two of the most significant figures of Western imagination, Frankenstein and Faust
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