2,211 research outputs found
"The love that made hell, paradise." Ouida re-writing the Paolo and Francesca theme in Held in Bondage
No full textThe bestselling Victorian author Ouida reveals in her novels, and, in particular, Held in Bondage, an extraordinary knowledge od Dante, by using characters and themes from the Commedia. The Paolo and Francesca theme actually constitutes part of the plot of the novel and is to be found in many of her other works, short stories and non-fiction writing
Integrazione della dieta neonatale di capretti da latte con polline: valutazione dello stato di salute
No full textIl polline d’api è un prodotto costituito da proteine, amminoacidi, carboidrati, acidi grassi, composti fenolici, enzimi e coenzimi come vitamine e bioelementi con buone potenzialità nutraceutiche. Il suo impiego nella dieta dei capretti durante il primo mese di vita, caratterizzato dalla prevalenza di patologie enteriche o respiratorie di origine batterica, virale e parassitaria potrebbe essere un valido ausilio volto al miglioramento del loro stato sanitario. Lo scopo del presente lavoro di tesi è stato quello di valutare se la somministrazione di polline dal secondo al trentaseiesimo giorno di vita di capretti da latte è in grado di migliorarne le performance zootecniche e lo stato di salute. La prova zootecnica ha avuto una durata di 28 giorni. Sono stati inclusi 48 capretti maschi di razza camosciata. I capretti sono stati suddivisi in tre gruppi sperimentali omogenei: gruppo controllo (C); gruppo T1 (2g/capo/d di polline); gruppo T2 (4g/capo/d di polline). I capretti sono stati alimentati con sostitutivi del latte per tutto il periodo sperimentale. Il peso vivo (LBW), l’incremento medio ponderale giornaliero (ADG), l’assunzione media giornaliera (ADFI) e l’indice di conversione alimentare (FCR) dei soggetti in prova sono stati misurati e calcolati settimanalmente. Al giorno 0 e al giorno 28 sono stati prelevati campioni di sangue dalla vena giugulare per l’esame emocromocitometrico. Il gruppo C ha evidenziato un LBW finale medio (10.70 kg) lievemente inferiore rispetto agli altri due gruppi (T1=10.88 kg; T2=10.95 kg), un ADG totale medio (0.23 kg) uguale rispetto agli altri due gruppi, un ADFI totale medio di 0.31 kg, uguale a T1 e leggermente inferiore a T2 (0.32 kg), un FCR totale medio di 1.36, uguale a T2 e superiore a T1 (1.33). Nessun risultato di performance è risultato significativamente differente tra i tre gruppi (P>0.05). Per quanto riguarda i parametri ematici indagati sono state evidenziate differenze statisticamente significative tra i tre gruppi sperimentali per quanto riguarda RDW, MCH e i basofili. In conclusione, i risultati ottenuti supportano l’idea che gli animali dei gruppi C e T1 soffrano di anemia da carenza di ferro al contrario di T2 e che l’andamento dei basofili di T1 e T2 rispetto a C suggeriscono una possibile azione antiallergica e antiinfiammatoria del polline.
Bee pollen is a product consisting of proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, fatty acids, phenolic compounds, enzymes, and coenzymes such as vitamins and bio elements with promising nutraceutical properties. Its use in goat kids during their first month of life, when animals are often affected by enteric or respiratory symptoms caused by bacterial, viral, and parasitic etiologies. The goal of this work was to evaluate whether the administration of pollen from the second to the 36th day of life of dairy goats’ kids was able to improve their zootechnical performance and their health status. The trial lasted 28 days. 48 alpine male kids were included in the test. Kids were divided into three homogeneous experimental groups: a control group (C); a group T1 (2g/head/day of pollen); a group T2 (4g/head/day of pollen). Kids were fed milk replacers for the experimental period. Live body weight (LBW), average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were weekly assessed. On days 0 and 28, blood samples were taken from the jugular vein to perform complete blood count exam. Group C showed a mean final LBW (10.70 kg) slightly lower than the other two groups (T1 = 10.88 kg; T2 = 10.95 kg), a mean total ADG (0.23 kg) equal to the other two groups, a mean total ADFI of 0.31 kg, equal to T1 and slightly lower than T2 (0.32 kg), a mean total FCR of 1.36, equal to T2 and greater than T1 (1.33). No significant differences on investigated performance parameters were identified among treatments (P>0.05). About complete blood count results, differences among dietary treatments were detected for RDW, MCH and basophils (P<0.05). In conclusion, obtained results support the idea that C and T1 kids were suffering of iron deficiency anemia compared to T2 and the trend of basophils in T1 and T2 compared to C suggest a likely antiallergic and anti-inflammatory activity of pollen
HERStory Makers 2023: Francesca Fotheringham
No full textFrancesca Fotheringham is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Edinburgh studying educational psychology with a focus on neurodiversity. She took part in HERStory Makers 2023.What is HERStory Makers?HERStory Makers is a social media competition for female-identifying early career researchers to share their research, their career journeys, and to inspire the next generation. Winners are selected by public vote. HERStory Makers is also part of EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night.In 2022-23, EXPLORATHON Francescasupported by the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/X020762/1].Author contributions to contentFrancesca conceived, planned, and recorded the video content. Kirsty Ross edited the video content to insert HERStory Maker credits, added subtitles, and reduce video length to below Twitter/X limit of 2 mins and 20 secs.</p
Medicina illuminata. La Biblioteca Lancisiana di Roma
No full textL'articolo presenta i codici miniati della Biblioteca Lancisiana di Roma. La prima parte, del coautore, è dedicata alla Biblioteca. La seconda parte, di F. Manzari, tratta dei manoscritti miniati, costituiti da due codici con le opere di Avicenna e dal Liber fraternitatis della Confraternita dell'Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia a Roma.The article introduces the illuminated manuscripts of the Biblioteca Lancisiana in Rome. The first part of the article, by the co-author, is dedicated to the Library. The second part, by Francesca Manzari, illustrates the manuscipts; these are two manuscripts with the works of Avicenna and the Liber fraternitatis of the Confraternity of the Hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome
Presence of a vanA-carrying pheromone response plasmid (pBRG1) in a clinical isolate of Enterococcus faecium.
No full textAdhesion of enterococcal clinical strains carrying vanA-plasmids to cultured human enterocytes.
No full textpBRG1 (vanA) di Enterococcus faecium LS10 è un plasmide di risposta a feromoni sessuali coinvolto nell'interazione con enterociti umani.
No full textINTERNALIZATION OF VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI (VRE)OF CLINICAL ORIGIN BY cACO-2 CELLS: ROLE OF A vanA-CARRYING PHEROMONE RESPONSE PLASMID FROM ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM
No full textA DH-Leavened Musicological Toolbox
No full textGraduate-level training in music research methodologies tends to ignore digital humanities work and overlook the use of digital tools created in support of new forms of reading. Training instead focuses on source material in the student’s area of interest. This material includes secondary and primary (archival) resources, as well as information resources, such as: monuments of music and critical editions; indexes; bibliographies and thematic catalogs; dictionaries and encyclopedias; digital libraries of scores or editions; and databases of period-specific newspapers or journals. Graduate students taking research methods courses already have a toolbox built from their experiences as musicians and students of music, including the ability to read and interpret music notation, to understand theoretical and analytical concepts in music, as well as a command of music history, including the canon of musical works.
Digital humanities has become a major area of academic endeavor at the “interface of technological development, epistemological change and methodological concerns." An important characteristic of digital humanities research has been its interdisciplinarity. We argue that graduate training in musicology needs to include coverage of methodologies applied by digital humanists in support of new forms of reading, not only to broaden the canon of research topics in musicology, but also to build common ground with researchers of other disciplines. We propose that librarians are well positioned to provide this expertise and training
A Twitter Case Study for Assessing Digital Sound
No full textAcademic and cultural heritage institutions around the world have made measurable strides in the development of digital sound archives oriented towards research and access, but their impact on scholarship and society has been little studied. Traditionally, impact has been measured by citations; yet these are problematic metrics for non-traditional outputs like sound recordings. Social media data provide a promising avenue of investigation for measuring scholarly as well as societal impact. Twitter in particular has been shown to provide a high number of references for cultural and research outputs in all disciplines. This study analyzes Twitter references pertaining to the collections of five digital sound archives: British Library Sounds, Europeana Sounds, the Internet Archive Audio Archive, PennSound and UbuWeb. Using text analysis methods to identify high frequency events and trends, and labeling them with a rubric designed for measuring the impact of digital heritage resources, this study provides preliminary insights on user values as they relate to digital sound collections. Despite the limitations of using social media data, the evidence gathered in this case study characterizes aspects of the use of digital sound collections, and may point to future priorities for the digital preservation of sound.Peer reviewe
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