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Indagini briologiche in aree urbane: diversità briofitica dei centri abitati di Erice (Trapani) e Belmonte Mezzagno (Palermo).
No full textBryologic surveys in urban areas: bryophyte diversity of the population centers of Erice (province of Trapani)
and Belmonte Mezzagno ((province of Palermo). The bryophytic flora of the towns of Erice (Trapani) and Belmonte Mezzagno
(Palermo) have been studied. The first consists of 53 taxa (42 mosses and 11 liverwort), two of which are new for
the province of Trapani, the second of 40 taxa (38 mosses and 2 liverworts), one of which new for the province of Palermo.
A comparison between the studied bryofloras and those of other Sicilian urban areas shows that Erice’s bryophytic flora is,
given its size, rich in species and families
Sagrada liturgia : explicación de las rúbricas del misal, del Breviario y del Ritual según los decretos de la S. C. de R.
No full textEn port. grab. xi
Il Giardino del Balio (Erice, Sicilia): integrazione della flora autoctona in un parco urbano
No full textABTSRACT-The Garden of Balio (Erice, Sicily): integration of autochthonous flora in an urban park - The aim of this paper
is to evidence the presence in Balio Garden, Erice (Province of Trapani, Sicily), of several autochthonous species characteristic of the calcareous cliffs of Monte San Giuliano. They are spontaneously integrated in the rupicolous vegetation of
the garden to form, together with other cultivated species, an interesting assemblage of unique ornamental value. The possibility to use these species in gardening is suggested
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
Víctor Erice en la Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía. Elogio de la incomunicación
No full textEven though Víctor Erice is one of Spanish cinema’s best studied directors, his film projects at the Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas, later known as Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía, haven’t been studied in depth. Except for his third-year film, "Los días perdidos", his other shorts and scripts have been considered minor works, pieces of no consequence, or are simply thought of as lost. However, these films have been well preserved at the Spanish film archive. A total of four short films and scripts are kept in the archive. This article, a summary of the research done on these unpublished pieces, aims to show how they hold value by themselves and that they must be analyzed as an important part of the author’s filmography. All these projects, while being school exercises, show the gaze of a seasoned director. Some key elements of Víctor Erice’s themes and aesthetics are already present in them. Moreover, the artist addresses human communication, or its lack, as his main theme in his school projects. In those scripts and shorts preserved from his time at the EOC we can notice how Erice, under Michelangelo Antonioni’s influence, researches through aesthetics how to narrate and show those processes that lead to the isolation and lack of communication of his main characters.Aunque Víctor Erice es uno de los directores españoles más estudiados del cine español, sus trabajos en el Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas, que más tarde pasará a llamarse Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía, no se han analizado en profundidad. Salvo su práctica de tercer curso, Los días perdidos, el resto de los cortometrajes y los guiones escritos se han considerado obras menores, piezas sin importancia relevante o directamente títulos extraviados. Sin embargo, estos trabajos se encuentran en buen estado en el archivo de la Escuela Oficial de Cine custodiado por la Filmoteca Española. De Víctor Erice se conservan cuatro cortometrajes y cinco guiones cinematográficos para piezas breves. En este artículo, resumen de una investigación realizada sobre dicho material inédito, se quiere mostrar cómo estas obras presentan un valor en sí mismas y deben ser analizadas como parte importante de la filmografía de este autor. En todos estos trabajos, sin dejar de ser ejercicios de escuela, se muestra la mirada de un cineasta pleno. Así, existen elementos que serán clave en el posterior universo temático y estético de Víctor Erice. Además, el creador aborda como problemática central de sus prácticas el tema de la comunicación humana, o más propiamente el de la incomunicación. En los guiones y los cortometrajes catalogados de la etapa en la EOC se observa cómo Erice, influenciado en parte por Michelangelo Antonioni, investiga estéticamente el modo de narrar y mostrar los procesos que conducen a la incomunicación y al aislamiento de sus protagonistas
Erice 2018 Charter on the role of the National Health Service in the prevention of doping
No full textThe Erice 2018 Charter was unanimously approved at the conclusion of the 53rd Residential Course of the International School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine “Adapted Physical Activity in Sport, Wellness and Fitness; the role of the Departments of Prevention and of the National Health Service in doping prevention and health promotion”, held on 15-19 May 2018 in Erice, Italy, at the “Ettore Majorana” Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, and promoted by the Study Group on “Movement Sciences for Health” of the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
The event was part of a larger project supported by the Ministry of Health aimed at preventing doping in the general population involved in sport and physical activities. After an intense discussion the participants focused on ten statements involving the following critical issues: responsibility, priority, message, alphabetization, networks and alliances, school promoting health, player and opportunities, competences, know-how, programming
and acting.
These statements provide hints to approach doping within a public health frame and summarize the role of the Departments of Prevention and NHS in promoting and coordinating preventive actions with other institutions and stakeholders. Doping represents a complex phenomenon related to cultural, social, economic and legal issues. In addition to regulatory or repressive actions, education to health and legality is proposed as the fundamental strategy to contrast doping by promoting healthy lifestyles, based on scientific knowledge and respect for legality
Mitomycin C in highly myopic eyes - Author reply
No full textOphthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):208-18; discussion 219.
Mitomycin C modulation of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy in highly myopic eyes.
Gambato C, Ghirlando A, Moretto E, Busato F, Midena E.
SourceRefractive Surgery Service and Antimetabolite Therapy Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of topical mitomycin C in corneal wound healing (CWH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in highly myopic eyes.
DESIGN: Prospective, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two eyes of 36 patients affected by high (>7 diopters) myopia.
METHODS: In each patient, one eye was randomly assigned to PRK with intraoperative topical 0.02% mitomycin C application, and the fellow eye was treated with a placebo. Postoperatively, mitomycin C-treated eyes received artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months), whereas the fellow eye was treated with fluorometholone sodium 2% and artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, manifest refraction, and biomicroscopy. Contrast sensitivity was determined using the Pelli-Robson chart. Corneal confocal microscopy documented CWH.
RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 18 months (range, 12-36). No side effects or toxic effects were documented. At 12-month follow-up examination, UCVAs (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) were 0.4+/-0.48 and 0.5+/-0.53 (P = .03) in mitomycin C-treated eyes and corticosteroid-treated eyes, respectively. At 1 year, corneal haze developed in 20% of corticosteroid-treated eyes, versus 0% of mitomycin C-treated eyes. At 12, 24, and 36 months, corneal confocal microscopy showed activated keratocytes and extracellular matrix significantly more evident in untreated eyes (Ps = 0.004, 0.024, and 0.046, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Topical intraoperative application of 0.02% mitomycin C can reduce haze formation in highly myopic eyes undergoing PRK.
Comment in
Ophthalmology. 2006 Feb;113(2):357; author reply 357-8
Erice 2018 Charter on the role of the National Health Service in the prevention of doping
No full textThe Erice 2018 Charter was unanimously approved at the conclusion of the 53rd Residential Course of the International School of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine “Adapted Physical Activity in Sport, Wellness and Fitness; the role of the Departments of Prevention and of the National Health Service in doping prevention and health promotion”, held on 15-19 May 2018 in Erice, Italy, at the “Ettore Majorana” Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, and promoted by the Study Group on “Movement Sciences for Health” of the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health. The event was part of a larger project supported by the Ministry of Health aimed at preventing doping in the general population involved in sport and physical activities. After an intense discussion the participants focused on ten statements involving the following critical issues: responsibility, priority, message, alphabetization, networks and alliances, school promoting health, player and opportunities, competences, know-how, programming and acting. These statements provide hints to approach doping within a public health frame and summarize the role of the Departments of Prevention and NHS in promoting and coordinating preventive actions with other institutions and stakeholders. Doping represents a complex phenomenon related to cultural, social, economic and legal issues. In addition to regulatory or repressive actions, education to health and legality is proposed as the fundamental strategy to contrast doping by promoting healthy lifestyles, based on scientific knowledge and respect for legality
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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