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Immune priming: the secret weapon of the insect world Gerard Sheehan, Gemma Farrell & Kevin Kavanagh
No full textInsects are a highly successful group of animals that inhabit almost every habitat and environment on Earth. Part of their success is due to a rapid and highly effective immune response that
identifies, inactivates, and eliminates pathogens. Insects possess an immune system that shows
many similarities to the innate immune system of vertebrates, but they do not possess an
equivalent system to the antibody-mediated adaptive immune response of vertebrates.
However, some insect do display a process known as immune priming in which prior exposure
to a sublethal dose of a pathogen, or pathogen-derived material, leads to an elevation in the
immune response rendering the insect resistant to a subsequent lethal infection a short time later.
This process is mediated by an increase in the density of circulating hemocytes and increased
production of antimicrobial peptides. Immune priming is an important survival strategy for certain
insects while other insects that do not show this response may have colony-level behaviors that
may serve to limit the success of pathogens. Insects are now widely used as in vivo models for
studying microbial pathogens of humans and for assessing the in vivo efficacy of antimicrobial
agents. Knowledge of the process of immune priming in insects is essential in these applications
as it may operate and augment the perceived in vivo antimicrobial activity of novel compounds
What does the word ‘Europe’ make you think of? Conceptualisations of Europe in a local context
No full textThe present article investigates the construction of the sense of belonging toward Europe in the public sphere, employing a case-study conducted in Italy. The author argues that different conceptualisations of Europe are related to diverse “uses” of the media, familiarity with international cultural resources and participation in the transnational public sphere and civil society. These variables affect the construction of Europeans' sense of belonging
Measuring wellbeing: a methodological systematic review of the challenges and controversies
No full textCorrection: Yagüe, P., et al. Goals and Challenges in Bacterial Phosphoproteomics. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 5678
No full textThe authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [1]:The author name “Gemma Fernánez-García” should be “Gemma Fernández-García” [...
Petrarca e Osberno di Gloucester
No full textSi presenta l'edizione commentata delle note autografe di Petrarca contenute nel Par. Lat. 7492, testimonianza della lettura e dell’utilizzo delle Derivationes di Osberno di Gloucester, altrimenti mai esplicitamente menzionate altrove da Petrarca (il titolo e l’autore rimasero a lungo ignoti). In esse Petrarca indica accordi e discordanze con le Derivationes di Uguccione da Pisa.It presents the annotated edition of Petrarch's autograph notes contained in Para Lat. 7492, evidence of reading and the use of Derivationes Osberno of Gloucester, otherwise never explicitly mentioned elsewhere by Petrarch (the title and the author remained unknown for a long time). In them Petrarca indicates agreements and disagreements with the Derivationes of Huguccio
Le opere storiche di Antonio Ivani da Sarzana
No full textSi forniscono alcune osservazioni e contributi al volume Antonio Ivani da Sarzana, 'Opere storiche' in cui sono pubblicate le principali opere storiche di questo illustre umanista, scrittore prolifico impegnato attivamente nella vita civile e politica del tempo. Interessanti spunti di riflessione offre la tradizione manoscritta, in particolare per la presenza di numerosi autografi rivisti dall’autore.We provide some comments and contributions to the volume Antonio Ivani from Sarzana, 'Historical works' which are published in major historical works of this illustrious humanist, prolific writer actively involved in civic and political life of the time. Offers interesting insights into the manuscript tradition, in particular the presence of numerous autographs revised by the author
R v Evans (Gemma) [2009] EWCA Crim 650, Court of Appeal
No full textEssential Cases: Criminal Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R v Evans (Gemma) [2009] EWCA Crim 650, Court of Appeal. The document also included supporting commentary from author Jonathan Herring.</p
What is the role of an interdisciplinary researcher?
No full text© The Author 2007; all rights reserved.James A Smith and Gemma E Care
STRANIERO E DEVIANZA IN ITALIA
No full textIl lavoro esamina la “questione immigrazione”, che ha assunto in Italia rilevanza crescente soprattutto per l’insorgere di conflittualità, provocando spesso sentimenti di insicurezza e una falsa percezione dell’immigrato come deviante, anche per effetto della rappresentazione mediatica. L’autore si propone di disegnare, attraverso i dati statistici ufficiali dal 2001, un quadro quantitativo e qualitativo dell’immigrazione irregolare e clandestina, nonché della criminalità degli stranieri, alla luce dei mutamenti delle politiche migratorie europee e italiane.This paper examines the "immigration issue", which has taken in recent years increasing importance in Italy, especially for the uprising of social conflicts, often because of the feelings of insecurity and a false perception of immigrants as deviant, partly as a outcome of media representation. The author outlines, through the analysis of official statistics since 2001, the quantitative/qualitative scenario of irregular and illegal migration and aliens' criminality according to the changes of European and Italian politics of migration control
Gemma King, Jacques Audiard, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021
No full textAs the director of nine feature films, author of at least two dozen screenplays, and the recipient of a Grand Prix and Palme d’Or at Cannes, multiple Césars, and a myriad of international awards, Jacques Audiard merits a book. Surprisingly, Gemma King’s is the first, in English or in French. Although her focus is on the features, from See How They Fall/Regarde les hommes tomber (1994) through The Sisters Brothers/Les frères Sisters (2018), King is concerned with Audiard’s body of work as a w..
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