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Meningo-encefalite equina da Halicephalobus gingivalis: contributo casistico nell’ambito delle attività di sorveglianza della Febbre del Nilo occidentale (West Nile disease)
Full text linkUn cavallo di 7 anni è stato abbattuto dopo aver manifestato una grave sindrome neurologica a rapida evoluzione. Campioni tessutali sono stati inviati al Centro Studi Malattie Esotiche dell’Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale” (Istituto G. Caporale) per gli accertamenti diagnostici del caso. Gli esami per le più comuni virosi neurologiche equine non hanno evidenziato la presenza di infezioni in atto. Istologicamente, si è osservata a livello encefalico la presenza di manicotti perivascolari e numerosi corpi parassitari, morfologicamente riferibili a Halicephalobus gingivalis. Il rinvenimento ha consentito di formulare la diagnosi di meningo-encefalite da H. gingivalis. Il caso riportato conferma che le encefaliti parassitarie devono essere annoverate nella diagnosi differenziale delle encefalopatie equine e sottolinea l’utilità dell’approccio diagnostico multidisciplinare
Determinazione delle furocumarine contenute nelle foglie di ficus carica mediante l’impiego di HPLC
No full textPeste equina: descrizione di focolai di malattia in Namibia
No full textLa peste equina è una malattia virale degli equidi trasmessa da vettori. Scopo di questo lavoro è di riferire su casi di malattia verificatisi in Namibia nel corso degli anni 2006-2008, osservati dal personale dell'Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale” e del Central Veterinary Laboratory di Windhoek, Namibia e confermati dagli esami di laboratorio. Il lavoro è stato possibile anche grazie alla fattiva collaborazione stabilitasi con i veterinari pubblici, privati e allevatori Namibiani
African horse sickness: a description of outbreaks in Namibia
Full text linkAfrican horse sickness is a vector-transmitted viral disease that affects equidae. The authors report cases of disease that occurred in Namibia between 2006 and 2008. These were recorded by staff of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise ‘G. Caporale’ and the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Windhoek. All cases described were confirmed by laboratory testing. This study received the support of Namibian state and private veterinarians and horse breeders
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Use of slope analysis to characterize consumer preference for virgin olive oil
No full textSensory characteristics interact to drive overall liking of a food product. Analytically, it is possible to estimate the importance of a sensory characteristic by the linear slope (k), relating overall liking to sensory liking characteristics. This approach was applied to extra virgin olive oil, constructing slopes for appearance, odour and taste/flavour. The results show that consumers responded differently. On average the relative importance of the sensory Liking characteristics as a driver of overall liking for extra virgin olive oil was taste/flavour > odour > appearance, even if there were consumers who paid equal attention to all the sensory characteristics
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Effect of information about animal welfare and product nutritional properties on acceptability of meat from Podolian cattle
No full textEffect of information about animal welfare and product nutritional properties on acceptability of meat from podolian cattle
No full textThe present study was aimed to study the effect of information about the welfare of Podolian cattle and their meat nutritional properties
on beef acceptability for regular users and non-users of this particular beef meat. For both user groups, information induced a high
expected liking. However, the information had a positive impact on the actual liking score when the product was tasted (an assimilation
effect occurred) only for regular users. For these regular users the same level of expected liking and an assimilation effect were also
observed in a second occasion. For the non-users, an information session where Podolian meat was tested after detailed information
about production system and nutritional and sensory characteristics of this product was organised. After this training, the expected liking
did not increase but the information had a positive effect on the actual liking score when the product was tasted (an assimilation effect
occurred). Thus, information concerning animal welfare and nutrition may be used to differentiate meat in a mixed production system
with competing industrialised and traditional farm
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