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POST-THAW QUALITY OF DOG SEMEN FROZEN OVER NITROGEN VAPOURS OR IN A BIOLOGICAL FREEZER AFTER SINGLE OR TWO-STEP GLYCEROL ADDITION
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The tadpole of Hypsiboas guentheri (Boulenger) (Anura: Hylidae)
No full textAlmeida-Silva, Diego, Neto, Antonio Mollo, Mendes, Humberto Fonseca, Verdade, Vanessa Kruth (2016): The tadpole of Hypsiboas guentheri (Boulenger) (Anura: Hylidae). Zootaxa 4179 (1): 139-143, DOI: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.1
Mauro Teixeira Jr, Francisco Dal Vechio, Pedro M. Sales Nunes, Antonio
No full textJr, Mauro Teixeira, Vechio, Francisco Dal, Sales Nunes, Pedro M., Neto, Antonio Mollo, Lobo, Luciana Moreira, Storti, Luis Fernando, Gaiga, Renato Augusto Junqueira, Dias, Pedro Henrique Freire, Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut (2013): Mauro Teixeira Jr, Francisco Dal Vechio, Pedro M. Sales Nunes, Antonio. Zootaxa 3646 (2): 200-200, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3646.2.1
Declaration of Intention for Antonio Franchihtti
No full textDeclaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by Antonio Franchitti. Applicant lists himself as a 47 year old farmer residing in Hammonton, New Jersey, born in Campombosso, Italy on 18 April 1870, who sailed on the US bound vessel Britania. Declaration submitted and sworn April 21, 1917
The role of educative thought in the life and work of Antonio Gramsci
No full textMany philosophers have propounded a vision of an improved society, what distinguishes Antonio Gramsci is his continuous effort to make it happen by understanding the process in order to put into practice. Gramsci's conviction about the importance of educative development came from both theory and experience. While there has been considerable examination of Gramsci's work in relation to the Prison Notebooks, this study will seek to address a lacuna in Gramsci scholarship. Using Gramsci's philological method, I analyse Gramsci's pre-prison activity; his pre-prison articles and letters, which, together with his letters from prison, formed part of his educative mission. This educative process was necessary, in order to construct a new party which would develop a collective will, collaboratively, with the masses.In this study therefore, I explore the contexts and formative experiences of the first part of his life together with the intellectual sources from which Gramsci developed his later theories, making central hitherto underemphasised connections between them which informed his writing and ideas. I intend to illustrate that Gramsci's underlying purpose in his writing, and political activity, was not only practical, on how to create a new socialist ruling class, but also educative in forming the mindset and values of his comrades. So that in addition to outlining his vision of a new order, he implicitly guided or explicitly explained the processes by which the necessary changes in social relations and moral climate could be made in order to achieve it. Each person had to engage with the values of the new order so that each could contribute to the construction of a new robust state. It was essential to build a hegemony at the most profound level, one which was dependent on collective understandings and a collective will
Indicator-based approach for the assessment of intrinsic physical vulnerability of the built environment to hydro-meteorological hazards: Review of indicators and example of parameters selection for a sample area
No full textBuildings located in mountainous areas are prone to be damaged by hydro-meteorological events, such as
landslides and floods. The assessment of the physical vulnerability (PV) of the exposed built environment is a key
factor in geo-hazard-related risk mitigation. The latter requires the knowledge of the event magnitude and
building characteristics. For areas where scarce or no records of the past events are available, indicators-based
methodologies are used, allowing to estimate the component of the PV that only depends on the building
properties (susceptibility). In this view, this paper gives an overview of the indicators most used in literature,
with a novel indicator-by-indicator approach; then, five of them are selected for a sample area located in a
mountainous zone in southern Italy, prone to landslide and debris flood events. The chosen indicators are:
Structural typology, State of maintenance, Building orientation, Number of floors and Number of façades with
large openings, for each of which multiple configurations are defined and weighed, in reason of the expected
ability of the considered configuration to withstand in case of calamity. This approach has several advantages,
such as user-friendliness, flexibility of use, possibility of being updated over time and helpfulness for further
purposes
Diagnostic imaging in the pregnant bitch: risks, advantages, and disadvantages
No full textDiagnostic imaging techniques are routinely used in bitches during pregnancy. Ultrasound examination (UE) and radiographic imaging (RI) are the two most frequently employed exams, for pregnancy diagnosis, assessment of fetal vitality and parturition date prediction, and for determination of litter size, respectively. In human medicine, the effects of radiation exposure resulting from diagnostic imaging, as well as radiation thresholds above which the risk of permanent damage to the offspring is significant, are well documented. Although no such information is available in veterinary medicine, breeders are increasingly skeptical about the use of X-rays in bitches in late-stage pregnancy, both because of the potential harm caused by the stress of the exam and because of the direct effects of radiation on the dam and fetuses. Stress is known to exert an effect in the reproductive processes in many species with one of the greatest stressors being the separation of the bitch from the pups for transport to the veterinary clinic during or right after parturition. This review also demonstrates that the harm resulting from radiation exposure from a radiographic study in a bitch during late-stage pregnancy and for its fetuses, who have already completed organogenesis, is poorly researched. While breeders’ hesitations may be perceived as unfounded by the veterinarians, it is crucial that they are taken into consideration and that clear communication between the breeder and veterinarian is established. Owners should be informed of the lack of studies on the subject in the domestic dog but also presented the available information for other species including the human
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