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L'arcipelago di Marco Cavallo
No full textIl Parco Basaglia è il simbolo dei confini e dei muri che cadono. L'architettura è un modo per raccontare storie e la storia che abbiamo voluto raccontare è quella di muri che cadono: il Parco Basaglia diventa il punto di incontro di 11 città che, tramite 11 "pazzi" (G. Deleuze, H. Bosch, F. Pessoa, W. Benjamin, J. Joyce, Rembrandt, F. Kafka, S. Freud, P. Pažic, Omero, R. Gary), diventa una città e di quest'ultima città, Marco Cavallo prende dei frammenti per formare una torre su zampe ("walking arcipelago") per un viaggio che – lo speriamo – lo porta oltre certi confini – umani, sociali, politici...
L'arcipelago di Marco Cavallo è un manifesto per l'Europa
Ragūna no budō-orību saibai: Dentō to rikiddo-modaniti
No full textThis contribution focuses on agriculture in the water city of Venice and in its “lagoon countryside” in the past and at present. More specifically, we concentrate on two Mediterranean plants, vines and olive trees, together with the related production of wine and olive oil.
Through historic sources, we trace the diachronic development, the socio-environmental characteristics and the traditional practices of olive trees and vine growing, showing how they were conditioned by the watery context. Indeed, the condition of insularity, the salinity and the sandy nature of soils concurred to conform a “brackish terroir”, where original adaptive forms of managing vineyards and olive groves took shape.
Thanks to the analysis of aerial and satellite photos, fieldwork and interviews with various actors, we consider the survival or renewal of traditional viticulture and olive growing, but also some new forms appeared in the last years as an effect of the economic, social and cultural dynamics of wine and olive oil globalized consumption, as well as a spill-over of the progressive touristization of Venice.
This way, we show how viticulture or olive growing in the Lagoon of Venice are today in a condition of “liquid modernity” (Bauman, 2000): a fluid situation where traditional forms cohabit with new tendencies in wine and oil production chains
Flumazenil-sensitive abstinence-induced withdrawal from benzodiazepine receptor agonists in Planaria
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Lactobacillus reuteri accelerates gastric emptying and improves regurgitation in infants
No full textBACKGROUND: Young infants are frequently affected by uncomplicated regurgitation that may persist despite dietetic and conservative interventions. On this basis, we studied the putative effects of probiotics on the frequency of regurgitation and gastric emptying time in infants with functional gastroesophageal reflux (GER).
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-two infants with regurgitation were randomized to assume Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 at a dose of 1 × 10(8) CFU per day and placebo for 30 days. The episodes of regurgitation were recorded by the parents each day. Gastric emptying time was recorded using real-time ultrasound at baseline and at the end of the study. Twenty-one infants without regurgitation were enroled to compare anthropometric and physiological parameters before the intervention diet.
RESULTS: Thirty-four infants completed the study (19 infants receiving probiotics and 15 placebo).At baseline, the whole group of infants was similar to the control group as regards anthropometric and physiological data. The median fasting antral area was significantly reduced, (P = 0·01) the delta in gastric emptying rate was significantly increased (P = 0·01) and the median episodes per day of regurgitation was reduced (, P < 0·001) in the probiotic group compared to the placebo group. In the whole group, the frequency of regurgitation and the basal antral area showed a positive correlation (r = 0·53, P = 0·004).
CONCLUSIONS: In infants with functional GER, L. reuteri DSM 17938 reduce gastric distension and accelerate gastric emptying. In addition, this probiotic strain seems to diminish the frequency of regurgitation.Background: Young infants are frequently affected by uncomplicated regurgitation that may persist despite dietetic and conservative interventions. On this basis, we studied the putative effects of probiotics on the frequency of regurgitation and gastric emptying time in infants with functional gastroesophageal reflux (GER). Patients and methods Forty-two infants with regurgitation were randomized to assume Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 at a dose of 1×10 8CFU per day and placebo for 30days. The episodes of regurgitation were recorded by the parents each day. Gastric emptying time was recorded using real-time ultrasound at baseline and at the end of the study. Twenty-one infants without regurgitation were enroled to compare anthropometric and physiological parameters before the intervention diet. Results Thirty-four infants completed the study (19 infants receiving probiotics and 15 placebo).At baseline, the whole group of infants was similar to the control group as regards anthropometric and physiological data. The median fasting antral area was significantly reduced, (P=0·01) the delta in gastric emptying rate was significantly increased (P=0·01) and the median episodes per day of regurgitation was reduced (, P<0·001) in the probiotic group compared to the placebo group. In the whole group, the frequency of regurgitation and the basal antral area showed a positive correlation (r=0·53, P=0·004). Conclusions: In infants with functional GER, L. reuteri DSM 17938 reduce gastric distension and accelerate gastric emptying. In addition, this probiotic strain seems to diminish the frequency of regurgitation. © 2010 The Authors. European Journal of Clinical Investigation © 2010 Stichting European Society for Clinical Investigation Journal Foundation
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