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Κριτική μελέτη στη μαχόμενη ελληνική δημοκρατία: Δικαιοφιλοσοφικές όψεις της πολιτειακής πρακτικής
Creators: name: Παναγόπουλος, Προκόπιος Θωμά
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2024
Subjects: Μαχόμενη δημοκρατία
Απαγόρευση κομμάτων
Φιλοσοφία δικαίου
Militant democracy
Prohibition of political parties
Legal philosophy

description: Το κεντρικό ζήτημα το οποίο τίθεται υπό εξέταση στην παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία είναι η ανάπτυξη δραστικών μέτρων άμυνας της δημοκρατίας έναντι των εσωτερικών και εξωτερικών εχθρών της και η επιγενόμενη απόκτηση αξιόμαχου χαρακτήρα. Η προκείμενη ανάλυση κατ’ αρχάς διαγράφει το εξεταζόμενο πλαίσιο αναφοράς παραθέτοντας τα κρίσιμα ιστορικά παραδείγματα της φασιστικής Ιταλίας και ναζιστικής Γερμανίας, εκ των οποίων προκύπτει το υψηλό διακύβευμα της προβληματικής. Εν συνεχεία, εστιάζει στα σύγχρονα ελληνικά πράγματα και συγκεκριμένα στο φαινόμενο ανόδου της Χρυσής Αυγής και του «μπλόκου Κασιδιάρη», γεγονότα που οδήγησαν στις υπ’ αριθμούς 8 και 95/2023 αποφάσεις του Αρείου Πάγου, όπου χαρακτηρίστηκε για πρώτη φορά η ελληνική δημοκρατία ως «μαχόμενη». Επιχειρείται, έπειτα, η ανάδειξη των στεγανών δικαιοφιλοσοφικών, ιστορικών και νομικών θεμελίων της μαχόμενης δημοκρατίας ως πολιτειακού προτύπου, αφού παρατεθούν τα κυριότερα επιχειρήματα των πολεμίων αυτού. Τέλος, σκιαγραφούνται αδρά τα ιδιαίτερα τα χαρακτηριστικά της ελληνικής μαχόμενη δημοκρατίας με γνώμονα την αναμενόμενη προοπτική της.
description: The central issue under examination in this thesis is the development of drastic defense measures for democracy against its internal and external enemies, and the consequent acquisition of its militant character. The present analysis initially outlines the framework under consideration by presenting critical historical examples of fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, from which the high stakes of the problem emerge. It then focuses on contemporary Greek affairs, specifically the rise of Golden Dawn and the 'Kasidiaris bloc' phenomenon, events that led to Decisions 8 and 95/2023 of the Supreme Court of Greece, where the Greek democracy was characterized as “militant” for the first time. Subsequently, an attempt is made to highlight the compact philosophical, historical, and legal foundations of the militant democracy as a state model, after presenting the main arguments of its adversaries. Finally, the particular characteristics of the Greek militant democracy are outlined with reference to its expected prospect.
Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) expansus
Creators: name: Sánchez-Montes, Sokani
name: Colunga-Salas, Pablo
name: Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía
name: Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen
name: Montiel-Parra, Griselda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Trichodectidae
Geomydoecus
Geomydoecus expansus

description: Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) expansus (Dugés, 1902)
Trichodectes geomydis var expansus Dugés, 1902: 185.
Coahuila: Cratogeomys castanops castanops, 12 mi SE Hacienda La Mariposa, no date; 26 mi NE Piedro Blanco, no date; La Gacha, no date; Río Grande 17 mi S Dryden, no date; Villa Acuña, no date; Cratogeomys castanops consitus, 1 mi S Hermanas, no date; 1 mi SW San Pedro de las Colonias, 8 Feb. 1951, J.R. Alcorn; 2 mi E Torreón, 20 Jan. 1951, A.A. Alcorn; 2 mi N Monclova, no date; 3 mi N 9 mi E El Pino; 6 mi E Jaco, no date; 8 mi E 2 mi S Americanos, 19 May 1954, R.W. Dickerman; 12 mi N 10 mi E Parras, no date; 18 mi S 14 mi E Tanque Alvarez, no date; 21 mi S 11 mi E Australia, no date; 50 mi N 20 mi W Ocampo, no date; Tlahualilo, 17 Mar. 1926, E.A. Goldman; Cratogeomys goldmani goldmani, 1 mi S Jimulco, no date; 1.5 mi NW Ocampo, no date; Pico de Jimulco, no date; Cratogeomys goldmani subnubilus, 1 mi N Agua Nueva, no date (Price & Hellenthal 1975b). Chihuahua: Cratogeomys castanops consitus, 1 mi S Ojinaga, no date; 25 mi S Gallego, no date; Station Arados, no date (Price & Hellenthal 1975b).
Durango: Cratogeomys castanops consitus, 12 mi E La Zarca, no date; 1.5 mi NW Ocampo, no date; C. goldmani goldmani, Rio Nazas 6 mi NW Rodeo, no date (Price & Hellenthal 1975b).
Jalisco: Cratogeomys fumosus angustirostris (as “ Pappogeomys zinseri ”), no date, questionable host record (Price & Emerson 1971).
San Luis Potosí: Cratogeomys goldmani subnubilus, 14 mi N 29 mi Ciudad del Maiz, no date (Price & Hellenthal 1975b).
Tamaulipas: Cratogeomys goldmani subnubilus, 8 mi N Tula, no date; 9 mi SW Tula, no date; Cratogeomys goldmani goldmani, Nicolás 56 km NW Tula, no date (Price & Hellenthal 1975b).
Zacatecas: Cratogeomys goldmani subnubilus, 15 mi S Concepción del Oro, no date (Price & Hellenthal 1975b); Cratogeomys goldmani goldmani, no date (Price & Emerson 1971).
No State: Cratogeomys fumosus fumosus, no data; Thomomys umbrinus, no data (Duges 1902). Note: The following names of hosts, which were used in some of the above publications, have been updated: “ Cratogeomys castanops jucundus ”, “ Cratogeomys castanops perexiguus ”, “ Cratogeomys castanops peridoneus ”, “ Cratogeomys castanops subnubilus ”, “ Pappogeomys castanops goldmani ”, “ Cratogeomys castanops sordidulus ”, “ Cratogeomys castanops surculus ”, “ Cratogeomys castanops rubellus ”, “ Geomys mexicanus ”, “ Cratogeomys gymnurus ” and “ Cratogeomys zinseri ”.
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Colunga-Salas, Pablo, Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen & Montiel-Parra, Griselda, 2018, Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) associated with vertebrates in Mexico, pp. 1-109 in Zootaxa 4372 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4372.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3098143
THERAPUETIC CHEMONUCLELYSIS OF THE LUMBOSACRAL DISK IN A CADAVERIC MODEL: LATERAL VS STERNAL TECHINQUE
Creators: name: Longo, Maurizio
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2016
Subjects: chemonucleolysis, lumbosacral disk, fluoroscopy, cauda equine syndrome

description: The widespread of advanced Imaging techniques has dramatically improved the diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome in geriatric small animal patients. Two different techniques (sternal vs lateral recumbency) have been tested in twelve cadavers for the L7-S1 disk injection under fluoroscopic guidance. Twelve dogs have been enrolled in the study: eight intervertebral lumbosacral disks were injected with a gelatinous radiopaque compound and the remnants four disks with an alcoholic radiopaque solution. The dogs were randomly positioned in lateral recumbency with the lumbo-sacral joint in neutral position (six dogs) or in sternal recumbency with the hind limbs extended cranially along the body and the lumbosacral joint flexed.  CT and gross anatomic examination checked the correct injection of the compounds within the lumbosacral disk. The lateral technique required less time of execution and minor attempts for the correct positioning of the needle. All the injected disks were visible on CT, while necroscopy resulted satisfactory only in five patients. Leakage of the compounds outside the disk was observed in two cases. The percutaneous injection in lateral recumbency under fluoroscopic guidance resulted rapid and feasible in a cadaveric model. Future clinical trials are required to assess the safety of chemonucleolysis in diseased patients.
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 3, No 1s (2016)
GENETIC SELECTION FOR HYGIENIC BEHAVIOUR IN HONEYBEE: A COMPARISON OF TWO ASSAYS
Creators: name: Facchini, Elena
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2016
Subjects: Honeybee; Hygienic behaviour; genetic selection

description: The Western honeybee, Apis mellifera, represents a relevant productive livestock due to both hive products and to its indispensable role as commercial pollinator of many agricultural crops. In addition, honeybees contribute to the pollination of wild flowers, thereby helping the maintenance of natural ecosystems and biodiversity. Recently, the number of managed honeybee colonies has declined in both North America and Europe. Beside environmental causes, e.g. the loss of forage as a consequence of agricultural intensification, another cause is the increasing relevance of pests and diseases affecting honeybee colonies. In the honeybee, hygienic behaviour (HB) is a heritable phenotype that confers to the colony resistance to foulbrood diseases, chalkbrood, and the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. Nurse bees manifesting HB are able to detect, uncap, and remove infested and/or parasitized pupae from the colony. The genetic and biochemical factors that drive the manifestation of this behaviour are under investigation. Therefore, the selection of such trait still relies on field assays. Heretofore, there are two main tests to measure HB: the Pin Killed Brood (PKB) test and the Freeze Killed Brood (FKB) test. Concerning the FKB test, a comparison between the standard FKB test and a variant of this method (E. Bonfanti) has been performed in order to optimize the methodology in terms of time, costs, feasibility and safety for the operator and to choose the best option for a subsequent large scale phenotypic characterization for genetic selection.
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 3, No 1s (2016)
Bioinformatic exercise for the identification an assembly of Acetinovacter baumanii genome
Creators: name: Salazar, Mariana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310509
subject: Genomics
classificationCode: 310299
subject: Bioinformatics and computational biology not elsewhere classified

description: Genome assembly exercise with an initially unknown microorganism, involving data analysis using Ubuntu and tools such as SPAdes, Platanus B, Prokka, and others to assemble and characterize the genome of strain S36, ultimately identifying it as Acinetobacter baumannii.
Pharmacokinetics and drug-likeness of anti-cancer traditional Chinese medicine: molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation study
Creators: name: Khan, Kanwal
name: Albalawi, Karma
name: Abbas, Muhammad Naseer
name: Burki, Samiullah
name: Saleh, Ebraheem Abdu Musad
name: Al Mouslem, Abdulaziz
name: Alsaiari, Ahad Amer
name: Zaki, Magdi E. A.
name: Khan, Afaq Ullah
name: Alotaibi, Ghallab
name: Jalal, Khurshid
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: MCM7 (Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 7) is a component of the DNA replication licensing factor, which controls DNA replication. The MCM7 protein is linked to tumor cell proliferation and has a function in the development of several human cancers. Several types of cancer may be treated by inhibiting the protein, as it is strongly produced throughout this process. Significantly, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), which has a long history of clinical adjuvant use against cancer, is rapidly gaining traction as a valuable medical resource for the development of novel cancer therapies, including immunotherapy. Therefore, the goal of the research was to find small molecular therapeutic candidates against the MCM7 protein that may be used to treat human cancers. A computational-based virtual screening of 36,000 natural TCM libraries is carried out for this goal using a molecular docking and dynamic simulation technique. Thereby, ∼8 novel potent compounds i.e., ZINC85542762, ZINC95911541, ZINC85542617, ZINC85542646, ZINC85592446, ZINC85568676, ZINC85531303, and ZINC95914464 were successfully shortlisted, each having the capacity to penetrate the cell as potent inhibitors for MCM7 to curb this disorder. These selected compounds were found to have high binding affinities compared to the reference (AGS compound) i.e. < −11.0 kcal/mol. ADMET and pharmacological properties showed that none of these 8 compounds poses any toxic property (carcinogenicity) and have anti-metastatic, and anticancer activity. Additionally, MD simulations were run to assess the compounds’ stability and dynamic behavior with the MCM7 complex for about 100 ns. Finally, ZINC95914464, ZINC95911541, ZINC85568676, ZINC85592446, ZINC85531303, and ZINC85542646 are identified as highly stable within the complex throughout the 100 ns simulations. Moreover, the results of binding free energy suggested that the selected virtual hits significantly bind to the MCM7 which implied these compounds may act as a potential MCM7 inhibitor. However, in vitro testing protocols are required to further support these results. Further, assessment through various lab-based trial methods can assist with deciding the action of the compound that will give options in contrast to human cancer immunotherapy. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma
LTA4H expression in canine oral melanomas: methodological set up and preliminary results
Creators: name: Nordio, Laura
name: Genova, Francesca
name: Serra, Valentina
name: Giudice, Chiara
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2016
Subjects: Leukotriene A4 hydrolase, Immunohistochemistry, RT-PCR, Dog, Melanoma, Oral cavity

description: Leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) is a hydrolytic enzyme which converts leukotriene A4 into leukotriene B4 inside the arachidonic acid cascade. Besides playing a well-known role in inflammation, it has also been investigated for possible implications in different types of tumors, including canine uveal melanoma (Chen et al., 2004; Malho et al., 2013). In the present study, we set up RT-PCR and immunohistochemical protocols to investigate the expression of LTA4H gene and protein, respectively, in formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) specimens of canine melanomas. 16 samples of canine oral melanomas were histopathologically evaluated and divided in two subgroups based on morphological criteria of malignancy. RT-PCR protocols for the target gene LTA4H were set up on frozen and FFPE samples of the same tumor. Immunohistochemical investigation of LTA4H protein was performed with a mouse monoclonal antibody anti-LTA4H (clone 1E9). Preliminary tests were carried out to define the protocol: with and without bleaching, with different unmaskings, with different serial dilutions of the primary antibody. RT-PCR set up resulted in comparable good efficiency on both frozen and FFPE samples. Final immunohistochemical protocol included: hydrogen peroxide bleaching, water bath unmasking and 1:100 dilution of the primary antibody. Positive immunostaining for LTA4H was present in neoplastic cells of all melanoma samples, with variable localization and intensity. These preliminary results encourage future applications of the studied techniques to quantify differential expression of LTA4H in canine melanomas both at molecular and histological level. Laboratory results will be compared with follow up data, in order to verify if LTA4H can be proposed as a valuable prognostic marker.
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 3, No 1s (2016)
A combined in vitro and molecular dynamics simulation studies unveil the molecular basis of the anticancer potential of piperine targeting AKT1 against prostate cancer
Creators: name: Nayana, Prakash
name: Manjunatha, Hanumanthappa
name: Gollapalli, Pavan
name: Ashok, Avinash Karkada
name: Andrade, Preema Karal
name: V, Vijayalaksmi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: The present study investigates the activity of the natural compound piperine on prostate cancer cell line (PC-3), followed by exploring its mechanistic inhibition on the RAC-alpha serine/threonine-protein kinase (AKT1) protein. The 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-Diphenyltetrazolium Bromide (MTT) assay showed that after 24 hrs of exposure to piperine (15 µmol/ml), cell viability fell to 50% compared to the standard drug flutamide (SDF) (51 µmol/ml) with a lower IC50 concentration. However, the Dual acridine orange/ethidium bromide (AO/EtBr) staining demonstrated that, as compared to the SDF, piperine caused substantial cellular death in PC-3 cells, presumably by triggering DNA fragmentation. In addition, compared to untreated cells, the proportion of the sub-G0/G1 and G2/M stages population increased considerably in piperine-treated cells. The cell cycle’s sub-G0/G1 and G2/M phases were also arrested in piperine-treated cells compared to the SDF in cell cycle analysis. Based on our systems pharmacology and molecular docking studies, AKT1 is predicted as a potential target against piperine. The complementary charge between AKT1 and piperine was emphasized in the transient ligand-protein binding interaction in molecular dynamic modeling over 100 ns, and stable hydrogen bond interaction between Lys268 and Ser205 amino acid residues of the active pocket was hypothesized. Overall, the findings from our in vitro and MD simulations provide insights into the mechanism of piperine targeting AKT1 and offer a possible candidate for future prostate cancer therapeutic development. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma
Evaluation of a commercial ELISA for measurement of feline urinary alpha1-microglobulin
Creators: name: Giraldi, Marco
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2016

description: Urinary alpha1-microglobulin (a1M) in people is a biomarker of renal tubular damage (Bazzi, 2001), but it has not yet been used in cats with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

The aim of this study was to validate an ELISA test marketed for the measurement of feline a1M.

Thirty-four urine supernatants collected from cats affected by or at risk for CKD were assayed by SDS-AGE, to classify patients according to presence or absence of low molecular weight proteinuria suggestive of tubular damage.

Two samples with and one without tubular bands were used to evaluate intra-assay variability, linearity under dilution (LUD) and spiking recovery test (SRT) of the ELISA. Then, a1M concentration was measured in samples with (n°=10) or without (n°=25) tubular bands. The standard solution included in the kit was also assayed by SDS-AGE.

The intra-assay CVs was >20%. LUD and SRT showed that the test is not accurate. No significant difference was found between a1M concentration in samples with and without tubular bands (median values: 35.19 and 40.83 μg/mL respectively). SDS-AGE on the standard solution failed to identify bands with molecular weight consistent with a1M but showed the presence of albumin .

Results of this investigation did not support the use of this test to measure a1M in cats likely due to the absence of a1M in the standard solution provided with the kit.
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 3, No 1s (2016)
Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) fulvescens Price & Emerson 1971
Creators: name: Sánchez-Montes, Sokani
name: Colunga-Salas, Pablo
name: Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía
name: Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen
name: Montiel-Parra, Griselda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Trichodectidae
Geomydoecus
Geomydoecus fulvescens

description: Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) fulvescens Price & Emerson, 1971
Geomydoecus fulvescens Price & Emerson, 1971: 256, fig. 139.
Puebla: Cratogeomys fulvescens, Chalchicomula, no date; Guadalupe Victoria, no date (Price & Hellenthal 1989a); 1 km NW Zacatepec, 2380 m, no date; 1 km SE Ciudad Serdán, 2700 m, no date (Light & Hafner 2007). Tlaxcala: Huamantla, 2380 m, no date (Light & Hafner 2007).
Veracruz: Cratogeomys fulvescens, Limón, 19 Nov. 1946 (Price & Emerson 1971); 2 km E and 2 km N of Perote, no date; 2 km W and 3 km W Limón, no date (Price & Hellenthal 1989a).
Types: Holotype male and allotype female deposited in KSUC (19351).
Note: Price & Emerson (1971) identified the type host as “ Pappogeomys merriami fulvescens ”.
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Colunga-Salas, Pablo, Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen & Montiel-Parra, Griselda, 2018, Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) associated with vertebrates in Mexico, pp. 1-109 in Zootaxa 4372 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4372.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3098143
Dog Craniometry: A Cadaveric Study
Creators: name: Andreis, Maria Elena
name: Di Giancamillo, Mauro
name: Faustini, Massimo
name: Veronesi, Maria Cristina
name: Modina, Silvia Clotilde
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2016
Subjects: craniometry, brachycephalic, mesaticephalic, dolichocephalic, puppies, dog

description: The morphology of canine head differs greatly among breeds, so that they have been categorized in 3 groups (brachycephalic, mesaticephalic and dolichocephalic) based on craniometric measurements. However, several dog breeds are still unclassified, and skull measurements, often analyzed in adult dogs, are rarely studied in dog puppies. The aim of this work is to clarify whether dog puppies can be classified as dolichocephalic, mesaticephalic and brachycephalic. The skulls of spontaneously dead dog puppies aged 0 to 57 days were studied by using the following anatomic and radiographic measurements and indices: Skull Length, Cranial Length, Facial Length, Cranial Width, Skull Width, Cranial Index (CI), Skull Index (SI); radiographic Condylobasal Length, S-index and Facial Index were added. A new index, the modified-Skull Index, was created. Pearson test, ANOVA and neural nets were used in the statistical analysis. 173 dogs from 36 breeds were included in the study. Anatomic and radiographic CI and SI were significantly correlated (p<0,05). Almost all the anatomic and radiographic measurement significantly differed between brachycephalic and mesaticephalic breeds (p<0,05), while dolichocephalic breeds showed intermediate features. The new modified skull index was significantly different among the three classes (p<0,05). The neural nets allowed to classify three previously unclassified breeds. With this work it was proved that many breeds can be classified as brachycephalic, mesaticephalic or dolichocephalic as early as up to 2 months after birth, and some previously unclassified breeds were also classified. A new useful craniometric index was introduced. Finally, cadavers proved to be a very good model for dog craniometric studies.
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 3, No 1s (2016)
Development of a wild game meat supply chain: assessment of the food safety of large wild ungulates’ meat by interviews with hunters
Creators: name: Marescotti, Maria Elena
name: Gaviglio, Anna
name: Demartini, Eugenio
name: Pirani, Alberto
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2016
Subjects: Food safety; Wild game meat; Hunters; Food supply chain; Sustainable development; Territorial marketing

description: Despite the population of wild ungulates is rapidly growing (Ramanzin et al., 2010) and the Italian production has the predisposition to the high quality food, there is no food supply chain for hunted game in the Italian territory. Consequently, the customers’ demand is met by relevant amount of imported meat from other nearby markets such as the Austrian, Hungarian and Slovenian ones.

Because of the presence of these established markets, the creation of a new supply chain would be recommended even in Italy for several economic, social and environmental factors. With the purpose of understand its potentialities, the present research aims at the collection of information about hunters and their behavior in order to assess the food safety of their product.

The survey was carried out on the Hunting District of Verbania (Piedmont-Italy). Data were collected using self-compiled questionnaire. Subsequently, a descriptive analysis was performed in order to analyze the territorial context.

Results show the interesting potentialities of the area in terms of quantity of salable product. On the other hand, the hunted meat still does not reach adequate hygienic and quality standards to be traded. The wrong behaviors of the hunters are related to their cultural background, which probably represents the most important barrier for a change.

Our findings are able to provide important inputs for the development of a real market for this type of meat. Therefore, the research seems to be relevant at both scientific and practical level. It proposes a new conceptual and practical option for a more sustainable development of Italian (and others) mountain areas.
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 3, No 1s (2016)
Genome-wide association studies using copy number variants in Brown Swiss Dairy cattle
Creators: name: Prinsen, Raphaëlle Teresa Matilde Maria
name: Strillacci, Maria Giuseppina
name: Schiavini, Fausta
name: Rossoni, Attilio
name: Gredler, Birgit
name: Dolezal, Marlies Alexandra
name: Bieber, Anna
name: Bagnato, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2016
Subjects: GWAS; Copy Number Variation; Brown Swiss

description: Detecting Copy Number Variation (CNV) in cattle provides the opportunity to study their association with quantitative traits (Winchester et al., 2009; Zhang et al., 2009; Hou et al., 2011; Clop et al., 2012; de Almeida et al., 2016;). The aim of this study was to map CNVs in 1,410 Brown Swiss males and females using Illumina BovineHD Genotyping BeadChip data and to perform a genome-wide association analysis for production functional and health traits. After quality control, CNVs were called with the GoldenHelix SVS 8.3.1 and PennCNV software and were summarized to CNV regions (CNVRs) at a population level, i.e. overlapping CNVs, using BEDTools. Additionally common CNVRs between the two software were set as consensus. CNV-association studies were executed with the CNVRuler software using a linear regression model. Genes within significant associated CNVRs for each trait were annotated with a GO analysis using the DAVID Bioinformatics Resources 6.7. The quality control filtered out 294 samples. The GoldenHelix SVS 8.3.1 software identified 25,030 CNVs summarized to 398 CNVRs while PennCNV identified 62,341 CNVs summarized to 5,578 CNVRs. A total of 311 CNVRs were identified to be significantly associated with one or more of the evaluated traits. The result of this study is a comprehensive genomic analysis of the Brown Swiss breed, which enriches the bovine CNV map in its genome. Finally, the results of the association studies deliver new information for quantitative traits considered in selection programs of the Brown Swiss breed.
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 3, No 1s (2016)
In vitro toxicity of beauvericin alone and combined with fumonisin B1 or deoxynivalenol on Caco-2 cells
Creators: name: Albonico, Marco
name: Cortinovis, Cristina
name: Caloni, Francesca
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2016
Subjects: Beauvericin, Caco-2 cells, Deoxynivalenol, Fumonisin B1, Toxicity

description: Beauvericin (BEA) is a mycotoxin produced by Fusarium species, frequently occurring in cereal grains in combination with fumonisin B1 (FB1) and deoxynivalenol (DON). The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro toxic effects of BEA alone and combined with FB1 or DON on human intestinal Caco-2 cells cultured on semi-permeable inserts (Caloni et al., 2012). Caco-2 cells were treated for 24 h with BEA (1.5 µM) alone and combined with FB1 (1.5 µM) or DON (3.5 µM) on both apical (Ap) and basolateral (Bl) sides. Barrier impairment was assessed by measuring the trans-epithelial electrical resistance (TEER) after 1 h, 2 h and 24 h of treatment. At the end of the experiment, the culture medium was collected for interleukin-8 (IL-8) determination. The results indicate that TEER was not significantly affected by Ap or Bl exposure to BEA and FB1 alone, whereas a significant decrease (P<0.05) of TEER was observed after exposure to BEA in combination with FB1 for 1 h and 2 h. DON was found to decrease (P<0.05) TEER alone and combined with BEA after Bl application starting from the second hour of treatment. No significant release of the inflammatory mediator IL-8 was observed after Ap or Bl exposure to BEA and FB1 alone and in combination. On the contrary, DON alone and combined with BEA induced a significant (P<0.05) release of IL-8 after both Ap and Bl exposure. Further investigations are underway to better clarify the effects of BEA on the intestinal epithelium and its interaction with other fusariotoxins.
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 3, No 1s (2016)
Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) hoffmanni Price & Hellenthal 1976
Creators: name: Sánchez-Montes, Sokani
name: Colunga-Salas, Pablo
name: Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía
name: Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen
name: Montiel-Parra, Griselda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Trichodectidae
Geomydoecus
Geomydoecus hoffmanni

description: Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) hoffmanni Price & Hellenthal, 1976
Geomydoecus hoffmanni Price & Hellenthal, 1976: 698, figs 13, 14.
Oaxaca: Orthogeomys hispidus tehuantepecus, 2 mi. (3.2 km) S of Tollocito (Price & Hellenthal 1976). Veracruz: Orthogeomys hispidus hispidus, 3 km N of Presidio, no date; 4km WNW of Fortín, no date; Potrero Viejo, 5 km W of Potrero Viejo, no date; Orthogeomys hispidus isthmicus, 14 km SW of Coatzacoalcos, 10 Feb. 1957, W.W. Dalquest; 2 mi (3.2 km) E, 2 mi (3.2 km) N of Catemaco, 5 Jun. 1964, G.C. Bateman; 5 mi (8.1 km) SE of Lerdo de Tejada, 22 Jul. 1955, R.H. Baker; Sierra San Andrés Tuxtla, 15 Aug. 1955, A.S. Leopold; Jaltipán, 28 Apr. 1896, Nelson and Goldman; Orthogeomys hispidus torridus, 15 km W of Piedras Negras, no date (Price & Hellenthal 1976).
Types: Holotype male deposited in KSUC (19359).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Colunga-Salas, Pablo, Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen & Montiel-Parra, Griselda, 2018, Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) associated with vertebrates in Mexico, pp. 1-109 in Zootaxa 4372 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4372.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3098143
Nrf2’s activation in transgenic mice fed with high dosage of fish oil
Creators: name: Mariani, Elena
name: Rizzi, Nicoletta
name: Cesari, Nicoletta
name: Maggi, Adriana
name: Savoini, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2016
Subjects: Nrf2; Oxidative stress; Reporter mice; Omega-3

description: Some fatty acids, such as CLA and n-3 fatty acids modulate immune and inflammatory response in ruminants and monogastrics; their supplementation alters fatty acids profile of meat and milk, enhancing their nutritional quality. However, it is still unclear if their addition causes oxidative damage to animals. Nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) plays an important role in cellular defenses against oxidative stress, indeed it produces a rapid induction of its target genes involved in antioxidant response. The aim of the project is to investigate the activation of Nrf2 in luciferase reporter mice fed different amount of n-3 PUFA in the diet (7,5% lard, 7,5% tuna oil, 20 % lard and 20%tuna oil). Forty-eight reporter mice are divided into three groups: male, intact female and ovariectomized female. Each group is split in four subgroups fed different diets. Oxidative status will be studied determining TAOC in blood samples collected every two weeks and monitoring Nrf2’s activation with in vivo bioluminescent imaging.  The inflammatory and immune response will be assessed using calprotectin and lactoferrin levels in faecal samples that are non-invasive techniques. The trial is still in progress: on the 62nd day, animals will be sacrificed after a challenge in order to measure the different effects of diets and +/- oestrogen on stress response. Finally, the post mortem analysis will be carried on extract organs. Data obtained will be analysed using statistical procedures and results will improve the knowledge about interaction between omega-3 fatty acids and animals’ oxidative status.
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 3, No 1s (2016)
Surplus food and food waste: the best practices in recovery chain and feasibility study on innovative systems of waste transformation in relation to current European Legislation
Creators: name: Castrica, Marta
name: Balzaretti, Claudia
name: Bernardi, Cristian
name: Baldi, Antonella
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2016
Subjects: food safety; food security; food waste; bioactive compounds

description: Data indicate that EU-28 produce about 100 million tons of food waste every year.

The general aim of the PhD project is to analyze the hygienic aspects of recovered surplus food that are donated to food banks and subsequently evaluate and to characterize the food waste for the possible reuse for animal feed.

The first step of the research focused on the analysis of correct hygiene operating practices adopted by the food banks in Italy with the aim to identify in the recovery system the critical control points (CCP), to define the prerequisites and the check methods to guarantee safety  of recovered foodstuff. The results of this study are published within the Manual of Good Procedures for Charitable Organizations validated and available on Ministry of Health website, in relation to this Good Hygiene Practice Manual (GHP) was elaborated and presented GHP guidelines for Centro di Raccolta Solidale per il Diritto al Cibo of Lodi.

At the same time, food waste types were identified through analysis on the food supply chain (FSC) that can be converted into animal feed, the aim will be to create a broad portfolio of valorized waste for feed production according to their potential nutritional properties by developing extraction techniques of bioactive compounds with high added value.

In conclusion will be conducted feasibility study in relation to the current regulatory issues, cost, logistics with the aim to develop in Europe a new efficient transformation system of food waste into animal feed, using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 3, No 1s (2016)
The acceptance of earnings losses after voluntary mobility
Creators: name: Schneck, Stefan
Publisher: name: Kiel : Kiel Inst. World Economy
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: mobility
subject: wage cut
subject: quit
subject: job-satisfaction
subject: labor-market
subject: wage
subject: search
subject: specification
subject: turnover
subject: germany
subject: model
subject: US
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::300 | Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie::330 | Wirtschaft

description: Because rational individuals know that they cannot always get what they want, they are assumed to make appropriate adjustments. However, little is known about trade-off reasoning in labor market mobility decision making. The objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of job-specific amenities on the decision to voluntarily accept wage cuts. Application of German household data reveals that voluntarily mobile workers are more likely to accept lower wages when strain can be improved. In other words, the considered mobile workers trade off amenities and monetary rewards when changing employers.
Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) jonesi Price & Emerson 1971
Creators: name: Sánchez-Montes, Sokani
name: Colunga-Salas, Pablo
name: Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía
name: Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen
name: Montiel-Parra, Griselda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Trichodectidae
Geomydoecus
Geomydoecus jonesi

description: Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) jonesi Price & Emerson, 1971
Geomydoecus jonesi Price & Emerson, 1971: 249, figs 13, 20, 29, 49, 66, 90, 100. Puebla: Orthogeomys grandis felipensis, Tilapa, 15 Aug. 1954 (Price & Emerson 1971). Types: Holotype male and allotype female deposited in KSUC (62523).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Colunga-Salas, Pablo, Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen & Montiel-Parra, Griselda, 2018, Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) associated with vertebrates in Mexico, pp. 1-109 in Zootaxa 4372 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4372.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3098143
Supplementary document for Octave-spanning emission across the visible spectrum from single crystalline 1,3,5,7-tetrakis-(p-methoxyphenyl)adamantane - 5929837.pdf
Creators: name: Müller, Marius
name: Ziese, Ferdinand
name: Belz, Jürgen
name: Hüppe, Franziska
name: Gowrishankar, Saravanan
name: Bernhardt, Bastian
name: Schwan, Sebastian
name: Mollenhauer, Doreen
name: Schreiner, Peter
name: Volz, Kerstin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Information
Mini-Chromosomes as Horizontal Gene Shuttles in the Multihost Blast Fungus
Creators: name: Barragán, A. Cristina
name: Latorre, Sergio M.
name: Malmgren, Angus
name: Harant, Adeline
name: Win, Joe
name: Lamour, Kurt
name: Burbano, Hernán A.
name: Kamoun, Sophien
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: plant pathology
plant science
microbiology
genomics
evolution

description: The blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is a devastating plant pathogen infecting multiple staple crops. A major challenge in developing blast resistant crops is the ability M. oryzae has to quickly adapt to its plant host and overcome disease resistance. This poster described our work on how mini-chromosomes, i.e. small, supernumerary chromosomes, can contribute to adaptive evolution in M. oryzae.
Supplementary Files for ProIntens protocol article
Creators: name: van Dronkelaar, Carliene
Publisher: name: University of Amsterdam / Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Year: 2024
Subjects: Health Sciences

description: These documents are in support of the protocol article of the ProIntens project, entitled: A transmural intensive dietetic care-pathway for optimal protein intake and physical functioning in malnourished older patients: A protocol for the randomised ProIntens trial.Supplementary File 1 contains a model of changes table which underlies the intervention depicted in the protocol article.Supplementary File 2 contains an example of the Patient Information Letter and Informed consent used for the study (in Dutch language)Supplementary File 3 contains the spirit checklist as mentioned in the protocol article. (citation: Chan A-W, Tetzlaff JM, Altman DG, Laupacis A, Gøtzsche PC, Krleža-Jerić K, Hróbjartsson A, Mann H, Dickersin K, Berlin J, Doré C, Parulekar W, Summerskill W, Groves T, Schulz K, Sox H, Rockhold FW, Rennie D, Moher D. SPIRIT 2013 Statement: Defining standard protocol items for clinical trials. Ann Intern Med 2013;158:200-207.)
Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) limitaris subsp. bakeri Price & Hellenthal 1981
Creators: name: Sánchez-Montes, Sokani
name: Colunga-Salas, Pablo
name: Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía
name: Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen
name: Montiel-Parra, Griselda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Trichodectidae
Geomydoecus
Geomydoecus limitaris
Geomydoecus (geomydoecus) limitaris bakeri price & hellenthal, 1981

description: Geomydoecus (Geomydoecus) limitaris bakeri Price & Hellenthal, 1981
Geomydoecus limitaris bakeri Price & Hellenthal 1981a: 12.
Chihuahua: Thomomys bottae modicus, 2 mi (3.2 km) W of Villa Ahumada, no date (Price & Hellenthal 1989). Sonora: Thomomys bottae modicus, Santa Cruz, no date (Price & Hellenthal 1989).
description: Published as part of Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Colunga-Salas, Pablo, Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen & Montiel-Parra, Griselda, 2018, Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) associated with vertebrates in Mexico, pp. 1-109 in Zootaxa 4372 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4372.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3098143
LOSS OF CD45 PROTEIN IN CANINE SMALL CLEAR CELL/T-ZONE LYMPHOMA IS DUE TO ABSENCE OF GENE TRANSCRIPTION
Creators: name: Cozzi, Marzia
name: Martini, Valeria
name: Aresu, Luca
name: Mortarino, Michele
name: Comazzi, Stefano
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2016
Subjects: Lymphoma, CD45, Protein expression, Transcription, DNA, mRNA

description: Canine small clear cell/T-zone lymphoma (TZL) is a peculiar lymphoma subtype characterized by an indolent clinical course and aberrant CD45-negative phenotype, easily recognized by flow cytometry (FC). Recent studies have described clinical presentation and behavior, but to date the mechanism for CD45-negativity have never been investigated.

Aim of this study is to confirm the lack of surface protein using a different technique from FC and to investigate if CD45-absence in TZL is linked to the lack of the corresponding transcript and gene.

40 TZL cases and 17 controls (7 T-high grade lymphoma, 10 reactive lymphnodes) were included in the present study. Immunohistochemistry was performed with a different antibody respect with FC to confirm CD45 surface protein absence. Total RNA and genomic DNA were extracted from lymph-nodes aspirates. CD45 transcript amount was investigated by quantitative real-time RT-PCR and the corresponding gene fragment was analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR. ΔΔCt method was used for the relative quantification of transcript amount and DNA load compared to housekeeping genes.

All TZL cases were negative for CD45 at immunohistochemistry. CD45 transcript amount was significantly lower in TZL compared to controls (p=0.000). This difference was not significant (p=0.584) for CD45 DNA load, that was similar between TZL and controls.

These results highlight that CD45 protein is lacking on cell surface and gene transcription is absent in TZL, whereas the corresponding gene is not deleted. The data here reported support further studies for clarifying possible genomic or epigenomic factors involving CD45 gene transcription and for better clarifying the possible role of CD45 in lymphomagenesis.
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 3, No 1s (2016)
title: A study on the type pedigree of Chinese traditional settlement centrality spatial schema
Creators: name: Wei, Jia
name: Lijun, Wang
Publisher: name: Conference Proceedings XXIX International Seminar on Urban Form ISUF 2022 Urban Redevelopment and Revitalisation A Multidisciplinary Perspective/Lodz University of Technology Press
Year: 2023
Subjects: Traditional settlement, centripetal schema, public space, typology pedigree

description: As a universal prototype and basic model of space, centrality schema is embodied in the concept of centrality and the philosophical idea of ‘unity of heaven and man’ that has existed since ancient times, in the context of Chinese traditional culture. This paper focuses on the public space with centripetal characteristics in Chinese traditional settlements. Introducing schema theory as a form cognition method and the concept of ‘space force field’, this paper attempts to explore the different translation results and underlying reasons of centripetal spatial schema under the influence of different material and immaterial environment in the public space of settlement. Then to construct the morphological type genealogy and explore the correlation between the spatial forms of different settlements under the action of different ‘centripetal spatial field’ on this basis. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the translation principle of centrality spatial schema in traditional settlement public space, and further reveal the integration mechanism of Chinese traditional ‘architecture-human-environment’, so as to provide scientific reference for the renewal and regeneration of historical blocks and the protection and revitalization of traditional villages in China.
Code and data for "Sparse Convolutional Neural Network for Localization and Orientation Prediction and Application to Drone Control"
Creators: name: Rodziewicz-Bielewicz, Jan
name: Korzeń, Marcin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: point cloud
machine learning
depth camera
drones

description: The supplementary material for the paper "Sparse Convolutional Neural Network for Localization and Orientation Prediction and Application to Drone Control" (27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 19-24 October 2024, Santiago de Compostela, Spain).
An innovative multi-purpose offshore platform concept for the blue economy proposed by the Blue Growth Farm Project
Creators: name: Gao, Yan
name: Collu, Maurizio
name: Lagasco, Fabrizio
name: Brizzi, Giulio
name: Arena, Felice
name: Ruzzo, Carlo
name: Santoro, Anita
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: The Blue Growth Farm
Offshore Aquaculture
European Commission
Horizon 2020
BGF
Grant Agreement 774426
Multi-purpose platform MPP

description: An innovative multi-purpose offshore platform concept for the blue economy proposed by the Blue Growth Farm Project
Galerida viarum Brehm 1831
Creators: name: LeCROY, M. A. R. Y.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Alaudidae
Galerida
Galerida viarum

description: Galerida viarum Brehm
 Galerida viarum Brehm, 1841 (nec 1831): cols. 123, 126, 127 (zwischen Leipzig und Delitzsch).
 Now Galerida cristata cristata (Linnaeus, 1758). See Hartert, 1918b: 20, and Cramp, 1988: 145.
LECTOTYPE: AMNH 457721, adult male, collected at Spröda near Delitzsch, 51°32′N, 12°20′E (Times Atlas), Germany, on 1 May 1834, by C.L. Brehm. From the Brehm Collection via the Rothschild Collection.
 COMMENTS: Hartert (1918b: 19) explained that Brehm’s G. viarum of 1841 ‘‘inhabit[ed] the roads between Delitzsch and Leipzig’’. AMNH received four specimens from that area. The above lectotype, designated by Hartert (1918b: 20), is one of a pair tied together. The female, AMNH 457722 with the same data, is a paralectotype, as are AMNH 457723 and AMNH 457724, a male and female tied together, from ‘‘Brinnis bei Leipzig’’.
description: Published as part of LeCROY, M. A. R. Y., 2003, TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. PART 5. PASSERIFORMES: ALAUDIDAE, HIRUNDINIDAE, MOTACILLIDAE, CAMPEPHAGIDAE, PYCNONOTIDAE, IRENIDAE, LANIIDAE, VANGIDAE, BOMBYCILLIDAE, DULIDAE, CINCLIDAE, TROGLODYTIDAE, AND MIMIDAE, pp. 1-156 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278 (278) on page 19, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2003)278<0001:tsobit>2.0.co;2, http://zenodo.org/record/13256611
A DESCRIPTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY AMONG PARENTS OF NEONATES ADMITTED TO THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN SUBURBAN PARTS OF CHENNAI
Creators: name: Dr. Rangesh Kumar Balakrishnan
name: Dr. Balakrishnan T
name: Dr. Santosh Kumar K
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Parental Stress, Anxiety Levels, Sociodemographic Factors, Clinical Variables, Neonatal Health, Chennai.

description: Abstract

Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) play a critical role in managing acute health issues in neonates, but the experience can be stressful for parents, affecting bonding and long-term development. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess parental stress levels in NICU settings and explore associations with sociodemographic and clinical variables. Conducted in a tertiary care hospital in suburban Chennai, the study included 100 parents of neonates admitted to the NICU. Results revealed high levels of anxiety (77%) among parents, with concerns about misfortunes and indecisiveness prevalent. Mothers exhibited higher anxiety rates compared to fathers, influenced by factors such as education, socioeconomic status, and previous neonatal deaths. Findings underscore the need for targeted interventions to alleviate parental anxiety and promote well-being in NICU settings.