Southern Italy
Medicinal and useful plants in the tradition of Rotonda, Pollino National Park, Southern Italy
... Obviously, ethnobotanical studies are very important in those areas, in which the ancient traditions are alive yet. It’s noteworthy underline the value of tradition as something that has been an integrated part of a ...
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Detection of vector borne pathogens in cats and their ectoparasites in southern Italy
... Results: Only one flea species (Ctenocephalides felis) and four tick species belonging to the genera Rhipicephalus and Ixodes were identified on cats from southern Italy. Molecular evidence of Bartonella ...
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Environmental implications of crop insurance subsidies in Southern Italy
... The changing environment affects agriculture introducing sources of uncertainty. On the other hand, policies to cope with risks may have strong impacts on the environment. We evaluate the effects of public risk ...
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Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) in ectoparasites and reptiles in southern Italy
... pathogens [63, 64]. Furthermore, the most common spe- cies of mite found on lizards in sites 2 and 3 was N. autumnalis larvae. Due to the transovarial transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophilum [65], and possibly of B. ...
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Rainfall thresholds for shallow landslide occurrence in Calabria, southern Italy
... in Italy, we compiled a catalogue of 186 rainfall events that resulted in 251 shallow landslides in Calabria, southern Italy, from January 1996 to September ...
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Risk of lymphoma subtypes by occupational exposure in Southern Italy
... The north/south gradients might suggest various causes, including a lesser prevalence of exposure to oc- cupational and environmental carcinogens and to to- bacco smoking and a higher prevalence of protective factors ...
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Study of self potential anomalous fluctuations in a seismic active zone of Lucano Apennine (southern Italy): recent results
... Anomalous fluctuations of SP signals are recorded close to local earthquakes occurred in the investigated area. In Febru- ary 2007 no clear correlation between SP anomalies and earthquakes can be stated because of the ...
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A revision of the 1783–1784 Calabrian (southern Italy) tsunamis
... Abstract. Southern Italy is one of the most tsunamigenic areas in the Mediterranean basin, having experienced during centuries a large number of tsunamis, some of which very ...whole southern ...
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Control of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in an intensive care unit of a teaching hospital in Southern Italy
... Background: Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen that has become a major cause of concern, since it is a frequent cause of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The aim of the study was to describe the ...
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Flood quantiles estimation based on theoretically derived distributions: regional analysis in Southern Italy
... An application of the IF model to basins of Puglia and Basilicata, respectively the northern and central regions of Southern Italy (see Fig. 1), was proposed by Fiorentino and Iacobellis (2001), which also ...
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Ethnobotanical research in Cava de’ Tirreni area, Southern Italy
... The Cava de’ Tirreni area (Campania, Southern Italy, Fig. 1) is surrounded by two vast mountain ranges, in Northern and Southern directions, at a latitude of 40° and 40′ north and a longitude of 32° ...
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Multifractal variability in geoelectrical signals and correlations with seismicity: a study case in southern Italy
... of southern Italy, have been revealed using the Multifractal Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (MF-DFA), which allows to detect mul- tifractality in nonstationary ...of southern Apennine Chain ...
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The 9 September 2010 torrential rain and flash flood in the Dragone catchment, Atrani, Amalfi Coast (southern Italy)
... Abstract. In this paper we use a multi-hazard approach to analyse the 9 September 2010 flash flood in the Dragone basin, a 9 km 2 catchment located along the Amalfi rocky coastal range, southern Italy. In ...
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Plant selection for ethnobotanical uses on the Amalfi Coast (Southern Italy)
... Different methods have been developed to validate these theories. Several statistical analysis methods may be used to analyze ethnobotanical data to highlight whether some taxa are more extensively used than others in a ...
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Ethnobotanical remarks on Central and Southern Italy
... Centaurea bracteata Scop. [Asteraceae]. Mixed with C. cal- citrapa is anti-tussive and a diuretic [29]. The chemical compounds are similar to those of Centaurea pratensis. Centaurium erythraea Rafn [Gentianaceae]. It is ...
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Ethnophytotherapeutical research in the high Molise region (Central-Southern Italy)
... nary science (or in all sectors of ethnobotanical knowl- edge) of each area by the number of species of the respective floras [21,55,56]. We can note (see Table 3) that the values of E.I. in the selected Italian areas ...
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Folk medicine used to heal malaria in Calabria (southern Italy)
... peninsular Italy; it borders with the Ionian Sea to the east and south, with the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west, and with the region Basi- licata to the north, and it extends for about 250 km from north to south in ...
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Human responses to the 1906 eruption of Vesuvius, southern Italy
... within Italy, but also had a strong international ...within Italy by individuals, businesses, the Catholic Church and through charitable events held across the ...touring Italy with his Wild West ...
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Temporal properties of rainfall events in Calabria (southern Italy)
... Abstract. Temporal properties of 152 575 rainfall events, recorded at time steps of 5 min, having different durations and occurring between 1989 and 2008 at 155 localities of Calabria (Italy), have been analysed ...
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Molecular analysis of native cultivars of sweet cherry in Southern Italy
... Campania’s typical cherry cultivars using a simple and effective technique, namely RAPD markers. These molecular markers are swift and easy to use, since they do not require sequence knowledge and can produce abundant ...
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