• The changing nature of detrital signatures reflect provenance from evolving terranes. Sandstones over the Mesomediterranean plate final closure Tethyan realm. oceanic eastern and southern thrust accomodation Inner Zone Mediterranean chains. in clastic wedges Circum-Mediterranean orogenic systems relations different source rocks geo-puzzle terranes, including ophiolite bearing, uplifted contin...

Serpentinite rocks testify to the ocean-floor metamorphism that took place and transformed original mineralogy fabric of previous ultramafic rocks. Due their tectonic petrological importance, in recent decades, there has been increasing interest serpentinites. From economic point view, it is worth noting that, due beauty attractiveness, serpentinite have exploited traded as building ornamental ...

Palatal stops and affricates are relatively rare in the world’s languages, compared to velar stops and postalveolar affricates. In some languages, palatal stops underwent a diachronic shift and merged with postalveolar affricates. This study undertakes a spectral analysis of palatal stops in two Romance varieties, i.e. the dialect of San Giovanni in Fiore (spoken in a small town of Calabria, so...

The effect of cultivar on sterol composition of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seed oil from three industrial cultivars (Principe Borghese, Rebelion F1 and San Marzano) grown in Calabria Region (Southern Italy) was investigated. Sterol composition is presented both as percentage on the total sterol content (%) and as an absolute value (mg/kg). Rebelion F1 produced the worst seed oil in terms ...

Using an atomic force microscope to nanopattern a substrate for liquid crystal alignment, a bend distortion is imposed on a liquid crystal. In regions of large bend the smectic-A phase melts into the nematic phase, and the width of the melted region is measured as a function of temperature. The results are consistent with type-I superconducting (nematic — smectic-A) behavior, wherein a large ma...

The epidemiological status of HCV in Europe, and in particular in Mediterranean countries, is continuously evolving. The genotype distribution is related to improvement of healthcare conditions, expansion of intravenous drug use and immigration. We review and characterize the epidemiology of the distribution of HCV genotypes within Calabria, an area of Southern Italy. We focus on the pattern of...

Takahiro Moriyama,1 Giovanni Finocchio,2 Mario Carpentieri,3 Bruno Azzerboni,2 Daniel C. Ralph,1,4 and Robert A. Buhrman1 1Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 USA 2Department of Fisica della Materia e Ingegneria Elettronica, University of Messina, C. da di Dio, I-98166 Messina, Italy 3Department of Elettronica, Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci 42C, I-87036...

Background Great saphenous vein (GSV) reflux is an important component of the pathophysiology of primary venous insufficiency. For nearly a century vein saphenous stripping has remained the standard surgical therapy with the recurrence rates from 20% to 80%. Endovenous laser therapy (EVLT) is an alternative and minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of saphenous vein incompetence. This ...

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a disorder in which many tiny fragments (microliths) of calcium phosphate gradually accumulate in alveoli. Loss of function mutations in the gene SLC34A2 coding for the sodium phosphate co-transporter (NaPi-IIb) are responsible for genetic forms of alveolar microlithiasis. We now report a consanguineous Italian family from Calabria with two affected members ...