In the course of “History of Architecture”, at the II school year of the Architecture University of Chieti, an experimental activity linked to theoretical studies has been developed by involving about 200 students in a scientific research. This study, already started before, concerns the analysis of Renaissance and Baroque architecture of about 70 churches bordering on the university, dated bet...

Telč is a Moravian medieval town, founded in the 13 Century as a fortified place with two castle-fortresses, town wall and lakes around, Fig.1. The lower castle, first Gothic, was rebuilt in the 16 century into a Renaissance chateau with rich well preserved interiors. In the 17 and 18 centuries the city was enriched with Baroque churches and sculptures, mostly built by Jesuits. The Gothic perio...

The approval in July 2001 by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) of the “New African Initiative” and a commitment soon afterwards by the world’s richest countries (G8) to launch a detailed development plan for Africa over the next year, can justly be regarded as a major boost for South African President Thabo Mbeki’s vision of an “African Renaissance” as the cornerstone for an “African Cent...

Contrast has always been appreciated as a significant factor in image quality, but it is less widely recognized that it is a key factor in the representation of depth, solidity and three-dimensionality in images in general, and in paintings in particular. This aspect of contrast was a key factor in the introduction of oil paint as a painting medium at the beginning of the fifteenth century, as ...

In "Racial and Geographic Differences in Breastfeeding-United States, 2011-2015," on page 723, in the first paragraph, the fifth sentence should have read, "Among the 34 states (including the District of Columbia [DC]) with sufficient sample size (≥50 per group), initiation rates were significantly (p<0.05) lower among black infants than white infants in 22 states; in 14 of these states (primar...

The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recently posted new information about its finding of insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of yearround schooling in improving academic achievement. The information for “Health Equity: Year-Round Schooling” is available at https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/ health-equity-year-round-schooling. Established in 1996 by the...

Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (BADH) belongs to the aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDH) family, an ancestral group of enzymes responsible for aldehyde detoxification in several organisms. The BADH enzyme catalyzes the irreversible oxidation of betaine aldehyde to glycine betaine (GB) an important osmoptrotector and osmoregulator accumulated in response to cellular osmotic stress. The BADH enzymes h...

In the report "State HCV Incidence and Policies Related to HCV Preventive and Treatment Services for Persons Who Inject Drugs - United States, 2015-2016," on page 466, the second sentence of the second paragraph should have read "HCV incidence rates increased by 167% nationally from 0.3 cases per 100,000 U.S. population in 2010 to 0.8 in 2015 (4)."