This paper addresses the local cultural consequences of tourist quest for authenticity through an ethnographic study ancient Christianized pagan spring ritual in Northern Italy. Rather than embracing its Christian features, tourists and inhabitants alike define meaning romanticist terms. informs “stage fright” at both ends, i.e., concerns that it may degenerate into a staged folklore show. Defi...

on Poisons", published in 1702, calls attention to the long period of latency in rabies. In " A Discourse on the Plague"" (London, 1720), he shows that sudden seizures should be attributed not to fright but to infection, and says " contagion is a real poison"; the whole argument as to contagion is as fully stated as in any recent discussions on cholera or typhus. He is among the first to remark...

The Schlaffhorst-Andersen method offers a structured and holistic prevention and treatment method approach to stage fright. It combines a science based understanding of breathing and voice technique with cognitive, emotional and total-body approaches. The Schlaffhorst-Andersen concept is based on the reciprocal psycho-neuro-motor actions of the organism with the goal of improving performance ab...

The paper describes the terminology of risk communication in the view of food safety: different aspects of risk perception (perceived risk, media triggers, the psychometric paradigm, fright factors and cultural determinants of risk perception) are described. The risk profile elements are illustrated in the manuscript: hazard-food commodity combination(s) of concern; description of the public he...