Hacia una nueva lectura de los grabados de Cárcel de amor 1493-1496

Los grabados xilográficos crean un punto de encuentro entre lo narrativo y lo material en el libro impreso de la edad moderna. Este ensayo reexaminará la interacción de lo verbal y lo visual en las ediciones ilustradas de Cárcel de amor y Carcer d’amor producidas entre 1493 y 1496. Como se argumentará, las ediciones ilustradas de la novela ofrecen al público receptor una combinación de texto e imagen que crea lecturas intermediales, y por lo tanto, experienciasinterpretativas que difieren sustancialmente de las ofrecidas por las ediciones sin ilustraciones. Cárcel, como libro material y obra literaria sumamente metaficticia en la que los personajes escriben y manipulan textos materiales, ejemplifica como la textualidad, la visualidad y la materialidad se pueden interrelacionar en el libro impreso de la época

Multivariate approximation: Theory and applications 2020

A summary of the main facts about the Conference ‘Multivariate Approximation: Theory and Applications’ (MATA 2020) held at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Perugia (Italy), on January 16-18, 2020 and the contents of the associated Special Issue appearing on Dolomites Research Notes on Approximation, are here reported

Mangosteen Extract Shows a Potent Insulin Sensitizing Effect in Obese Female Patients: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.

There is a widely acknowledged association between insulin resistance and obesity/type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and insulin sensitizing treatments have proved effective in preventing diabetes and inducing weight loss. Obesity and T2DM are also associated with increased inflammation. Mangosteen is a tropical tree, whose fruits—known for their antioxidant properties—have been recently suggested having a possible further role in the treatment of obesity and T2DM. The objective of this pilot study has been to evaluate safety and efficacy of treatment with mangosteen extract on insulin resistance, weight management, and inflammatory status in obese female patients with insulin resistance. Twenty-two patients were randomized 1:1 to behavioral therapy alone or behavioral therapy and mangosteen and 20 completed the 26-week study. The mangosteen group reported a significant improvement in insulin sensitivity (homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance, HOMA-IR −53.22% vs. −15.23%, p = 0.004), and no side effect attributable to treatment was reported. Given the positive preliminary results we report and the excellent safety profile, we suggest a possible supplementary role of mangosteen extracts in the treatment of obesity, insulin resistance, and inflammation

Acoustic Signatures of Habitat Types in the Miombo Woodlands of Western Tanzania

The Miombo Woodlands of Tanzania comprise several habitat types that are home to a great number of flora and fauna. Understanding their responses to increasing human disturbance is important for conservation, especially in places where people depend so directly on their local ecosystem services to survive. Soundscapes are a powerful approach to study complex biomes undergoing change. The sounds emitted by soniferous fauna characterize the acoustic profile of the landscapes they inhabit such that habitats with the highest acoustic abundance are considered as the most diverse and possibly more ecologically resilient. However, acoustic variability within similar habitat types may pose a challenge not only in determining their pristine condition but also in acoustically detecting their ecological change. The study presented here attempts to assess the soundscapes across habitat types in the Miombo Woodlands of the Issa Valley, Tanzania. A set of 24-hour audio recordings was collected using passive acoustic recorders over an area of 18000 km2. Sites were clustered based on acoustic indices that quantified sound diversity, and this cluster was compared to a similar cluster based on habitat physical attributes calculated using MODIS imagery and geographic information systems. The culminating analysis is a statistical correlation between habitats as defined by their soundscapes and by their landscape attributes. Results indicate acoustic variability was greater in dense canopy habitats and that wetland soundscapes are strongly correlated to the landscape attributes. More analysis need to be done to detect further ecological factors affecting the soundscape in places where the variability was high

The COVID-19 outbreak in dermatologic surgery: resetting clinical priorities

Emilia-Romagna was one of the Italian regions mostly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures were taken to slow the COVID-19 outbreak. All routine activities in Modena hospitals were suspended; however, urgent procedures were still to be performed. Setting the priority of procedures in oncological dermatology in the COVID-19 era is challenging