The importance of a taste. A comparative study on wild food plant consumption in twenty-one local communities in Italy

A comparative food ethnobotanical study was carried out in twenty-one local communities in Italy, fourteen of which were located in Northern Italy, one in Central Italy, one in Sardinia, and four in Southern Italy. 549 informants were asked to name and describe food uses of wild botanicals they currently gather and consume. Data showed that gathering, processing and consuming wild food plants are still important activities in all the selected areas. A few botanicals were quoted and cited in multiple areas, demonstrating that there are ethnobotanical contact points among the various Italian regions (Asparagus acutifolius, Reichardia picroides, Cichorium intybus, Foeniculum vulgare, Sambucus nigra, Silene vulgaris, Taraxacum officinale, Urtica dioica, Sonchus and Valerianella spp.). One taxon (Borago officinalis) in particular was found to be among the most quoted taxa in both the Southern and the Northern Italian sites

Relazione tra salute orale e aprassia costruttiva in pazienti anziani ospedalizzati: studio osservazionale. Relationship between oral health and constructional apraxia among hospitalized elderly patients: an observational study

RIASSUNTO Scopo del lavoro Lo scopo \ue8 stato valutare l\u2019impatto dell\u2019aprassia costruttiva sulla salute del cavo orale e sul livello nutrizionale in soggetti anziani ospedalizzati. Materiali e metodi \uc8 stato selezionato un campione di 176 anziani ospedalizzati di et\ue0 superiore ai 65 anni (et\ue0 media 84,3\ub16,8 anni) divisi in due gruppi: G0 pazienti affetti da aprassia (n=91); G1 pazienti sani (n=78). Per ogni soggetto \ue8 stato valutato: esame obiettivo orale, Decayed Missing Filled Teeth (DMFT), Indice di Placca (IP), Periodontal Screening and Recording (PSR), valutazione di un\u2019eventuale riabilitazione protesica distinta tra arcata superiore e arcata inferiore. Inoltre \ue8 stato compilato un questionario con 10 domande sulle abitudini di igiene orale. Sono stati raccolti gli indici Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) che conteneva la valutazione dell\u2019aprassia costruttiva e il Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) per la valutazione dello stato nutrizionale. Risultati Non sono emerse differenze significative per il DMFT tra i due gruppi. I soggetti di et\ue0 superiore ai 75 anni con aprassia hanno meno elementi dentari presenti in arcata rispetto a quelli sani (denti mancanti G0 = 21,07\ub18,8, G1 = 17,70\ub19,2) (p<0,05). Il 94% dei soggetti affetti da aprassia non esegue una specifica tecnica di spazzolamento manuale. Il 15 % dei soggetti con aprassia costruttiva presentano un cattivo stato nutrizionale rispetto all\u20198% dei soggetti sani (p<0,05). Conclusioni La diagnosi di aprassia deve attivare l\u2019assistenza nei confronti dell\u2019anziano nell\u2019igiene quotidiana e nell\u2019alimentazione, coinvolgendo sia i familiari che il personale ausiliario. La figura dell\u2019igienista dentale attivando programmi personalizzati di igiene orale risulta fondamentale al mantenimento di un buono stato di salute nell\u2019anziano

The knowledge about periodontal health of northeastern Italian pharmacists: a cross-sectional survey

Abstract Background: The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge of periodontal health and prevention of periodontal diseases of a pool of pharmacists working in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Methods: A 22 questions questionnaire about oral health was sent by mail to all the pharmacies working in Friuli Venezia Giulia and to the most known associations of pharmacists. The data were collected and analysed by Google Forms software. Results: 164 questionnaires were analysed. 91% of the pharmacists assert to give advices about prevention and treatment of oral affection during professional practice but 97% never attended university courses about it. Only 21% took part in post graduate courses about oral health. Most of them have not enough notions about periodontal disease. Conclusions: The findings from this study highlight that pharmacists have not enough knowledge about periodontal disease and its treatment but every day they provide advices about oral health. It would be appropriate a better organization of post-graduate courses about oral health and prevention of periodontal diseases

Citomegalovirus nei pazienti trapiantati d\u2019organo

aim of the work Calprotectin (CalP) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) are biochemical markers in the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF). Their increased concentration indicates the onset of an inflammatory process. The aim of this study was to valuate the correlation between the levels of calprotectin and myeloperoxidase detected in the crevicular fluid (GCF) at different probing depth (PPD). Materials and methods In a total of 11 subjects with chronic periodontitis, non smokers enjoying good health and who had not undergone periodontal nor antibiotic therapy in the 6 months prior the study, 60 sites were randomly selected and bleeding on probing (BOP), PPD, quantity of GCF and concentration of MPO and CalP were recorded. The volume of GCF was assessed through inserting PerioCol paper strips in the periodontal pockets for 10 seconds, then analyzed with a micro-moisture meter electronic instrument (Periotrom 6000, Siemens). The determination of the CalP was performed by enzyme immunoassay. The determination of MPO in the crevicular fluid was performed using the spectrophotometric reading of optical density. The results were statistically analyzed (SPSS16). Results PPD 5 mm (GCF=0,72 \u3bcg/\u3bcl; CalP=10,06 \u3bcg/\u3bcl; MPO=3,69 \u3bcg/\u3bcl); PPD 6 mm (GCF=0,78 \u3bcg/\u3bcl; CalP=10,64 \u3bcg/\u3bcl; MPO=5,45 \u3bcg/\u3bcl); PPD 657 mm (GCF=1,32 \u3bcg/\u3bcl; CalP=7,20 \u3bcg/\u3bcl; MPO=5,55 \u3bcg/\u3bcl). There were no statistically significant differences in the concentrations of MPO and CalP in the deeper periodontal pocket. Conclusion The concentration ofmyeloperoxidase seems significantly related to the increased presence of neutrophils into the deepest pockets

Most quoted wild food botanical families in the Northern and Southern Italian study areas

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "The importance of a taste. A comparative study on wild food plant consumption in twenty-one local communities in Italy"</p><p>http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/3/1/22</p><p>Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2007;3():22-22.</p><p>Published online 4 May 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC1877798.</p><p></p

Correspondence analysis carried out on the food ethnobotanical uses of the fifteen most cited taxa among all the considered sites

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "The importance of a taste. A comparative study on wild food plant consumption in twenty-one local communities in Italy"</p><p>http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/3/1/22</p><p>Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2007;3():22-22.</p><p>Published online 4 May 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC1877798.</p><p></p

Representation of the five most quoted wild food taxa in Northern and Southern Italy (the name of the species that turned out to be among the most quoted in macro-regions is underlined)

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "The importance of a taste. A comparative study on wild food plant consumption in twenty-one local communities in Italy"</p><p>http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/3/1/22</p><p>Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2007;3():22-22.</p><p>Published online 4 May 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC1877798.</p><p></p

Correspondence analysis carried out on the food ethnobotanical uses of the fifteen most cited taxa among all the considered sites, after eliminating those botanical taxa that are not ecologically available in all study areas

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "The importance of a taste. A comparative study on wild food plant consumption in twenty-one local communities in Italy"</p><p>http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/3/1/22</p><p>Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2007;3():22-22.</p><p>Published online 4 May 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC1877798.</p><p></p

A multi-element psychosocial intervention for early psychosis (GET UP PIANO TRIAL) conducted in a catchment area of 10 million inhabitants: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

Multi-element interventions for first-episode psychosis (FEP) are promising, but have mostly been conducted in non-epidemiologically representative samples, thereby raising the risk of underestimating the complexities involved in treating FEP in 'real-world' services