Vampires in the village Žrnovo on the island of Korčula: following an archival document from the 18th century

Središnja tema rada usmjerena je na raščlambu spisa pohranjenog u Državnom arhivu u Mlecima (fond: Capi del Consiglio de’ Dieci: Lettere di Rettori e di altre cariche) koji se odnosi na događaj iz 1748. godine u korčulanskom selu Žrnovo, kada su mještani – vjerujući da su se pojavili vampiri – oskvrnuli nekoliko mjesnih grobova. U radu se podrobno iznose osnovni podaci iz spisa te rečeni događaj analizira u širem društvenom kontekstu i prate se lokalna vjerovanja.The main interest of this essay is the analysis of the document from the State Archive in Venice (file: Capi del Consiglio de’ Dieci: Lettere di Rettori e di altre cariche) which is connected with the episode from 1748 when the inhabitants of the village Žrnove on the island of Korčula in Croatia opened tombs on the local cemetery in the fear of the vampires treating. This essay try to show some social circumstances connected with this event as well as a local vernacular tradition concerning superstitions

Testing Nanotoxicity: An Update of New and Traditional Methods

The exploitation of engineered nanomaterials (NMs) in many technological fields is partly rapidly evolving and partly well consolidated. Nanotoxicity, the dark side of the nanotechnology revolution, became a matter of concern since 1990. More than a decade later, three nonconnected and acute occurrences of toxic reactions in humans, possibly related to exposure to NMs, were reported. In all these cases, however, the cause\u2013effect relationship was suggested, but not proved. While sporadic, these adverse effects were severe enough to enhance the alert about the safety of NMs. Currently, nanotoxicology had already evolved into an independent discipline and included aspects of preventive and occupational medicine