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Si propone di attribuire a Creta un vaso di Gela precedentemente considerato di produzione siceliota

Archaeological evidence on ancient Centuripe, except for the Hellenistic period, is rare. A survey was therefore carried out in the surrounding territory in order to collect more data on the relationship between the ancient city and its chora. Monte Ficarazza, a hill not very far from Centuripe, is one of the most meaningful sites identified by the survey. Eneolithic evidence is scarce but the Ancient Bronze Age (22nd-15th century BC) is the well-documented by ceramics and stone tools, after which Monte Ficarazza seems to have been abandoned for a long period. During the lron Age, an indigenous community occupied the east top of the hill on a position that was easy to defend. Other groups of Sikels settled on the highest and best defensible hills of the area as well. This resulted a good defence system that dominated the surrounding agricultural landscape and the road connecting eastern to central Sicily. From the Archaic to the Hellenistic period, except for the 5th century BC, the archaeological evidence becomes denser. During the Hellenistic period the number of sites in the agricultural hinterland and the urban necropoleis still increased. This documents the favourable economy of the ancient city that was probably due to a specific cause: the so called 'Timoleontean recolonization', the effects of the pax romana and the privileged relations of Centuripe with Rome. The evidence for the Imperial Age is less clear and differs from that of other parts of the same territory. This indicates extensive exploitation of the agricultural land preferring cattle-breeding to farming and plateaus to hills.

Submitted by Guilherme Lemeszenski (guilherme@nead.unesp.br) on 2014-02-26T17:17:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 WOS000186877600012.pdf: 90061 bytes, checksum: e1abd7ff3e965c49b57c9a75f86a1e66 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2014-02-26T17:17:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 WOS000186877600012.pdf: 90061 bytes, checksum: e1abd7ff3e965c49b57c9a75f86a1e66 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-12-01 Submitted by Vitor Silverio Rodrigues (vitorsrodrigues@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2014-05-20T15:24:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 WOS000186877600012.pdf: 90061 bytes, checksum: e1abd7ff3e965c49b57c9a75f86a1e66 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-20T15:24:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 WOS000186877600012.pdf: 90061 bytes, checksum: e1abd7ff3e965c49b57c9a75f86a1e66 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-12-01 We tested the possible diagnostic utility of five Taenia saginata oncosphere-derived synthetic peptides in T. solium neurocysticercosis (NC). The five peptides correspond to protein sequences with high antigenic indexes that were cloned from a T. saginata oncosphere cDNA library. The test samples consisted of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples randomly collected from patients referred from Mexican and Brazilian neurological institutes. Indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) were carried out with the peptides either unconjugated or coupled to carrier proteins, and were compared with results obtained using T. solium cyst fluid as a positive control. For active inflammatory NC, the higher sensibility (93%) and specificity (85%) was obtained with peptides HP6-2 and Ts45W-1, respectively, coupled to ovalbumin, in both Mexican and Brazilian patients. Examining the results of the individual peptide assays in combination, in some instances, improved the sensitivity to 100%. Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Invest Biomed, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico Inst Nacl Neurol & Neurocirurg, Mexico City 14269, DF, Mexico Inst Epidemiol Neurol & Neurol Trop, Limoges, France Inst Salud Carlos III, Madrid 28220, Spain Univ Edinburgh, Dept Trop Anim Hlth, Sir Alexander Robertson Ctr Trop Vet Med, Easter Bush Vet Ctr, Roslin EH25 9RG, Midlothian, Scotland Inst Gulbenkian Ciências, Oeiras, Portugal Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Parasitol Lab, BR-3840090Z Uberlandia, MG, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Med Vet & Zootecn, BR-18618000 Botucatu, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Med, BR-18618000 Botucatu, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Med Vet & Zootecn, BR-18618000 Botucatu, SP, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Med, BR-18618000 Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Viral drug susceptibility is associated with virologic response to new treatments. Standardized drug resistance tests are now available, and data from some clinical trials suggest that the use of drug resistance testing may be associated with improved virologic outcome. However, drug resistance testing is complex in terms of performance, interpretation and clinical application. HIV-1 drug resistance testing is used across Europe in patient management, but not in a consistent manner. This is due to differences in the national approaches to treatment, treatment management and reimbursement, as well as availability of tests. National guidelines only exist in some countries. In addition, the laboratory quality assurance and quality control standards are not applied uniformly. The EuroGuidelines Group was established to formulate clinical as well as laboratory guidelines for the use of HIV-1 drug resistance testing that are specific for the European setting. The group is comprised of academic clinicians and virologists, scientist from the industry and representatives of the patient community. The panel of experts will review these guidelines and update them on a yearly basis as new scientific evidence becomes available. (C) 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.