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Les objectifs de la mission de terrain 2016 Valle Giumentina est un gisement des Abruzzes du Paléolithique ancien et moyen en plein air, connu grâce aux travaux approfondis des années 1950 menés par le préhistorien A. M. Radmilli et le géologue J. Demangeot. Sept horizons archéologiques avaient été mis au jour en contexte globalement lacustre, à la faveur d’une ravine profonde qui a incisé les dépôts du Pléistocène jusqu’à 25 m de profondeur. Les recherches pluridisciplinaires entreprises dan...

Canine testicular tumours frequently occur and share relevant features with their human counterparts, thus being a putative model in comparative oncology. The authors present data on canine testicular tumours submitted to the Istituto G. Caporale over the last 12 years. In total, 183 testicular neoplasms were diagnosed: 108 seminomas, 37 Sertoli cell tumours, 18 interstitial Leydig cell tumours, 10 mixed tumours, 9 other primary tumours and one metastatic neoplasm. A systematic and more detailed collection of data (signalling, history, clinical signs and follow-up) enables a better evaluation of clinical and biological features of animal tumours, as well as a clear assessment of the real impact, if any, of specific intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors.

To implement European Union Directive 78/659/EEC concerning the quality of fresh waters that require protection or improvement in order to support fish life, the Abruzzo Regional Council commissioned the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise 'G. Caporale' (by Regional Law No. 50 of 10 August 1994, to conduct a census of the surface freshwaters in the region, and to classify them. The authors describe the freshwater classifications obtained through monitoring campaigns conducted over a period of twelve years (1996 to 2008). The results indicate slight improvements in the quality of the water over time in terms of contamination by chemicals for which they were monitored; however, 14 stretches do not comply with the requirements of the European Union Directive.

Recent studies highlight that spatial interpolation techniques of point data can be effectively applied to the problem of regionalization of hydrometric information. This study compares two innovative interpolation techniques for the prediction of low-flows in ungauged basins. The first one, named Physiographical-Space Based Interpolation (PSBI), performs the spatial interpolation of the desired streamflow index (e.g., annual streamflow, low-flow index, flood quantile, etc.) in the space of catchment descriptors. The second technique, named Topological kriging or Top-kriging, predicts the variable of interest along river networks taking both the area and nested nature of catchments into account. PSBI and Top-kriging are applied for the regionalization of Q355 (i.e., a low-flow index that indicates the streamflow that is equalled or exceeded 355 days in a year, on average) over a broad geographical region in central Italy, which contains 51 gauged catchments. The two techniques are cross-validated through a leave-one-out procedure at all available gauges and applied to a subregion to produce a continuous estimation of Q355 along the river network extracted from a 90m elevation model. The results of the study show that Top-kriging and PSBI present complementary features. Top-kriging outperforms PSBI at larger river branches while PSBI outperforms Top-kriging for headwater catchments. Overall, they have comparable performances (Nash-Sutcliffe efficiencies in cross-validation of 0.89 and 0.83, respectively). Both techniques provide plausible and accurate predictions of Q355 in ungauged basins and represent promising opportunities for regionalization of low-flows.

A new species, Oxytropis ocrensis, is described from Central Apennines (Italy). This species is morphologically closely related to O. halleri group (O. xerophila, O. halleri and O. korabensis) occurring in the Alps and Albania, from which it differs by longer calyx, larger lateral calyx teeth, long hairs on calyx teeth, smaller keel limb and larger diameter of stem under the inflorescence. The taxonomic relationships of the new species with the hitherto known species of O. halleri group are examined and discussed.

Le gisement Pléistocène de Valle Giumentina (Abruzzes, Italie centrale) constitue une référence pour la définition du Paléolithique ancien et moyen d’Italie et d’Europe. Le site a fait l’objet de fouilles archéologiques, dirigées par A. M. Radmilli et J. Demangeot, pendant les années 1950. Neuf niveaux d’occupations humaines du Paléolithique ont été identifiés au sein de la séquence stratigraphique, rapportée entre le Günz et le Würm.La reprise des recherches sur le Paléolithique des Abruzzes (Programme de l’École française de Rome 2012-2016) a permis une nouvelle étude de la séquence sédimentaire de Valle Giumentina, afin de préciser et de compléter les données issues des fouilles anciennes. Ces recherches pluridisciplinaires visent à préciser la chronostratigraphie de la séquence sédimentaire du site et à reconstruire l’évolution du contexte environnemental local pendant le Quaternaire.Les premiers résultats ont permis d’établir les corrélations entre les enregistrements des années 1950 et nos nouvelles données. Quatre ensembles sédimentaires ont été définis et ont fait l’objet d’analyse sédimentologiques et micromorphologiques dont les premiers résultats sont exposés ici. The Pleistocene site of Valle Giumentina (Abruzzo, Central Italy) is a reference for the definition of the Italian and European Lower and Middle Palaeolithic. During the 1950s A. M. Radmilli and J. Demangeot directed the archaeological digging of the site. Nine human settlements were identified in the stratigraphic sequence, dated from the Günz to the Würm.New research on the Palaeolithic of Abruzzo (École Française de Rome project 2012-2016) permits a study of the sedimentological sequence of Valle Giumentina, to precise and complete the results of the ancient digging. This multidisciplinary research aims for defining the chronostratigraphy of the sedimentary sequence and describing the local evolution of the environment during Quaternary.Preliminary results allow the establishment of correlations between 1950 researches and our new data. Four sedimentary units have been defined thanks to sedimentological and micromorphological analyses. First results are described in this paper.

Le gisement paléolithique de plein air de Valle Giumentina, sur le versant adriatique des Abruzzes, en Italie centrale, a fait l’objet de fouilles et d’études lithostratigraphiques dans les années 1950 par A. M. Radmilli et J. Demangeot. Ces derniers ont mis en évidence l’importance du site pour la compréhension du Paléolithique ancien et moyen et pour l’étude du Quaternaire en Italie. Neuf niveaux d’occupations se succèdent à l’intérieur d’une séquence stratigraphique de plus de 25 mètres de puissance. L’industrie lithique a été attribuée sur la base de la typologie par A. M. Radmilli aux cultures du Paléolithique ancien et moyen (Clactonien, Acheuléen, Levalloisien). Nous livrons ici une étude préliminaire des systèmes techniques de production lithique d’après le mobilier des fouilles de 1954-55 et proposons des rapprochements avec des sites italiens et européens. Le renouvellement des questionnements et méthodes d’analyse en Préhistoire et en Quaternaire nous a engagé à reprendre les recherches sur Valle Giumentina afin de déterminer précisément l’âge et la nature des occupations humaines, dans le cadre d’un programme pluridisciplinaire de l’École française de Rome (2012-2016). Valle Giumentina is an open air Palaeolithic site located in Abruzzo on the Adriatic side of Central Italy. An excavation and geostratigraphic studies took place in the 1950’ led by A. M. Radmilli and J. Demangeot. They showed the importance of Valle Giumentina for the understanding of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic as well as for the study of Quaternary in Italy. Nine archaeological layers appear within a sequence of 25 m high. Based on typological studies, the industry is called Clactonian, Acheulean and Levalloisian, three cultures of the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic. In this paper, we propose a technical analysis of the lithic production from the 1954-55 excavation. Thanks to the emergence of new questions and methods in Prehistory and in Quaternary studies we began a new research program at Valle Giumentina to date and describe precisely the settlements dynamics. We introduce in this paper the issues of the interdisciplinary project of the École française de Rome (2012-2016).

International audience; Le gisement Pléistocène de Valle Giumentina (Abruzzes, Italie centrale) constitue une référence pour la déinition du Paléolithique ancien et moyen d’Italie et d’Europe. Le site a fait l’objet de fouilles archéologiques, dirigées par A. M. Radmilli et J. Demangeot, pendant les années 1950. Neuf niveaux d’occupations humaines du Paléolithique ont été identiiés au sein de la séquence stratigraphique, rapportée entre le Günz et le Würm.La reprise des recherches sur le Paléolithique des Abruzzes (Programme de l’École française de Rome 2012-2016) a permis une nouvelle étude de la séquence sédimentaire de Valle Giumentina, afin de préciser et de compléter les données issues des fouilles anciennes. Ces recherches pluridisciplinaires visent à préciser la chronostratigraphie de la séquence sédimentaire du site et à reconstruire l’évolution du contexte environnemental local pendant le Quaternaire.Les premiers résultats ont permis d’établir les corrélations entre les enregistrements des années 1950 et nos nouvelles données. Quatre ensembles sédimentaires ont été définis et ont fait l’objet d’analyse sédimentologiques et micromorphologiques dont les premiers résultats sont exposés ici.

Interessanti resti archeologici sono stati rinvenuti nel territorio del comune di Borrello, in località Montalto, nel corso di ricognizioni effettuate verso la fine del 2011 in collaborazione con l'Avat - Borrello Associazione per la Valorizzazione dell'Ambiente e del Territorio). L'area oggetto delle nostre ricerche, compresa tra la valle del Sangro e il confine con il comune di Pescopennataro (IS) nel Molise, è stata interessata, sin da epoche remote, dal fenomeno della transumanza, e infatti era attraversata da almeno due importanti "bracci" tratturali che, dalla vallata del fiume, si dirigevano a Sud attraverso il territorio molisano di Agnone.

L’articolo si focalizza sull’attribuzione di un’inedita statua a Silvestro di Giacomo da Sulmona, meglio noto come Silvestro dell’Aquila (documentato dal 1471-1504) e un’altra a Saturnino Gatti (1463 circa-1518), protagonisti della scultura del Rinascimento in Abruzzo. La prima proposta riguarda un San Sebastiano ligneo, grande poco meno del vero, conservato nella chiesa di Santa Maria ad Nives di Rocca di Mezzo, principale centro dell’Altipiano delle Rocche e paese natale del celebre cardinale Amico Agnifili, committente di Silvestro di Giacomo. La seconda acquisizione concerne una scultura lignea grande al naturale raffigurante San Vito, rintracciata nell’omonima chiesa di Colle San Vito, nel comune di Tornimparte, situata a pochi passi dagli affreschi eseguiti da Saturnino Gatti tra il 1490 e il 1494 in San Panfilo a Villagrande. Grazie ad un’analisi dei diversi contesti in cui si generarono le sculture e soprattutto attraverso stringenti confronti con opere note del catalogo dei due artisti si può riferire la prima statua alla tarda produzione di Silvestro dell’Aquila e la seconda al periodo di maturità di Saturnino Gatti. The article focuses on the attribution of two unpublished wooden statues respectively realized by two masters of Renaissance sculpture in Abruzzo: Silvestro di Giacomo, known as Silvestro dell’Aquila (whose activity is documented at L’Aquila from 1471 to 1504); and Saturnino Gatti. The scultpure attributed to Silvestro dell’Aquila portrays Saint Sebastian, and is of almost life-size dimensions. It was spotted out inside the church of Santa Maria ad Nives at Rocca di Mezzo, the most renowned village on the upland of «Le Rocche», in the nearbies of L’Aquila; it was the birthplace of Cardinal Amico Agnifili, who happened to be Silvestro’s patron. The second statue, by Saturnino Gatti, represents Saint Vitus and is hold in the homonymous church at Colle San Vito in the municipal district of Tomimparte; this sanctuary is at a short distance from the church of Saint Pamphilus in Villagrande at Tomimparte, which was frescoed by Gatti between 1490 and 1494. An analysis of the contexts for which the sculptures were conceived, along with convincing comparisons with other works by the two artists, led us to attribute the first statue to the late production of Silvestro, and the second one to the full maturity of Saturnino., IL CAPITALE CULTURALE. Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, N° 11 (2015)

The Black pine of Villetta Barrea (Pinus nigra ssp. nigra var italica) is a variety of the nigra subspecies. It is naturally distributed only in the Abruzzo Region, near the village of Villetta Barrea, with a rear-edge Marginal Population. A dendrochronological sampling of the population was implemented with the aim of studying its stand structure and the most probable interactions between growth trends and climate. Mensurational data were used to characterize the stand and, furthermore, the general correlation function (CF) and the moving correlation function (MCF), with a 30 years window, were used to assess the interrelation between the growth of the tree rings and the climate.The results indicated that the past forest management, mainly carried out with thinnings from below and selective cuttings, influenced the current structure of the forest (mean diameter) but no differences in growth trends were detected within the population. The survey on Villetta Barrea Black pine showed a positive and statistically significant correlation between the ring-width and the average temperatures of the months of December (before the ring formation - t-1), February and March; but it also showed a negative correlation with the temperatures of July, September and October of the current year (t). Moreover, the analysis with moving correlation functions suggested that, in the last decades, the population has negatively reacted to very few climate factors and, in particular, to the changes in temperatures (both minimum and maximum temperatures). This is especially true for the shifts occurred in September, the year of the ring formation.

Uno studio preliminare volto alla valutazione della suscettibilità agli sprofondamenti è stato condotto nella depressione tettonica della piana del Fucino (Italia centrale). A tale scopo sono stati presi in considerazione alcuni fattori predisponenti la formazione dei sinkholes nella piana. In par- ticolare, sono stati analizzati sia fattori geologici, quali lo spessore dei depositi quaternari fluviali e lacustri, la presenza di faglie, sia fattori geochimici, quali la concentrazione dei gas del suolo (CO2, CH4, He, Rn), la concentrazione dei solfati nelle acque del sottosuolo, la conducibilità elettrica, e gli indici di solubilità per la calcite e il gesso. Inoltre, tra i fattori antropici è stata considerata la densità dei pozzi autorizzati per l'approvvigionamento idrico. L'analisi della regressione logistica ha permesso di costruire un modello probabilistico basato sullo studio delle relazioni statistiche tra, la presenza dei sinkholes e i fattori condizionanti, identificando quelli che maggiormente influenzano la formazione dei sinkholes e di conseguenza, aiutandone la comprensione dei processi genetici. I coefficienti del modello di regressione logistica costituiscono i pesi relativi all'importanza che ciascun fattore condizionante ha nell'ambito del fenomeno studiato. I risultati indicano che i parametri che hanno un peso maggiore nella formazione dei sinkholes sono le elevate concentrazioni di anidride carbonica, elio e metano nei gas del suolo, e in misura minore, lo spessore della copertura alluvionale inferiore a 200m, la presenza di faglie e l'elevata conducibilità elettrica delle acque sotterranee. Particolarmente importante sembra essere il fattore antropico, ossia l'elevata densità dei pozzi per l'approvvigionamento idrico, che può determinare forti oscillazioni del livello piezometrico della falda. I fattori geologici, geochimici e antropici considerati sono stati trasformati in strati informativi (tipo raster) e pesati con i coefficienti del modello logistico al fine di ottenere una mappa di suscettibilità ai sinkholes della Piana del Fucino mediante l'applicazione delle tecniche di analisi geospaziale. Le aree a maggiore suscettibilità sono state individuate lungo il bordo settentrionale del bacino (località Avezzano-Le Mole, Poz- zone) e nel settore sud-occidentale, nell'area compresa tra il Canale Collettore e gli abitati di Luco dei Marsi e Trasacco.

Una rappresentazione cartografica dei fenomeni carsici s vperficiali del Gran Sasso d'Italia (Abruzzo, Italia centrale ) nel XVI secolo. Nell'agosto del 1573 Francesco De Marchi compiva la prima ascensione sul Corno Grande, la cima maggiore del Gran Sasso d'Italia il più elevato massiccio carbonatico delVAppennino ubicato nelVItalia centrale. Di questa sua esplorazione ci ha lasciato una dettagliata relazione che venne pubblicata, alcuni decenni più tardi, nel 1599. A questa relazione era unita una cartografia nella quale sono stati evidenziati alcuni fenomeni carsici superficiali, ed in particolare alcuni laghetti carsici. Nella stessa relazione vi sono moite indicazioni sulla struttura morfologica delV ampio polje di Campo Imperatore. Infine è anche descritta , anche con notevoli dettagli di interesse scientifico, l'esplorazione délia Grotta a Maie che è una dette principali grotte di tutta l'area., En août 1573, Francesco De Marchi accomplit la première ascension du Corno Grande, point haut du Gran Sasso d'Italia, qui est le massif calcaire le plus élevé des Apennins. De cette exploration, il laissa une relation fort détaillée qui fut publiée à titre posthume en 1599. A ce récit était jointe une carte sur laquelle sont figurées de façon très nette un certain nombre de formes karstiques de surface, et en particulier quelques petits lacs karstiques. Cette relation contient également de nombreuses indications sur la morphologie du vaste poljé de Campo Imperatore. Dans la foulée, De Marchi associa à cette ascension l'exploration de la Grotta a Maie, l'une des principales cavités de la région, et en donna une description du plus haut intérêt scientifique., Burri Ezio, Chardon Michel, Nicod Jean. Identification de formes karstiques de surface sur une représentation cartographique du Gran Sasso d'Italia du XVIe siècle (Abruzzes, Italie centrale). In: Karstologia : revue de karstologie et de spéléologie physique, n°40, 2e semestre 2002. 20 ans de karstologie. Karst et carrières souterraines dans le Barrois. pp. 51-54.

The retrospective study of the results of the analysed samples is a fundamental tool for the identification of major risk related to food and for planning future monitoring activities. The evaluation of the quality of data collected may also allow for estimating the effectiveness of the controls so to improve their efficacy. In this article, the authors evaluated the results of tests for the detection of Listeria monocytogenes performed by the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise 'G. Caporale' (IZSAM) on food samples collected during the years 2000-2009 in the territory of Avezzano, Sulmona and Castel di Sangro (province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy). The comparison of the data examined with those from studies conducted in Italy and in other countries shows that the categories with higher percentages of positivity for Listeria monocytogenes are meat and fish products. Data collected do not indicate cheese as a vehicle of contamination in the sampled areas, in contrast to what reported in the national and international literature. It would therefore be necessary to promote an ad hoc sampling in the areas covered by this study to verify this aspect in more depth.

Background In 2009, an earthquake devastated the Abruzzo region in Italy. Despite the occurrence of several disasters in this country, no study on mental health of Italian children has ever been conducted in complex emergencies. Objective of the study was to assess the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms among children in the affected area 12 to 17 months after the event. Methods A community sample of 1839 3-14 years children was identified from the general population assigned to 37 paediatricians of the National Health System, including children living in the earthquake epicentre, the surrounding earthquake zone, and the adjacent non-affected areas. Psychiatric symptoms were assessed with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Youth Self Report (YSR), completed by 452 children aged 11–14 years. The association between symptoms and sociodemographic, health, family, and earthquake-related factors was examined. Results The prevalence of CBCL-defined cases was 14.9% in the epicentre, 13.0% in the remainder earthquake zone, 13.9% in the unaffected area (p = .876). No differences among areas were found when comparing the YSR results. Prevalence of CBCL-defined post-traumatic stress (PTS) cases was 8.4% in the epicentre, 4.0% in the remainder earthquake zone, 2.2% in the unaffected area (p = .002). PTS and anxiety were significantly more frequent in the epicentre than in other areas only in the 6–10 year-old children group (respectively p = .009 and p = .014). In multivariate logistic analyses, factors associated with PTS were living in the epicentre (OR = 3.6) and child or maternal history of mental health care prior to the earthquake (respectively OR = 7.1 and OR = 4.5). Conclusions Children living in the epicentre, particularly those 6–10 years old, had the highest prevalence of CBCL-defined cases, and of PTS and anxiety symptoms one year after the earthquake. No signs of increased psychopathology were detected in younger (3–5 years) or older children (11–14 years). Family and health related factors showed stronger association with psychiatric outcomes than earthquake-related factors. The identification of populations at higher risk of developing psychiatric symptoms has implications for public health interventions in complex emergencies.