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Emilia sonchifolia is a herb with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and wound healing properties. The complete chloroplast genome (cp genome) of the genus Emilia was sequenced for the first time. The cp genome of E. sonchifolia is 151,474 bp in length. It contained a large single-copy (LSC) region (84,004 bp), and small single-copy (SSC) region (17,980 bp), and two inverted repeats (IRs, 24,745 bp). Phylogenetic analysis of 24 species was conducted. E. sonchifolia was found to be closely related to Pericallis hybrida and Dendrosenecio spp. The sequenced cp genome would be useful to understand the phylogeny and genomic studies of the genus Emilia.

Emilia sonchifolia is a herb with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and wound healing properties. The complete chloroplast genome (cp genome) of the genus Emilia was sequenced for the first time. The cp genome of E. sonchifolia is 151,474 bp in length. It contained a large single-copy (LSC) region (84,004 bp), and small single-copy (SSC) region (17,980 bp), and two inverted repeats (IRs, 24,745 bp). Phylogenetic analysis of 24 species was conducted. E. sonchifolia was found to be closely related to Pericallis hybrida and Dendrosenecio spp. The sequenced cp genome would be useful to understand the phylogeny and genomic studies of the genus Emilia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Emilia corallina is described as a new species endemic to the coastal area of southern Somalia close to the Kenyan border. It is closely related to E. bellioides, the only other species of the genus given for the Flora of Somalia. This narrow endemic grows in coastal dunes and madreporic limestone outcrops along the lower Juba coast and is reported at present only around the area south of Chisimaio. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Emilia is a widely distributed, mainly African, palaeotropical genus in the tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae). It comprises 117 species, most of which are annual herbs. Bayesian and parsimony phylogenetic analyses were performed on 51 Emilia species along with closely related genera in the Senecioneae using nuclear ITS and plastid trnL‐trnF sequence data to address questions around the generic circumscription of Emilia, including the status of the similar genera Emiliella and Bafutia, assess Jeffrey's sectional classification of Emilia, and evaluate the distinctness of the morphologically similar species in the large‐headed Emilia coccinea complex. Both nuclear and plastid phylogenies reveal Emilia to be paraphyletic and polyphyletic, with Bafutia and Emiliella nested within Emilia, and Jeffrey's sectional classification is not supported. The phylogenies provide additional evidence that Emilia coccinea and E. caespitosa should be synonymised, as shown by published phenetic cluster and multivariate analyses. The necessary taxonomic changes are made in this manuscript. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Children's literature has a great influence in the world and in the lives of children by being a socialization feature, enabling children to interact with the environment in which they live, because literature is not neutral and it is always exercise on people some form of ideology. Monteiro Lobato (1882-1936), a pioneer of children's literature in Brazil, in his works uses methodologies to recognize the need to work with literature, so that we can, through literature, exercise the notion of choice by the child. Thus, Lobato works in playful way in Memórias de Emília, in which he uses the doll to expose a feature of language that Bakhtin calls as Polyphony. Using this phenomenon, it is possible to identify some of the ideological perspectives presents in the literature of Lobato who builds his narrative under ideological consciousness implied in the characters. Analyzing Memórias de Emília, the polyphonic process, that is, the multiple voices in the interior of the narrative, the various contents of our social context, that are linked in a discursive way through social reality, with discourses that diverge among themselves and weave dialogues with social interaction in the narrative, are realized and identified. After all, Memórias de Emília is a polyphonic novel because it is a story that presents several social voices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

L’articolo è un resoconto di un’esperienza di stage realizzata all’interno del Master di II livello in Public History di Unimore, in collaborazione con il Comune di Mirandola e l’Istituto Storico di Modena. La ricerca si è concentrata sull’avvio del futuro Centro di documentazione sul terremoto dell’Emilia.

Se relata la experiencia del proyecto EMILIA y se ofrece una visión global de qué se entiende por “usuario experto” y “implicación de los usuarios” en salud mental. Se discuten sus implicaciones para los profesionales, usuarios y el sistema sanitario.

Se realizó un estudio con el fin de determinar la estructura demográfica de Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC en una finca cafetera del Municipio de Armenia, Quindío, Colombia, donde se recolectaron datos durante 4 semanas, en tres sitios: exterior, borde e interior del cultivo. Usando parámetros calculados a partir de los datos de campo, se construyó un modelo logístico para describir el comportamiento poblacional en el tiempo. Se encontraron diferencias significativas en las variables: número de individuos por estado etario en el tiempo, porcentaje de mortalidad, tiempo de cambio del estado plántula a juvenil y de juvenil a adulto, número de hojas y de ramas; no se encontraron diferencias significativas en la densidad poblacional, número de inflorescencias e infrutescencias en los sitios de estudio. En general, se puede atribuir este comportamiento a la estrategia de reproducción r que sigue E. sonchifolia. Finalmente, las simulaciones hechas a partir del modelo logístico sugieren que la especie tiende a desaparecer si alguno de los estados etarios no está presente inicialmente; así, una alternativa plausible para el control sería su eliminación en el estado juvenil. Los resultados ofrecen alternativas con respecto al manejo de poblaciones de arvenses. ABSTRACT A research study was conducted to determine the demographic structure of Emilia sonchifolia L. in a coffee plantation in Armenia, Quindío, Colombia. Data were collected over a period of four weeks on three sites: inside, at the border and outside a coffee farm. A logistic population model was built to describe the population behavior of E. sonchifolia over time. Statiscally significant differences were found between: number of individuals per life stage in time, mortality rate, transition time from seedling to juvenile and from juvenile to adult; and number of leaves and branches. There was no evidence for statistically significant differences in population density or in number of inflorescences and fruits between study sites. In general, the observed behavior may be attributed to the r strategy used by this species. Finally, our results suggest the survival of the species is conditioned by the presence of all life stages at the beginning of each simulation based on the logistic model; so, a potential strategy for its controlling would require the removal during the juvenile stage. The considerations offer alternatives regarding weed population management.

Multi-year investigations on Cerambycidae and Vesperidae in central Emilia (Italy) are described. Short notes on the host plants and the phenology of the treated species are provided as well as a comparison of our findings with the literature produced by other entomologists since the 19th century. Some species, signaled in the recent checklist of Italian Cerambycidae, are not present here because they were not found in our research, although they could be identified in future investigations. The number of species reported in this work is 121, but considering also the quotations reported by Sama & Rapuzzi (2011), the total number amounts to 143 species. This is an updating of our previous work (2009). In this review, we have revised the nomenclature, updated the literature review, and updated the species, since their number is growing all the time thanks to the continuous research that has been carried out in the past few years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the most critical issues in a post-earthquake emergency is assessing the usability of buildings in order to recommence daily life in the stricken area while ensuring the safety of people returning to their houses. Generally, this is done by means of surveys based on usability forms filled out by expert technicians. Different countries adopt different forms, all that assess usability in terms of building damage. The Italian approach takes into account, in addition to the building's damage, the vulnerability of the building. In this study, the data collected through the widespread survey performed in the aftermath of the L'Aquila (Italy) 2009 earthquake was analysed, showing that some buildings were judged not usable despite having no or very little damage. The role of other causes, including vulnerability, in the determination of unusability are discussed. Finally, a practical case faced by the authors during the usability survey in Emilia (Italy) after the 2012 seismic sequence highlights the role of vulnerability in the usability outcome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

North-eastern Italy is one of the most seismically active areas of Italy, being affected in the past by eight destructive earthquakes. This area is densely populated and heavily industrialized, hence its seismic monitoring is crucial for Civil Defense purposes. This task is managed by the Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), through its Centro Ricerche Sismologiche (CRS), that performs the automatic real-time locations through the Antelope® BRTT software package. An accurate choice of the Antelope® setting parameters is necessary to ensure the best performance of the real-time system, that means the most accurate location for the earthquakes with magnitude ML=2.5 (the alarm threshold), avoiding any false event. This goal was pursued by testing different parameters on a data set built with 295 earthquakes representative of the local seismicity. The tuned parameters were then validated on the earthquakes which occurred in the monitored area in 2011: all events with MML=2.5 were correctly detected and located with a median epicentral distance difference of 2 km with respect to the OGS catalogue. The OGS real-time system was tuned with these parameters that have been operating successfully since 2012. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper argues that the character of Emilia might be both read and cast as a black woman, and considers the interpretive and performative possibilities in such a move. First it considers the present-day uses of such a reading and discusses the ways that modern theatre practitioners have experimented with race in castingOthello. Then it suggests a sort of thought experiment: imagining a Jacobean performance tailored to the interests of the new royal family—specifically Anne's interest in black entertainers—a performance that in Emilia gives us possibly the first depictions of an African woman on the English stage and an exploration of the racial and gender dynamics in not one, buttwointerracial marriages. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

On the 20th and 29th of May 2012, two earthquakes occurred in Emilia-Romagna region (Northern Italy) triggering extensive liquefaction of the subsoil units. The consequences of liquefaction have been observed and reported by several agencies in a widespread area. The most impressive liquefaction manifestations were documented in a zone 3–4 km-long and 1 km-wide, where the villages of Sant'Agostino, San Carlo and Mirabello are located. The existing post-earthquake reports and the availability of geotechnical data provided by in-situ tests consist the basic ingredients for a computation of the liquefaction potential parameters within this zone. In particular, the Liquefaction Potential Index ( LPI ) and Liquefaction Severity Number ( LSN ) indexes were evaluated and then correlated by considering liquefaction phenomena either observed on site or not. Thus, the existing classifications of the LPI and LSN were evaluated and compared with the observed liquefaction-induced deformations. The latter was applied and validated for the first time within a liquefiable area using post-earthquake data, after the development by Tonkin and Taylor (2013). The outcome of this study shows that a threshold value of LPI around 13 or 14 is better to be taken into account instead of 5 for discriminating sites where liquefaction surface evidences should be expected from the ‘non-liquefied’ ones. Moreover, from the correlation of the LSN values with the cases of liquefaction-induced ground disruption it is concluded that the proposed threshold value of 10 fits statistically well with our dataset. In addition, a preliminary correlation of LPI and LSN indicates a trend that could be useful in future studies for delineating sites likely to liquefaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which workplace learning forms a building block in national lifelong learning policies by obtaining evidence, first-hand, from mental health practitioners about their perceptions of their individual country's national lifelong learning policy and, in particular, its application to adults with long-term mental illness. Design/methodology/approach – Text analysis: review of relevant literature and European Union policy documents and survey questionnaire. Findings – It is evident that the use of workplace learning as a linchpin in national strategies for lifelong learning in Denmark and France is clear and empirically supported. Research limitations/implications – Comparative evidence of evaluations of impact and effectiveness of workplace lifelong learning provision in the two countries examined is patchy at best raising further questions about the "value" of investments in both workplace learning and lifelong learning in these countries. Practical implications – There is a risk that by focusing on jobs and workplace learning, the specific needs and desires of people with mental illness who, in the main, might want to engage in lifelong learning for reasons other than jobs and workplace learning, may end up being disadvantaged as their (non-economic) needs go unmet. Originality/value – Until now there has been little or no attempt to examine Europe's conception of lifelong learning policy and its application to a multiple disadvantaged group such as mental health service users. This is a major attempt to remedy current dearth of research in the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Highlights: [•] A peculiar alkaloid which with a skeleton derived from a bicyclo-[2.2.2]-oct-5-one ring and a pyrrolidine unit was obtained. [•] The X-ray structure of the new alkaloid was studied. [•] The new compound displayed good neuroprotective effect against the corticosterone-induced apoptosis in PC12 cells. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Si intende interpretare, partendo dagli spunti offerti dalla recente storiografia sulla nozione di confine, il territorio di frontiera tra il regnum Langobardorum e l’Esarcato bizantino d’Italia: oggetto della ricerca è il gruppo di castra emiliani a ridosso delle terre del regnum citati dalle fonti nel secolo VIII, e in modo particolare l’esempio offerto dal castrum Persiceta. L’analisi chiarisce come la frontiera costituisse un ambito di confine labile, un’area di separazione politica, e cerca di offrire una lettura che, attraverso l’analisi dei processi di lunga durata, metta in evidenza la specificità dei castra quali unità di inquadramento della popolazione e quali sedi d’interlocuzione tra poteri locali e strutture politiche centrali nei secoli V-IX.

Debemos celebrar toda publicación en el campo de la antropología ecuatoriana como signo de su vitalidad y de vigencia. Pero el libro de Emilia Ferraro, Reciprocidad, don y deuda, merece ser tomado en cuenta de manera muy especial porque a mi juicio constituye un aporte inusual y marca un referente muy importante para la disciplina, por un conjunto de razones que a lo largo de mi corta exposición serán detallados. El escenario de la investigación es la comunidad campesina andina de Pesillo, en la región norandina del Ecuador, y el conjunto de hechos que se inscriben en el programa de crédito de la Casa Campesina Cayambe. Este programa cuenta con el reconocimiento de ser uno de los más exitosos, ya sea por la altísima tasa de retorno de los préstamos como por haber contribuido efectivamente a elevar los niveles de calidad de vida y participación de las comunidades.

Il saggio fornisce un inquadramento d’insieme sull’Emilia occidentale durante il regno longobardo, e sia pure sulla base di una documentazione (scritta e archeologica) piuttosto scarsa individua le specificità di Parma nel suo ruolo di snodo viario e di realtà di confine.

The essay offers a general view of western Emilia during the Longobardic reign and, despite scarce sources (written as well as archaeological), brings out the peculiarity of Parma as a crossroad and a border area.Il saggio fornisce un inquadramento d’insieme sull’Emilia occidentale durante il regno longobardo, e sia pure sulla base di una documentazione (scritta e archeologica) piuttosto scarsa individua le specificità di Parma nel suo ruolo di snodo viario e di realtà di confine.

The flowering sequence duration, fruit production and percentage of fruit-set per capitulum of the three Emilia Cass species in Nigeria were investigated. There were similarities, differences and overlaps in the duration of the different stages of the flowering phase among the three species. Flowering of E. praetermissa, the allotetraploid hybrid of E. coccinea and E. sonchifolia, starts faster than of its parental species. Fruit production performance was found to be associated with a number of vegetative and reproductive characteristics of Emilia plants. Fruit production and percentage of fruit-set per capitulum were highest in E. praetermissa. E. coccinea achenes had a shorter post-pollination period on the plant. Fruit set and production of Emilia species are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adottando un rigoroso metodo prosopografico, l’autore analizza le vicende di una importante casata aristocratica legata ai Canossa, che tra X e XII secolo giuoca un ruolo di rilievo nella competizione tra i poteri dell’area padano-orientale: le città (Verona, Venezia), la grande aristocrazia di “ufficio” (gli Estensi, i conti di Verona), le istituzioni ecclesiastiche assise sul territorio.

Analysis of several populations in a large part of the distribution area of the genus Emilia in Brazil has revealed only two species: the diploid E. sonchifolia and the tetraploid E. fosbergii. The more widely reported E. coccinea was not found. They show a karyotype constancy in morphology and chromosome number (2n = 10 and 2n = 20, respectively), C-banding pattern and number of secondary constrictions. Some indications were found that E. fosbergii may be an allopolyploid and that its ancestors had different genome sizes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anthers are tetrasporangiate in Emilia sonchifolia and Notonia grandiflora and bisporangiate in Gynura nitida. The male archesporium consists of a single row of 6-8 hypodermal cells. Development of anther walls is according to the Dicotyledonous type. The tapetum corresponds to the periplasmodial type. Both tetrahedral and isobilateral pollen tetrads are produced. The pollen grains at the time of anther dehiscence are three-celled in G. nitida and E. sonchifolia; N. grandiflora is male sterile. All the three species have Polygonum type embryo sacs with variable antipodal cells. In G. nitida and E. sonchifolia fertilization is porogamous, endosperm development is of the cellular type, and embryo development closely follows that of Senecio vulgaris ( Souèges 1920a, b). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]