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2. Scantu, cantu e cuntu in Maruzza Musumeci: un’analisi etnodialettologica
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M. C. Castiglione, Deriu, M, VIKSTRÖM, K, DERIU, M, DE MONTIS, S., TREU, M, CASTIGLIONE, M, PORCEDDU, ML, and M.C. Castiglione
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Settore L-FIL-LET/12 - Linguistica Italiana ,Analisi etnodialettale, etimologia, Andrea Camilleri, Maruzza Musumeci ,Ethnodialectal analysis, etymology, Andrea Camilleri, Maruzza Musumeci - Abstract
Lo scopo di questo contributo è verificare se la scrittura di Andrea Camilleri possa essere sottoposta a una lettura etnodialettologica attraverso il riferimento ad alcuni elementi documentari ed evocativi della tradizione cultura siciliana. Così, il primo romanzo della cosiddetta trilogia fantastica, Maruzza Musumeci (2007), sarà preso come caso di studio per valutare attraverso alcuni indizi linguistici la connessione tra paura, canto e racconto orale, che costituiscono un contesto unitario nell'immaginario popolare siciliano. Grazie all'analisi dell'ipotesto etno-dialettale, Maruzza – piuttosto che essere assimilata esclusivamente ad una Sirena – appare con i lineamenti delle figure femminili che tradizionalmente incutono timore nei bambini siciliani e che certamente hanno spaventato l'autore stesso durante la sua infanzia. Tranne ad essere poi "salvati" dalle canzoni e narrazioni delle madri. In base a questo contesto unitario, si propone una etimologia della parola "scantu". The aim of this paper is to verify whether Andrea Camilleri’s writing can be subjected to an ethnodialectological reading by means of references to some documentary and evocative elements of traditional Sicilian culture. As such, the first novel of the so-called fantasy trilogy, Maruzza Musumeci (2007), will be taken as a case study to evaluate through some linguistic clues the connection between fear, song and story which constitute a unitary context in Sicilian popular imagination. Thanks to the analysis of the ethno-dialectal hypotext, Maruzza – rather than being assimilated exclusively to a Siren – appears with the features of the female figures who traditionally cause fear in Sicilian children and who certainly frightened the author himself during his childhood. Except, they were then ‘saved’ by the Sicilian mothers’ songs and fairy tales.
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- 2023
3. Rapid lake ice structure changes across Swedish lakes puts public ice safety at risk.
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Vikström K, Weyhenmeyer G, Jakobsson E, and Peternell M
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Lakes are rapidly losing ice under global warming, but little is known about ice structure changes. Ice structure is a key regulator of ice stability and thus safety, affecting activities on ice. Here, we analysed spatial and temporal variations in ice structure across 21 Swedish lakes, spanning from 55 to 69 °N, and over five decades. We found regional differences in ice structure, with fastest changes occurring in southern Sweden. The stable clear ice layer was particularly sensitive to warming, showing a rapid decline. The number of days when temperatures exceeded the freezing point during the ice cover period was identified as a strong driver for how ice was structured. Since there is a high risk for increased occurrences of unsafe ice conditions under predicted air temperature changes, we recommend re-establishing ice structure monitoring programmes, informing society on the increased risks of being on ice and including ice structure to safety guidelines., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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4. Patient-reported outcomes 1 year after oesophageal cancer surgery.
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Schandl A, Johar A, Anandavadivelan P, Vikström K, Mälberg K, and Lagergren P
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- Aged, Alopecia epidemiology, Anxiety epidemiology, Confidence Intervals, Deglutition Disorders epidemiology, Eating, Economics, Esophageal Neoplasms psychology, Family, Fatigue epidemiology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Food, Humans, Male, Prospective Studies, Quality of Life, Saliva, Sleep Wake Disorders epidemiology, Survivorship, Sweden epidemiology, Time Factors, Esophageal Neoplasms surgery, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Postoperative Complications epidemiology
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Purpose: To improve survivorship in patients who have undergone curatively intended treatment for oesophageal cancer, we aimed to identify key targets for future patient-reported outcomes research. Methods: This nationwide Swedish prospective cohort study enrolled patients between 2014 and 2019 who had undergone surgical resection for oesophageal cancer 1 year earlier. Eight well-validated patient-reported outcome measures, including health-related quality of life, psychological status and sleep, were presented as proportions and mean scores (MS) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: Among 281 participants, approximately half of the patients reported problems associated with food intake such as eating restrictions (49%) and food aversion (47%). Other common problems were sleep (51%), fatigue (41%) and anxiety (36%). Fewer patients suffered from financial difficulties (9%), trouble swallowing saliva (4%) and hair loss (7%). However, these problems were perceived as highly burdensome on an individual level. Conclusions: This nationwide, population-based study indicates that symptom burden is high in oesophageal cancer survivors 1 year after surgery. The most common problems are associated with food intake, sleep, fatigue and anxiety. However, less frequent symptoms were sometimes more debilitating for the individual patient.
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- 2020
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5. Importance of Bacterial Maintenance Respiration in a Subarctic Estuary: a Proof of Concept from the Field.
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Vikström K and Wikner J
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- Bacteria classification, Bacteria growth & development, Bacteria isolation & purification, Biomass, Carbon Dioxide metabolism, Cell Respiration, Ecosystem, Estuaries, Oxygen metabolism, Phosphorus metabolism, Rivers chemistry, Rivers microbiology, Bacteria metabolism
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Bacterial respiration contributes to atmospheric carbon dioxide accumulation and development of hypoxia and is a critical, often overlooked, component of ecosystem function. This study investigates the concept that maintenance respiration is a significant proportion of bacterial respiration at natural nutrient levels in the field, advancing our understanding of bacterial living conditions and energy strategies. Two river-sea transects of respiration and specific growth rates were analyzed representing low- and high-productivity conditions (by in situ bacterial biomass production) in a subarctic estuary, using an established ecophysiological linear model (the Pirt model) estimating maintenance respiration. The Pirt model was applicable to field conditions during high, but not low, bacterial biomass production. However, a quadratic model provided a better fit to observed data, accounting for the maintained respiration at low μ. A first estimate of maintenance respiration was 0.58 fmol O
2 day-1 cell-1 by the quadratic model. Twenty percent to nearly all of the bacterial respiration was due to maintenance respiration over the observed range of μ (0.21-0.002 day-1 ). In the less productive condition, bacterial specific respiration was high and without dependence on μ, suggesting enhanced bacterial energy expenditure during starvation. Annual maintenance respiration accounted for 58% of the total bacterioplankton respiration based on μ from monitoring data. Phosphorus availability occasionally, but inconsistently, explained some of the remaining variation in bacterial specific respiration. Bacterial maintenance respiration can constitute a large share of pelagic respiration and merit further study to understand bacterial energetics and oxygen dynamics in the aquatic environment.- Published
- 2019
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