Serological and entomological survey of canine leishmaniasis in Lampedusa island, Italy [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2018 Background During last decade Lampedusa island (Italy) has been interested by a deep social change caused by the massive arrival of migrants from north Africa.
Valentina Foglia Manzillo +6 more
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Antibacterial Metabolites Produced by Limonium lopadusanum, an Endemic Plant of Lampedusa Island [PDF]
BiomoleculesLampedusa, the largest island of the Pelagie archipelago, Sicily, Italy, has proven to be a rich source of plants and shrubs used in folk medicine. These plants, often native to the island, have been very poorly investigated for their phytochemical ...
Ernesto Gargiulo +6 more
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Biochemical Analyses of Bioactive Extracts from Plants Native to Lampedusa, Sicily Minor Island [PDF]
Plants, 2022 Major threats to the human lifespan include cancer, infectious diseases, diabetes, mental degenerative conditions and also reduced agricultural productivity due to climate changes, together with new and more devastating plant diseases.
Roberta Di Lecce +10 more
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Breaking Down Barriers with Wordless Picturebooks: “The Silent Books Exhibition, from the World to Lampedusa and Back” [PDF]
Studies in Arts and Humanities, 2019 In 2012 the Italian branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) established a library on Lampedusa Island, Italy for the use of local children but also for the many refugee children arriving there from Africa and the Middle East ...
Alexander Kouker
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Rediscovery of the enigmatic solifuges (Arachnida: Solifugae) at Lampedusa Island (Italy) [PDF]
The European Zoological Journal, 2018 Solifuges were recorded in Italy for the first time in 1956, on the island of Lampedusa (Strait of Sicily), and classified as Biton ehrenbergi Karsch, 1880 and Biton velox Simon, 1885.
L. A. Guariento +5 more
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SYRPHIDAE (DIPTERA) FROM LAMPEDUSA ISLAND [PDF]
, 2010 Diptera of Lampedusa are poorly known, and the only published data are those of VENTURI (1960) and PISCIOTTA et al. (2008). In the present paper the authors report new records of Syrphidae (Diptera) for Lampedusa island discovered during field ...
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Migrants’ human rights and health protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Mediterranean Sea: what we have learnt from direct inspections in two Italian hotspots [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 This study aims to assess the situation of Italian hotspots for migrant reception during the COVID-19 pandemic, and specifically analyzing the situation of two hotspots located in the Sicily Region (Pozzallo harbor and Lampedusa Island), to identify ...
Cristoforo Pomara +11 more
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Delivering obstetric care to maritime migrants: The Lampedusa protocol [PDF]
Journal of Migration and HealthBackground: While Lampedusa Island has long represented the “Doorway to Europe,” migration is considered an emergent phenomenon rather than a constant occurrence.
Alexandra A. Sansosti +9 more
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The lost cranes of the island of Lampedusa (Italy)
Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology, 2016 The abundance of migratory birds on Lampedusa (Sicilian Channel, Italy) has been documented since the fifteenth century, but during the nineteenth century, this small island was particularly noted for the regular presence of cranes.
Marco Masseti
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Antibiotic and Nematocidal Metabolites from Two Lichen Species Collected on the Island of Lampedusa (Sicily). [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2022 The antibiotic and nematocidal activities of extracts from two coastal lichen species collected on Lampedusa Island (Sicily), Ramalina implexa Nyl. and Roccella phycopsis Ach., were tested. Methyl orsellinate, orcinol, (+)-montagnetol, and for the first time 4-chlororcinol were isolated from Roccella phycopsis. (+)-Usnic acid was obtained from Ramalina
Zorrilla JG +9 more
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