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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, Natacha Mérindol, Mayra Galarza Pérez, Vahid Karimzadegan, Lionel Berthoux, Angela Boari, Christian Zidorn, Maurizio Vurro, Giuseppe Surico, Isabel Desgagné-Penix, Antonio Evidente   +10 more
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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, Manuela Gizzarelli, Fabrizio Vitale, Serena Montagnaro, Alessandra Torina, Salvo Sotera, Gaetano Oliva   +6 more
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Antibacterial Metabolites Produced by Limonium lopadusanum, an Endemic Plant of Lampedusa Island [PDF]

Biomolecules
Lampedusa, 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, Emanuela Roscetto, Umberto Galdiero, Giuseppe Surico, Maria Rosaria Catania, Antonio Evidente, Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati   +6 more
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Across the Channel and Through Time: Did Lesser Horseshoe Bats Colonise Pantelleria From Europe or North Africa? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We investigated the biogeographic origin of the lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) on Pantelleria Island, a key Mediterranean crossroads. Using mitochondrial DNA, divergence dating and palaeogeographical reconstruction, we found that Pantelleria bats share a recent evolutionary history with Malta and North African lineages, distinct from ...
Cistrone L, Mori E, Baratti M, Ahmim M, Todaro S, Viviano A, Russo D.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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, Cristoforo Pomara, Salvatore Angelo Zappalà, Monica Salerno, Francesco Sessa, Massimiliano Esposito, Giuseppe Cocimano, Salvatore Ippolito, Alessandro Miani, Alessandro Miani, Eduardo Missoni, Prisco Piscitelli   +11 more
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Delivering obstetric care to maritime migrants: The Lampedusa protocol [PDF]

Journal of Migration and Health
Background: While Lampedusa Island has long represented the “Doorway to Europe,” migration is considered an emergent phenomenon rather than a constant occurrence.
Alexandra A. Sansosti, Tania Macaluso, Sanjay Saint, M. Todd Greene, Fabio Genco, Alessandra Diodati, Leuconoe Grazia Sisti, Alessandro Bartoloni, Francesco D’Arca, Giuseppe Canzone   +9 more
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Signature of Tidal Sea Level in Geomagnetic Field Variations at Island Lampedusa (Italy) Observatory

Remote Sensing, 2022
In this work, we analyze the geomagnetic field measurements collected from 2017 to 2020 at the Italian observatories of Lampedusa and Duronia (an island and inland site, respectively) for investigating a possible signature of the tidal sea water level ...
Mauro Regi, Antonio Guarnieri, Stefania Lepidi, Domenico Di Mauro   +3 more
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Heat Nests: The Impact of Climate Change on Loggerhead Turtle (<i>Caretta caretta</i>) Nesting Distribution in Sicily (Italy). [PDF]

Ecol Evol
To establish and update the list of nesting sites in Sicily and its minor islands. To investigate the Sicilian distribution and nesting suitability using spatial distribution models (SDMs). Performing a gap analysis in a GIS environment considering the protected area network in Sicily.
Siddiolo C, Rosso A, Orecchio G, Lo Valvo M.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Codamozza-Fluker: The Compelling Case of a Flukeless Fin Whale Traveling Throughout the Mediterranean Sea and the Need for Basin-Wide Conservation Efforts. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The authors report the first case of a live fin whale in the Mediterranean Sea with completely amputated flukes, a female which suffered two separated incidents with entanglement and collision both being hypothesized as causes. Sightings after the complete loss of her flukes enabled tracking her movements from September 2019 to July 2020, prior to her ...
Jahoda M, Zanardelli M, Dhermain F, Alessi J, Armonio F, Ballardini M, Barcelo A, Calogero G, Fontanesi E, Frantzis A, Menniti MA, Monaco C, Obadia C, Pellegrino G, Raffa A, Tardy C, Verga A, Violi B, Panigada S.   +18 more
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Exploring the Enigmatic Spread and Spatial Dynamics of Bursatella leachii in the Mediterranean Sea [PDF]

Biology
The invasion history of the gastropod mollusk Bursatella leachii in the Mediterranean Sea demonstrates a dynamic progression through distinct phases, comprising arrival, establishment, and expansion phases.
Luca Castriota, Manuela Falautano, Teresa Maggio, Patrizia Perzia   +3 more
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