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A thermoplastic microfluidic platform with integrated electrospun scaffolds for assessing brain cell‐specific drug selectivity

open access: yesVIEW, EarlyView.
Schematic representation of the microfluidic platform with its advantages. Abstract A major challenge in pharmacology is the limited selectivity of therapeutic compounds toward specific tissues or cells. Drugs often distribute systemically before reaching the intended site of action, affecting nontarget cells and potentially reducing efficacy or ...
Maria Testa   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer preferences and marketing model for certified blockchain products based on Sicilian ancient grains: authenticity, health, and ecosystem services

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionSicilian ancient grains have a dual value, as they contribute to biodiversity and are beneficial to human health thanks to their natural resistance to diseases and mycotoxins.
Marzia Ingrassia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A review of the Anthicidae of the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean) (Coleoptera) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Based on the study of about 900 specimens collected recently and at the beginning of the last century, information on the Anthicidae fauna of the Maltese Islands is updated.
Mifsud, David, Nardi, Gianluca
core  

Fronting in Old Catalan: Asymmetries between Narration and Reported Speech1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 1-28, March 2025.
Abstract This article explores the distribution, syntax, and information structure of XVS clauses in the narrative text and the reported speech of a thirteenth‐century Old Catalan chronicle, the Llibre dels Fets. It is shown that XVS occurs mainly within reported speech and in embedded clauses.
Afra Pujol i Campeny
wiley   +1 more source

Pathways of the Modified Atlantic Water across the Strait of Sicily

open access: yesГеофизический журнал, 2014
The purpose of this study is to study the medium-scale dynamics, as well as the dynamics of the sub-basin scale in the Central Mediterranean, and to elucidate the routes of the Atlantic waters in this region using a high-resolution numerical model of the
Jaber I. Ben   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role of the Colored Noise in Spatio-Temporal Behavior of Two Competing Species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
We study the spatial distributions of two randomly interacting species, in the presence of an external multiplicative colored noise. The dynamics of the ecosystem is described by a coupled map lattice model.
Fiasconaro, A.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Monitoring Quality of Mafia‐Connected Accountants

open access: yesJournal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the monitoring quality of accountants with ties to the Mafia in their role as auditors for “clean” firms—those with no known ties to organized crime. Using a proprietary government database, we identify Italian firms with alleged ties to the Mafia through their executives, directors, or shareholders.
Pietro A. Bianchi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The lost cranes of the island of Lampedusa (Italy)

open access: yesRivista 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
doaj   +1 more source

A crustal seismic profile across Sicily [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A crustal reflection seismic profile, more than 100 km long, was recorded across central Sicily, from the Tyrrhenian shore to the Sicily Channel, to understand the deep structures and the collision mechanisms between Europe and Africa and the ...
Accaino, F   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Becoming legal: feminism and abortion law in 1970s Italy

open access: yesJournal of Law and Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Conventional top‐down approaches to legal reform tend to overlook the contributions of social movements in legal change, often resulting in a gender‐blind analysis. In response, I advance ‘becoming legal’ as an analytical framework to rethink legal change in terms of a bottom‐up process encompassing informal proceedings as well as formal ...
ELENA CARUSO
wiley   +1 more source

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