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... of archaeological method and theory,
provides
evidence for the use of baby carriers dating back some 10,000 years.
given the need for populations to move frequently to take care of their subsistence, even ... and the scarcity of infant burials.
the burial of a forty to fifty-day-old baby girl, nicknamed neve, found at the archaeological ... presence of ornaments consisting of over seventy small perforated shells and four large perforated bivalve pendants.
the studies revealed that the beads were sewn onto ... assumption that they had belonged to other community members for a long time before being given to the newborn. evidence of this type of decoration has also ... the complexity of the ornaments suggests the technical effort required to produce them and, together with the practice of reusing the ...
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... understand why some individuals develop a much more severe form of covid-19 disease than others.
identifying the mechanisms underlying ... biological/antiviral activity,
would appear to be at the forefront in the development of the most severe forms of covid-19.
that is demonstrated by
two new studies, carried out ...
these are predominantly
male patients hospitalised for severe forms of covid-19,
admitted to intensive care and with an inauspicious ... researchers found that
hiv-1 patients who develop severe forms of covid-19 also have high concentrations of neutralising antibodies
... antibodies on a large number of patients hospitalised for covid-19. in all of them,
a detailed assessment of the antibody ... to type i interferon in hiv-1 patients hospitalized for covid-19
- mirko scordio, federica frasca, letizia santinelli, leonardo ...
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Data notizia: Tue, 10/11/2020 - 13:00
... states from the look
, both of which are essential skills for orientation in the social world. "it is unlikely that this association is ... mechanism increases the potential relevance of memory for faces as an endophenotype in autism
." several previous studies had ... out. this, together with the relationship between memory for faces and understanding other people's mental states, is another example of ... https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-020-00371-0
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ilaria minio-paluello department of psychology ...
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... psychological
studies have long shown how difficult it is for people to comply with the rules
, especially when they are imposed from ... of the individuals to disengage morally
, or to ignore for their own convenience the ethical dimension of behaviour and to break the rules imposed without showing any discomfort, shame or remorse, and even finding full justification for their actions." according to the results of this study, people who declared ... the perception that others around us are also working to conform to the imposed rules was another
crucial element in fostering ... (2020)
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02102
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guido alessandri department of psychology ...
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... to the earth's inner dynamics has been taken into account for decades but, despite a large amount of indirect evidence, their influence ... not only liquid tides but also
solid tides constantly deform the earth's crust
, swinging the land both horizontally and vertically ... new light on the importance of solid tides (that is the deformation of land and the earth's crust which takes place during the zenith ...
proving the link between plate tectonics and astronomical forces
such as tides, especially in terms of their horizontal component. ... moreover, the high-frequency oscillations might be mistaken for climatic and seasonal factors caused by atmospheric pressure oscillation ... coordinates covering periods of at least 20 years, essential for carrying out this kind of analysis. these data were key to the work carried ... component of the solid earth's tides. intra-plate baselines were then counterchecked to understand whether these oscillations ... or not. the same negligibility found on intra-plate baselines confirmed that these
astronomical forces play a crucial role in the ...
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Data notizia: Tue, 17/09/2019 - 14:00
... origin and meaning of facial beauty have fascinated scholars for centuries: from the canons of the ancient greeks to machine learning. ... method that employs
statistical inference techniques
for the quantitative analysis of the phenomena of perceived beauty. the results ... approach," explains vittorio loreto, "is based on image deformation algorithms and genetic algorithms that allow the experimental subject ... method also precisely determines the facial characteristics (linear combinations of interfacial distances) that results significantly ... significant, but from the overall distribution of linear combinations. the distances tend to vary together, coherently, from face ... "proposes an efficient
experimental analysis model
for research into facial perception (which includes the study of the inference ... facial perception is object of research in various disciplines, including developmental psychology, evolutionary biology, sociology, ... https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44655-9
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vittorio loreto dept. of physics, sapienza university of rome ...
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... border between albania and northern macedonia, is well-known for its exceptional biodiversity. it hosts over 300 endemic animal and plant ... change (ipcc) and improve its future projections. coring performed in sediment at the bottom of lake ohrid - carried out thanks to one of ... national research agencies, including the national institute for geophysics and volcanology (ingv) and national research council (cnr) in ... coordinated by prof. giovanni zanchetta (university of pisa) for italy, includes
laura sadori
from the
sapienza department of ... https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1529-0
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laura sadori department of environmental biology, sapienza ...
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Data notizia: Tue, 23/07/2019 - 12:00
... object
in collaboration with the superintendency for archaeology, fine arts and landscape in the rome metropolitan area, the ... what drew archaeologists' attention were
the short linear incisions
, or notches, cut perpendicularly in a row along three of ... kind of sharp cutting stone tool, as if they had been used for counting and calculating, or to store some kind of information over a period of time." the fact that the number of notches is ... away from were it was found, hence it must have been carried for quite a long time and distance before it was discarded, lost or left on top of steep and isolated monte alto. ... https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101925
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flavio altamura department of classics, sapienza university of ...
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... so versatile that they are used as much in basic research as for a large number of practical applications. a new study conducted by ... microgel (based on the classical theory of elasticity formulated at the end of the 800) lead to conclusions incompatible with ... evidence. the international collaboration has therefore developed a new
"multi-elastic" model
that, unlike the previous one, ... zaccarelli, sapienza and cnr-isc, "are essential components for studying phenomena such as the formation of glass or crystals, but are used in many industrial processes, from ... lorenzo rovigatti, "establishes a new point of reference for
future studies aimed at the full understanding of the behavior of these ... 5039 (2018) doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07332-5
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lorenzo rovigatti department of physics, sapienza university of ...
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... synchrotron, esrf. synchrotron microtomography has been used for the first time to
scan the skull
a fossil large felid.
x-ray based ... intensity and partial coherence provided huge amounts of information on the external and internal morphology of the specimen down to the ... high-resolution 3d images obtained at the esrf's id17 beamline revealed previously hidden anatomical features, including sutures between ... the rock, the observation of the anatomical details needed for taxonomic determination was impossible without damaging the fossil, hence ... argentario felid has to be considered as the starting point for a review of the entire old world sample of giant cheetah and the ...
volume 8, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-26698-6
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raffele sardella department of earth sciences t (+39) 06 49914159 ... the weight of a lion: the peculiarities of the ancient feline emerged from the analysis of the skull performed with a particle accelerator at the european synchrotron radiation ...
TIP60, the multiprotein control unit that “travels” inside cells to ensure their correct replication
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... including cancer and neurological development disorders. for years, the
epigenetics and cell division laboratory at sapienza ...
has been studying the "non-canonical" functions performed by tip60. "in particular", says dimitri, "we were intrigued by the observation that proteins known to perform chromatin functions moved from the nucleus to the sites of the mitotic ... moonlighting functions of the tip60 complex, capable of performing
different tasks in distinct cellular compartments,
demonstrating ... is no coincidence that tip60 represents a potential target for the development of future therapeutic strategies. "the study also addresses ...
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... tidal response, which gives
direct indications of the deformability of the moon's internal structure".
io is a unique satellite in ... it the most geologically active object in the solar system. for decades, it was thought that jupiter's enormous gravitational pull was ... a rather modest gravitational response of the moon to tidal forces.
"the moon's response to the tidal forces exerted by jupiter was quite low
", says luciano iess, professor at ... response precludes a shallow magma ocean'. participating for sapienza university of rome were daniele durante and luciano iess, in ... https://doi.org/10.1038/ s41586-024-08442-5
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daniele durante department of mechanical and aerospace engineering ...
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history, anthropology, religion, arts and performing arts
project start date
:
september 1, 2024
... the gap project aims to study these effects by exploring for the first time the opinion of (non-)users regarding the materiality and ... city centre and their architecture resembles the 'iconic' forms of the sikh temples of punjab. the research will consider a ... management (prof. orlando woods). gap also provides for an 8-month secondment at the bruno kessler foundation (italy; prof. massimo ...
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... journal nature, revealed a constant in the dynamics of online interaction between users on different platforms, including a comparison with platforms of the past. the analysis suggests
the persistent nature of "toxic" ... a human component that remains constant in spite of platform variations, changing social norms and the passage of decades. "
the ... activities in this field as well: an important recognition for the team coordinated by walter quattrociocchi and for the entire university". the research, focused on the dynamics of online conversations and conducted by sapienza, identified recurring behavioural ... , i.e. when divergent viewpoints lead to an escalation of online disagreement. surprisingly, toxic interactions do not act as a deterrent ... interaction between harmful content and participation in online debates,
suggesting the resilience of users to negativity in digital ...
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... exposed to heated tobacco smoke. a series of tests, performed on blood samples and instrumental tests, then measured oxidative stress, ... blood vessel health) and platelet activation (a risk factor for thrombus formation). "the most important finding to emerge from our research," say the ... traditional cigarettes, can be a potential health hazard for smokers, especially younger smokers. the ultimate goal must therefore remain the encouragement of smoking cessation in all its forms and substitutes, including zero tolerance of passive smoking of any ...
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anna maria zicari maternal infantile and urological sciences ...
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... missions exploring the red planet, as they hold crucial information about the evolution of the martian climate. although the presence of ... the polar ice caps - dust, dry ice and water ice - is therefore a key result in determining how much water remains on the red planet. a ... published in the journal icarus, has important implications for the study of the evolution of the climate of terrestrial planets. the ... western areas, bordering the probable remains of a polar cap formed in earlier geological eras.
the polar axis of mars is believed to ... due to an impact
. the presence of dust could confirm the formation of such deposits in earlier eras. "accurate knowledge of the ... of the polar cap is one of the main scientific objectives for understanding the evolution of the martian climate," says antonio genova, ...
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antonio genova department of mechanical and aerospace engineering ... planets
new map of martian polar cap reveals information on climate evolution ...
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... optics and catalytic processes.
of fundamental importance for their functionality are their shape and crystal structure, characteristics ... the shape of structures or the presence of particular crystalline defects. using neural networks similar to those used in image analysis,
... a transition between two specific structures, paving the way for new accelerated simulation techniques. "first and foremost, it was necessary to identify a physical quantity capable of ... to the latter, it was possible to extract and analyse the information contained in the starting physical quantity more easily. in addition, ... https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c05653
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alberto giacomello department of mechanical and aerospace ...
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... cattolica del sacro cuore in milan, the mcdonald institute for archaeological research in cambridge, the universities of aix-marseille and ... analyses revealed signs of
at least two operations performed on the skull, including a cross-shaped surgery,
shortly before the woman's death. furthermore, thanks to
a new high-resolution ... says ileana micarelli of the university of cambridge, a former postdoctoral fellow at sapienza and first author of the study, "that the ... biology, "appears to have taken place shortly before the individual's death.
there are no lesions suggesting the presence of ... the rare evidence of a drilling operation
paves the way for future studies on the reasons and methods of treatment, as well as the ... surgery in longobard italy (6th-8th century) using a cruciform incision
- micarelli i., strani f., bedecarrats s., bernardini s., ... (2023) https://doi.org/10.1002/oa. 3200
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giorgio manzi department of environmental biology ...
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...
the confirmation of cognitive predictions,
such as, for example, when the outcome of our choice or action is what we expected. in a ... they are unexpected compared to the plot of the story. for neuroscientists, the function of the
temporoparietal junction has long ... the fact that this area of the brain is active while we perform cognitive tasks that seem to have very little in common, such as directing our attention, retrieving information from our memory, speaking or listening to what is being said, ... operations of cognitive predictions is an
important step forward in the study of the brain mechanisms
underlying 'predictive coding' ...
physics of life reviews, (42) 56-92.
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fabrizio doricchi department of psychology ... based on the experiences we have just had, continuously formulate and update predictions about what will happen in our immediate future ...
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actovax4nam -
increased access to vaccination for newly arrived migrants
id call:
hp-pj project
funding programme: ... project:
beneficiary partner
scientific contact person for sapienza:
maurizio marceca
department:
public health and ... and validate - through a participatory process - an information tool (glossary) to strengthen health literacy among the project ...
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... the light is intense and more slowly in dark areas. therefore,
a computer-controlled light projector consisting of tiny reflectors ... which were processed in real time through geometric transformations and then projected onto the sample with a fixed time delay.
... between physics and biology, this experiment opens the way for
interesting developments in both fundamental aspects of non-equilibrium ... how bacteria respond by distributing themselves in space. as for future applications
, light could be used to trap and transport clouds ... https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30201-1
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roberto di leonardo department of physics ...
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... gwas, genome-wide association studies) have uncovered information on single variants associated with a patient's propensity to develop alzheimer's. however,
snvs cannot be used effectively for predictive purposes without considering the relationships between them and ... cases.
"what we discovered is called epistasis, a form of gene interaction whereby one gene variation can mask or contribute to ... may or may not develop alzheimer's disease." the next step for researchers will be
to identify new patterns involved in other diseases. ...
http://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12300
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gian gaetano tartaglia department of biology and biotechnology ...
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... in response to external rewards. this implies that, for example, the prospect of winning money has a higher motivational value for a person with parkinson's disease and impulse control disorder." "the study ... https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-021-00167-w
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salvatore maria aglioti department of psychology ...
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... the planet itself.
turbulence is associated with a non-linear energy transfer between the different scales of the motion known as ... of the planets. quantifying the energy transfer appears therefore to be crucial for characterizing planetary turbulence. a new research carried out at the ... of our method concludes stefania espa - and
shown for the first time that the energy transfer in jupiter's atmosphere is four ... doi https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl088685
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stefania espa department of civil, constructional and ... university of rome in a team with other universities (oxford, uae, and usf) have developed a theory to measure the turbulence of the ...
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... this system can be a guide to choosing the correct therapy for the patient. marianna nuti of the department of experimental medicine of ... have greatly improved treatment options and outcome for cancer patients
with non-small cells lung cancer (nsclc)", says marianna ...
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marianna nuti department of experimental medicine ...