Jacob Marcaria: A Jewish Printer in Renaissance Italy

The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, has colonized nearly all the regions of Italy as well as other areas of Europe. During the summer of 2007 the tiger mosquito was responsible for an outbreak of Chikungunya in Italy, when this virus was brought in by a tourist of Indian origin returning from an endemic area. To increase the knowledge of tiger mosquito population dynamics, a survey was carried out from April to November 2008 in the municipalities of Arco and Riva del Garda (northern Italy) through a Biogents Sentinel™ (BG)-trap sampling. In particular, the aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of temperature and rainfall on the activity and dynamics of A. albopictus host-seeking females. The seasonal emergence of host-seeking females was strongly influenced by the minimum temperature, and a lower threshold of 13°C was identified. In addition, the threshold for the end of adult activity was found at a minimum temperature of 9°C. Host-seeking female abundance was positively affected by the accumulated temperatures over the period 3 and 4 weeks before the sampling week, possibly as a consequence of the positive effect of accumulated temperatures on larval density. Instead, accumulated precipitation over 1-4 weeks before sampling was negatively correlated with host-seeking female abundance. Finally, the activity of host-seeking females, estimated by the weekly increment in female abundance, was positively affected by the total abundance of females and by mean weekly temperatures. Our study provides useful information for predicting the dynamics of host-seeking Ae. albopictus females in northern Italy and for designing control strategies for preventing arbovirus outbreaks in areas colonized by Ae. albopictus.

A Report on the Comprehensively Coupled Chromatography Conference (⁴C) – Riva del Garda – with a view to China, June 2007

Abstract: A survey on the present distribution of the horse chestnut leafmining moth, Cameraria ohridella Desch. & Dimic 1986, in Europe and in Italy is given: In Europe, within a period of 15 years, the leafminer – recently introduced into Central Europe – has settled in an area that spreads over 13 latitudinal and about 20 longitudinal degrees; in Northern Italy, an area of approximately 50,000 km2 has been afflicted in the 5 years since the leafminer’s introduction in South Tyrol and Julian Venetia in 1993.The development of the distribution in the region of South Tyrol and Trentino is shown: In the province of Bozen‐South Tyrol, between 1995 and 1999 the moth has spread in all the three principal valleys (Eisacktal, Pustertal, Etschtal); in the Trentino province, first local attacks began only in 1998, near Trento and Riva, but spread over the entire Etschtal/Adige Valley in 1999. While in South Tyrol C. ohridella was introduced from the North (North Tyrol), the introduction into the Trentino occured from the South (Verona).At present the attacks in Trentino province are preponderantly low (resulting heavy only in the city of Trento and in Riva del Garda) and limited to altitudes ranging from 70 to 700 in. In South Tyrol, attacks are mainly heavy in altitudes ranging from 250 to 900/950 m, while they are low in the increasingly affected higher altitudes of 1,000 to 1,230 m. Numeric attack parameters are given to show attack intensities.The number of generations per year depends on the respective climatic conditions: in lower‐altitudes, usually three generations develop in a year, but in higher altitudes (800 to 1,100 m) only two generations; in the climatically favoured area around the Lake Garda a (partial) fourth generation appears possible.The question of host plants (Aesculus sp., Acer sp.) and the larval parasitism of C. ohridella is discussed. The parasitism of the larvae, principally by Eulophidae (Hym., Chalcidoidea), was ascertained already in the first years of attack: In South Tyrol, 16 species of parasitoids appeared, and 8 in the Trentino province, but only two species were dominant: Minotetrastichus sp. and Pnigalio sp. The level of parasitism reached was low, comparable to other Central European countries.

This paper draws its origin from a series of archaeological interventions led by the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della provincia Autonoma di Trento under the supervision of Cristina Bassi in the area called “piana Benacense”, a fertile plain near Riva del Garda, in the northern part of Lake Garda. The results of the excavation that took place in San Cassiano (2005-2006) are debated along with related anthropological studies. The site, placed beside the current Via Marone, follows the layout of an ancient Roman street characterised by the presence of burial areas. The area, about 6000 m2, presented the existence of a road that divided a Roman villa from two separated burial areas (dated respectively to the third and fourth centuries AD). The Roman villa, with structures that are dated from the first to the fourth centuries AD, included a large productive area better identified after the anthropological analysis of the individuals buried in the southern necropolis. In this area there were both incinerations and inhumations graves, all characterised by the same markers of osteological stress compatible to wool manufacturing. The smaller northern burial area was built for wealthier people, sometimes showing the traces of similar work activities. In the fifth-sixth centuries the landscape totally changed and a church was built, hosting a few high-status graves. The analysis of human remains revealed that all the individuals were males and showed the so-called “horseman syndrome” with some trauma fractures. We suppose that this leading group commissioned the church. After the fifth century, data agree upon a generalised implosion of economic structures, as confirmed by the markers of occupational stress on bones. Therefore the crossing of archeological and anthropological results trace the landscape history of the Benacense plain, from the well-organised and productive Roman period to a period lacking organisation and economic structures. This is the reason San Cassiano could be considered a significant component for the historical reconstruction of the Garda area in “the time of change”.

The Ecumenical ReviewVolume 37, Issue 2 p. 230-239 Constantinople (381), Chalcedon (451), Riva/Trent (1984) Werner Löser S.J., Werner Löser S.J. Prof. Löser teaches dogmatic theology at St George's College in Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany. This article, presented at the Third European Ecumenical Encounter at Riva del Garda, Italy, in October 1984, was translated from the German by the Language Service of the WCC (last section omitted).Search for more papers by this author Werner Löser S.J., Werner Löser S.J. Prof. Löser teaches dogmatic theology at St George's College in Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany. This article, presented at the Third European Ecumenical Encounter at Riva del Garda, Italy, in October 1984, was translated from the German by the Language Service of the WCC (last section omitted).Search for more papers by this author First published: April 1985 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-6623.1985.tb01309.x Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume37, Issue2April 1985Pages 230-239 RelatedInformation

The presented investigation concerns the study of novel types of timber-concrete composite floors, manufactured with “dry connections” (Crocetti et al. In: 11th WCTE, Riva del Garda: international conference proceeding of 11th WCTE, Riva del Garda, 2010; In: RILEM 2013: Materials and Joints in Timber Structures—Recent Advancement of Technology Stuttgart, Germany, 2013: RILEM 2013, Stuttgart, 2013; Sartori et al. In: Enhance mechanical properties of timber, engineered wood products and timber structures. University of Bath, COST FP1004, Zagreb, 19 April 2012, 2012). Three full-scale nominally identical floor elements were investigated. The shear connector system used in the investigation was realized by means of self-tapping screws driven at an angle of 45° into the wood. First, the screws were inserted on the top of the glulam beams. Then, the beams were twisted upside-down and placed on concrete formwork (Fragiacomo In: Struct Eng Mech 20(2):173–189, 2005). Then fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) was cast in the formwork. Quasi-static bending tests and long-term bending test were performed. It was found that the proposed connection systems performed more than satisfactory in the short term, showing a very high degree of composite action even at load levels close to the failure load. However, long-term loading (Fragiacomo and Ceccotti In: J Struct Eng 132(1):13–22, 2006) induces increased deformation, which should be taken into account in SLS design.

Toxicology of pesticides: Experimental, clinical and regulatory perspectives: (October 6–15, 1986, Riva del Garda, Italy)

Commentators have noted that Kafka’s 1917 Gracchus story harks back to his 1913 stay in Riva del Garda, but they have failed to identify the author’s personal experiences it unmistakably evokes. After elucidating this question, the article will argue that Kafka's story should be interpreted on its own terms. The key to the story’s interpretation is also an answer to the question of why Kafka chose to set it in an actual geographical location, something he never did nowhere else in his fiction. Since riva means ‘shore’ in Italian, Riva may be understood as the proper name of a shore, or as a capitalized allegorization — the Shore. Finally, the biographical and the literary parts of our argument are brought together to show that, when the Gracchus story is read alongside Kafka’s diaries and correspondence, the sense of permeability between Kafka’s real and fictional selves becomes particularly acute.

Glutamate excitotoxicity and Ca2+-regulation of respiration: Role of the Ca2+ activated mitochondrial transporters (CaMCs)

This volume contains the Proceedings of the Meeting "Neuronal plasticity and gangliosides" which was held at Mantova, Italy, on May 29-31, 1985, as a satellite to the Tenth Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry, (Riva del Garda, Italy, May 19-24,1985). The Symposium took place in the "Teatro Bibiena", one of the oldest and most beautiful theatres in Italy, known for having been the place for some of the very first performances of W .A. Mozart. The number of registered participants in the Meeting was about 180 including 40 accor:Qpanying persons. The persons invited as Speakers or Chairmen of Colloquia and Workshops were 48. Eighteen countries were represented with the largest contingent coming from Italy, followed by Federal Republic of Germany, The United States, France and Great Britain. The Meeting was based on Colloquia, Workshops, Round Tables and Poster Sessions, with a total of 42 Lectures and 32 Poster presentations.

BCL-2 family proteins as regulators of mitochondria metabolism

The ATPase Inhibitory Factor 1 (IF1): A master regulator of energy metabolism and of cell survival

Book Review: Bell Beakers Today: Pottery, People, Culture, Symbols in Prehistoric Europe. Proceedings of the International Colloquium, Riva del Garda (Trento, Italy), 11-16 May 1998. Volumes 1 and 2

Conference report. 18th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography, May 20–24, 1996, Riva del Garda, Italy

9th international symposium on chromatography and electrophoresis: Palazzo dei Congressi, Riva del Garda (Italy), May 15–17, 1978