Un castello ed il suo paesaggio: Conservazione e valorizzazione dei resti del Castello di Coriano (RN).

Il castello di Coriano, in provincia di Rimini, per la sua complessità ci ha permesso di confrontarci con diversi temi, dal reinserimento del castello all’interno del contesto urbano alla conservazione e il restauro delle manufatto, dall’aspetto paesaggistico legato alle visuali, all'interazione della vegetazione con le strutture. L'evoluzione delle vicende storiche ha fatto sì che il ruolo del castello sia cambiato nel corso del tempo, attraversando una prima fase di forte importanza pubblica per poi essere rafforzato da opere difensive e infine subire un progressivo abbandono che lo ha privato della sua dimensione sociale, rendendolo un luogo isolato e privo d'identità. L'analisi del manufatto e del suo contesto storico e paesaggistico ha condotto ad un progetto di valorizzazione che mira a rendere nuovamente il castello fulcro di attività sociali e nuovo protagonista della realtà corianese, fornendone al tempo stesso una chiave di lettura.

OXA-48 carbapenemase-producing Salmonella enterica serovar Kentucky isolate of sequence type 198 in a patient transferred from Libya to Switzerland

Here, we report a case of OXA-48-producing Salmonella enterica serovar Kentucky of sequence type 198 (ST198) from perianal screening cultures of a patient transferred from Libya to Switzerland. The blaOXA-48 gene was carried by Tn1999.2 and located on an ∼60-kb IncL/M plasmid. This Salmonella strain also possessed the blaVEB-8, aac(6)-Ib, tet(A), sul1, and mphA resistance genes and substitutions in GyrA (Ser83Phe and Asp87Asn) and ParC (Ser80Ile). This finding emphasizes that prompt screening strategies are essential to prevent the dissemination of carbapenemase producers imported from countries where they are endemic.

Jüdische Höhlenbewohner in Tripoli

Ernst Brandenburg

Jüdische Dichter in Spanien : Jacob Castello

Meir Kayserling

Trajectories and outcomes of the 'Arab Spring' : comparing Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria

Almost three years have passed since the 'Arab Spring' began in late 2010. In the major sites of popular uprisings, political conditions remain unsettled or violent. Despite similarities in their original opposition to authoritarian rule, the outcomes differed from country to country. In Tunisia and Egypt, processes of transiting from authoritarian rule produced contrasting consequences for democratic politics. Uprisings led to armed rebellion in Libya and Syria, but whereas Gaddafi was overthrown, Asad was not. What explains the different trajectories and outcomes of the Arab Spring? How were these shaped by the power structure and levels of social control of the pre-uprising regimes and their state institutions, on the one hand, and by the character of the societies and oppositional forces that rose against them? Comparing Tunisia with Egypt, and Libya with Syria, this paper discusses various factors that account for variations in the trajectories and outcomes of the Arab Spring, namely, the legacy of the previous regime, institutional and constitutional choices during "transition" from authoritarian rule, socioeconomic conditions, and the presence of absence of ethnic, sectarian and geographic diversity.

The rocky road ahead to peace : the Arab Uprisings and the conflict in Libya

Peer reviewed