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Diplomacy, often heralded as the cornerstone of international relations, represents the art and practice of negotiating between representatives of states or other entities. Its pivotal role in fostering global peace, resolving conflicts, encouraging economic cooperation, and forming alliances underscores its significance in maintaining a stable int...

The International Conference on Sustainable Development is organized by the European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with CIT University. The 13th ICSD 2025 is inspired from the critical challenge of human, environmental, and economic sustainability concerning the present and future generations in a global-scale context. The Co...

We are pleased to announce the upcoming editions of the Ragusa SHWA (Safety, Health and Welfare in Agriculture and Agro-food Systems) International Conference, featuring two exciting events over the next two years. VIII Ragusa SHWA - Online Event – September 2025 In September 2025, we will be hosting a virtual event featuring presentations by emin...

Background/Aims This study aims to investigate the association between Binge Eating Disorder and functional dyspepsia in a Mexican population, focusing on symptomatology and demographic characteristics. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study on 1016 subjects, evaluating binge eating disorder (BED) and functional dyspepsia based on the Rome IV...

This study presents the use of a new methodological tool for studying the history of ancient religions through social and geographical aspects. NodeGoat, an open-source online software, helps in creating maps and social network charts as well as visualizing the data on a time axis. The study of worshippers of Allat and Atargatis in the Near East an...

Introduction Despite the emergence of drugs to treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), improving abdominal pain can still be challenging. α2δ ligands, such as gabapentin and pregabalin, are sometimes used off‐label to tackle this problem. However, evidence for efficacy is limited, and no large‐scale studies have been published. Aim To study the effi...

Origins of the Feast of the Nativity and Epiphany; date of Jesus’s birth in the patristic tradition; date of Jesus’s birth in Clement of Alexandria; paschal calculation of Hippolytus of Rome; Computist of AD 243; first dating of Jesus’s Baptism and the Epiphany; Basilidian Epiphany on January 10; background of the Epiphany day of January 6; Constan...

Background/Objectives: The global spread of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) warrants collaborative action. Guidance should come from integrated One Health surveillance; however, a surveillance strategy is currently unavailable due to insufficient knowledge on the sources and transmission routes of CRPA. The aim of the SAMPAN stud...

The classification of the sacred groves (Luci not Nemora) in the ancient Roman landscape represents, as is well known, a controversial and poorly attested topic. Beside the lucky case of Lucus Deae Diae, a precious literary and epigraphic documentation allows us to place, however, the Lucus Robiginis on the edge of ager Romanus antiquus, a specific...

This article analyses the role of Jesuit provincial procurators, who were sent to Europe from overseas missionary centres to represent the political, religious, administrative, spiritual and cultural interests of their mission provinces to Madrid and Rome, as well as to recruit new missionaries from Europe and acquire goods there that were necessar...

This study examines the English and Turkish subtitles of the German Netflix film Was Wir Wollten based on its dubbed version. In the film, main characters Alice and Niklas speak Standard High German (Hochdeutsch), while Christl communicates in South Tyrolean German, a distinct dialect, with her husband Romed and their children. To highlight cultura...

Europe faces a situation where housing represents the main savings for most of the population, while the majority of homeowners are seniors aged over 65. The desire to supplement pensions has led to a growing interest in generating income from these savings, with bare ownership emerging as a notable option. This solution makes it possible to transf...

This paper presents novel insights into the long-term chronological patterns related to the distribution and consumption of amphora-borne foodstuffs in Italy. The study specifically focuses on the consumption of wine, olive oil and fish sauces, which exhibit diverse provenances. Notably, it contributes significantly to our understanding of the Roma...

BATSRUS, our state-of-the-art extended magnetohydrodynamic code, is the most used and one of the most resource-consuming models in the Space Weather Modeling Framework. It has always been our objective to improve its efficiency and speed with emerging techniques, such as GPU acceleration. To utilize the GPU nodes on modern supercomputers, we port B...

This study investigated whether different sources of uncertainty exert different influences on both the ambiguity aversion/preference and ambiguity-generated insensitivity to likelihood changes. These two dimensions of ambiguity attitude were measured using matching probabilities for three-fold partitioned events without needing information about s...

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In 1922, the first fascist-run state (Italy) emerged after Benito Mussolini’s infamous “March on Rome.” Eleven years later, in 1933, Adolf Hitler, as leader of the Nazi Party, was inaugurated as Chancellor of Germany in the German Parliament. The Nazis seized power by exploiting the democratic process and steering Germany towards a path of national...

The development of geoethics has made remarkable progress in recent years, involving a growing number of scholars from various disciplines. This has led to the creation of spaces dedicated to sharing reflections, points of view, and study material. The network of relationships between scholars has significatively incremented both physical and virtu...

Contact with nature has always been recognized as having a positive and relaxing effect on people; horticultural therapy is one of the latest forms of unconventional therapy, which uses plants to improve physical and mental condition. Horticultural therapy activities, after a long experimental phase dating back to the 1960s, are now a consolidated...

Dramatizing the alliance of Caesar and the commons, or the Caesarians, from Plutarch, Shakespeare traverses a contradictory historical situation. This article is a comparative study of the nature of the alliance between Caesar and the masses in Plutarch's Lives and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. It demonstrates that Plutarch pays much attention to ma...

Despite growing interest in migration studies, research on motherhood among migrant women in Italy remains limited. This study contributes to the literature by examining the family trajectories of Albanian women in Italy, exploring how their migration patterns and experiences have shaped these life aspects. We conducted a comprehensive textual anal...

Background Disorders of gut–brain interactions (DGBI) affect more women, and marital quality may have been a factor that explains clinical manifestations of DGBI—however, the mechanism is unclear. This study aimed to elucidate supported relationships between DGBI with marital quality and clinical attributes in married Malay women. Methods This cro...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) plays a strategic role in upholding international law, particularly in addressing grave crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. In the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the ICC serves as an independent body offering hope to Palestine in seeking accountability for alleged human...

The gut microbiome was involved in a variety of physiological processes and played a key role in host environmental adaptation. However, the mechanisms of their response to altitudinal environmental changes remain unclear. In this study, we used 16S rRNA sequencing and LCMS metabolomics to investigate the changes in the gut microbiome and metabolis...

Background Whether pathophysiological factors differ between males and females with irritable bowel syndrome-diarrhea (IBS-D) remains to be tested. To better understand potential sex differences, males with IBS-D were compared to naturally cycling females and to females with IBS-D taking hormonal contraception on plasma levels of cytokines and gut...

In 1974, the Club of Rome, an influential global think tank, proposed a provocative geopolitical framework dividing the world into ten regional blocs, now widely referred to as the “10 Kingdoms.” Born from concerns over overpopulation, environmental degradation, and economic instability, this proposal sought to address humanity’s growing crises thr...

In the Roman time, Azania and its capital Rhapta had cultural and economic connections with diverse civilizations of the world, including those in the Mediterranean basin, the Middle East, India, the Far East, and the deep interior of Africa. Information about Azania was first provided by the Romans – Pliny the Elder, Claudius Ptolemy, and sources...

Background The disorders of gut–brain interaction (DGBI) form a heterogeneous group of gastrointestinal disorders that, to date, have no organic basis. The role of oral health in the development of these disorders has not been explored. Objective The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between oral health and the DGBI. Methods...

keywords: H. Sienkiewicz, Quo vadis?, roman gladiatorial fights, historical novel, Sienkiewicz as an expert on antiquity SUMMARY: According to this author, the presentation of ancient spectacles in Quo vadis?, follows the novel conception assumed by the writer. The scenes presented symbolize pagan cruelty, and do not find justification for their...

The lesson of agrarian history from Rome to Scotland is that the importance of credit in the agricultural sector where Nicholson in 1896 said that " Neither the condition of the country nor the nature of the land tenures, nor the position of the agriculture, affects the one in great way that agriculturalists must borrow". Credit plays an important...

This is the full and official text of the Presidential address delivered at the Opening ceremony of the 25 th World Congress of Philosophy in Rome, Italy, on August 1 st 2025.

Tabithan Mission in Acts 9:36-43 showcases the relevance of women’s role towards church growth in the early Christian community. Existing studies in Acts 9:36-43 have focused mainly on the success of the Apostolic Mission with special emphasis on Apostle Peter and the miracle that God did through him, a study on female disciple, the Gazelle of Jopp...

This text concerns university teaching, in which the process of transferring knowledge and skills takes place. A traditional lecture always has its value, which largely depends on the lecturer. An ideal lecture is one that stimulates questions, searches for alternative answers and provokes personal, creative, in-depth thoughts on the issues raised....

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants integrated with Thermal Energy Storage (TES) represent a promising renewable energy source for generating heat and power. Binary molten salt mixtures, commonly referred to as Solar Salts, are utilized as effective heat transfer fluids and storage media due to their thermal stability and favorable thermophysical...

The oral tradition attributes to the conqueror of Dacia an impressive series of urban activities, Traian being considered, in various areas of Moldova and Wallachia, the founder of the villages. Undoubtedly, all these "popular beliefs" must be corroborated with some legends related to medieval mythology, whether Eastern or Western1, but their origi...

In 1 Clement 20, addressing Corinthian Christians, Clement of Rome deliberately appealed to the Stoic topos of peace and harmony to navigate class conflicts. Viewed in the social and philosophical context of ancient Corinth, similarities in the conceptual background of this topos are observed. This study goes beyond the above assumption by recogniz...

Introduction: Today, a new concept of understanding international criminal law as an independent branch establishing the substantive legal grounds for recognising a particular act as criminal is being developed. Such acts certainly include war crimes (criminal violations of the laws and customs of warfare). Meanwhile, there is an urgent need to dev...

The conventional Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) framework focuses on individual structures. However, preliminary studies are required at a large territorial scale to effectively identify the most vulnerable elements. This becomes particularly challenging in urban settings, where numerous buildings of varied shapes, ages, and structural conditio...

Background Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), often considered functional, is a frequent complaint among pediatric patients. However, the increasing availability of advanced diagnostic tools like upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, tests for Helicobacter pylori, and abdominal ultrasound have highlighted many organic causes, including Helicobac...

Our modelling experiments aim at generating and interpreting the prediction patterns of subaqueous landslides within the Lake Albano maar, a complex volcanic depression located southeast of Rome. These patterns, which assess the possibility of future events, are based on the spatial distribution of historical landslide forms within the lake, analyz...

In De bellis by Procopius of Caesarea, there are multiple, though quite dispersed, instances of a discourse concentrated thematically on the distinction between true fortitude and audacity, with the latter being a mere semblance of the former, and actually a vice that is just the opposite of fortitude. The weight of this discourse comes from the ro...

As a result of the increasing incidence of private law relationships with a foreign element, courts hearing cases are frequently obliged to apply foreign law. The interference of foreign law is liable to produce effects that may conflict with the public interest of the lex fori. Precisely for this reason, we consider it essential to be aware of the...

Background There is a bidirectional relationship between sleep and pain disturbances. Sleep disturbances increase the risk for chronic pain, while chronic pain can interfere with sleep. Hence, we assessed the subjective sleep characteristics of youth with functional abdominal pain disorders (FAPDs) compared to healthy youth and examined association...

Background: The recent resurgence of mpox in central Africa has been declared a new public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) requiring coordinated international responses. Vaccination is a priority to expand protection and enhance control strategies, but the vaccine’s need exceeds the currently available doses. Intradermal (ID) admi...

Digital information systems became a pivotal opportunity to enhance the heritage investigation, documentation, valorization as well as the dissemination of cultural values embodied in modern heritage assets. Industrial heritage represents a paradigmatic field, often showing accessibility issues, complexity for the users in discerning the site's evo...

Procopius of Caesarea traveled with the household of the general Belisarius for many years. If his Secret History is any indication, the historian gained a rich acquaintance with Belisarius’s formidable wife, Antonina. It is possible that the negative treatment of Antonina in the Secret History reflects a rivalry between her and Procopius. This com...

Nevesinjsko Polje (‘Nevesinje Field’) is one of the least explored microregions in Bosnia-Herzegovina. This region belonged administratively to the province of Dalmatia during the Roman period. Numerous sites have produced finds from that period (Udrežnje, Biograd, Zovi Do, Lukavac, Kifino Selo – Drenovik, Postoljani, Presjeka, Luka, Zaborani, Brat...

Objective: Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) encompass a range of chronic conditions of unknown etiology, including functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, functional abdominal pain, and functional constipation. The exact pathogenic mechanisms behind tuberculosis (TB) are unclear. This study aimed to investigate whether children...

Procopius of Caesarea traveled with the household of the general Belisarius for many years. If his Secret History is any indication, the historian gained a rich acquaintance with Belisarius’s formidable wife, Antonina. It is possible that the negative treatment of Antonina in the Secret History reflects a rivalry between her and Procopius. This com...

Functional dyspepsia (FD) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders and imposes social and economic burden worldwide and was defined by the absence of peptic ulcer disease on investigation. The Room criteria have been the most widely used criteria for defining dyspepsia and have divided functional dyspepsia into postprandial distress syn...

Background/objectives: In Italy, the prevalence of celiac disease (CeD) among children exceeds 1.5% and has steadily increased with a linear trend over the past 25 years. The clinical presentation is heterogenous and a change in onset symptoms has been described in recent years. The aim of the study is to describe the pattern of clinical presentat...

The present article intends to illuminate the colorful life of dr. Sándor Kovács, who was the first professor of the Department of the Roman Law founded in 1875 at Reformed College of Debrecen. The study focuses on the forty years’ service of Kovács pursued in the „Calvinist Rome”. Doing so, the paper scrutinizes the history and evolution of the la...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The interchangeability of different techniques for volume measurements makes it important to cross-calibrate volumes from different scanning systems against a gold standard Air Displacement Plethysmography (ADP), and identify possible causes of the differences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A sample of 121 adults (78 males and 43 femal...

This article focuses on the 9th century accounts of Constantine I’s baptism. Sources from this period strongly reject Eusebius of Caesarea’s account of Constantine’s baptism on his deathbed and promote the tradition of the emperor’s baptism at the hands of Pope Sylvester in Rome in the early years of the emperor’s reign. The acceptance of the legen...

Objective: Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is challenging, calling for therapeutic strategies other than pharmacologicaltreatment. This study aimed to investigate the effects of Pilates exercises on IBS symptoms and severity, frequency of complete spontaneous bowel movements, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and body weight in women with I...

W kolekcji starych druków Ossolineum znajduje się wiele dzieł opisujących historię i kulturę Bizancjum. Możemy znaleźć tu pierwsze drukowane opisy zdobycia Konstantynopola w 1453 roku, XV-wieczne przedstawienia bizantyńskiej stolicy, opisy drogocennych ilustrowanych greckich manuskryptów, jak również polskie relacje z podróży na Wschód z przełomu X...

The paper concerns the legal status of Palestine as a subject of international law. To some extent Palestine is the edge case of statehood in international law. In a sense, we are witnessing the forging of the international status of Palestine in real-time. For some scholars Palestine is a state, while for others it is not. It is quite a common tro...

Modern concept of lifelong learning has two components, namely increasing of employability, which means professional development and active citizenship. The problem is lack of development of personality. Both functions of modern theory of lifelong learning were already known in the history and therefore the concept in the broadest sense is not the...

Regulation No. 2023/1114 of the European Parliament and Council of 31 May 2023 on cryptoasset markets is a crucial component of financial market regulation that has significantly contributed to increasing the legal security of its participants. This study does not aim to analyse the basic rules of crypto-asset trading or make an assessment of their...

The purpose of this study is to examine Turkey's participation and medal performance in the Olympic Games between 1908 and 2024 using the "Time Series Analysis" method. The methodology of the research relies on Time Series Analysis, which involves analyzing data collected sequentially over time. Time Series Analysis aims to understand and predict f...

Aim When the pandemic was declared it was clear that healthcare workers were the category most at risk of infection. Our study aimed to identify factors influencing nasopharyngeal swab negativity and days to return to work after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a cohort of healthcare workers in the Teaching Hospital Umberto I in Rome, using a disability man...

Background: Communication is an important aspect in making patients competent to define, process, and manage their disease condition as well as to intercept and satisfy psychosocial needs. Communication between patient and nurse is central to the learning and orientating process since the nurse has the greatest frequency and continuity of relation...

On 31 March 2005, the Security Council adopted Resolution 1593 referring the situation in Darfur, Sudan, to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). In accordance with the Rome Statute, the Prosecutor commenced his investigation and presented evidence to Pre Trial Chamber I (PTC I), implicating two Sudanese men in the commission of...

Objectives: The study aims to find opportunities to develop effective mechanisms for classifying war crimes in the current war in Ukraine and to bring perpetrators to justice. Theoretical Framework: There is an urgent need to develop a categorical concept of “war crime” in international criminal law and to resolve theoretical problems of the substa...

In the 19th century there were two monastic provinces in Galicia: that of the Reformed Franciscans (the Reformati) and of the Bernardines (the Franciscan Observants). The Reformed Franciscans province was considerably smaller than the Bernardine one, both in terms of the number of monasteries and the monks. Both provinces, remaining under Austrian...

In June 2009, at the Transcontinental Trusts conference in Geneva, His Honour Justice David Hayton said that the New Zealand Court of Appeal had got aspects of the law of trusts wrong in its decision in Official Assignee v Wilson [2008] 3 NZLR 45. The Court held that the test for proving a trust was a sham was whether the trustees and settlor had a...

Suicide is a major public health concern; therefore, numerous factors have been investigated for their role in increasing suicide risk. Distal factors, such as attachment style, and proximal factors, like unmet interpersonal needs, interact with each other and may influence suicidal ideation. Understanding this interplay is crucial for developing e...

In 44 BC, Julius Caesar established Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis, strategically reviving Corinth to dominate Isthmian trade routes and extend Rome's commercial influence eastwards. At the centre of the colony lies Temple E, an enigmatic structure with an unidentified associated cult. This study investigates the architectural characteristics of...

No previous study has examined the association between coffee and caffeine intake and odds of functional dyspepsia (FD). The aim of this study was to investigate the association between coffee and caffeine intake and odds of FD and its components in a large sample of Iranian adults. In this cross-sectional study on 3362 adults aged 18–55 years, a v...

Tertullian, the first known Christian author to write in Latin, was active in Africa at the end of the second century. In the same region, anonymous martyrial writings in Latin were already circulating prior to his words (Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs, ca. AD 180). Although some have atributed to Pope Victor the title of the first Latin Christian w...

Hotel industry is crucial for destination competitiveness as part of quality tourist infrastructure. The high performance of the industry promises a positive effect on destination competitive. This study aims to develop a approach focusing on the hotel revenue-related performance data in the case of European cities (Istanbul, London, Madrid, Paris,...

On September 23–24 (2024) the 6th Workshop IRE on Translational Oncology, titled “Cancer Organoids as Reliable Disease Models to Drive Clinical Development of Novel Therapies,” took place at the IRCCS Regina Elena Cancer Institute in Rome. This prominent international conference focused on tumor organoids, bringing together leading experts from aro...

Background Constipation is frequently encountered in the population of pregnant women. Physical activity and nutritional factors are considered common causes of constipation; however, their impact on this population has not yet been evaluated precisely. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of constipation and its risk factors during pregnancy...

Background: A tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) represents a condition characterized by abnormal communication between the gastrointestinal tract and the airways. Although the current gold-standard treatment is surgery, pre-existing clinical conditions may represent contraindications. We therefore propose a bronchoscopic approach through rigid bronch...

A Coptic bishop of the city of Nikiu in the Nile Delta John of Nikiu (the second half of the 7th c. AD) is famous for his only text – “Chronicle”, which is narrating about events from the Creation to the 640s, but it’s hard to treat the genre peculiarities of this work. Anyway, John intensively used the works of Greek-speaking church historians of...

The use of dietary supplements is widespread in sports and fitness, with many products containing multiple ingredients. Among supplements often consumed to support musculotendinous health, collagen hydrolysate (CH) has gained popularity for its potential in improving joint comfort and function. This single-blind quasi-experimental study investigate...

The measurement of atmospheric deposition fluxes is an excellent tool for assessing the contamination of territory and the subsequent exposure of the population to major contaminants through the food chain. In this context, the aim of this study was to measure the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) deposition fluxes in the city of Rome (ISS Stat...

The aim of this study is to examine important aspects of social life of Greek and Roman societies by tracing means and ways of entertainment, recreation and leisure. Such activities were essential to the lives of Greco-Roman people and government officials. They include many forms of sports practiced by athletes during the famous Greek Olympic Game...

The article investigates the rhetoric means that are used to adorn the artistic discourse. Adorning of the speech means to delever the artistic discourse to a reader by using various rhetoric means. This problem involved the attention of the rhetorics in ancient Greek, Rome etc., and they have interesting thoughts about adorning the speech by using...