Dr. Engineers, ICONA (Instituto National para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza), Madrid, Spain. Abstract: Management of the fragile and greatly modified ecosystems in the Spanish Mediterranean climate is complex. Rainfall occurs in a few intensive storms on rough topography. Climax vegetation is sparse forest dominated by evergreen xerophilic species. The emphases of the National Institute for ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the Fibrosis (FIB)-4 index as a predictor of major liver-related events (LRE) and liver-related death (LRD) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type-1 patients initiating combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). DESIGN Retrospective analysis of a prospective cohort study. SETTING Italian HIV care centers participating to the ICONA Foundation cohort. PARTICIPANTS ...

Doctor Ingeniero de Montes, ICONA Forest Fire Section, Madrid Spain. Abstract: Forest fuels in the Mediterranean ecosystems of Spain are characterized by generalized pyrophytism and large accumulations of woody shrub vegetation. The Forest Service prepared in 1978 a fuel management plan and a program of surveys including: A study on the vegetation's evolution in forests after fires; the experim...

La narrazione della morte di Cicerone appare un processo sviluppatosi nel corso vari decenni, iniziato già in età triumvirale e conclusosi solo tiberiana avanzata. Vi si possono individuare due tendenze contrastanti, entrambe bene individuabili sia nella produzione declamatoria storiografia tramite i testimonia retorici storiografici raccolti da Seneca : l’una ostile a Cicerone, che risaliva ad...