In her article "Another Argument on the 'Crisis Said' of Comparative Literature" Ping Du discusses "Crisis Said", the long-lasting topic since the birth of Comparative Literature. She argues that after every crisis comes an opportunity of a new development of Comparative Literature. Du claims that comparative literature is experiencing a rebirth in the Age of Multiculturalism. She, firstly, rev...

To the Editor: We wish to clarify an inaccuracy in a letter in Emerging Infectious Diseases by Cao-Lormeau et al. (1). The authors state “In 2007, the first ZIKV outbreak reported outside Africa and Asia was retrospectively documented from biological samples from patients on Yap Island, Federated States of Micronesia, North Pacific, who had received an incorrect diagnosis of dengue virus (DENV)...

English: Sweet wormwood, Chinese wormwood, Sweet Annie French: Absinthe chinoise, armoise annuelle Chinese: Qinghao (pronounced ching how), Cao hao, Cao Qinghao, Cao Haozi, Chou Qinghao, Haoz, Kuhao, Xianghao, Xiang Qinghao, Xihehao Japanese: Kusoninijin Vietnamese: Than hao, Than cao hoa vang Korean: Chui ho, Hwang-hwa-ho, Gae-tong-sok German: Chinesischer Beifuß Pharmaceutical definitions: He...

Abstract Species-rich calcareous grasslands in Europe strongly declined during the twentieth century due to drastic land use changes. Many were converted into more productive pastures or are covered by shrubs forests today, since they overgrown after abandonment afforested. Restoration of shrub forest clearing and subsequent recolonization grassland species from adjacent is, therefore, an impor...

Lombardy is one of the most polluted regions at European level, also due to its particular geographical structure and weather conditions which prevent pollutants’ dispersion, high levels emissions coming from human activities. Recently, some evidence has been found regarding relationship between agriculture air quality, particularly ammonia - produced mainly by livestock sector particulate matt...