The Anthropocene and the Long 17th Century 1550-1750 (2016)

Excursus storico storiografico sui capitoli e canoniche aquileiesi tra alto e basso medioevo.

Modern Lukan scholarship underscores two essential factors that guide two parts of Luke’s work: the emphasis on Jerusalem in the first part and the mission of the apostles to “ends of the earth” in the second part. In other words, the long and meaningful journey of Jesus to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51—19:46) has its counterpart in the missions of the apostles who depart from Jerusalem and, through Judea and Samaria, reach the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). A close reading of the Third Gospel reveals that it contains some inaccurate geographical references which cause concern or at least raise questions. It seems that Luke’s geographical knowledge of Palestine is limited or even general, to say the least. Such a limited familiarity with Palestinian geography or even a lack thereof led many modern scholars to the conclusion that the author of the Third Gospel had only second-hand knowledge of Palestine and its geography. The present research takes into consideration the context of the allegedly misleading geographical references to see whether they can shed some light on Luke’s acquaintance with Palestinian geography. It argues that Luke’s familiarity with Palestinian geography could be far more superior than one is led to believe. The study does not have the slightest pretense of analyzing all the geographical data in Luke. It deals only with the most controversial data, often cited to challenge Luke’s awareness of Palestinian geography.

Medical product counterfeiting is one of the many major problems facing the healthcare sector. It is estimated that 10 to 30 percent of medical products sold are fake. Because they do not have access to quality healthcare, these issues are more prevalent in undeveloped and developing nations. As the healthcare supply chain is centralised and the procedure from the product's creation to its delivery to the user is opaque, it is challenging to identify counterfeit goods. As a result, the traceability of medicinal products becomes crucial.

En tiempos recientes, el populismo se ha encumbrado como un objeto de estudio privilegiado dentro de las ciencias sociales. A pesar de esto, es bien sabido que este naciente campo se caracteriza por su complejidad y divergencia a la hora de delimitar y comprender su propio objeto de estudio (Rooduijn, 2019). Ante este panorama, el libro Populism in Global Perspective. A Performative and Discursive Approach se propone como principal objetivo el desarrollo de un enfoque novedoso para la comprensión de este tipo de fenómenos. El enfoque, denominado provisoriamente por los editores del volumen como “post-laclauiano”, centra sus esfuerzos en entender “(...) cómo los llamamientos del populismo construyen y dan forma a las identidades populares, y en la naturaleza relacional de la identificación populista” (Ostiguy et al., 2021, p. 2).

Oral lichen planus post COVID-19 vaccination: report of two cases. Samoilenko A.V., Oryshchenko V.Yu., Strelchenia T.M. Manifestations of сoronavirus disease 2019, caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, are diverse and can vary from asymptomatic infection to respiratory failure needing intensive care. Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 focusing on the spike glycoprotein have shown promise in diminishing the spread of Covid-19. Adverse effects, however, are associated with every vaccination. Currently, there are literature reports of some cases of lichen planus eruption following COVID-19 vaccine injection. Oral lichen planus is a relatively common immune-mediated dermatologic disorder that can occur isolated or associated with cutaneous lichen planus. Postvaccination lichen planus has previously been reported in the literature as a rare adverse event following various vaccinations, especially hepatitis A and B, influenza, and varicella. The majority of patients presented with classic cutaneous lichen planus, although some reports highlighted primarily mucosal involvement. Herein we describe two rare cases of erosive-ulcerous oral lichen planus among SARS-CoV-2 vaccine recipients. The first is a case of a 67-year-old male who developed mucocutaneous lichen planus 5 days after administration of the single-dose of Ad26.COV2.S COVID-19 vaccine. In the second case, a 56-year-old female presented with reactivation of oral lichen planus after receiving a first dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination 2 days earlier. The mechanism of the association between vaccines and lichen planus is not known, it is attributed to cell-mediated autoimmunity. Although there is currently no evidence of a causal relationship between SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and lichen planus, these clinical observations suggest that the COVID-19 vaccine is a possible key initiating event leading to the development or recurrence of this disease.

Objectives:To characterise and quantify short-term changes in local inflammation using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and to correlate the findings with clinical disease activity in response to infliximab in patients with spondyloarthritis.Methods:28 consecutive patients with established spondyloarthritis under successful long-term treatment with infliximab underwent MRI immediately before and one week after re-administration of the TNF blocker. C-reactive protein and the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) were assessed at both time points. The MRI protocol included coronal and sagittal turbo-short T1 inversion recovery (STIR) images as well as contrast-enhanced sagittal T1-weighted, fat-suppressed images. Images were assessed in independent sessions using the ASspiMRI-a score, the signal-difference-to-noise ratios (SDNR) and volumetry to assess oedematous and inflamed tissues.Results:BASDAI values were expectedly low at study entry (3.3, SD 2.3). One wee...