On the occasion of the first UNESCO International Geodiversity Day (October 6th, 2023), the Piemonte Region Council promulgated the Regional Law “Provisions for the conservation, management and valorisation of the geological heritage”. This legislative measure recognises the public interest in geodiversity and identifies geosites and geoparks as geological elements to protect and therefore promotes the geoconservation. The mai...

Background Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. An important mechanism involved is the disruption in protein homeostasis by overactivation of the classical axis of the renin-angiotensin system. The counterregulatory axis counteracts these effects; however, the MrgD receptor has recently been described, and its effects are unknown. Thus, this study aims to evaluate the impact of MrgD deficiency on c...

Inactivated microorganisms may reduce mycotoxins’ bioavailability, although in vivo evidence is limited especially in farm animals. This pilot study evaluated whether a fermented milk (FM) containing heat-inactivated biomasses of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae at 1% ( w/w ) mitigated the toxic effects of dietary aflatoxins (AFs) and fumonisins (FBs) in weaned piglets. Twenty-four male crossbred pigle...

Objectives Helicobacter pylori ( H.pylori ) eradication contributes to gastric cancer (GC) prevention, yet many subjects are unaware of their infection status. We implemented a workplace-based H.pylori screening. Design We implemented a cross-sectional screening with short-term follow-up among hospital workers (HWs), enrolled during occupational health surveillance (OHS). A stool antigen test (SAT) was adopted for H.pylori dia...

Obesity and endocrine disruptors (EDs) promote endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, a mechanism associated with cardiovascular diseases. Among EDs, BPS is widely used in consumer products. Whether BPS promotes cardiac ER stress, either alone or combined with a high-fat diet, remains unclear. Male C57BL/6 mice were assigned to a standard chow diet (SC—15 kJ/g), SC+BPS (SCB), high-fat diet (HF—21 kJ/g), or HF+BPS (HFB), receiving...

Septoria tritici blotch (STB), caused by Zymoseptoria tritici , is one of the most damaging foliar diseases of bread wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.), leading to yield losses of up to 50% under favorable conditions and increasing reliance on synthetic fungicides. In this study, the antifungal activity of essential oil (EO) and hydrosol (the aqueous phase obtained as a by-product of hydrodistillation) derived from a local Algerian...

The high commercial value and the increasing demand for caviar make it susceptible to illegal trade and fraudulent activities, while mislabelling can occur both deliberately and unintentionally. Therefore, reliable methods are urgently needed to distinguish even closely related sturgeon species for the authentication of declared species in caviar products. In this study, we explore the effectiveness of ONT sequencing combined...