Assessing Standing Long Jump Developmental Levels Using an Inertial Measurement Unit.

This study tested the feasibility of using an inertial measurement unit to discriminate different developmental levels of children performing the standing long jump (SLJ). Sixty-four children (54.6% boys, 46.

Antimicrobial potential of Sicilian honeys against commensal Escherichia coli and pathogenic Salmonella serovar infantis.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the antibacterial effect of 71 locally produced honeys from different botanical sources collected from apiarist's open markets in Sicily.

Methods: Antimicrobial activity was determined against Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922) and Salmonella serovar Infantis (ATCC 1523) by an agar-diffusion assay from the estimation of the diameter of the inhibition zone produced by the honeys. Statistically) significant differences (P < .

[Actuality of Giuseppe D'Alessandro's contribution to the knowledge of the antigenic structure of Treponema pallidum when syphilis is re-emerging as a public health problem].

The antigenic structure of Treponema pallidum was described in the 1940s and 1950s. The main contributions of Giuseppe D'Alessandro and his collaborators included the description of the external membrane and of the polysaccharide antigen found in the cell wall of the microorganism. Based on new knowledge it has been possible to develop diagnostic tests that are more sensitive and specific than nontreponemal tests, which nevertheless retain their validity in the current re-emergence of syphilis as a public health problem.

Parents' attitudes and behaviours towards recommended vaccinations in Sicily, Italy.

Background: Since a long time, Italy has maintained a dual system to administer childhood immunisations, that is a certain number of mandatory vaccinations and a number of recommended vaccinations. The study aimed to explore the issues surrounding parental acceptance or non-acceptance of the recommended vaccinations for children.

Methods: Parents of children aged 3-5 years of day-care centres in Sicily were asked to fill out an anonymous questionnaire.

Persistent oral and urinary Candida spp. carriage in Italian HIV-seropositive asymptomatic subjects.

The aim of the present study was to ascertain frequency and persistence of Candida spp. oral and urinary carriage in asymptomatic, HAART-naive HIV-seropositive subjects who had not undergone therapy with antimycotic drugs, and whose CD4+ lymphocyte count was greater than 200/microl. Oral carriage was the most common Candida spp.