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Thiamine deficiency is a medical condition of low levels of thiamine (vitamin B 1). [1] A severe and chronic form is known as beriberi. [1] [7] The name beriberi was possibly borrowed in the 18th century from the Sinhalese phrase බැරි බැරි (bæri bæri, “I cannot, I cannot”), owing to the weakness caused by the condition.
Italy's high average varies greatly by regions. In the more affluent north, the life expectancy at birth in 1990 for a man was lower than in Italy's south (73.3 compared to 74.2). For a woman, the average is higher in the north than in the south (80.6 compared to 79.8). [10] Central Italy has the highest average, with 74.7 for men and 81.0 for ...
In 1897, Vorderman visited all of the around 100 prisons on the island of Java. He took samples of the prison rice and examined the prison records to determine the number of beriberi cases. He kept the real purpose of his visits secret so that word did not get around the Chinese rice suppliers and lead them to change the type of rice they provided.
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Casimir Funk, who helped elucidate the role of thiamin in the etiology of beriberi, was an early investigator of the problem of pellagra. Funk suggested that a change in the method of milling corn was responsible for the outbreak of pellagra, [ 56 ] but no attention was paid to his article on this subject.
Corruption in Italy is a major problem. In Transparency International 's annual surveys, Italy has consistently been regarded as one of the most corrupt countries in the Eurozone . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Political corruption remains a major problem, particularly in Lombardy , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Campania and Sicily where corruption perception is at a high ...
Uncollected garbage in Bacoli, Naples, 2010. The "Naples waste management crisis" is a series of events surrounding the lack of waste collection and illegal toxic waste dumping in and around the Province of Naples (now known as the Metropolitan City of Naples), Campania, Italy, beginning in the 1980s. [1]
Smoking in Italy has been banned in public places including bars, restaurants, discotheques and offices since 2005. [1] A majority of Italians supported the ban at the time it was first implemented, [ 1 ] but there was a lack of support from smokers and some bar owners.