We study the highly non-perturbative hot region of the QCD phase diagram close to T c by use of a... more We study the highly non-perturbative hot region of the QCD phase diagram close to T c by use of an imaginary chemical potential m which avoids the sign problem. The number density and the quark number susceptibility are consistent with a critical behaviour associated with the transition line in the negative m 2 halfplane. These results complement and extend the information obtained via the analysis of the susceptibilities evaluated at zero m, yielding a simple description of the candidate strongly interacting QGP phase.
Seven patients with cystic meningioma are reported. The computerized tomography appearance of the... more Seven patients with cystic meningioma are reported. The computerized tomography appearance of these meningiomas may mimic that of a glial or metastatic tumor with cystic or necrotic changes, and lead to an incorrect presumptive diagnosis. Radiological evaluation and recognition are important for the surgical removal of these potentially curable neoplasms.
The kinetic properties of the enzyme L-glutamate : 4,5-dioxovaleric acid aminotransferase (Glu : ... more The kinetic properties of the enzyme L-glutamate : 4,5-dioxovaleric acid aminotransferase (Glu : DOVA transaminase) from Euglena gracilis have been studied. 5-Aminolevulinic acid formation was linear with time for at least 45 min at 37°C and L-glutamate was the most effective amino-group donor. Lineweaver-Burk doublereciprocal plots suggested a ping-pong reaction mechanism, with K, values for L-glutamate and DOVA of 1.92 mM and 0.48 mM respectively. Competitive parabolic substrate inhibition by DOVA at concentrations greater than 3.5-4.5 mM was observed. Glyoxylate (4-10 mM) was found to be a competitive inhibitor with respect to DOVA, whereas at low concentrations (0 -4 mM) noncompetitive plots were obtained.
The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 2003
Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis. The paras... more Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis. The parasite manifests a nutritional requirement for heme compounds because of its biosynthesis deficiency. The aim of this study has been to investigate the presence of metabolites and enzymes of porphyrin pathway, as well as ALA formation in epimastigotes of T. cruzi, Tulahuén strain, Tul 2 stock. Succinyl CoA synthetase, 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synthetase, 4,5-dioxovaleric (DOVA) transaminase, ALA dehydratase and porphobilinogenase activities, as well as ALA, porphobilinogen (PBG), free porphyrins and heme content were measured in a parasite cells-free extract. Extracellular content of these metabolites was also determined. DOVA, PBG, porphyrins and heme were not detected in acellular extracts of T. cruzi. However ALA was detected both intra- and extracellularly This is the first time that the presence of ALA (98% of intracellularly formed ALA) is demonstrated in the extracellular medium of a parasite culture. Regarding the ALA synthesizing enzymes, DOVA transaminase levels found were low (7.13+/-0.49EU/mg protein), whilst ALA synthetase (ALA-S) activity was undetectable. A compound of non-protein nature, low molecular weight, heat unstable, inhibiting bacterial ALA-S activity was detected in an acellular extract of T. cruzi. This inhibitor could not be identified with either ALA, DOVA or heme. ALA synthesis is functional in the parasite and it would be regulated by the heme levels, both directly and through the inhibitor factor detected. ALA formed can not be metabolized further, because the necessary enzymes are not active, therefore it should be excreted to avoid intracellular cytotoxicity.
Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics, Sep 22, 2008
A concise review of the progress of lattice calculations at non-zero density since QM2006 is give... more A concise review of the progress of lattice calculations at non-zero density since QM2006 is given with emphasis on the high baryon density, low-temperature domain. Possibilities of exploring densities higher than those studied by standard techniques are analysed. The phase transitions of cold, dense matter, where the sign problem remains severe, are discussed in the context of QCD-like models and approximations to QCD.
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 1996
The kinetic properties of L-glutamate: gloxylate transminase have been investigated. Glycine form... more The kinetic properties of L-glutamate: gloxylate transminase have been investigated. Glycine formation was linear with both protein concentration and incubation time. L-glutamate was the most effective amino donor. Optimal concentrations for L-glutamate and glyoxylate were 150–200 mM and 10–20 mM, respectively. Initial velocity studies suggested a ping-pong reaction mechanism with a Km value of 89.90-66.50 mM for L-glutamate and of
The motivations for simulating QCD thermodynamics with Wilson fermions and a twisted mass term ar... more The motivations for simulating QCD thermodynamics with Wilson fermions and a twisted mass term are introduced. The twisted mass approach provides a natural infrared cutoff and O a im- provement at maximal twist, and can be extended to finite temperature. Our strategy for exploring the QCD phase diagram at finite temperature in this setup, while taking advantage of the results
Seven patients with cystic meningioma are reported. The computerized tomography appearance of the... more Seven patients with cystic meningioma are reported. The computerized tomography appearance of these meningiomas may mimic that of a glial or metastatic tumor with cystic or necrotic changes, and lead to an incorrect presumptive diagnosis. Radiological evaluation and recognition are important for the surgical removal of these potentially curable neoplasms.
We summarize our results on the phase diagram of QCD with emphasis on the high temperature regime... more We summarize our results on the phase diagram of QCD with emphasis on the high temperature regime. For T ≥ 1.5T c the results are compatible with a free field behavior, while for T ≃ 1.1T c this is not the case, clearly exposing the strongly interacting nature of QCD in this region.
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013
Three thioamide-substituted imidazoquinolinone, which possess a heterocyclic center similar to tr... more Three thioamide-substituted imidazoquinolinone, which possess a heterocyclic center similar to tryptanthrin and are named C1, C2, and C3, were studied regarding (a) their in vitro anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity, (b) their cytotoxicity and electrochemical behaviour, and (c) their effect on cell viability, redox state, and mitochondrial function. The assayed compounds showed a significant activity against the proliferative forms, but only C1 showed activity on the trypomastigote form (for C1, IC 50 epi = 1.49 M; IC 50 amas = 1.74 M; and IC 50 try = 34.89 M). The presence of an antioxidant compound such as ascorbic acid or dithiotreitol induced a threefold increase in the antiparasitic activity, whereas glutathione had a dual effect depending on its concentration. Our results indicate that these compounds, which exhibited low toxicity to the host cells, can be reduced inside the parasite by means of the pool of low molecular weight thiols, causing oxidative stress and parasite death by apoptosis. The antiparasitic activity of the compounds studied could be explained by a loss of the capacity of the antioxidant defense system of the parasite to keep its intracellular redox state. C1 could be considered a good candidate for in vivo evaluation. and early chronic infections by eliminating patent parasitemia. Nevertheless, these drugs are not active against all T. cruzi strains and are known to produce toxic effects on the host [2]. All of these facts highlight the urgent need for the development of new, cheap, safe, and more efficient compounds for treating Chagas' disease.
Hemin chlorides exhibit two absorption maxima in the Soret region, one at about 360-380 nm (SЈ ba... more Hemin chlorides exhibit two absorption maxima in the Soret region, one at about 360-380 nm (SЈ band) and the other between 400 and 430 nm (S band). We present here a simple and fast spectrophotometric assay to determine concentration of hemin between 1.15 and 9.20 M employing the Soret region (SЈ band) as a reference. In this method the hemin is quantitatively extracted from biological materials by acidiWed chloroform. By recording the absorbance of the chloroform extract at its maximum peak at 388, 450, and 330 nm and applying the correction formula A c D 2A 388 ¡ (A 450 + A 330 ), a very good linear correlation between the A c and the concentration of hemin is attained. The method can be used to estimate hemin in the presence of protein (0.06-5.00 mg/ml) and porphyrin (0.19-2.97 M). Compared with the pyridine hemochromogen method, the assay reported here is highly reproducible, with 15-to 30-fold more sensitivity, and it allows the quantiWcation of four times lower hemin concentrations. 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
With a sufficiently high number of fundamental fermionic flavours present, Yang-Mills theory deve... more With a sufficiently high number of fundamental fermionic flavours present, Yang-Mills theory develops an infrared fixed point and becomes (quasi-)conformal in nature. The range of flavour numbers for which this occurs defines the conformal window, the lower limit of which has yet to be determined. We studied the phase diagram of SU(3) Yang-Mills theory with twelve flavours of staggered fermions. Here we present evidence for the occurrence of a bulk transition towards a chirally broken phase and the existence of a Coulomb phase on the symmetric side of this transition, using results from the measurements of the chiral condensate and spectrum, leading to the determination of a positive sign of the beta function. Assuming the validity of the Appelquist-Miransky-Yamawaki scenario, this implies the existence of a conformal window that comprises the theory under investigation.
We explore the phase diagram of SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theory with dynamical fermions in the tempera... more We explore the phase diagram of SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theory with dynamical fermions in the temperature, mass, chemical potential space. We observe qualitative changes of the dependence of the particle density on $\mu$ and $T$, which is compatible with that expected of a gas of free massless quarks $n \propto \mu^3$ only for $T \simeq T_c$. At the onset for thermodynamics the interquark potential flattens at large separations, indicating enhanced fermion screening and the transition to a deconfined phase. Temporal and spatial Polyakov loops behave in different ways, the latter being nearly insensitive to the chemical potential. The rotation of the chiral condensate to a baryonic condensate, as inferred from the susceptibilities, might occur together with a reduction of its magnitude in the chiral limit, possibly leading to a critical temperature for diquark condensation smaller than the deconfinement temperature. We further asses the r\^ole of the chemical potential into the gauge dynamics by carrying out a partial quenched calculation. We speculate on the relevance, or lack thereof, of our findings to real QCD.
We study QCD with 2+1 flavors at nonzero temperature and nonzero chemical potential. We present p... more We study QCD with 2+1 flavors at nonzero temperature and nonzero chemical potential. We present preliminary results obtained from lattice calculations performed with an improved staggered fermions action (p4-action) on lattice with temporal extent N_t = 4 on a line of constant physics with the strange quark mass adjusted to its physical value and a pion mass of about 220 MeV. We compute at imaginary chemical potential and compare with Taylor expansion results. We focus our study on a range of temperatures 0.94 < T/T_c < 1.08.
The distributions of the quark number and chiral condensate over the gauge fields are computed fo... more The distributions of the quark number and chiral condensate over the gauge fields are computed for QCD in Euclidean space at nonzero quark chemical potential. As both operators are non-Hermitian the distributions are in the complex plane. Moreover, because of the sign problem, the distributions are not real and positive. The computations are carried out within leading order chiral perturbation theory and give a direct insight into the delicate cancellations that take place in contributions to the total baryon number and the chiral condensate.
We study the highly non-perturbative hot region of the QCD phase diagram close to T c by use of a... more We study the highly non-perturbative hot region of the QCD phase diagram close to T c by use of an imaginary chemical potential m which avoids the sign problem. The number density and the quark number susceptibility are consistent with a critical behaviour associated with the transition line in the negative m 2 halfplane. These results complement and extend the information obtained via the analysis of the susceptibilities evaluated at zero m, yielding a simple description of the candidate strongly interacting QGP phase.
Seven patients with cystic meningioma are reported. The computerized tomography appearance of the... more Seven patients with cystic meningioma are reported. The computerized tomography appearance of these meningiomas may mimic that of a glial or metastatic tumor with cystic or necrotic changes, and lead to an incorrect presumptive diagnosis. Radiological evaluation and recognition are important for the surgical removal of these potentially curable neoplasms.
The kinetic properties of the enzyme L-glutamate : 4,5-dioxovaleric acid aminotransferase (Glu : ... more The kinetic properties of the enzyme L-glutamate : 4,5-dioxovaleric acid aminotransferase (Glu : DOVA transaminase) from Euglena gracilis have been studied. 5-Aminolevulinic acid formation was linear with time for at least 45 min at 37°C and L-glutamate was the most effective amino-group donor. Lineweaver-Burk doublereciprocal plots suggested a ping-pong reaction mechanism, with K, values for L-glutamate and DOVA of 1.92 mM and 0.48 mM respectively. Competitive parabolic substrate inhibition by DOVA at concentrations greater than 3.5-4.5 mM was observed. Glyoxylate (4-10 mM) was found to be a competitive inhibitor with respect to DOVA, whereas at low concentrations (0 -4 mM) noncompetitive plots were obtained.
The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 2003
Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis. The paras... more Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis. The parasite manifests a nutritional requirement for heme compounds because of its biosynthesis deficiency. The aim of this study has been to investigate the presence of metabolites and enzymes of porphyrin pathway, as well as ALA formation in epimastigotes of T. cruzi, Tulahuén strain, Tul 2 stock. Succinyl CoA synthetase, 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synthetase, 4,5-dioxovaleric (DOVA) transaminase, ALA dehydratase and porphobilinogenase activities, as well as ALA, porphobilinogen (PBG), free porphyrins and heme content were measured in a parasite cells-free extract. Extracellular content of these metabolites was also determined. DOVA, PBG, porphyrins and heme were not detected in acellular extracts of T. cruzi. However ALA was detected both intra- and extracellularly This is the first time that the presence of ALA (98% of intracellularly formed ALA) is demonstrated in the extracellular medium of a parasite culture. Regarding the ALA synthesizing enzymes, DOVA transaminase levels found were low (7.13+/-0.49EU/mg protein), whilst ALA synthetase (ALA-S) activity was undetectable. A compound of non-protein nature, low molecular weight, heat unstable, inhibiting bacterial ALA-S activity was detected in an acellular extract of T. cruzi. This inhibitor could not be identified with either ALA, DOVA or heme. ALA synthesis is functional in the parasite and it would be regulated by the heme levels, both directly and through the inhibitor factor detected. ALA formed can not be metabolized further, because the necessary enzymes are not active, therefore it should be excreted to avoid intracellular cytotoxicity.
Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics, Sep 22, 2008
A concise review of the progress of lattice calculations at non-zero density since QM2006 is give... more A concise review of the progress of lattice calculations at non-zero density since QM2006 is given with emphasis on the high baryon density, low-temperature domain. Possibilities of exploring densities higher than those studied by standard techniques are analysed. The phase transitions of cold, dense matter, where the sign problem remains severe, are discussed in the context of QCD-like models and approximations to QCD.
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 1996
The kinetic properties of L-glutamate: gloxylate transminase have been investigated. Glycine form... more The kinetic properties of L-glutamate: gloxylate transminase have been investigated. Glycine formation was linear with both protein concentration and incubation time. L-glutamate was the most effective amino donor. Optimal concentrations for L-glutamate and glyoxylate were 150–200 mM and 10–20 mM, respectively. Initial velocity studies suggested a ping-pong reaction mechanism with a Km value of 89.90-66.50 mM for L-glutamate and of
The motivations for simulating QCD thermodynamics with Wilson fermions and a twisted mass term ar... more The motivations for simulating QCD thermodynamics with Wilson fermions and a twisted mass term are introduced. The twisted mass approach provides a natural infrared cutoff and O a im- provement at maximal twist, and can be extended to finite temperature. Our strategy for exploring the QCD phase diagram at finite temperature in this setup, while taking advantage of the results
Seven patients with cystic meningioma are reported. The computerized tomography appearance of the... more Seven patients with cystic meningioma are reported. The computerized tomography appearance of these meningiomas may mimic that of a glial or metastatic tumor with cystic or necrotic changes, and lead to an incorrect presumptive diagnosis. Radiological evaluation and recognition are important for the surgical removal of these potentially curable neoplasms.
We summarize our results on the phase diagram of QCD with emphasis on the high temperature regime... more We summarize our results on the phase diagram of QCD with emphasis on the high temperature regime. For T ≥ 1.5T c the results are compatible with a free field behavior, while for T ≃ 1.1T c this is not the case, clearly exposing the strongly interacting nature of QCD in this region.
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013
Three thioamide-substituted imidazoquinolinone, which possess a heterocyclic center similar to tr... more Three thioamide-substituted imidazoquinolinone, which possess a heterocyclic center similar to tryptanthrin and are named C1, C2, and C3, were studied regarding (a) their in vitro anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity, (b) their cytotoxicity and electrochemical behaviour, and (c) their effect on cell viability, redox state, and mitochondrial function. The assayed compounds showed a significant activity against the proliferative forms, but only C1 showed activity on the trypomastigote form (for C1, IC 50 epi = 1.49 M; IC 50 amas = 1.74 M; and IC 50 try = 34.89 M). The presence of an antioxidant compound such as ascorbic acid or dithiotreitol induced a threefold increase in the antiparasitic activity, whereas glutathione had a dual effect depending on its concentration. Our results indicate that these compounds, which exhibited low toxicity to the host cells, can be reduced inside the parasite by means of the pool of low molecular weight thiols, causing oxidative stress and parasite death by apoptosis. The antiparasitic activity of the compounds studied could be explained by a loss of the capacity of the antioxidant defense system of the parasite to keep its intracellular redox state. C1 could be considered a good candidate for in vivo evaluation. and early chronic infections by eliminating patent parasitemia. Nevertheless, these drugs are not active against all T. cruzi strains and are known to produce toxic effects on the host [2]. All of these facts highlight the urgent need for the development of new, cheap, safe, and more efficient compounds for treating Chagas' disease.
Hemin chlorides exhibit two absorption maxima in the Soret region, one at about 360-380 nm (SЈ ba... more Hemin chlorides exhibit two absorption maxima in the Soret region, one at about 360-380 nm (SЈ band) and the other between 400 and 430 nm (S band). We present here a simple and fast spectrophotometric assay to determine concentration of hemin between 1.15 and 9.20 M employing the Soret region (SЈ band) as a reference. In this method the hemin is quantitatively extracted from biological materials by acidiWed chloroform. By recording the absorbance of the chloroform extract at its maximum peak at 388, 450, and 330 nm and applying the correction formula A c D 2A 388 ¡ (A 450 + A 330 ), a very good linear correlation between the A c and the concentration of hemin is attained. The method can be used to estimate hemin in the presence of protein (0.06-5.00 mg/ml) and porphyrin (0.19-2.97 M). Compared with the pyridine hemochromogen method, the assay reported here is highly reproducible, with 15-to 30-fold more sensitivity, and it allows the quantiWcation of four times lower hemin concentrations. 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
With a sufficiently high number of fundamental fermionic flavours present, Yang-Mills theory deve... more With a sufficiently high number of fundamental fermionic flavours present, Yang-Mills theory develops an infrared fixed point and becomes (quasi-)conformal in nature. The range of flavour numbers for which this occurs defines the conformal window, the lower limit of which has yet to be determined. We studied the phase diagram of SU(3) Yang-Mills theory with twelve flavours of staggered fermions. Here we present evidence for the occurrence of a bulk transition towards a chirally broken phase and the existence of a Coulomb phase on the symmetric side of this transition, using results from the measurements of the chiral condensate and spectrum, leading to the determination of a positive sign of the beta function. Assuming the validity of the Appelquist-Miransky-Yamawaki scenario, this implies the existence of a conformal window that comprises the theory under investigation.
We explore the phase diagram of SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theory with dynamical fermions in the tempera... more We explore the phase diagram of SU(2) Lattice Gauge Theory with dynamical fermions in the temperature, mass, chemical potential space. We observe qualitative changes of the dependence of the particle density on $\mu$ and $T$, which is compatible with that expected of a gas of free massless quarks $n \propto \mu^3$ only for $T \simeq T_c$. At the onset for thermodynamics the interquark potential flattens at large separations, indicating enhanced fermion screening and the transition to a deconfined phase. Temporal and spatial Polyakov loops behave in different ways, the latter being nearly insensitive to the chemical potential. The rotation of the chiral condensate to a baryonic condensate, as inferred from the susceptibilities, might occur together with a reduction of its magnitude in the chiral limit, possibly leading to a critical temperature for diquark condensation smaller than the deconfinement temperature. We further asses the r\^ole of the chemical potential into the gauge dynamics by carrying out a partial quenched calculation. We speculate on the relevance, or lack thereof, of our findings to real QCD.
We study QCD with 2+1 flavors at nonzero temperature and nonzero chemical potential. We present p... more We study QCD with 2+1 flavors at nonzero temperature and nonzero chemical potential. We present preliminary results obtained from lattice calculations performed with an improved staggered fermions action (p4-action) on lattice with temporal extent N_t = 4 on a line of constant physics with the strange quark mass adjusted to its physical value and a pion mass of about 220 MeV. We compute at imaginary chemical potential and compare with Taylor expansion results. We focus our study on a range of temperatures 0.94 < T/T_c < 1.08.
The distributions of the quark number and chiral condensate over the gauge fields are computed fo... more The distributions of the quark number and chiral condensate over the gauge fields are computed for QCD in Euclidean space at nonzero quark chemical potential. As both operators are non-Hermitian the distributions are in the complex plane. Moreover, because of the sign problem, the distributions are not real and positive. The computations are carried out within leading order chiral perturbation theory and give a direct insight into the delicate cancellations that take place in contributions to the total baryon number and the chiral condensate.
GIOSAFATTE TALARICO IL BRIGANTE BRACCATO DAI BORBONE. E' giunto veramente il momento di cercare d... more GIOSAFATTE TALARICO IL BRIGANTE BRACCATO DAI BORBONE. E' giunto veramente il momento di cercare di ripristinare l'ordine storico sulla questione brigantaggio ormai resa un " a chi la spara più grossa", infarciti ben bene dai discorsi "Terronistici" di Pino Aprile. Il Brigantaggio in Calabria c'è sempre stato seppur in forme diverse ha sempre giocato un ruolo fondamentale nella vita politica della Regione. Combattuto dai Francesi come metodi davvero cruenti, sfruttati dai Borbone al fine di riportarli sul trono prima della Restaurazione (famose le guide calabre, noti briganti tra cui il Bizzarro ed il Capitan Orlando facevano la staffetta per conto del Re in Calabria). Inseguito divenne una questio difficile sempre sotto i Borbone ed andavano eliminati. Ferdinando fu costretto a formare con decreto del 22 Aprile 1816 una commissione incaricata di compilare liste di individui che giravano armati per le campagne calabresi in aperta e violenta resistenza alla forza pubblica. Era l'unica cosa da fare per debellare questa piaga. Dopo la compilazione di questa lunga lista solo nel 1824 la Corona decide di inviare in Calabria il colonnello Del Carretto per liberarsi definitivamente del fenomeno. La prima banda ad essere vessata da Del Carretto fu la banda di Ippolito Crocco di Spezzano e quella di Giovanni Roma di Caloveto. Scarsissimi i risultati per arrestare il fenomeno, incapace Del Carretto di debellare la delinquenza,e perciò prima di mettersi in viaggio per le mulattiere calabresi si era costretti a fare testamento e votare l'anima a Dio. Per onestà intellettuale l'unico ad intervenire concretamente fu nel 1831 Ferdinando II, nominò un commissario straordinario nella persona di Giuseppe De Liguoro, intendente della Calabria che si interessò del caso Calabria. Su questo caso alquanto strano Alfonso Scirocco professore emerito dell'università Federico II di Napoli, dedica tutto il secondo capitolo del suo testo Briganti e società nell'ottocento -Il caso Calabria (Lecce 1991)al cosentino Giosafatte Talarico, il brigante della Sila famoso per aver ottenuto da Ferdinando II una pensione e un soggiorno a vita ad Ischia. Un modo molto strano di trattare coi deliquenti il Talarico chiese ed ottenne che tale trattamento fosse esteso anche ai suoi compagni briganti. Talarico nacque a Panattieri nel 1805 si impegnò come seminarista poi studiò da farmacista senza raggiungere il titolo e nel 1820 si dette alla macchia per aver compiuto un "delitto di onore" uccidendo un ricco giovinastro che aveva violentato una sua sorella. Rimase alla macchia per 20 anni sui monti della Sila protetto da amici molto influenti «or travestito da prete, or da ricco signore, i caffé, i teatri, e passeggiava per le strade più frequentate».Essendo falliti i tentativi di cattura, nel 1844 Ferdinando II intavolò una trattativa con il brigante calabrese, a cui propose in cambio della resa, una pensione di sei ducati ed una casa nell'isola d'Ischia. Terminava così la carriera del brigante che aveva "fatto tremare le tre Calabrie". Di questa notizia se ne discusse persino in Inghilterrae dopo l'Unità il deputato napoletano Mariani a porre la questione al parlamento italiano con un'interrogazione parlamentare in cui si poneva l'accento sull'ingiustizia di dare una pensione a tale ex brigante. Rimase, dunque, nella bella isola godendosi la pensione fino alla morte avvenuta nel 1886.
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