Charles Savona-Ventura
Biographic Data
| ID | 6173248 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles Savona-Ventura |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles |
| FAMILY NAME | Savona-Ventura |
| SIGNATURE | SAVONA-VENTURA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Shared Wisdom about Health Preservation in Traditional Maltese and Chinese Proverbs
Introduction Health preservation plays a vital role in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and it is dealt with several times in the TCM classic Huang Di Nei Jing (《黄帝内经》 Huangdi's Internal Classic) compiled thousands of years ago. For example, the chapter Discourse on the True Qi Endowed by Heaven in High Antiquity contains the following description: The sages in ancient times who knew the tenets for cultivating health followed the rules of yin …
The Plant Cynomorium in Maltese Materia Medica
The search for possible effective local therapeutic agents led to the discovery of a plant that was later known as Fungus Melitensis . This parasitic flowering plant was initially believed to grow only on a small islet off Gozo known variably as General's or Fungus Rock. It is now known to be more widely distributed with a range extending from the Canary Islands to China. First mentioned in 1647 by the Maltese historian Gian Francesco Abela, the …
Adoption of Traditional Chinese Medicine in a Central Mediterranean Island Community
The Maltese Islands in the central Mediterranean was one of the earliest European countries to initiate political relationships with the People's Republic of China. The political interaction translated eventually to a better appreciation of the cultural diversity of the respective countries. This appreciation led to an early adoption of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) services and their incorporation within the mainline western-based contempor…
Seasonality of Births Is Associated With Seasonality of Marriages in Malta
This study was carried out to quantify secular trends in seasonal variation in births in Malta, a small Mediterranean country where the vast proportion of births occur in wedlock due to a predominantly Roman Catholic population. It also related such variations to seasonal variation in marriages. Annual seasonal peaks of marriages and births were analysed over the period 1950–1996 by X11 ARIMA. A significant peak in marriages ( n =111,932) in the …
Declining male births with increasing geographical latitude in Europe
OBJECTIVE: Demographic studies in various industrialised countries have shown a decline in male births in the latter half of the 20th century from the expected ratio of 0.515 (males/total). This study analyses trends in this ratio over the period 1890 to 1995 in Malta, and also analyses this ratio for Western European countries for the period 1990-1995. DESIGN: Births subdivided by sex were obtained from official Maltese publications. European co…
Declining male births with increasing geographical latitude in Europe
OBJECTIVE: Demographic studies in various industrialised countries have shown a decline in male births in the latter half of the 20th century from the expected ratio of 0.515 (males/total). This study analyses trends in this ratio over the period 1890 to 1995 in Malta, and also analyses this ratio for Western European countries for the period 1990-1995. DESIGN: Births subdivided by sex were obtained from official Maltese publications. European co…
Declining male births with increasing geographical latitude in Europe
OBJECTIVE: Demographic studies in various industrialised countries have shown a decline in male births in the latter half of the 20th century from the expected ratio of 0.515 (males/total). This study analyses trends in this ratio over the period 1890 to 1995 in Malta, and also analyses this ratio for Western European countries for the period 1990-1995. DESIGN: Births subdivided by sex were obtained from official Maltese publications. European co…
Seasonality of Births Is Associated With Seasonality of Marriages in Malta
This study was carried out to quantify secular trends in seasonal variation in births in Malta, a small Mediterranean country where the vast proportion of births occur in wedlock due to a predominantly Roman Catholic population. It also related such variations to seasonal variation in marriages. Annual seasonal peaks of marriages and births were analysed over the period 1950–1996 by X11 ARIMA. A significant peak in marriages ( n =111,932) in the …
Adoption of Traditional Chinese Medicine in a Central Mediterranean Island Community
The Maltese Islands in the central Mediterranean was one of the earliest European countries to initiate political relationships with the People's Republic of China. The political interaction translated eventually to a better appreciation of the cultural diversity of the respective countries. This appreciation led to an early adoption of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) services and their incorporation within the mainline western-based contempor…
The Plant Cynomorium in Maltese Materia Medica
The search for possible effective local therapeutic agents led to the discovery of a plant that was later known as Fungus Melitensis . This parasitic flowering plant was initially believed to grow only on a small islet off Gozo known variably as General's or Fungus Rock. It is now known to be more widely distributed with a range extending from the Canary Islands to China. First mentioned in 1647 by the Maltese historian Gian Francesco Abela, the …
Shared Wisdom about Health Preservation in Traditional Maltese and Chinese Proverbs
Introduction Health preservation plays a vital role in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and it is dealt with several times in the TCM classic Huang Di Nei Jing (《黄帝内经》 Huangdi's Internal Classic) compiled thousands of years ago. For example, the chapter Discourse on the True Qi Endowed by Heaven in High Antiquity contains the following description: The sages in ancient times who knew the tenets for cultivating health followed the rules of yin …
Maltese (5 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Birth rate (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Fertility (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Alternative medicine (1 work)