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Pranas Morkūnas’ Morphophonological Poetry: Futurism, Dada and Politics
No full textThe chapter deals with the literary output of the interwar, avant-garde poet and writer Pranas Morkūnas (1900–1941). In the past few decades, historians of the Lithuanian avant-garde have become aware that Morkūnas’ poetry perhaps represents the nation’s highest literary achievement of its era. However, his poems are still awaiting a critical edition. This paper therefore attempts a first general treatment of Morkūnas’ poetry outside of the Lithuanian language. It considers both the visual and morphophonological strategies adopted in his verses, as well as the relationship between his avant-garde poetics and his political views
Studi di metrica italiana contemporanea
No full textIl libro raccoglie undici Studi di argomento metrico-stilistico su altrettanti poeti del secondo Novecento italiano (con un’escursione nel secolo presente): sono Biagio Marin, Romano Pascutto, Beniamino Dal Fabbro, Giorgio Caproni, Federico Hindermann, Geda Jacolutti, Paolo Volponi, Fernando Bandini, Giovanni Raboni, Cesare Viviani, Michelangelo Coviello (l’arco cronologico va dal 1891 di Marin al 1950 di Coviello), scritti in un quindicennio di lavoro di ricerca (2004-2018). I modi di avvicinamento sono diversi: dalla lettura di un singolo testo o libro (Volponi, Pascutto, Coviello) all’analisi variantistica (Viviani, Raboni), con particolare attenzione alla descrizione morfologica dei metri (Bandini, Marin, Dal Fabbro). Nell’insieme, ne risulta un panorama degli istituti metrici in uso nella letteratura in lingua e in quella in dialetto (Marin, Pascutto), nella considerazione sia di poeti “maggiori” sia di scrittori in versi restati finora “in ombra” (Dal Fabbro, Hindermann) o di recente riscoperta (Jacolutti)
A Neural Network Model Approach to Longevity Risk Management
No full textInsurance activities intrinsically deal with the management of risks. According to the mark-to-model approach to the assessment of the insurer’s debt position, the models used to forecast the probability structures involved in the computation of the fair value of the liabilities are central. We use artificial neural networks to the purpose of forecasting in this context. We focus on a portfolio of endowment insurance policies and on the ex ante estimation of the related mathematical reserve. We consider the Lee-Carter model for the forecasting of the random number of the policies in-force at each future policy anniversary, with either linear time-series model or autoregressive neural network models (ARX-NN models)for the time index. We find out that ARX-NN models allow to reduce the bias that linear time series models may imply. In particular, narrower prediction intervals around central forecasts translates into a much milder upward shift of the portfolio reserve in the case where systematic reduced mortality than expected should occur along the insurance contracts’ duration
Desperately Seeking Diversity: Challenges and Breakthroughs in the Casting of Netflix’s Zero
No full textThanks to its cast of predominantly second-generation afro-Italian actors, Netflix’s original series Zero (2021) has been celebrated as “Italy’s first TV show with a majority black cast” (Povoledo 2021) by both critics and viewers. However, Zero’s casting process was made challenging by the stark underrepresentation of non-white actors in national film schools and talent agencies. This contribution features a commented interview with Cristina Proserpio, Zero’s casting co-director and member of Unione Italiana Casting Directors, which explores the theme of “diversity casting”, and how Italian casting professionals are adapting their practices to the demand of more diverse onscreen representations from SVOD players
Tre studi sulla responsabilità nossale
No full textTitolo dei tre saggi:
- La struttura dell’obbligazione nossale
tra ‘lex XII Tabularum’ e ‘lex Aquilia’ (C. Pelloso)
- ‘Lex Aquilia’, responsabilità nossale e ‘scientia domini’
nella interpretazione di Celso, Giuliano e Ulpiano (P. Ziliotto)
- ‘Obligatio servi ex delicto’ (G. D'Angelo
The enigmatic 'Roma' of Urban V (1362-1370) in Avignon
No full textAlthough the name Roma to designate the new wing of the Papal Palace, Avignon, constructed and decorated by Urban V in 1364–66 is well established in scholarship, the origins of the term have never been determined and its interpretation as evidence of the pope’s longing for a return to Rome is open to question. For the first time this study examines the documentary sources concerning the construction of the new wing and the works undertaken in the surrounding gardens, integrating the archival evidence with archaeological findings and Early Modern drawings to provide a clearer reconstruction of its original appearance. Hitherto overlooked sources further demonstrate that the name Roma was associated with the building already before its completion, though not within the construction site itself, thereby shedding new light on the possible reasons for its use
MHIT36: Extension to wall-bounded turbulence and scalar transport equation
No full textWe present an extended version of MHIT36, a GPU-tailored solver for interface-resolved simulations of multiphase turbulence. The framework couples direct numerical simulation (DNS) of the Navier–Stokes equations, which describe the flow field, with a phase-field method to capture interfacial phenomena. In addition, the transport equation for a scalar can also be solved. The governing equations are discretized using a second-order finite difference scheme. The Navier–Stokes equations are time advanced with an explicit fractional-step method, and the resulting pressure Poisson equation is solved using a FFT-based method. The accurate conservative diffuse interface (ACDI) formulation is used to describe the transport of the phase-field variable. Simulations can be performed in two configurations: a triply-periodic cubic domain or a rectangular domain of arbitrary dimensions bounded by two walls. From a computational standpoint, MHIT36 employs a two-dimensional domain decomposition to distribute the workload across MPI tasks. The cuDecomp library is used to perform pencil transpositions and halo updates, while the cuFFT library and OpenACC directives are leveraged to offload the remaining computational kernels to the GPU. MHIT36 is developed using the managed memory feature and it provides a baseline code that is easy to further extend and modify. MHIT36 is released open source under the MIT license
The role of absolute space in Newton's physics.
No full textIn this paper, we examine Newton’s concept of absolute space. We aim at clarifying: (1)
the reasons that led Newton to introduce this notion; (2) the arguments he used to justify
its existence; (3) the relationship between absolute space and the principle of inertia; and
(4) the role of absolute space within Newtonian physics. We then analyse the criticisms
raised by Leibniz and Mach, focusing on their specific arguments rather than their broader
philosophical frameworks, due to the space limitations of this article. We conclude by discussing
Einstein’s views, particularly how his theory of relativity ultimately ruled out the
existence of absolute space and time. Nevertheless, we argue that in the context of Newtonian
physics, the concept of absolute space was not at all absurd, even if it presented
certain conceptual difficulties. The paper ends with an appendix highlighting noteworthy
annotations from the editors of the Geneva Edition to Proposition XIX of the third book
of Newton’s Principia
