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Hydroxyapatite and Other Calcium Phosphates for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage: A Review
Get PDFThe present paper reviews the methods and the performance of in situ formation of calcium phosphates (CaP) for the conservation of materials belonging to cultural heritage. The core idea is to form CaP (ideally hydroxyapatite, HAP, the most stable CaP at pH > 4) by reaction between the substrate and an aqueous solution of a phosphate salt. Initially proposed for the conservation of marble and limestone, the treatment has been explored for a variety of different substrates, including sandstones, sulphated stones, gypsum stuccoes, concrete, wall paintings, archaeological bones and paper. First, the studies aimed at identifying the best treatment conditions (e.g., nature and concentration of the phosphate precursor, solution pH, treatment duration, ionic and organic additions to the phosphate solution, mineralogical composition of the new CaP phases) are summarized. Then, the treatment performance on marble and limestone is reviewed, in terms of protective and consolidating effectiveness, compatibility (aesthetic, microstructural and physical) and durability. Some pilot applications in real case studies are also reported. Recent research aimed at extending the phosphate treatment to other substrates is then illustrated. Finally, the strengths of the phosphate treatment are summarized, in comparison with alternative products, and some aspects needing future research are outlined
MADFORWATER. WP2. Adaptation of wastewater treatment technologies for agricultural reuse. Task2.3. Agro-industrial wastewater treatment. Subtask2.3.1. Treatment of olive mill wastewater. Phenolic compounds adsorption - process optimization, life cycle assessment and cost-benefit analysis
No full textOlive mill wastewaters (OMWs) represent a major environmental concern due to their high organic load and phytotoxic activity. The selective recovery of phenolic compounds (PCs) from OMW represents a promising technology, thanks to the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of PCs. The goal of this work was to optimize a process of PC adsorption / desorption on resin XAD16N, and to perform the life cycle assessment (LCA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of the process. Adsorption tests were conducted at different velocities in a 1.8-m column packed with resin XAD16N. The optimal superficial velocity and retention time (2.78 m/h and 0.56 h) allowed the attainment of satisfactory performances in terms of resin operating capacity, PC adsorption yield, PC mass fraction in the sorbed product and specific antioxidant activity of the final product. Six consecutive adsorption / desorption cycles, operated with the same resin load, resulted in stable process performances. The LCA indicated that the environmental impact of the process could be markedly decreased through the addition of an anaerobic digestion step for the production of irrigation-quality water and fertilizers from the dephenolized OMW. The PC market price required for the generation of a positive business case resulted reasonable. The results indicate that the proposed PC adsorption/desorption technology, if integrated with an anaerobic digestion step, represents a promising solution for the treatment and valorisation of OMW, a major agro-industrial waste in Mediterranean countries. This dataset contains the data underlying the following publication: Continuous flow adsorption of phenolic compounds from olive mill wastewater with resin XAD16N: process optimization, life cycle assessment and cost-benefit analysis
The Foundation of Bologna
Get PDFIn this work the ancient peoples that partecipated to the foundation of Bologna are studied. In particular, the Etruscans are considered as a confederation of tribes belonging to two distinct lineages descending from Proto-Altaic and Proto-Indo-European peoples. In Bologna territory the members of these lineages were identified as Rasna and Velsna, or, in the dialect of the latter, Ravona and Volvona. Before Etruscans, the territory around Bologna was inhabitated by Proto-Scythians and Proto-Umbrians. The role of all these peoples in the Bologna foundation is then investigated and referred to the archaeological finds discovered in the area
Nō Theater and Cultural Diplomacy. With a Glimpse into Philippine Practices.
Get PDFAbstractJapan’s post-war cultural diplomacy has focused on improving its image in the world and on recovering prestige. In this effort, Nō Theatre has played an important role in cultural exchanges with other countries.
Nō aesthetics and philosophy have come to influence playwrights and directors from the East and West. Newly-created Nō plays (called Shinsaku) written by contemporary Japanese and foreign playwrights, have enriched the centuries-old repertoire with the use of traditional themes and of characters derived from historical and literary figures from different parts of the globe.
The year 2013 marked 40 years of Japan-ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) Friendship and Cooperation. Four years later, in 1977, shortly after the First Japan-ASEAN Summit Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda Takeo announced during a Manila visit the “Fukuda Doctrine” — also known as “heart-to-heart” diplomacy — which spelled out Japan’s diplomatic principles in its engagement with the ASEAN.
It is in the spirit of the Fukuda Doctrine that an international conference, that included performances, was convened for August 2013 to celebrate 40 years of Japan-ASEAN Friendship and Cooperation (although inclement weather forced a rescheduling to February 2014). The conference focused on global cultural exchanges by examining the development of Japan’s Nō in Japan, and the performance of
Western traditions by individual Filipino artists.
The conference, that brought together experts from various disciplines, descendants of Meiji Restoration-era grand masters of Nō theatre, scholars of Japanese culture, diplomats, and a cultural writer to talk about global exchanges and the role of Nō Theatre in cultural diplomacy, became now an original and current book. The book, from a plural point of view, also discusses the practice of adapting Western theatrical performances in the Philippines and its role in cultural diplomacy.
La diplomazia culturale del Giappone dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale ha mirato a migliorare l’immagine del Paese sul piano internazionale recuperando il proprio prestigio. In tal senso il teatro Nō ha giocato un ruolo di primo piano trovandosi al centro di molti scambi culturali con alter nazioni.
L’estetica ela filosofia teatrale del Nō ha influenzato drammaturghi e registi occidental e orientali. I Nō di nuova creazione (chiamati shinsaku) scritti da drammaturghi contemporanei giapponesi e non, hanno arricchito il repertorio tradizionale con l’utilizzo di temi e personaggi appartenenti a tradizioni, storie e letterature di ogni parte del globo.
Il 2013 ha segnato i quaranta anni dalla Japan-ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) Friendship and Cooperation. Nel 1977, a quatro anni dalla prima edizione tenutasi a Kuala Lumpur, il Primo Ministro Giapponese Fukuda Takeo lanciò, durante la sua visita a Manila, la cosiddetta “Dottrina Fukuda” – conosciuta anche come “heart-to-heart diplomacy” – precisando i principi diplomatici del Giappone, ispirati ad un senso di reciprocità, nel suo impegno con l’ASEAN.
Nello spirito della “Dottrina Fukuda” si è deciso di indire ad agosto 2013 un convegno arricchito da performance per celebrare i quaranta anni del Japan-ASEAN Friendship and Cooperation (a causa di averse condizioni climatiche è stato necessario spostare il tutto a febbraio 2014). Il convegno mirava a riflettere sulla diplomazia culturale mondiale prendendo in esame lo sviluppo del Nō in Giappone e le performance di tradizione occidentale proposte da singoli artisti filippini.
Il convegno, che ha raccolto assieme esperti di varie discipline, discendenti dei grandi maestri di Nō della Restaurazione Meiji, studiosi di cultura giapponese e diplomatici per discutere sugli scambi internazionali e sul ruolo del Nō in seno alla diplomazia culturale, è diventata ora un originale e aggiornato libro. Il volume affronta inoltre, a partire da un punto di vista plurale, le pratiche teatrali occidentali condotte nelle Filippine leggendone la funzione di diplomazia culturale
Prefazione. Sulla natura e la poesia
Get PDFQuesto articolo fa parte dell’ottavo numero dei Quaderni di PsicoArt che include molti dei testi raccolti dieci anni fa da Gianni Scalia e Raffaele Milani: erano gli anni in cui si discuteva assai di paesaggio, natura, ambiente, territorio, luogo, spazio, cercando di comprenderne il senso e il valore, la relazione e l’arricchimento reciproco in un ampio registro semantico. Si dà ora forma ai materiali di quella ricerca, conservandone lo spirito. È un viaggio che muove dal lontano mondo greco-latino e arriva alle tesi romantiche sulla natura inserendovi anche un confronto tra le culture: indiana, cinese, giapponese. Autorevoli studiosi commentano filosofi e scrittori, correnti letterarie e di pensiero della più alta tradizione mondiale, affinché la dignità dell’antico possa significare il futuro
PERCEIVE project - Deliverable D2.4 "Report on the probabilistic model of estimation of citizens’ identification with the EU project and ranking of the case study regions"
Get PDFIn line with the Grant Agreement, this deliverable is provided on month 22 (June 2018) and aims to develop a novel probabilistic model to classify EU citizens according to their level of identification with the EU. In order to achieve this objective, D2.4 addresses the following research questions:
- To what extent do EU citizens identify with Europe and the EU project?
- Have European regions different patterns and level of identification?
- Are the results driven by specific socio-economic variables
The Significance of Ethnography in Youth Participation Research: Active Citizenship in the UK after the Brexit Vote
Get PDFIn comparison to questionnaires, statistical analyses, interviews and experiments, ethnography tends to be a neglected method in youth participation research and in understanding political socialization and citizen action. This, we suggest, is very unfortunate. Where the concerns and experiences of researchers do not match those of young people, it is usually the young people’s perspectives which remain outside the frameworks and conclusions. Drawing on original data and insights from two ethnographies of youth active citizenship initiatives in the UK – My Life My Say and Momentum – collected during a politically tumultuous 8-month period in 2017, this article argues that ethnography has several advantages over other methods when it comes to understanding the depth and significance of youth civic participation and its links to peer groups and emotions. We contend that critical and reflexive ethnographies allow scholars and researchers to ask and probe young people’s perceptions, opinions, actions and behaviours through the use of open-ended questions in settings where civic action is already taking place, thus triangulating findings in natural settings and building a sense of how communities of practice and activism function. In terms of ethics, voice and power, this ethnographic research approach gives young people more control over their own narratives about participation and affiliation in specific political or civic settings than surveys tend to do
CATCH-EyoU. Processes in Youth’s Construction of Active EU Citizenship. Italian Longitudinal (Wave 1 and 2) Questionnaires. EXTRACT. Cross-border friendships and European identity
No full textThis dataset contains the underlying data of the following article published in the journal European Union Politics:
Prati, G., Cicognani, E., Mazzoni D. (in press) Cross-border friendships and collective European identity: A longitudinal study. European Union Politics.
The dataset consists of longitudinal quantitative data collected in Italy within Work Package 7 of the research project CATCH EyoU (Constructing AcTive CitizensHip with European YOUth: Policies, Practices, Challenges and Solutions). The sample consists of 1792 Italian adolescents and young adults between 15 and 30 years old. They participated in the study on a voluntary basis and filled paper and online questionnaires, after receiving an invitation from the researchers and a presentations of the aims of the study. The data was used in the analysis of the relationship between corss-border friendships and collective European identity. In particular, the following variables are included: age, age group (adolescent vs. young adults), gender, parents’ education, income, cross-border friendships, trust in the EU, Identification as European, participation at EU level, political beliefs about European Union, attitudes toward European Union, participants’ intentions to vote at the next EU parliamentary elections, political alienation.
This data is made available for open access in compliance with H2020 Program regulation, following the guidelines stipulated by the Data Management Plan adopted by the CATCH-EyoU research project
Review of the use of economic instruments in water management in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
Get PDFThe Deliverable 5.1 (D5.1) of MADFORWATER project “Review of the use of economic instruments in water management in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia” aims at exploring the use of economic instruments and policies in the current water management approaches in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Particularly, special attention has been payed to the adoption of the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), such as the consideration of equity and efficiency issues and the introduction of economic principles in water management
Repertorio analitico dei vocabolari bilingui: italiano-spagnolo e spagnolo-italiano (1570-2018)
No full textComplete cataloguing of all bilingual Spanish-Italian and Italian-Spanish vocabularies published between 1577 (first atestation) and 2018. The card on the basis of which it was produced covers, in summary, the following fields necessary: i) to evaluate both the author and the colaboration, both the first edition and the subsequent reprints; ii) all the elements characterizing a lexicographic work (general or specialized) phonetics, grammar, brands, paratesti, etc. iii) notes on the metal-lexicographic criticism related to the works iv) and placement in libraries; iv) images of the essential elements (title page, prologue, etc.). The catalogue allows a free search and can be consulted in chronological order, by authors, places, etc.
Abstract: Catalogazione completa di tutti i vocabolari bilingui per lo spagnolo-italiano e italiano-spagnolo pubblicati fra il 1577 (prima attestazione ) e 2018. La scheda in base alla quale è stato realizzato ricopre, in sintesi, i seguenti campi necessari per valutare: i) l’autore, le collaborazione, la redazione; ii) la prima edizione e le edizioni e ristampe successive; ii) tutti gli elementi caratterizzanti un’opera lessicografica (generale o specializzata) fonetica, grammatica, marche, paratesti, ecc. iii) note sulla critica metalessicografica relativa alle opere iv) e collocazione in biblioteche; iv) immagini degli elementi essenziali (frontespizio, prologo, ecc). Il catalogo permette la ricerca libera e può essere consultato in ordine cronologico, per autori, luoghi ec