103 research outputs found
Painted portrait of Father Geronimo Boscana, O.F.M., author of Chinigchinich, [s.d.]
No full textPhotograph of a painted portrait of Father Geronimo Boscana, O.F.M., author of "Chinigchinich", [s.d.]. The friar is at center, is shown from his upper torso to his head and is looking slightly to the right. He is wearing a light-colored hooded robe with the hood pulled halfway up his head. He has some thin white hair but is mostly bald. Chinigchinich was an account of California Indian life, focused on the Indians near San Juan Capistrano
GERONIMO D'AURIA (doc. 1566-1623). Problemi di scultura del secondo Cinquecento partenopeo
No full textIl progetto di ricerca che segue è monograficamente dedicato alla personalità di Geronimo d'Auria (doc. 1566 - †1623), vero e proprio traghettatore della scultura partenopea tra la conclusione del sodalizio artistico che unì Annibale Caccavello († 1570) e Giandomenico d'Auria (†1573), e l'affermazione di Michelangelo Naccherino e Pietro Bernini a Napoli, agli inizi del Seicento.
Il rinvenimento di numerosi documenti inediti e la presentazione di nuovi repertori iconografici sostanziano l’indagine scientifica, che privilegia, oltre alla ricostruzione dell’attività cinquantennale dello scultore, l’analisi dei meccanismi di gestione di una delle botteghe più ampie e famose dell’epoca, e l’attività parallela dei principali collaboratori di Geronimo, alcuni dei quali giuridicamente riconosciuti come “sodali”: su tutti, Salvatore Caccavello e Francesco Cassano
Hydrologic and hydraulic mapping of the Geronimo Wash and its tributary, Pima County, Arizona
No full textabstract: The purpose of this study is to provide flood and erosion hazard information for the Geronimo Wash for use in floodplain use permitting and floodplain management.Special study (Pima County Regional Flood Control District (Ariz.)) ; 5
Un'inedita tavola di Geronimo Rizzardo in Sicilia. Restauro e scoperta
No full textStudy and analysis of the panel painting of the Madonna del Rosario with Dominican and Franciscan saints is kept in the church of Maria SS. del Rosario in the Parrini village, a small fraction of Partinico, in the province of Palermo. The restoration intervention allowed the discovery of an initials that reveal the author: the painter, perhaps Venetian, Geronimo Rizzardi, a mannerist artist inserted in the context of the city of Palermo at the end of the sixteenth century
Landscape and Vegetation Patterns Zoning Is a Methodological Tool for Management Costs Implications Due to Xylella fastidiosa Invasion
No full textPhilaenus spumarius (Linnaeus 1758, hereafter Ps) is considered one of the main insect vectors responsible for the spread of an alien biota, Xylella fastidiosa (Wells 1987, hereafter Xf), in the Salento area, Apulia region (Southern Italy). Effective management of this biological invader depends on the continuous surveillance and monitoring of its insect vector. As such, this research elicits the invasion drivers (i.e., landscape and vegetation indicators) that influence the abundance and the dynamics of this vector and, consequently, the spatial spread of this bacterium in this Italian region. For this purpose, a spatial pattern clustering methodological approach is considered. The results reveal that spatial variation and territorial differentiation may differ from zone to zone in the same invaded area, for which effective management and monitoring planning should be addressed. Further, six agro-ecosystems zones have been identified with respect to five indicators: (i) vegetation index, (ii) intensity of cultivation, (iii) cultural diversity, (iv) density of agricultural landscape elements, and (v) altitude. This paper has public implications and contributes to an understanding of how zoning of an infected area, by an alien biota, into homogenous zones may impact its effective management costs. This approach could also be applied in other countries affected or potentially affected by the phenomenon of Xf invasion
Jacobian-based control of soft robots for manipulation using implicit surface models
No full textThesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2017.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (page 47).Soft robot hands offer numerous advantages over rigid ones for manipulation, including robustness and safety. Yet, compared to rigid robots, soft robots are characterized by continuous mechanics, and finite-element approximations with many degrees of freedom present a significant obstacle for modern control approaches. The central question my thesis explores is whether we can capture the benefits of soft robot hands with relatively simple dynamical models. Specifically, we demonstrate a very simple model of a 2D soft manipulator that uses pulleys and cables to model deformable surfaces. This model captures much of the qualitative behavior of soft membranes, while also proving amenable to modern control techniques. We validate this model physically using a hardware set-up. We then demonstrate a simple quasi-static Jacobian controller which solves a second-order cone program to achieve the task of in-hand object repositioning.by Geronimo Mirano.M. Eng
Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in uveitic macular edema: morphological features and prognostic factors.
No full textAim: To assess the morphological characteristics of uveitic
macular edema studied with Spectralis optical coherence tomography
(OCT) and to investigate the correlation between
the tomographic features and visual acuity. Methods: 71
eyes of 55 patients underwent examination with Spectralis
OCT (Heidelberg Engineering, Germany). Data was correlated
with logMAR best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). Results:
Two morphological patterns were observed: cystoid macular
edema (CME) in 69% and diffuse macular edema in 31%
of eyes. BCVA was 0.2 in CME, 0.1 in diffuse edema (p = 0.008).
Foveal thickness was 413.4 8 212 m in CME, 311.27 8 53
m in diffuse edema (p = 0.03). BVCA was 0.3 in eyes with
serous retinal detachment (SRD), 0.2 in eyes without SRD
(p = 0.02). BCVA was 0.4 in eyes with inner segment/outer
segment (IS/OS) disruption, 0.1 in eyes with integrity of the
IS/OS junction (p = 0.01). Conclusions: BCVA is negatively
correlated with cystoid pattern, foveal thickening and SRD.
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Towards Precision Medicine for Osteoarthritis: Focus on the Synovial Fluid Proteome
No full textOsteoarthritis (OA) is a joint degenerative disease that most affects old age. The study of proteomics in synovial fluid (SF) has the task of providing additional elements to diagnose and predict the progress of OA. This review aims to identify the most significant biomarkers in the study of OA and to stimulate their routine use. Some of the major components of the ECM, such as proteoglycan aggrecan and decorin, were found considerably reduced in OA. Some biomarkers have proved useful for staging the temporality of OA: Periostin was found to be increased in early OA, while CRTA1 and MMPs were found to be increased in late OA. In its natural attempt at tissue regeneration, Collagen III was found to be increased in early OA while decreased in late OA. Some molecules studied in other areas, such as ZHX3 (oncological marker), LYVE1, and VEGF (lymph and angiogenesis markers), also have been found to be altered in OA. It also has been recorded that alteration of the hormonal pathway, using a dosage of PPAR-γ and RETN, can influence the evolution of OA. IL-1, one of the most investigated biomarkers in OA-SF, is not as reliable as a target of OA in recent studies. The study of biomarkers in SF appears to be, in combination with the clinical and radiological aspects, an additional weapon to address the diagnosis and staging of OA. Therefore, it can guide us more appropriately towards the indication of arthroplasty in patients with OA
Standardized definitions and concepts of radicality during minimally invasive thymoma resection
No full textRadical thymectomy is the gold standard treatment for thymoma; in particular, completeness of surgical resection of a well-encapsulated thymoma and adequate margins are considered the most important prognostic factors. According to the International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group instructions, in fact, the thymus should be resected en bloc with its upper cervical poles and the surrounding mediastinal fat and through a no-touch surgical technique. For years, the open approaches have been considered the gold standard treatment for thymic masses, because of technical advantages and proved good oncological results. When applied to properly chosen patients on the basis of the tumor stage, dimension, and histology, minimally invasive approaches could be as effective as open ones in terms of long-term outcomes. To accomplish a minimally invasive thymoma resection, several minimally invasive techniques (transcervical, subxiphoid, thoracoscopic, and robotic) have been described, each presenting advantages and drawbacks. Moreover, when dealing with early stage neoplasms, many authors have proposed to perform the thymomectomy alone, not involving the rest of the thymic gland, but evidence is still imprecise and vague, and some studies have described a higher rate of local recurrence when using this technique. Finally, many studies suggest that surgeons with expertise in minimally invasive lymphadenectomy for lung cancer may easily endorse the idea of nodal dissection, to be performed at least in advanced thymomas involving neighboring structures, large masses, and thymic carcinomas
Music for Tarquinia Molza Rediscovered: Cantate o nove alme/Mater misericordiae by Domenico Micheli/Geronimo Cavaglieri
No full textThrough the recent identification of the model for a contrafactum, a composition by Domenico Micheli dedicated to Tarquinia Molza has been discovered. This has turned out to be of earlier date than those dedicated to her by other composers. The incompletely preserved madrigal can be partially reconstructed with the aid of the parts belonging to the contrafactum and opens up new research perspectives on Molza and Micheli as well as on the process of retextualization carried out by Geronimo Cavaglieri, author of the new text
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