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Extending Human Perception of Electromagnetic Radiation to the UV Region through Biologically Inspired Photochromic Fuzzy Logic (BIPFUL) Systems.
No full textPhotochromic Fuzzy Logic Systems have been designed that extend human visual perception into the UV region. The systems are founded on a detailed knowledge of the activation wavelengths and quantum yields of a series of thermally reversible photochromic compounds. By appropriate matching of the photochromic behaviour unique colour signatures are generated in response differing UV activation frequencies
Laccobius (Glyptolaccobius) silvester Gentili 2006
No full text<i>Laccobius</i> (<i>Glyptolaccobius</i>) <i>silvester</i> Gentili, 2006 <p> <b>Type locality.</b> India, Uttaranchal [= Uttarakhand], W Loharket Village, 30 km N Bageshwar, 1800–1900 m a.s.l. <b>Additional material examined. INDIA: UTTARAKHAND:</b> ca. 55 km NE of Bageshwar, E of Munsyiari, 2200–2400 m, 6.–8.vii.2003, Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna leg., 1 J (NMPC).</p> <p> <b>Note.</b> This is the second known specimen of the species; the punctures of the primary elytral rows are much more impressed compared with the holotype.</p>Published as part of <i>Gentili, Elio & Fikaček, Martin, 2009, Taxonomic notes on Laccobius, subgenus Glyptolaccobius, with new records and description of four new species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), pp. 607-623 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2)</i> on page 618, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5321314">10.5281/zenodo.5321314</a>
Per il "Bruto minore" di Leopardi
No full textL’articolo indaga la presenza e il significato profondo del tema del paesaggio storico
all’interno dei Canti di Giacomo Leopardi, con particolare attenzione alla figura di Bruto.
Attraverso un’analisi dettagliata che parte dalla struttura dei Canti e arriva alla contrapposizione
tra la gloria passata e la decadenza presente dell’Italia, l’autrice esplora
come Leopardi utilizzi il paesaggio storico per riflettere sulla caduta dei valori repubblicani
e sulla inevitabile marcia della storia verso la barbarie. Gentili mette inoltre in luce
l’interconnessione tra le rovine, la memoria storica e la critica alla virtù repubblicana,
mostrando come Leopardi reinterpreti la tradizione classica e umanistica per esprimere
una visione profondamente critica della storia e della società del suo tempoThe article delves into the theme of historical landscape within Giacomo Leopardi’s Canti,
focusing particularly on the figure of Brutus. Through a detailed analysis that spans
from the structure of the Canti to the juxtaposition of Italy’s past glory with its current
decline, the author investigates how Leopardi uses the historical landscape to reflect on
the fall of republican values and the inevitable progression of history towards barbarism.
Gentili highlights the interconnection between ruins, historical memory, and the critique
of republican virtue, showing how Leopardi reinterprets classical and humanistic traditions
to convey a deeply critical view of history and society of his time.
Keywords: Leopardi, Minor Brutus, Historical Landscape
Laccobius (Glyptolaccobius) pluvialis Gentili 2006
No full text<i>Laccobius</i> (<i>Glyptolaccobius</i>) <i>pluvialis</i> Gentili, 2006 <p>(Fig. 5)</p> <p> <b>Type locality.</b> INDIA NE, Meghalaya State, SW of Cherrapunjee, 25°13′–14′N 91°40′E, 900 m.</p> <p> <b>Additional material examined. INDIA: MEGHALAYA:</b> E Khasi Hills, 11 km SW of Cherrapunjee, Laitkynsew, 25°13′N, 91°39′E, 810 m, Fikáček, Podskalská, Šípek leg., 21.–24.iv.2008, seepage: wet rock with algae, blue algae, moss, ca. 1.5–2 km via rd. from “Cherrapunjee Holid. Resort” in direct. Cherrapunjee, exposed’, 109 spec. (KSEM, NMPC, MSNV); E Khasi Hills, 11 km SW of Cherrapunjee, Laitkinsew, 25°12′N, 91°40′E, 460 m, Fikáček, Podskalská, Šípek leg. 21–24.iv.2008, wet rock with algae, blue algae and fallen leaves at side of waterfall on small river surrounded by tropical forest, ca. 200 m upstream from living bridge [= bridge made of living roots of large <i>Ficus</i> trees], 1 J (NMPC); SW of Cherrapunjee, 25°13′–14′N 91°40′E, 900 m, P. Pacholátko leg., 5.–24.v.2005 (same data as holotype), 80 spec. (NHMW, MSNV).</p> <p> <b>Note.</b> The aedeagus was illustrated by GENTILI (2006); the illustrations in this paper are based on new slides.</p> <p> <b>Bionomics.</b> <i>Laccobius pluvialis</i> has been repeatedly found in large numbers on loamy seepages as well as wet rocks below these seepages and at sides of small temporary streams on the southern slopes of the Meghalaya Plateau. Most of the specimens collected in 2008 were found at sides of roads in exposed microhabitats sparsely covered with moss, algae and bluegreen algae (Fig. 12, see also FIKÁČEK & ŠÍPKOVÁ 2009, SHORT 2009). Only one specimen of <i>L. pluvialis</i> was found on partly shaded wet rocks at the side of a larger waterfall surrounded by a dense secondary rainforest (see Bionomics of <i>L. sipeki</i> sp. nov. and Fig. 11 for details).</p>Published as part of <i>Gentili, Elio & Fikaček, Martin, 2009, Taxonomic notes on Laccobius, subgenus Glyptolaccobius, with new records and description of four new species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), pp. 607-623 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2)</i> on page 616, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5321314">10.5281/zenodo.5321314</a>
Laccobius (Microlaccobius) formosus Gentili 1979
No full text<i>Laccobius</i> (<i>Microlaccobius</i>) <i>formosus</i> Gentili, 1979 <p>(Fig. 19)</p> <p> <b>Material examined. Guangdong:</b> 1 male, 1 female (SYSU): Xinyi, 17.vi.1960, Zhelong Pu lgt.; 2 males, 2 females (SYSU): Guangzhou, without additional data; 1 male (SYSU): Fengkai, Heishiding, 20–22.vii.2007, Fenglong Jia lgt. <b>Guangxi:</b> 1 male, 2 females (SYSU): Hechi, 4.xi.1941, Zhelong Pu lgt.; 1 male (SYSU): Yangshuo, 1985, Shoujian Chen lgt. <b>Hainan:</b> 1 female (SYSU): Jianfengling Mts., Tianchi, 11.xi.1983, Zhihe Huang lgt. <b>Hubei:</b> 1 male, 1 female (SYSU): Zigui, Jiutouling, 110 m a.s.l., at light, 5.ix.1994, Fasheng Li lgt.; 2 males, 5 females (NMPC, MSNV): Wutienshan Mts., Yingshan, 5.v.2005, V. Ryjáček lgt. <b>Hunan:</b> 17 males, 17 females (SYSU): Nanyue, Hengshan Mt., 4.ix.1941, Zhelong Pu lgt.; 1 male, 1 female (SYSU): Yizhang, 10–11.ii.1941, Zhelong Pu lgt.; 7 males, 4 females (SYSU): Liyuan, 6.iii.1941, Zhelong Pu lgt.; 1 female (SYSU): Huaihua, Yushuwan, 17.vi.1965, Zhenyao Chen lgt. <b>Jiangxi:</b> 2 males, 2 females (SYSU): Shangrao, Sanqingshan, 15–20.iv.2007, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 4 males, 2 females (SYSU): Jinggangshan Mts., Xiangzhou, 26°35.5ʹN 114°16.0ʹE, 374 m a.s.l., 26.iv.2011, Fenglong Jia & Shuang Zhao lgt.; 1 male, 1 female (NMPC): same locality and date, at light on the bridge above the slowly flowing stony river, M. Fikáček & J. Hájek lgt.; 2 males, 3 females (SYSU): Jinggangshan, Xiangzhou, 2.vii.2011, Weicai Xie, Jinwei Li & Lijun Yang lgt.; 2 males, 2 females (SYSU): Jinggangshan Mts., Baiyinhu, 800 m, 27.iv.2011, Fenglong Jia & Shuang Zhao lgt. <b>Shaanxi:</b> 2 males, 4 females (SYSU): Zhashui, 31.vii.2001, Ling Zhao lgt.</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> Widely distributed species reaching from Russian Far East through whole China to Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam). New for Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi provinces. <i>Laccobius formosus</i> resembles <i>L. fragilis</i> Nakane, 1966 by the morphology of the aedeagus (the latter occurring in Japan, Korea and northern China). However, <i>L. formosus</i> differs from <i>L. fragilis</i> by the following characters: (1) head and pronotum bears very weak shagreen (in contrast, a distinct shagreen consisting of micropunctures is developed on the head and pronotum of <i>L. fragilis</i>); (2) primary and secondary rows of elytra are rather similar to each other in size of punctures (they differ in size of punctures in <i>L. fragilis</i>); (3) apex of the median lobe is rounded apically (acute in <i>L. fragilis</i>); and (4) parameres partly sclerotized and hence regularly expanded at apex (apex of parameres membranous and hence irregularly expanded in <i>L. fragilis</i>). The aedeagus of a Chinese specimen of <i>L. formosus</i> is illustrated in Fig. 19.</p> <p> <b> <i>Laccobius</i> (<i>Microlaccobius</i>) <i>hammondi</i></b> Gentili, 1984 (Figs. 20–25)</p> <p> <b>Material examined. Beijing:</b> Shisanling, 10.viii.1962, Zhelong Pu lgt., with a label “ <i>Laccobius gracilis</i>, Peiping ”; 1 male (IRSNB): Peping [= Beijing], 33 / Collector C.F. Wu // A. d’Orchymont det. Lacc. gracilis var. sculpt. Mots.. <b>Guangdong:</b> 1 male, 1 female (SYSU): Danxiashan Mt., 20.iv.2008, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 3 males, 6 females (SYSU): Lianzhou (Lianxian), Dadongshan, 27.ix.2008, Yun Wang lgt.; 2 males, 2 females (SYSU): Nanling, Dadongshan, 22.vi.2009, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 1 male, 1 female (SYSU): Lianxian (Lianzhou), Dadongshan, 7.ix.1992, Fenglong Jia & Ru Dai lgt.; 5 males, 3 females (SYSU): Guangzhou, Baiyunshan, 18–20.iv.1958, Zhelong Pu lgt.; 2 males, 2 females (SYSU): Xingning, Luofu, Huangmaozhang, 2.vii.2004, Fenglong Jia lgt. <b>Guangxi:</b> 5 males, 5 females (SYSU): Hechi, 4.xi.1941, Zhelong Pu lgt. <b>Guizhou:</b> 3 males, 4 females (SYSU): Rongxian County, Pingyang, Xiaodanjiang River, 685 m a.s.l., 15.ix.2005, Shuang Zhao lgt. <b>Hunan:</b> 1 male, 3 females (NHMW): ca. 25 km N Pingjang City, 113°38ʹ0 5ʺE 28°50ʹ10ʺN, ca. 200 m a.s.l., 20.iii.2003, Schönmann, Komarek & Wang lgt. (CWBS 500); 2 males, 2 females (SYSU): Nanyue (Hengshan Mt.), 2.ix.1941, Zhelong Pu lgt.; 1 female (SYSU): Huaihua, Yushuwan, 17.vi.1965, Zhenyao Chen lgt. <b>Jiangxi:</b> 65 males, 55 females (SYSU): Shangrao, Sanqingshan, 15–20.iv.2007, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 20 spec. (SYSU, MSNV), Jinggangshan Mts., Xiangzhou, 26.iv.2011, Shuang Zhao & Fenglong Jia lgt.; 12 spec. (NMPC, MSNV, SYSU): Jinggangshan Mts., Xiangzhou (forested valley south of the village), 26°35.5ʹN 114°16.0ʹE, 374 m a.s.l., under stones and among sand at the bank of a stony river below the bridge, 26.iv.2011, Fikáček & Hájek lgt.; 1 female (NMPC): same locality and date, rice field and exposed stream directly in the village; 5 spec. (NMPC): same locality and date, at light on the bridge above the slowly running stony river, 17 spec. (NMPC, MSNV): Jinggangshan Mts., Baiyinhu env., 26°36.8ʹN 114°11.1ʹE, 800 m a.s.l., drying-up stream in the stony bed, night collecting in isolated pools in the stream, on the wet rocks with algae, 23–29.iv.2011, Fikáček, Hájek & Kubeček lgt. <b>Shaanxi:</b> 41 spec. (SYSU, MSNV): Xi’an, Dayu, 12.v.2011, Fenglong Jia lgt.; 3 males, 7 females (NMPC, MSNV): Dayu village, Chanhe river ca. 30 km SSE of Xian, 34°01.0ʹN 109°06.9ʹE, 720 m a.s.l., 11.v.2011, M. Balke & J. Hájek lgt.; 1 male (SYSU): Chang’an, Nanwutai, 23.viii.1984, Zhihe Huang lgt. <b>Sichuan:</b> 3 males, 2 females (SYSU): Qingchengshan, 8.viii.1982, Zhihe Huang lgt.</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> New for Beijing, Guangxi, and Jiangxi. <i>Laccobius hammondi</i> Gentili is a very common species in China and is very close to <i>L. oscillans</i> Sharp. It may be separated from the latter by the aedeagus, having the median lobe more dilated at the apical third than <i>L. oscillans</i> (compare Figs. 25 and 26). Another distinctive character seems to be the pronotal surface, which is strongly shagreened in <i>L. oscillans</i>.</p> <p> The examined male specimen from Beijing has the aedeagus identical to the specimens from Shaanxi and Jiangxi. Reexamination of the specimens from the Jilin province published as <i>L. oscillans</i> by Gentili (1995) shows that the specimens are actually more similar to <i>L. hammondi</i> than to <i>L. oscillans</i> in the above characters. These data suggest that the previous records of <i>L. oscillans</i> from Beijing, northern China and possibly even Russian Far East may refer to <i>L. hammondi.</i> A revision of the specimens from continental Asia as well as from southern Japan is necessary to understand the real distribution of both <i>L. oscillans</i> and <i>L. hammondi</i>.</p> <p> The aedeagus of <i>Laccobius</i> (<i>M.</i>) <i>yonanguniensis</i> Matsui, 1993 from the Ryukyu Islands seems to be extremelly similar to that of <i>L. hammondi</i> based on the drawing published by Matsui (1993). <i>Laccobius yonanguniensis</i> is most likely a junior synonym of <i>L. hammondi</i> but we were not able to examine the types of the former species. For that reason, we refrain from establishing this synonymy here.</p> <p> <b> <i>Laccobius</i> (<i>Microlaccobius</i>) <i>himalayanus</i></b> Gentili, 1988</p> <p> <b>Material examined. Yunnan</b>: 1 male (ASHC): Xishuang-banna, 20 km NW Jinghong, Man Dian, 22°07ʹN 100°40ʹE, 730 m a.s.l., 26.v.2008, A Weigel lgt.</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> Reaching from Nepal and northwestern India (West Bengal, Meghalaya) to SE Asia (Laos, Vietnam) and Yunnan.</p>Published as part of <i>Jia, Fenglong, Gentili, Elio & Fikáček, Martin, 2013, The genus Laccobius in China: new species and new records (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), pp. 402-418 in Zootaxa 3635 (4)</i> on pages 413-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.4.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/219563">http://zenodo.org/record/219563</a>
103. Gentili (B.) et Pretagostini (R.), La musica in Grecia
No full textLiberman Gauthier. 103. Gentili (B.) et Pretagostini (R.), La musica in Grecia. In: Revue des Études Grecques, tome 102, fascicule 487-489, Juillet-décembre 1989. pp. 586-587
Problemi di ritmica greca. Il monocrono (Mart. Capella De nuptiis 9,982; P.Oxy. 2687+9); l'elemento alogos (Arist. Quintiliano De musica 17)
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Espaces publics: espace de la ville et espace du politique chez Walter Benjamin et Jacques Derrida
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