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A imagem de Alessandro Baricco no Brasil
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Tradução, Florianópolis, 2013.Com a intenção de delinear o modo pelo qual o escritor italiano Alessandro Baricco se inseriu no sistema literário brasileiro e os caminhos percorridos pelos seus livros traduzidos, esta dissertação dá voz às experiências tradutórias de seus tradutores. A inserção de Bariccono Brasil tem seu início em 1997, através de uma proposição da Profa. Dra. Roberta Barni à editora Iluminuras da tradução de Oceano Mare. A partir daí, outras sete obras foram publicadas no Brasil, sendo três delas traduzidas por Roberta Barni e as outras quatro por quatro tradutores diferentes. De um lado, considera-se o tradutor como figura principal namediação entre culturas, e, de outro, se analisa a realidade desta figuradentro do sistema literário, sua invisibilidade, seus limites e o exercíciode sua profissão. A pesquisa conta, ainda, com críticas e resenhas referentes ao autor italiano publicadas em jornais consagrados no Brasil, considerando estas como parte constituinte da imagem de Baricco refletida em território nacional. Abstract : Intending to delineate the way the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco has been inserted in the Brazilian literary system and the paths his translated books have followed, this thesis gives voice to the translating experiences of his translators. Baricco's insertion in Brazil began in 1997, through a personal project of Dr. Roberta Barni, with her translation of Oceano Mare. Since then, seven other of his works have been published in Brazil, three of which were translated by Roberta Barni and the other four by four different translators. On the one hand,the translator is considered as the main figure in mediation betweencultures and, on the other, this figure's reality is analyzed within theliterary system: its invisibility, its limits and its professional practice. Criticisms and reviews of this Italian author published in well established Brazilian newspapers are also considered, with the understanding that they are part of Baricco's image reflected here
Mario Bertini, scultore pisano.
No full textL’idea iniziale alla base del presente lavoro, era quella di colmare la mancanza di un catalogo completo dell’opera di Mario Bertini, importante artista pisano del ‘900. Fin dagli inizi della ricerca, tuttavia, si è reso evidente che riuscire a realizzare una raccolta completa ed esaustiva dell’attività artistica dello scultore sarebbe stato un lavoro assai complesso lungo, vista l’enorme produzione d’opere d’arte realizzate nell’arco della sua lunga esistenza. Temendo, quindi, di non riuscire a fornire una visione approfondita di tutti i settori in cui Bertini ha espresso la propria vena creativa, si è deciso di dedicare gran parte della ricerca all’ambito delle opere di committenza ecclesiastica, in quanto, oltre che molto interessanti da un punto di vista iconografico, attraverso tali opere, i cui soggetti, spesso, si ripetono, è possibile tracciare una linea evolutiva della sua espressione artistica.
Esaminando, a titolo d’esempio, le Vie Crucis da lui realizzate, si può notare come, dalle prime rappresentazioni molto dettagliate delle stazioni, con il tempo l’artista abbia semplificato e ridotto all’essenziale gli elementi descrittivi fino a lasciare solo quelli indispensabili da un punto di vista iconografico, cercando così di far convergere l’attenzione, in maniera quasi esclusiva, sulla forza emotiva dei volti dei soggetti rappresentati.
Tuttavia, dopo avere narrato gli eventi salienti della vita del Bertini, così come descritti dai familiari e dalle sue agende annuali, nel tentativo di fornire una visione più completa dell’artista e della sua produzione i primi capitoli di questo lavoro sono stati dedicati ad illustrare brevemente le sue opere giovanili (cap. 2), la sua produzione come disegnatore (cap. 3), le opere da lui realizzate su committenza privata (cap. 4), ed in modo particolare le opere funerarie (cap. 5), e le più significative della sua produzione medaglistica (cap. 6) dove eccelse così tanto da ricevere molteplici committenze sia a livello locale che in tutta Italia. Tutto questo ci aiuterà a inquadrare meglio un artista poliedrico quale fu Mario Bertini.
Dopo questi accenni, si è passati allo studio approfondito delle opere realizzate per le chiese pisane e per quelle delle località limitrofe. Le chiese sono state analizzate seguendo un ordine cronologico rispetto alla data dell’opera realizzata dal Bertini. Le opere sono state studiate tenendo conto sia dell’aspetto iconografico che di quello iconologico, dei materiali usati e dell’anno in cui queste sono state realizzate. Per le opere che non è stato possibile ricondurre direttamente ad una cronologia generale si è fatto ricorso ai seguenti strumenti alternativi di datazione: un breve manoscritto dell’autore, conservato nell’archivio Bertini (VA-3), nel quale sono elencati alcuni dei suoi lavori con la relativa datazione; le agende annuali dove il Bertini annotava gli impegni presi con i vari committenti, i materiali necessari per eseguire le opere e i vari stadi di avanzamento dei lavori; i preventivi di spesa inerenti i lavori da eseguire e le fatture relative ai pagamenti delle opere finite; gli eventuali articoli dei quotidiani locali. Nei casi in cui, tuttavia, non è stato proprio possibile risalire ad una data ragionevolmente certa, è stata attribuita all’opera una ipotetica data sulla base dell’analisi stilistica e formale
Lanzavecchia & Co. Ufficiali lombardi nei Paesi Bassi sotto Alessandro Farnese
No full textIl saggio ricostruisce il significativo contributo strategico offerto da numerosi ufficiali, appartenenti all'élite lombarda, che servirono sotto Alessandro Farnese nei Paesi Bassi. Questa ricostruzione consente di affrontare alcune questioni di notevole rilievo storiografico, quali ad esempio la complessa natura della guerra nelle Fiandre durante la seconda metà del XVI secolo, l'importanza del patronage e dei legami clientelari nella società e negli eserciti di antico regime, la selezione dell'ufficialità tra criteri meritocratici e vincoli socio-parentali, il consolidamento del consenso fra le élite imperiali
Muscarinic M2 receptors interact with neurokininergic NK1 and NK2 receptors in the contractions of isolated bronchi in the horse.
No full textAcetylcholine and neurokinins, known as neurotransmitters that induce bronchoconstriction in horses and
other species, are involved in the pathogenesis of obstructive respiratory diseases. However, the
knowledge about the role of muscarinic receptors in the control of airway contraction in equines is not fully
elucidated and that of neurokininergic receptors is limited.
Bronchial smooth muscle rings of slaughtered horses were obtained from healthy lungs, or from lungs with
macroscopic signs of inflammation, put into organ baths and connected to isotonic transducers. Electrical
field stimulation was applied (50 Hz, 1 ms, 300 mA, 50 V every 120 s), and phasic contractions of bronchial
smooth muscle were evoked. Previous experiments showed the neurogenic cholinergic nature of these
contractions and a central role of muscarinic M3 receptors [1]. The effects of drugs were expressed as
variation of the pre-drug contraction amplitude, assumed as 100%.
Bronchial contractions were partially inhibited by selective M3 receptor antagonist (pFHHSiD) up to 10-6 M,
and totally abolished at 10-5 M in normal and inflamed tissues. Methoctramine, selective M2 receptor
antagonist, was able to reduce the contractions only in healthy bronchial rings, whereas selective M1
receptor antagonist, VU0255035, reduced the contractions only in pathologic ones.
L-732,138 and GR159897, selective NK1- and NK2-receptor antagonist respectively, slightly reduced the
contractions in normal and pathologic tissues, whereas SB218795, selective NK3-receptor antagonist, was
ineffective. In presence of either NK1, NK2, but not NK3 receptor block, M2 antagonist, methoctramine,
was able to reduce the contractions of the pathologic bronchi, while the response in normal tissue was
unchanged.
Muscarinic M1, M2, and M3 receptors are involved in the contractions of horse bronchi, M3 receptors
playing a major role. Present results suggest an interference between cholinergic and neurokininergic
systems involving M2, NK1 and NK2 receptor subtypes. The influence of the excitatory peptidergic system
seems to be more evident in pathologic tissue, and indeed up-regulation of NK2 receptors in horses with
RAO was detected [2]. A localization of inhibitory M2 receptors on neurokininergic neurons releasing
substance P and/or neurokinin A could be hypothesized, as already observed in other species [3]. A better
knowledge of the interactions between cholinergic and neurokininergic systems could help the
development of more effective drugs for the treatment of bronchial hyperactivity in horses and, possibly, in
humans.
[1] Menozzi A, Pozzoli C, Poli E, Delvescovo B, Serventi P, Bertini S. J vet Pharm Ther 2014; in press
[2] Venugopal CS, Holmes EP, Polikepahad S, Laborde S, Kearney M, Moore RM. Can J Vet Res 2009; 73:25-
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[3] Bernardini N, Roza C, Sauer SK,1 Gomeza J, Wess J, Reeh PW. J Neurosci 2002; 22:RC22
Francesca Bertini diva for cinema: analysis of Assunta Spina (1915)
No full textopenLa tesi qui presente tratta di un'attrice del cinema muto italiano Francesca Bertini, attraverso l'analisi del suo film di maggiore successo "Assunta Spina" con un introduzione sul fenomeno del divismo cinematografico
La maturità di Alessandro Fei del Barbiere, in bilico tra Maniera e Riforma
No full textThis article studies the mature career of the Florentine painter Alessandro Fei del Barbiere (1537-1592), beginning with the rediscovery of the 'Ascension' altarpiece formerly in the Albizi Chapel in the destroyed church of San Pier Maggiore, Florence. Studying this painting and others recorded in 1584 by the biographer Raffaello Borghini, such as the two altarpieces for Santa Maria delle Grazie and the Madonna dell'Umiltà in Pistoia, the author reconstructs a body of works showing how in the 1580s Fei gradually went beyond the archaic style of his apprenticeship - he had been trained by Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio and Pierfrancesco Foschi, but was also marked by the Maniera of Vasari - evolving towards naturalism in both mimesis and pictorial handling. In Florence, his development partly parallels that of Santi di Tito and his circle, but Fei was also influenced by a probable sojourn during the early part of that decade in Rome, where he could have been inspired by Girolamo Muziano and the painters working for Pope Gregory XIII. Among other proposals, the author suggests that the artist was responsible for decorating the chancel of Fiesole Cathedral (c. 1584-1589), which consisted of an altarpiece, only rarely discussed by scholars, and a cycle of frescoes hitherto attributed to Nicodemo Ferrucci
Tra socialdemocrazie e Perestrojka. Le relazioni internazionali del Pci attraverso le carte di Alessandro Natta
No full textThis essay reconstructs the foreign policy of the Italian Communist Party during the four
years of Alessandro Natta’s secretariat (1984-1988) through largely original archival documentation,
from the Alessandro Natta Fonds of the Historical Archive of the Chamber of
Deputies. Natta’s papers are also cross-referenced with those kept in the PCI Archive at the
Gramsci Foundation. The author analyses the relationship that the PCI establishes with
Gorbachev’s Perestroika, Deng’s China, and European social democracies during the last
years of the Cold War
Natural occurrence of ochratoxin A in confined reared and grazing pigs derived products
No full textOchratoxin A (OTA) is a well-known nephrotoxic and immunotoxic mycotoxin occurring in several foods and feeds. OTA
residues have been detected as a carryover in pigs and poultry meats. In this study samples of pigs fresh tissues (muscle, backfat)
and processed meat products (seasoned muscle-coppa, seasoned backfat-lard, mortadella and salami) were obtained from
pigs raised following two breeding systems: conventional production systems (indoor) and alternative pig rearing systems (free
outdoor access). Pigs tissues and meat products samples were analysed for OTA content by means of an HPLC-FLD method.
OTA was found in all pigs tissues and meat products at concentration lower than the Italian recommended maximum level of
1 μg/kg, only a sample of mortadella of indoor group showed a concentration very close to this limit. This study suggests that
the contribution from pig fresh tissues to the total intake of the toxin is small if compare
Distributed Ledger and Text Watermarking for Fine-Grain Provenance Checking of Textual Content
No full textInformation disorder has become a major societal challenge, impacting public discourse and democracy. This phenomenon has been exacerbated by the spread of social media platforms, affecting various areas, ranging from national elections to public health. Addressing fake news through a manual approach (e.g., human fact-checking) is unfeasible due to the rapid production of textual content. At the same time, applying automatic tools is equally challenging, primarily due to the ambiguity of natural language. In this paper, we addressed online information disorder from a different perspective by proposing a platform that supports trustworthy and reputable news producers and enhances awareness among readers across various social media. Specifically, the proposed platform enables news producers to automatically embed a unique watermark in the text they create, ensuring that the news cannot be manipulated or misattributed. The watermarking is embedded in a fine-grained way, allowing even small extracts of the news to be shared while preserving traceability. Additionally, the association between the watermark and the news item is recorded in a distributed ledger, preventing further manipulation that could arise from centralised management. The aim is to enable readers to make more informed decisions about the content they encounter, even when engaging with excerpts of the original document, minimising reliance on external fact-checking organisations
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