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    Caruso e il silenzio di d’Annunzio

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    L’epoca di Enrico Caruso è stata anche quella di Gabriele d’Annunzio. Erano i due uomini italiani più famosi del mondo, eppure al Vittoriale non ci sono dischi né tracce di contatti epistolari tra loro. Gli unici due documenti conservati al Vittoriale che legano i loro nomi risalgono al 1921, nei primissimi tempi dopo la morte di Caruso, e provengono entrambi dagli Stati Uniti. Questo contributo indaga i motivi per i quali il Poeta non prese parte alle commemorazioni per la morte del celebre tenore

    About twin primes and distribution of primes

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    This paper give us a demonstration of twin primes conjecture using approximation of function �(iupsilon) that we introduce in section 6. Section 1-5 give us introduction to terminology and a clarification on (iupsilon) terms. In particular section 5 is really important because of its Lemma. Section 7 reassume foregoing explanations and it give us two theorems and one corollary;the theorem 7.2 give us exact approximation of twin primes counting function

    Virtual navigation in the ancient Egyptian funerary rituals

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    This paper shows a VR application for explaining the meaning of the various pictograms and hieroglyphs typical of the ancient Egypt funerary rituals. The interaction between the user and the 3D environment is obtained through an Oculus Rift head mounted stereoscopic display, coupled with a Leap Motion controller as input device that digitize in real-time the hands of the end-user, displaying a skeletal version of those in the virtual environment. The interactive application is based on Unity3D and it explains the details of the rituals starting from the crate of an Egyptian sarcophagus and some typical funerary objects like the Heart Scarab and the Ushabty

    Automatic 3D Modeling Process for Predefined Geometrical Categories Based on Convolutional Neural Network and Computer-Vision Analysis of Orthographic Images

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    Implementing an alternative reality for Metaverse implies modeling optimized digital content to guarantee real-time interaction and high-quality rendering. Even if 3D reconstruction based on 3D scanning techniques provides a good replica of real objects, the output files are challenging to use in this application. On the other hand, manually developed optimized 3D models require much time and effort. This aspect becomes crucial in scenarios including thousands of 3D models with which humans should interact. This paper proposes a method to automate the 3D modeling process of items whose shapes can be classified according to predefined geometrical categories. The dataset for this study relates to products, which present a wide variety of shapes but are attributable to just a few formal archetypes. In the proposed pipeline, metric orthographic images of the object to be digitally reproduced are analyzed by Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)s. Subsequently, the same images are analyzed with Computer-Vision (CV) algorithms to extrapolate the characteristic dimensions related to the assigned archetypes. The method has been tested on different items, and the results proved the effectiveness of the whole approach in terms of correct archetypes recognition, parameter extraction, and creation of the 3D model, which are comparable with digitized 3D models with high-quality scanning tools but much lighter in model size

    Dinamiche di innovazione nelle politiche regionali di rigenerazione urbana: un'analisi multilivello delle esperienze del Piemonte e della Puglia

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    La rigenerazione urbana, intesa quale processo rivolto non solo alla riqualificazione fisica (urbanistica ed edilizia), ma anche all’inclusione sociale e alla rinascita culturale di parti di città o regioni urbane, in alternativa all’espansione del territorio urbanizzato o a singoli interventi di riqualificazione fisica del patrimonio edilizio esistente, richiede una radicale innovazione delle politiche pubbliche e delle pratiche urbanistiche. I processi di innovazione, secondo la letteratura, si sviluppano seguendo cicli che alternano fasi di diffusione e consolidamento a fasi di stagnazione e arretramento. Questo contributo indaga su tali processi ponendo a confronto le esperienze regionali del Piemonte e della Puglia, ritenendole significative per lo sforzo di innovazione operato nel campo della rigenerazione urbana. A tal fine utilizza una versione modificata dell’approccio noto come “Multi-Level Perspective (MLP)” per analizzare le diverse sfere (cognitive, istituzionali, organizzative e operative) che incidono sulle dinamiche di innovazione e per cogliere i flussi multi-livello che legano le innovazioni sviluppate in un determinato contesto, da un lato, alle routine cognitive, regolative e operative che lo caratterizzano, dall’altro, alle più ampie dinamiche che influenzano le trasformazioni del contesto stesso. Ponendo a confronto le due politiche regionali di rigenerazione urbana si individuano i fattori che hanno favorito la diffusione e stabilizzazione di esperienze innovative, e quelli che ne hanno ostacolato lo sviluppo o portato alla stagnazione e al declino del loro carattere innovativo

    Established and Outsiders at the Same Time - Self-Images and We-Images of Palestinians in the West Bank and in Israel

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    Palestinians frequently present a harmonizing and homogenizing we-image of their own national we-group, as a way of counteracting Israeli attempts to sow divisions among them, whether through Israeli politics or through the dominant public discourse in Israel. However, a closer look reveals the fragility of this homogenizing we-image which masks a variety of internal tensions and conflicts. By applying methods and concepts from biographical research and figurational sociology, the articles in this volume offer an analysis of the Middle East conflict that goes beyond the polar opposition between “Israelis” and “Palestinians”. On the basis of case studies from five urban regions in Palestine and Israel (Bethlehem, Ramallah, East Jerusalem, Haifa and Jaffa), the authors explore the importance of belonging, collective self-images and different forms of social differentiation within Palestinian communities. For each region this is bound up with an analysis of the relevant social and socio-political contexts, and family and life histories. The analysis of (locally) different figurations means focusing on the perspective of Palestinians as members of different religious, socio-economic, political or generational groupings and local group constellations – for instance between Christians and Muslims or between long-time residents and refugees. The following scholars have contributed to this volume: Ahmed Albaba, Johannes Becker, Hendrik Hinrichsen, Gabriele Rosenthal, Nicole Witte, Arne Worm and Rixta Wundrak. Gabriele Rosenthal is a sociologist and professor of Qualitative Methodology at the Center of Methods in Social Sciences, University of Göttingen. Her major research focus is the intergenerational impact of collective and familial history on biographical structures and actional patterns of individuals and family systems. Her current research deals with ethnicity, ethno-political conflicts and the social construction of borders. She is the author and editor of numerous books, including The Holocaust in Three Generations (2009), Interpretative Sozialforschung (2011) and, together with Artur Bogner, Ethnicity, Belonging and Biography (2009)
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