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Changes in extreme daily precipitation over Africa: insights from a non-asymptotic statistical approach
No full textExtreme precipitation heavily affects society and economy in Africa because it triggers natural hazards and contributes large amounts of freshwater. Understanding past changes in extreme precipitation could help us improve our projections of extremes, thus reducing the vulnerability of the region to climate change. Here, we combine high-resolution satellite data (1981-2019) with a novel non-asymptotic statistical approach, which explicitly separates intensity and occurrence of the process. We investigate past changes in extreme daily precipitation amounts relevant to engineering and risk management. Significant (alpha = 0.05) positive and negative trends in annual maximum daily precipitation are reported in -20 % of Africa both at the local scales (0.05 degrees) and mesoscales (1 degrees). Our statistical model is able to explain -90% of their variance, and performs well (72% explained variance) even when annual maxima are explicitly censored from the parameter estimation. This suggests possible applications in situations in which the observed extremes are not quantitatively trusted. We present results at the continental scale, as well as for six areas characterized by different climatic characteristics and forcing mechanisms underlying the ongoing changes. In general, we can attribute most of the observed trends to changes in the tail heaviness of the intensity distribution (25% of explained variance, 38% at the mesoscale), while changes in the average number of wet days only explain 4% (12%) of the variance. Lowprobability extremes always exhibit faster trend rates than annual maxima (-44% faster, in median, for the case of 100-year events), implying that changes in infrastructure design values are likely underestimated by approaches based on trend analyses of annual maxima: flexible change-permitting models are needed. No systematic difference between local and mesoscales is reported, with locally-varying impacts on the areal reduction factors used to transform return levels across scales
Art and the artist in the literary works of Elsa Triolet
No full textThis thesis takes a representative selection of Triolet's works to study the themes of writing and creativity as they are presented in the novels. These are all portraits of artists and the accounts of the search for a synthesis of aesthetic freedom and ethical responsibility. It considers Triolet's importance as a foreign writer, adopting a new creative language to be adopted by a different cultural
environment, to be essential in understanding her importance to the French literary tradition. By emphasising her formative years in the avant-garde circles of prerevolutionary Russia, my study demonstrates her considerable contribution to the meeting of Russian and French aesthetic theories. I extend this with close textual
readings of certain works to demonstrate her techniques in novelistic construction which reveal many Formalist practices before Formalist works in translation made
their official influence on creative methods.
The introduction considers the reasons for Triolet's neglect as a writer. It then considers various contemporary and recent critical appraisals which indicate
the interest she has received until present and which allow me to define my own critical approach. Part One traces Triolet's literary evolution from her formative
years in Russia, through exile to her first publications in Russian. It then considers her insertion into French literary activity, and her association with the schools of
socialist realism and the "nouveau roman".
Part Two examines two traditional novels which portray the creative and metaphorical roles of the artist and his work, showing the constant conflict between private and public lives. In Part Three, I show how aspects of novelistic
traditionalism are gradually foregrounded so that the work develops a dual-sided character where it both narrates and examines the processes of its own narration. In Part Four, this move to highly self-conscious aesthetics demonstrates an idiosyncratic exploration of new paths for the novel that bring visual, auditive and cinematographic media into the traditional domain of written art. Accompanying
the very post-modernist experimentation, I show how this research within the novel into the novel's own future has an ethical and redemptive purpose whose final conclusion is that creativity and human freedom are inexorably interwoven
Comparison of GOES16 Data with the TRACER-ESCAPE Field Campaign Dataset for Convection Characterization: A Selection of Case Studies and Lessons Learnt
No full textConvective updrafts are one of the main characteristics of convective clouds, responsible for the convective mass flux and the redistribution of energy and condensate in the atmosphere. During the early stages of their lifecycle, convective clouds experience rapid cloud-top ascent manifested by a decrease in the geostationary IR brightness temperature (TBIR). Under the assumption that the convective cloud top behaves like a black body, the ascent rate of the convective cloud top can be estimated as (∂TBIR∂t), and it can be used to infer the near cloud-top convective updraft. The temporal resolution of the geostationary IR measurements and non-uniform beam-filling effects can influence the convective updraft estimation. However, the main shortcoming until today was the lack of independent verification of the strength of the convective updraft. Here, Doppler radar observations from the ESCAPE and TRACER field experiments provide independent estimates of the convective updraft velocity at higher spatiotemporal resolution throughout the convective core column and can be used to evaluate the updraft velocity estimates from the IR cooling rate for limited samples. Isolated convective cells were tracked with dedicated radar (RHIs and PPIs) scans throughout their lifecycle. Radial Doppler velocity measurements near the convective cloud top are used to provide estimates of convective updrafts. These data are compared with the geostationary IR and VIS channels (from the GOES satellite) to characterize the convection evolution and lifecycle based on cloud-top cooling rates
«Where there is no vice of exterminating poets»: Elsa Morante and The world saved by kids
No full textreservedIn questo elaborato verrà analizzato il libro più eccentrico di Elsa Morante: Il mondo salvato dai ragazzini.
Dopo un iniziale inquadramento storico e una precisazione in merito al genere letterario in cui l'opera rientra, si analizzeranno gli influssi che la cultura orientale ha avuto sull'opera e i rimandi intertestuali con Simone Weil, dichiarato modello dell'autrice.
Si passerà poi a un'analisi più puntuale sulla terza sezione: le Canzoni popolari, e si spiegherà dettagliatamente chi siano i Felici Pochi e i ragazzini a cui Elsa Morante affida il compito di salvare il mondo.
Per concludere si porteranno degli esempi puntuali di Felici Pochi anonimi, mettendoli in relazione con alcuni personaggi di un'altra importante opera della stessa autrice: La Storia.This paper will analyse Elsa Morante's most eccentric book:The World Saved by Little Kids.
After an initial historical background and a clarification regarding the literary genre in which the work falls, the influences that Eastern culture had on the work and the intertextual cross-references with Simone Weil, the author's declared model, will be analysed.
It will then turn to a more pointed analysis on the third section: the Folk Songs, and will explain in detail who the Happy Few and the little kids are to whom Elsa Morante entrusts the task of saving the world.
To conclude, timely examples of anonymous Happy Few will be brought in, relating them to some of the characters in another important work by the same author, The Story
Elsa Oestreicher Collection 1878-1963 bulk: 1942-1945
No full textElsa Oestreicher, the wife of a physician, had a successful career of her own as a cooking teacher instructor and author of cookbooks. Series II and III of the collection comprise her notes on Theresienstadt, written in camp from 1942 to 1945, as well as a collection of poems from the same time. Moreover, the collection contains concentration-camp insignia, such as yellow “Jew” stars, camp money, ration cards, a library card, working papers etc. Further items of the collection are certificates related to her profession, culinary arts material, correspondence with relatives and former students and family papers as well as memoirs written by Elsa Oestreicher, which provide detailed genealogical information on her ancestors.Some handwritten notes, written in Theresienstadt and Deggendorf (box 1, folder 4) are available in electronic form in an English translation by Vernon Mosheim.Photographs of Jewish communities of Beerfelden and Frankfurt am Main have been removed to the LBI Photograph CollectionElsa Herz was born in Berlin on November 6, 1878, the first child of Salomon Herz and Anna Margarete Alexander. In 1898 she married the physician Dr. Jacques Oestreicher and in 1899 their daughter Anni Henriette Oestreicher, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1935, was born. During World War I Elsa Oestreicher worked as a Hilfsschwester (assistant nurse) for the Red Cross for more than 4 years and received two medals, a Zivilverdienstkreuz and the Rote Kreuzmedaille, for her efforts. After World War I she worked as a cooking instructor for about five years at the Schule der Hausfrauen (Am Karlsbad 13) and wrote a number of cookbooks. Due to growing anti-Semitism she had to give up her position there and she opened a private cooking school which operated successfully until Elsa was at first forbidden to instruct Christian students and later on, to teach Jewish students as well. After that, Elsa Oestreicher worked in a Jewish hospital, the Siechenheim der Reichsvereinigung in Gross-Lichterfelde and when it was dissolved, in the kitchen of the Durchgangslager (transit camp), Grosse Hamburgerstrasse. Three months after her husband’s death in August 1942, she was deported to Theresienstadt on November 4, 1942. In Theresienstadt Elsa Oestreicher worked as a cook, a cooking instructor and as head of the soup-kitchen. After the liberation of Theresienstadt she had to stay at the Displaced Persons Center Deggendorf until she immigrated via Sweden to the United States in 1946, where she died in New York in 1963.3-page inventory.digitizedBeerfelden ; Frankfurt am Mai
Charging tenants with maintenance fees. Analysis on the basis of tax on goods and services
No full textArtykuł opublikowany w czasopiśmie "Przegląd Prawniczy Europejskiego Stowarzyszenia Studentów Prawa ELSA Poland" w zeszycie 1/2013, został wyłoniony w drodze konkursów organizowanych przez Grupy Lokalne ELSA Poland w 2013r.This article identifies key problems connected with imposing a value added tax on re-invoicing
the costs of utilities relating to rental agreement. I throws doubt on whether all the supplies which the
landlord makes to the tenant constitute a single supply from the point of view of VAT. Author discusses
possible classification of above -mentioned transaction for VAT purposes (i.e. as an autonomous and
separate from tenancy supply or as a indivisible economic supply which it would be artificial to split
rental component). It also gives the readers the insight into tax consequences of designed legal and tax
classifications. Moreover, the article shows differences between standpoints presented in a recent
interpretation issued by tax authorities and judicial decisions. It also gives an overview of the most
recent judicial practice of the Court of Justice of the EU connected with re-invoicing service charge.
Author emphasizes the relevance of judgments issued by the CJEU (especially the verdict
on 27 September 2012 in case C-392/11 Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP v. Commissioners for Her
Majesty’s Revenue and Customs which seems to play a major part in resolving the dispute in question)
El Tlacuache Núm. 655 (2015). 655 Año 13 (2015) enero. El Tlacuache
No full textEl maíz y la cultura campesina en Morelos por Elsa Guzmán Gómez
El cuento ilustrado como recurso didáctico para la estimulación de habilidades lingüísticas en niños de dos a tres años del Centro de Desarrollo Infantil Carlos Guido Cattani.
No full textThe thesis titled "The Use of Illustrated Stories as a Didactic Resource to Stimulate Linguistic Skills in Children Aged Two to Three Years" focuses on implementing this tool at the Carlos Guido Cattani Child Development Center. The general objective of the research is to propose the use of illustrated stories to improve linguistic skills in young children. The employed methodology was qualitative, based on observing and recording the linguistic behavior of children during storytelling sessions. The main results indicated that illustrated stories positively impact the development of oral language and comprehension in children. The study concludes that illustrated stories are an effective didactic resource for stimulating linguistic development in early childhood, providing significant benefits for both education and the social well-being of children. This research provides valuable information for educators and professionals in the educational field, offering a practical methodology for enhancing language development in similar contexts.El trabajo de titulación titulado "Los cuentos ilustrados como recurso didáctico para estimular habilidades lingüísticas en niños de dos a tres años" aborda la implementación de esta herramienta en el Centro de Desarrollo Infantil Carlos Guido Cattani. El objetivo general de la investigación es proponer el uso de cuentos ilustrados para mejorar las habilidades lingüísticas en niños pequeños. La metodología empleada fue cualitativa, basada en la observación y registro del comportamiento lingüístico de los niños durante las sesiones de lectura de cuentos ilustrados. Los principales resultados indicaron que el uso de cuentos ilustrados tiene un impacto positivo en el desarrollo del lenguaje oral y la comprensión de los niños. La investigación concluye que los cuentos ilustrados son un recurso didáctico eficaz para estimular el desarrollo lingüístico en la primera infancia, aportando beneficios significativos tanto para la educación como para el bienestar social de los niños. Este estudio proporciona información valiosa para educadores y profesionales en el ámbito educativo, ofreciendo una metodología práctica para la mejora del desarrollo del lenguaje en contextos similares.UNACH, Ecuador
Notes on space, body and perception in Elsa Morante "Aracoeli"
No full textL’articolo analizza la spazialità come fattore poetico rilevante per la lettura dell’ultimo romanzo di Elsa Morante: Aracoeli. Grazie all’assunzione di un quadro teorico di riferimento che risale alla fenomenologia di Maurice Merlau-Ponty l’autore individua un percorso intra- ed inter-testuale che lo porta, fra l’altro, a definire un interessante contatto fra Elsa Morante, Pier Paolo Pasolini e Paolo Volponi.The aim of this article is to shows up spatiality as relevant poetic characteristic for analyzing Aracoeli, the Elsa Morante last novel. Moving from the theoretical frame of Maurice Merlau-Ponty phenomenology, the author defines an inner- and inter-textual path which brings him to define an interesting relation among Elsa Morante, pier Paolo Pasolini and Paolo Volponi
Elsa Morante's Novels
No full textThis thesis analyse life and work of the leading figure of italian literature in the twentieth century Elsa Morante. Important elements of her work are defined on the basis of analyses of all her novels. The introduction part shows her personal life and comlete work, which includes also poetry, short stories and fairy tales. Four chapters analysing her four novels are following. The author debuts in 1948 when she published novel Menzogna e sortilegio. Second book L'isola di Artura followed nearly ten years later in 1957. This novel won critical acclaim and favour of readers. Next book La Storia was a bestseller with more then 600 000 sold copies. Critic's opinions differ widely, up to now this novel is receiving opposing reviewes. Morante concluded her writing with the last very pessimistic novel Aracoeli. Author wrote just four novels, in every one of them she used the same methodes and themes. Typical components of her writing style are the subject of the last chapter. key words: Elsa Morante, Menzogna e sortilegio, L'isola di Arturo, La Storia, Aracoeli, author's styl
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