5,285 research outputs found
THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION: ALGORITHMIC GOVERNMENTALITY AND WORKERS' RIGHTS
No full textPlatforms promise the disintermediation and self-determination of the individual, but at the same time they prove capable of exercising widespread social control, which af- fects every aspect of life: from education, consumption, health, the sentimental and sexual life of subjects, to the world of work.
The latter is the subject of a particularly meticulous analysis by Pisani, who high- lights how the model of algorithmic governmentality proves suitable for interpreting platform-mediated work: work in the times of the on-demand econom
Becoming Michelle – From the South Side Chicago to the White House
No full textMythological representations have always symbolically embodied human beings’ ancestral fears and wishes. Yet today the reading of the languages of new myths can convey the key to an understanding of the historical period we are living in. Nowadays one of the most popular cultural icons is Michelle Obama. First Afro-American FLOTUS, Michelle is still serving as a highly influential role-model, whose recently published autobiography, Becoming, is a record best-selling book. By drawing on the theoretical approach of Appraisal Framework (Martin and White 2007), I intend to investigate how her ‘becoming Michelle’ was accomplished. The AF explores the way language is used to evaluate and/or adopt stances and to construe textual personas, and how affective involvement can be conveyed through a set of indicators. Accordingly, qualitative examples are analysed to show how, in Michelle’s autobiography, the lexico-grammar options are significant in the process of the shaping of her status of a modern cultural icon
Structure and expression of a novel gene family showing male germline specific expression in Drosophila melanogaster.
No full textWe report the characterization of two novel genes of Drosophila melanogaster, named mst36Fa and mst36Fb. They define a novel gene family, showing identical time and tissue-specificity limited to male germ cells where their transcription starts during meiotic prophase. These two genes encode for two slightly basic proteins highly homologous to each other and fairly rich in leucine and glutamic acid. Although strictly clustered, these genes utilize different promoter regions as revealed by examination of transgenic flies bearing mst36F-promoter-lacZ reporter constructs and by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assays. Our data suggest that at least one gene (mst36Fa) of the cluster is under translational repression until spermiogenesis suggesting a putative role in the spermatides differentiation. The present study is aimed at the structural analysis of these genes
Isrogrogidda Falka Af-soomaaliga: Aragti ku aadan Midaynta Qoraalkiisa
No full textQoraagu wuxuu diraasad ku sameeyey sidii loo midayn lahaa af Soomaaliga qoraaal ahaan loo adeegsada. Gaar ahaan wuxuu diiradda saarayaa sidii loo midayn lahaa qaababka isrogrogga falalka oo haatan loo adeegsado siyaabo aan midaysanayn.In questo articolo, l'autore analizza e avanza una proposta relativamente alla standardizzazione del somalo scritto, in particolar modo delle forme di coniugazione dei verbi somali che attualmente non sono scritte in modo omogenea.In this article, the author analyzes and provides a proposal about the standardization of written Somali, in particular relating to verb conjugation forms whose orthography still differs today.Cabdirashid M. Ismaaciil, Cabdalla C. Mansuur, Saynab A. Sharci (eds.
Coastal Research and its Economic Justification
No full textProper and thorough planning of coastal engineering projects is discussed and the economie justification of research work indicated. Examples are given concerning navigational problems, coastal protection problems, and harbor sediment problems.KWP-collectio
Ionizing radiations in pregnancy and teratogenesis: a review of literature.
No full textThe present paper is a review of the data available in the literature concerning the prenatal exposure to radiation evaluating the reported teratogenic effect. We have particularly focused on the fetal effects of maternal ionising radiation exposure, both diagnostic and occupational, particularly in terms of congenital anomalies and birth weight. Ionising radiation represents a possible teratogen for the fetus, but this risk has been found to be dependent on the dosage and the effects correlatable to the gestational age at exposure. Recently, of particularly note is the fact that maternal thyroid exposure to diagnostic radiation has been associated with a slight reduction in the birth weight. Inadvertent exposure from diagnostic procedures in pregnancy doesn't usually increase the natural risk of congenital anomalies but creates a considerable state of maternal anxiety. Diagnostic radiological procedures should be avoided in pregnant women unless the information cannot be obtained by other techniques
Midaynta iyo Horumarinta Af-soomaaliga
No full textQoraagu wuxuu maqaalkan ku falanqaynayaa arrimo ku saabsan midaynta af Soomaaliga qoran, oo dadka qaarkood ay ku doodaan in ay dhibaato ka taagantahay, iyagoo u aanaynaya kala duwanaanta lahjadaha Soomaaliyeed iyo farta af Soomaaliga oo aan xasillayn. Qoraha oo soo bandhigayaa in arrimahaasu aanu sax ahayn, wuxuuna muujinayaa caqabadaha dhabta ah ee hortaagan houmarinta af Soomaaliga: afku wuxuu la'yahay dawlad si rasmi ah u adeegsato, weerar ba'anna waxaa ku haya af Ingiriisiga, xagga ereyadana nabaadguur xooggan ayaa ku dhacaya, gaar ahaan ereyada la xiriira dhaqanka Soomaaliyeed.L'autore, in questo articolo, analizzando la questione della lingua somala scritta, cerca di illustrare che la situazione del somalo standard non è cosi problematica come a detta di alcuni somali, specialmente, nell'ortografia e nella differenza tra i dialetti, ma il problema somalo è bensì riscontrabile in altri fattori: la mancanza di un stato che continui ad adottare il somalo come lingua ufficiale, l'estinzione di tantissimi vocaboli in disuso, nonché la forte influenza dalla lingua inglese.The author in this article, in analysing the written somali language, wants to show the somali standard situation is not so bad, like some Somalis say, especially in orthography and in vernaculars difference. In spite of, the somali language problem is recognisable in some others factors: lack of state that usually chooses somali language as official language, extinction of many terms in disuse and also the strong influence of English.Cabdirashid M. Ismaaciil, Cabdalla C. Mansuur, Saynab A. Sharci (eds.
Eat Pray Love: un viaggio a Napoli, tra pizza e pregiudizi.
No full textLe opere letterarie straniere nel momento in cui vengono tradotte nella cultura d’arrivo di una determinata nazione vengono immerse, e cominciano ad interagire, all’interno del sistema letterario/culturale di tale nazione. La traduzione non è dunque soltanto una “trasposizione da un sistema di simboli ad un altro” (Eco 2010: 225), ma un trasferimento di norme, valori, rimandi culturali e letterari, scopi, da un sistema linguistico e culturale ad un altro; dunque un vero fenomeno di comunicazione interculturale e sociale (Even-Zohar 1995). In tale prospettiva i testi tradotti contribuiscono anche alla configurazione di identità nazionali da parte di comunità straniere (Venuti 1998:67).Nel testo preso in esame, Eat Pray Love, sono rappresentate diverse etnie e diversi paesi, tra cui l’Italia. Pubblicato nel 2006 negli Stati Uniti come romanzo autobiografico, Eat Pray Love è stato uno dei casi editoriali degli ultimi anni. Incoronato bestseller dal New York Times per 200 settimane consecutive, il libro ha ad oggi venduto oltre 10 milioni di copie in tutto il mondo, ed è stato tradotto tradotte in trenta lingue. Il testo, tuttavia, fin dal titolo – che nell’ottica dell’autrice riassume le tre fasi fondamentali del percorso geografico/spirituale alla ricerca di un nuovo approccio con la vita e la spiritualità – denuncia il suo concentrato di luoghi comuni. La prima tappa del viaggio prevede l’Italia, in particolare Roma e Napoli, alla ricerca del piacere sensoriale dove si sperimenta solo il dolce far niente e si MANGIA, poi l’elevazione spirituale in un ashram in India (PREGA), ed infine un lungo soggiorno a Bali dove ritrova equilibrio interiore e capacità d’amare (AMA).
In particolare,il viaggio a Napoli compiuto dalla protagonista, e la sua traduzione, verranno analizzati utilizzando gli strumenti teorici offerti dall’ Appraisal Framework (AF). L’AF è un approccio finalizzato all’analisi ed alla descrizione del modo in cui la lingua è usata per esprimere una valutazione e/o un giudizio per gestire relazioni e modi di porsi interpersonali, e per costruire persone/aggi mediatici e letterari. Nel suo viaggio a Napoli l’autrice ripropone eterostereotipi che si caricano di valenze identitarie che divengono epitome della ‘napoletanità’, e ne influenzano comportamenti. Si tratta dunque di veri pregiudizi poich锓Quando lo stereotipo ha anche la capacità di orientare gli atteggiamenti e le azioni si produce il pregiudizio” (Giaccardi 2005:219). La nostra analisi testuale conferma quindi, purtroppo, ancora una volta come“da sempre Napoli è un luogo comune, un’idea ricevuta” (Durante 2011:11)
Om inloppet ifrån Östersjön : till SöderTelje eller Egelsta wiken
No full textAuthor: Nathanael Gerhard af Schultén.Dated: "Carlberg den 12 Januari 1806."Digital reproduction, The National Library of Finland, Centre for Preservation and Digitisation, MikkeliA description of the Baltic Sea.TravelEuropeanaSchultén, Nathanael Gerhard af (1750-1825
'As previous researchers have found...’ dialogic endorsement in social psychology research articles
No full textThe present study lies in the research domains of APPRAISAL FRAMEWORK (AF) (Iedema, Feez, and White 1994, Martin 1997, White 1998, Martin 2001), which provides a set of tools for the analysis of ENDORSEMENT, with its variety and gradation of possibilities, from the simple binomial endorsement /dis-endorsment, up to the cline of extra versus intra vocalisation. In RAs ENDORSEMENT is a significant aspect of academic writing as engagement with both content and dialogue in rhetorical situations. Our main purpose is to examine and assess the value and functions of ENDORSEMENT in RAs of Social Psychology. While reporting their research and/or experiments, RA authors seem to assume attitudes which notably vary from (and within) Introductions through Methods and Results up to Discussions – at epistemic as well as evaluative levels. Quotations and references are crucial to scientific discourse, and are chosen not only according to an implied relevance criterion, but also as preceding functional steps of the ongoing research. They are essential to engage the scientific community at a global level into reading and accepting the work as belonging to a reliable tradition of studies. ENDORSEMENT has therefore become a constitutive part of Introductions, and, to a lesser degree, of Conclusions/Discussions as well. We selected a corpus of 40 Research Articles of Social Psychology published in 2006, drawn from leading journals of Social Psychology circulating at global level. We highlighted recurring En-/Non-/Dis-endorsing linguistic features (showing both qualitative and quantitative data), classified and framed according to their specific communicative /rhetoric/negotiating purposes
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