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"Cronica der Turckey" Sebastian Franck's Translation of the "Tractatus de Moribus, Condicionibus et Nequitia Turcorum" by Georgius de Hungaria
No full textThe Tractatus de moribus, condicionibus et nequitia Turcorum is one of the most important first-hand accounts of life in fifteenth-century Turkey known to modern scholarship. It is the work of a Christian former slave of the Turks, writing after his return to the West. Although the author does not name himself, he can be identified as a
Dominican priest, Georgius de Hungaria, who died in Rome in 1502. His Tractatus is conceived as a work of anti-Islamic polemic, yet it contains a surprisingly unbiased appraisal of Turkish customs.
First printed c.1480 when European apprehension in the face of Ottoman expansion was at its height, the Tractatus was reprinted in numerous editions, and was widely used as a
source by other authors. Luther edited the text in 1530, using the positive account of Turkish customs and religious observance as a weapon in his polemic against the Roman
Catholic Church: if heathens could perform such exemplary works, who could fail to doubt the efficacy of works as a means of salvation?
Sebastian Franck in his German translation of the Tractatus went further: replacing Georgius' commentary with his own, he used the text to attack institutional religion as a
whole and to promote his concept of a non-dogmatic, spiritual Church of individuals united with each other only through their union with God -a Church which was not closed to Moslems or members of any other creed. This translation or adaptation, the Cronica der Türckey, marks Franck's decisive break with the Lutheran cause and the beginning of his lonely path as a 'spiritual individualist'. Franck reworked his translation of the Tractatus for his major geographical work, the Weltbuch of 1534.
This thesis concerns itself primarily with Franck's Cronica, providing the first modern critical edition of this text, in a near-diplomatic transcription with an extensive glossary. The thesis also includes transcriptions of the Tractatus; of Türckei, an anonymous translation of the Tractatus, and of relevant additional material from Franck's Weltbuch. None of these texts has been published in full in a modern edition.
In the Introduction Franck's Cronica is compared in detail with the Tractatus, highlighting the changes that occur in translation; the character and the significance of these changes are then discussed. It is established that Franck, whilst being unwilling to reverse any of Georgius' value judgements on Islam and Turkish culture, is highly selective in his choice of material for translation, and frequently gives the text new nuances and adds his own
comment. The question of the Tractatus' influence on Franck's further development as a writer and thinker is also raised.
The investigation then turns to Franck's use of the Tractatus material in his Weltbuch. His eclecticism becomes apparent in this text, in which Georgius' account is juxtaposed - but not synthesised - with material from other sources, often of lesser veracity and greater anti-Islamic bias. Franck's distortion of the Tractatus material to suit his own line of argument is clearly discernible: from the unique phenomenon presented in the Tractatus the Turks
become one more example of the general human tendency to externalise and dogmatise faith.
In addition, the transmission of Cronica and Türckei is examined, and the relationship between these two translations is clarified: Franck certainly used Türckei in writing his Cronica, but is unlikely to be the author of the anonymous work
On the role of satellite communications for emergency situations with a focus on Europe
No full textInternational audienceIn this paper, we describe how satellite communications may contribute to disaster management. During emergency situations, satellite communications present many advantages in supporting or replacing a terrestrial infrastructure (if any) subject to destruction or saturation. However, devising the right deployment model deserves close scrutiny in order to fit the responders needs and sustain financial viability. After reading the paper, we expect that the answers to the following questions will be made clear: what are the roles of telecommunications in emergency situations? How can satellite technologies help? How to mitigate the cost of deploying and using satellite facilities? Who are the actors currently involved in emergency telecommunications and more specifically satellite-assisted emergency telecommunications
Les Grains de santé du Dr Franck. Du remède secret à la spécialité
No full textThe Grains de santé du Dr Franck. From secret remedy to patent medicine.
After a short history of secrets remedies, the author presents the "Grains de santé du Dr Franck". She tells about their compound and indications, about their owner (Dr Audin-Rouvière) and its misunderstandings with the medical Academy because of the name of "Dr Franck". Finally, the author presents the evolution of this secret remedy to a patent medicine, sold buy Troncin laboratory.Après un bref rappel de l'histoire des remèdes secrets, l'auteure présente « Les Grains de santé du Dr Franck » : leurs composition et indication, leur propriétaire le Dr Audin-Rouvière, ses démêlés avec l'Académie de médecine au sujet du nom du Dr Franck, et enfin l'évolution du remède secret vers la spécialité vendue par le laboratoire Troncin.Raynal Cécile. Les Grains de santé du Dr Franck. Du remède secret à la spécialité. In: Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, 95ᵉ année, n°359, 2008. pp. 263-274
Shaping of space structures : examples of applications of formian in the design of tension-strut systems, by Janusz Rebielak (2005)
No full textEnergy efficiency and user behavior
No full textEn France, le secteur du bâtiment est responsable de 46% de la consommation d'énergie finale et de 25% des émissions de gaz à effet de serre. À ce titre, la France s’est engagée pour la baisse de la consommation d’énergie finale à l’horizon 2050 par une rénovation énergétique profonde, un déploiement de technologies favorisant l’efficacité énergétique et des sources d’énergie décarbonées pour le chauffage et la production d’eau chaude sanitaire, et de la généralisation de solutions permettant de maîtriser la consommation d’électricité.Le retour d'expérience des bâtiments écoénergétiques met en évidence la différence de consommation d'énergie entre les prévisions et les mesures sur site, ainsi que la surchauffe en été. Selon la communauté scientifique, bien que de multiples facteurs puissent expliquer ces différences, l'occupant semble être le facteur le plus influent par ses actions sur la température intérieure de consigne et la gestion des volets et des ouvrants.Le but de cette étude est d'analyser l’impact de comportement de l’individu réel sur un bâtiment expérimental en évaluant le confort thermique et la performance énergétique des postes consommateurs et producteurs d’énergies installés dans le bâtiment. L’objet d’étude est un bâtiment expérimental de 20 m² situé au sein de l'IUT de Nîmes, fortement instrumenté et équipé d’un ballon électro solaire, d’une pompe à chaleur air-eau réversible, d’une ventilation mécanique contrôlée double flux et des six panneaux photovoltaïques. Plusieurs techniques et protocoles sont utilisés pour contrôler l'équipement et acquérir des données. Les différents systèmes d’instrumentation et d’acquisition permettent de caractériser énergétiquement le bâtiment dans sa globalité mais aussi au niveau de chaque équipement.Les performances énergétiques de la pompe à chaleur air-eau, de la ventilation mécanique contrôlée double flux, du ballon électro solaire et de l’installation photovoltaïque sont évaluées mensuellement et confrontées à celles données par les constructeurs.L’analyse des consommations énergétiques du bâtiment est effectuée sur l’année complète 2020 sous les conditions climatiques locales acquises par une station météo installée sur site et d’actions de particulières de l’usager sur la température intérieure de consigne et la gestion des volets. Des bilans énergétiques hebdomadaires sont réalisés sur la base de scénarios de comportements simulés de l’usager expert ou contreproductif.Les simulations thermiques dynamiques du bâtiment entreprises par l’outil Pleiades, validée par les analyses in-situ, ont permis de confronter les scénarios conventionnels de la RT 2012 avec les scénarios réels tant météorologiques que comportementaux de l’usager sur les consommations énergétiques annuelles du bâtiment.In France, the building sector is responsible for 46% of final energy consumption and 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. France is committed to reducing final energy consumption by 2050 through extensive energy renovation, the deployment of technologies that promote energy efficiency and low- carbon energy sources for heating and hot water production, and the widespread use of solutions to control electricity consumption.ENERGY-EFFICIENT building's feedback highlights the difference in energy consumption between predictions and on-site measurements, as well as overheating in summer. According to the scientific community, although multiple factors can explain these differences, the occupant seems to be the most influential factor through his actions on the indoor temperature set point and the management of shutters and openings.The aim of this study is analyzing the impact of the real individual behavior on an experimental building by evaluating the thermal comfort and the energy performance of the energy consuming and producing equipment’s installed in the building. The object of study is an experimental building of 20 m² located within the IUT of Nîmes, strongly instrumented and equipped with an electro solar tank, a reversible water-air heat pump, a double flow controlled mechanical ventilation and six photovoltaic panels. Several techniques and protocols are used to control the equipment and acquire data. The different instrumentation and acquisition systems allow the building’s energetic characterization in its globality and at the level of each equipment.The energy performances of the air-water heat pump, double flow mechanical ventilation, solar storage tank and photovoltaic installation are evaluated monthly and compared with those given by the manufacturers.The analysis of the building’s energy consumption is carried out over the full year 2020 under local climatic conditions acquired by a weather station installed on site and on the behavior actions of interior temperature set point and shutters management. Weekly energy balances are made based on simulated scenarios of user behavior expert or counterproductive.The building dynamic thermal simulations undertaken by the Pleiades tool, validated by the in-situ analyses, made it possible to compare the conventional scenarios of the RT 2012 with the real scenarios both meteorological and user behavioral on the building’s annual energy consumption
Effect of gravity on clustering patterns and inertial particles attractors
No full textIn this contribution we study the clustering of inertial particles using a periodic kinematic simulation. The systematic Lagrangian tracking of particles makes it possible to identify the particles’ clustering patterns for different values of particle’s inertia and drift velocity. The different cases are characterised by different pairs of Stokes number St and drift parameter ϒ. For the present study 0 ≤ St ≤ 1 and 0 ≤ ϒ ≤ 2. The main focus is to identify and then quantify the clustering attractor - when it exists - that is the set of points in the physical space where the particles settle when time goes to infinity. Depending on gravity or drift effect and inertia values, the Lagrangian attractor can have different dimensions varying from the initial three-dimensional space to two-dimensional layers and one-dimensional attractors that can be shifted from an horizontal to a vertical position
ASSIGNING COMPLEX VIBRATION-TUNNELING SPECTRA USING FRANCK-CONDON FINGERPRINTS
No full textAuthor Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Il 61801We propose Franck-Condon fingerprinting as a method to assign complex vibration-tunneling spectra. The electronic excited state of Thiophosgene () is our prototype case. Assignment of its spectrum has proven to be difficult because large tunneling splittings and near-degenerate vibrational frequencies. The dispersed fluorescence spectrum of each unkown vibration-tunneling state reveals its wavefunction character onto the known vibrational progressions in the ground states. This Franck-Condon fingerprint allows us to assign several vibration-tunneling states of in the electronic excited state. These assigned transitions could be fitted by an effective vibration-tunneling Hamiltonian within measurement uncertainty
Social Alienation and Gendered Surveillance: Julia Franck Observes Post-\u3cem\u3eWende\u3c/em\u3e Society
No full textBorn in East Berlin in 1970, author Julia Franck has published four works, in which once can trace her critique of social alienation in post-Wende German society.1 Franck\u27s project employs unreliable first-person narrators who believe that their acts of gendered surveillance will give them access to symbolic and social capital, which these narrators lack, in the vacuum of meaningful relationships in which they find themselves in contemporary Germany. Examples of the desired symbolic capital include honor, prestige, and having a voice to which others listen, and the sought-after social capital consists of networks, reciprocal connections, and trust.2 But this analysis also leads to Franck\u27s more complex and subtle critique of post-Wende indifference to Vergangenheitsbewältigung, or coming to terms with the past, which one finds in two narrators\u27 offhand, almost unremarked (but quite remarkable) references to Germany\u27s past
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