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Artaud, Barney, and the Total Work of Art from Avant-Garde to the Posthuman
No full textIn their article Artaud, Barney, and the Total Work of Art from Avant-Garde to the Posthuman Matteo Colombi and Massimo Fusillo discuss the aesthetics of Matthew Barney\u27s video-performance art and the theater of Antonin Artaud. Colombi and Fusillo highlight the characteristics of the posthuman: the rejection of Western anthropocentrism and its subversion through hybridization with human, animal, and mechanical elements, the incorporation of Dionysian imagery of the body, and a commitment to the idea of the total work of art in its blending of different artistic mediums, and indeed, of art and life. Using examples from Artaud\u27s writings on theater, Colombi and Fusillo suggest that these features are also to be found in avant-garde aesthetics. The most evident link between Artaud\u27s théâtre de la cruauté and Barney\u27s video circle Cremaster appears the ambition to create a total work of art in which a kaleidoscope of stages/landscapes is brought to life by performers whose corporal training — one centered on the energy produced by means of contraction and relaxation — resembles that of an elite athlete. While both Artaud\u27s and Barney\u27s aesthetics are similar in their rejection of the clear, stable distinctions of rational thought, they differ in their structuring of the artist\u27s struggle to reshape the human body. While Artaud\u27s theater is tied to an avant-gardist utopian teleology, Barney stresses the inevitable inconclusiveness of every total work of art
Dall’epica al romanzo, una tappa seicentesca tra Tasso e Manzoni: La Rosalinda di Bernardo Morando
No full textIl saggio individua alcuni precisi nuclei narrativi e interessi tematici di origine tassiana i quali, rintracciati con precisi riscontri testuali nella Rosalinda e nei Promessi sposi, suggeriscono un percorso possibile di quel processo che ha visto lentamente la tradizione epico-cavalleresca e del poema eroico trasformarsi nelle forme moderne del romanzo. Processo che appunto nel Seicento affonda le sue origini e in cui si può riconoscere, ancor prima che nel riformato romanzo manzoniano, il funzionamento del modello epico tassiano. Il saggio non intende infatti affrontare la questione di individuare la precisa identità dell’Anonimo manzoniano, ma solo suggerire la possibilità di aggiungere una tessera al mosaico della ricostruzione di una genealogia letteraria del romanzo italiano. In particolare, l’analisi mostra come la trasformazione di quell’interesse già tassiano a indagare gli scenari interiori, porti Manzoni, in sintonia con quanto avviene nella cultura seicentesca, a proporre un personaggio nuovo, modello avvicinabile di etica e di fede
The emergence of Melloni's optical bench
No full textIn this paper we address the emergence of one of the most common instruments in 19th century physics laboratories, Melloni's optical bench, relying on the analysis of the most significant historical documents. This apparatus, devised in 1835 by Macedonio Melloni, a distinguished Italian physicist of that time, enabled the study of the properties of 'radiant heat', or thermal radiation as it was then called. This apparatus is present in a large number of physics cabinets of universities and secondary schools. In this paper, we plan to foster the educational use of this device, still relevant for the study of infrared radiation, both by university and secondary school students and by teachers and scholars
TUTELA DEL LAVORO E LIBERTA' D'IMPRESA NEI PROCESSI DI ESTERNALIZZAZIONE
No full textL’elaborato analizza le conseguenze lavoristiche della successione fra imprenditori, muovendo da una ricognizione delle varie tipologie di esternalizzazione con le relative esigenze e principali criticità.
L’indagine si concentra in primo luogo sul trasferimento d’azienda, esaminando la normativa e la giurisprudenza europee per passare poi alla disciplina di diritto interno, alle procedure sindacali e a uno specifico focus sul trasferimento delle aziende in crisi.
Successivamente l’autore si sofferma sull’appalto, prendendone in particolare considerazione gli indici di genuinità, i criteri di distinzione dalla somministrazione illecita di manodopera e la tutela delle maestranze in caso di avvicendamento fra imprese.
Da ultimo, la ricerca approfondisce le c.d. “clausole sociali”, sia di prima che di seconda generazione, valutandone la compatibilità con il diritto eurounitario e con la costituzione nonché riflettendo sui possibili rimedi in caso di loro violazione.The author analyzes the labour consequences of the succession between entrepreneurs, starting from a recognition of the various types of outsourcing with the related needs and main critical issues.
The survey focuses primarily on the transfer of businesses, examining European legislation and case-law and then moving on to internal legislation, trade union procedures and a specific focus on the transfer of companies in crisis.
The author then dwells on the contract, taking into account in particular the indications of authenticity, the criteria of distinction from the illicit administration of labour and the protection of workers in the event of turnover between companies.
Finally, the research deepens the "social clauses", both first and second generation, assessing their compatibility with European law and with the constitution and reflecting on possible remedies in case of their violation
The sounds of war: ‘phonotelemetry’ at the Italian front
No full textThis paper is devoted to a historical research on a sound ranging technique, called the 'Garbasso–Cardani method', which was developed in Italy during the years of the Great War (1915–1918). Such a method, that was aimed at detecting the location of the enemy artillery positions upon the basis of the sound produced by the artillery gunfire, proved crucial during the battles on the Italian Front at the border between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy. This research, which is largely based on archival documents, led to an exhibition including interactive experiments on the physics of sound and a battlefield model. Case studies like this one might be helpful in guiding physics teachers to establish a more active classroom environment
Loss of Snord116 alters cortical neuronal activity in mice: a preclinical investigation of Prader-Willi syndrome.
No full textPrader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by metabolic alteration and sleep abnormalities mostly related to rapid eye movement (REM) sleep disturbances. The disease is caused by genomic imprinting defects that are inherited through the paternal line. Among the genes located in the PWS region on chromosome 15 (15q11-q13), small nucleolar RNA 116 (Snord116) has been previously associated with intrusions of REM sleep into wakefulness in humans and mice. Here, we further explore sleep regulation of PWS by reporting a study with PWScrm+/p- mouse line, which carries a paternal deletion of Snord116. We focused our study on both macrostructural electrophysiological components of sleep, distributed among REMs and nonrapid eye movements. Of note, here, we study a novel electroencephalography (EEG) graphoelements of sleep for mouse studies, the well-known spindles. EEG biomarkers are often linked to the functional properties of cortical neurons and can be instrumental in translational studies. Thus, to better understand specific properties, we isolated and characterized the intrinsic activity of cortical neurons using in vitro microelectrode array. Our results confirm that the loss of Snord116 gene in mice influences specific properties of REM sleep, such as theta rhythms and, for the first time, the organization of REM episodes throughout sleep-wake cycles. Moreover, the analysis of sleep spindles present novel specific phenotype in PWS mice, indicating that a new catalog of sleep biomarkers can be informative in preclinical studies of PWS
Ultra Low Carbon Vehicles: New Parameters for Automotive Design
No full textAs the influence of vehicle emissions on our environment has become better understood, the UK government has recently placed urgent emphasis on the implementation of low carbon
technologies in the automotive industry through: the UK Low Carbon Industrial Strategy. The overall objective is to offer big incentives to consumers and support for the development of infrastructure and engineering solutions. This scheme however does not consider how the development of functional and experiential user value might drive consumer demand, contributing to the adoption of low carbon vehicles (LCVs) in the mass market.
With the emergence of the North East of England as the UK’s first specialised region for the development of ultra-low carbon vehicles (ULCVs), ONE North East, as a development agency for the region's economic and business development, and Northumbria University Ideas-lab have supported a project to facilitate innovation through the collaboration of technology, research and development (R&D) and business. The High Value Low Carbon (HVLC) project aims to envisage
new user value made possible by the integration of low carbon vehicle platforms with new process and network technologies. The HVLC consortium represents vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers as well as technology based companies and through an ongoing process of design concept generation the project offers a hub for innovation led enterprise.
Whilst new technological developments in areas such as power generation, nano materials, hydrogen fuel cells, printed electronics and networked communications will all impact on future automotive design, the mass adoption of low carbon technologies represents a paradigm shift for the motorist. This paper aims to describe how the mapping of new parameters will lead to new transport scenarios that will create the space for new collaborative research on user experiences supported by innovative technologies and related services
Poesia ed esegesi cristiana. Interferenze tra i Vangeli di Matteo e Luca negli Evangeliorum libri di Giovenco
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