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Fortuna, ex Ems
No full textEms, named after a river in Germany, was part of the James Nourse fleet and engaged in the immigrant traffic and Indian contract labor trade in the UK’s colonies. In addition, Ems carried cargo and recorded some quick passages. I read somewhere that Ems was a sister ship to the White Star training ship Mersey. The Tonsberg Whaling Company, a Norwegian whaling concern, purchased Ems in 1909. Sold again in 1912 to another Norwegian whaling concern, Ems shortly changed hands in 1916 to Argentine owners, who renamed the ship Fortuna. The Fortuna sailed between South Georgia and Europe. These photographs are all of Ems as Fortuna and were taken between 1916 and 1927. In 1927, Fortuna caught fire tragically losing five of its Norwegian crew (though Argentine, the ship regularly shipped a Norwegian crew and master).
Fortuna ex Ems was a good-looking ship and I have expressed my prejudice in favor of Connell’s ships elsewhere. Photograph79a reveals a small charthouse on the poop which when viewed in photograph 79b reveals a binnacle perched atop the charthouse. Unusually, Fortuna has dark-painted cabins which do not show up well in the photographs. Instead, there are low skids for ship’s boats, and some construction between the main and mizzen. Whether this arrangement was original to Ems or an alteration later I cannot say.Ship Name:Fortuna ex Ems; Sailed: 1893-1927; Type: Iron 3-masted; Built by: Glasgow by Charles Connell & Co.; Dimensions: 270.7' x 39' x 22.5'; Tonnage: 1829 tons
Galeno e le sue traduzioni
Get PDFGaleno, medico greco vissuto a Roma nel II sec. d.C., ha avuto una straordinaria fortuna in diverse lingue, arabo, latino, ebraico. Nell'articolo sono passate in rassegna le numerose traduzioni di Galeno e sono messe a confronto traduzioni latine di diversa epoca e tecnica di traduzione in un passo del De locis affectis, la più importante opera di Galeno sulla diagnosi e patologia
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No full textThe ability of the adult brain to undergo plastic changes is of particular interest in medicine, especially regarding recovery from injuries or improving learning and cognition. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been associated with juvenile experience-dependent primary visual cortex (V1) plasticity, yet little is known about their role in this process in the adult V1. Activation of MMPs is a crucial step facilitating structural changes in a healthy brain; however, upon brain injury, upregulated MMPs promote the spread of a lesion and impair recovery. To clarify these seemingly opposing outcomes of MMP-activation, we examined the effects of MMP-inhibition on experience-induced plasticity in healthy and stoke-affected adult mice. In healthy animals, 7-day application of MMP-inhibitor prevented visual plasticity. Additionally, treatment with MMP-inhibitor once but not twice following stroke rescued plasticity, normally lost under these conditions. Our data imply that an optimal level of MMP-activity is crucial for adult visual plasticity to occur
Premessa a �Padri in divenire di Fortuna Procentese�
No full textPremessa al volume nel quale Fortuna Procentese presenta le ricerche svolte con padri e madri in congedo parentale che stanno sperimentantodo nuove politiche di conciliazione nella cura della prole
Corrigenda and addenda to Diels’ Galenica by Richard J. Durling. III. Manuscripts and editions
No full textL’articolo segnala nuovi manoscritti latini di Galeno rispetto al catalogo del Diels del 1905-7 e ai due articoli di Richard Durling del 1967 e 1981, e nuove edizioni latine di Galeno stampate nel Cinquecento rispetto al censimento di Richard Durling del 1961. L’articolo si basa sul materiale raccolto da Richard Durling in vista della pubblicazione di un volume su Galeno nella serie del Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum, e dopo la sua morte affidato a Stefania Fortuna, ma lo integra e lo passa al vaglio dei cataloghi disponibili
Competitive Balance in Dutch Soccer
Get PDFMost sports are interesting because the outcome of a game cannot be predicted perfectly in advance. Indeed, sometimes sports organizations try to maximize the uncertainty associated with the outcomes of the games by restricting the behaviour of teams and players so as to maximize public interest. The degree of competitiveness in a league is also known as competitive balance. In this paper we propose a simple model analyze the outcome of soccer matches. The parameters of this model are used to assess whether comeptitive balance in Dutch soccer has decreased or increased over time.professional soccer, competitive balance, ordered probit
Influence of linker flexibility on the binding affinity of bidentate binders
No full textThe design of responsive nanosensors typically relies on the availability of probes capable of capturing their target with high affinity and specificity. This can be achieved by coupling two or more binding units through a linker. In this work, we study the dependence on the binder architecture of the binding affinity between a target molecule and a semirigid bidentate binder. Using two different binder architectures, central-rigid and extreme-rigid, and modifying the length and the flexibility degree of the linker we generated 153 different architectures. We computed their dissociation free energies by means of Monte Carlo simulations and thermodynamic integration. We found that central-rigid bidentate binders are a poor choice, as they dissociate more easily than analogous fully flexible bidentate binders. On the other hand, molecular architectures presenting extreme-rigid units were shown effective for a wide range of set-ups
Calvo (Fortuna) interview
No full textSeattle, Washington, United StatesFortuna Calvo was one of the first Sephardic Jews born in Seattle. Her father, Solomon Calvo, emigrated from the island of Marmara in 1902. Fortuna speaks about her family's history and her childhood in Seattle. She and her husband, Shaya, speak about the development of the Sephardic community in Seattle and the Bikur Cholim and Ahavath Achim congregations.
Quality of the audio recording varies throughout interview. Occasional popping noises, low humming, and high-pitched tones occur at various times throughout recording.
Subject timestamps: (0:35) Father's arrival in New York in 1902, decision to travel to Seattle, (2:00) Meeting the Rickles family, having to prove they were Jews, (5:55) Father's travel to Turkey to marry, (7:50) Father's return to America to work, buy house, (8:38) Waiting for wife to come to America, (10:28) Travelers accompanying mother- Esther Levy, Policar family, (11:15) Mother's travel to Seattle in 1907, (12:00) Mother meeting Mrs. Cohen, (13:15) Synagogue on 13th & Washington, attending Hebrew school with teachers Levy and Benezra, (15:50) Move to the Bikur Holim, mother carrying Sefer Torah, (17:48) Arrival of aunt, Sultana Calvo, to United States, marriage to Solomon Funis, (19:00) Locations of childhood homes, (21:05) Uncle picked up by English submarine after WWI, (22:35) Shaya watching bandits loot in Marmara as a child, (26:32) Attending Pacific School, Rainier School, family attending Garfield High, (27:28) Social events, baking and playing games, (28:14) Mr. Barlia announcing engagements and weddings, (29:08) Mother hosting visiting Rabbis, Rabbi Nahum, (31:39) Location and description of Marmara, (32:22) Father's general store, (33:09) Mother and father's childhood in Marmara, (34:43) Greek schools, speaking Greek and Turkish, (35:47) Arranged marriages, marriage to cousin Shaya in Vancouver, (37:51) Reasons for marriage between cousins. (38:40) Purchase of Bikur Cholim from Ashkenazim, (39:32) Breaking away from Bikur Cholim, establishment of Ahavath Achim, (41:34) Rejoining of Bikur Cholim and Ahavath Achim in 1932, (42:36) Ahavath Achim as social club, (43:55) Rabbi Azose, Rabbi Maimon, (44:54) Shaya's business, Waterfront Fish Company, (45:36) Giving business to Pacific Fish Company, (46:29) Father's visit to Marmara in 1958, difficulties in returning to Turkey, (48:49) Father's feelings about visiting his old store, (50:51) Movement of Jews out of Marmara, reasons for leaving, (51:45) Development of Sephardic community in Seattle, (52:52) Relationship between Ashkenazim and Sephardic communities, (54:46) Attending Hebrew School, teacher Mr. Behar, (55:33) Names of siblings, family's Hebrew education, (56:50) Description of boat outings with family, group picnics, (58:44) Father's many Greek friends, (59:36) Sephardic foods- cookies, bulemas, burekas
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Synchronization in Networks of Mobile Agents
No full textIn this Chapter we study synchronization issues in a system of mobile agents. Agents move as random walkers and interact with neighbouring units. Each agent carries a chaotic oscillator and coupling between oscillators occurs only when agents interact. Consequently, the interaction matrix is time-varying and appropriate synchronization criteria have to be defined
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