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Andrea Bacová
No full textAndrea Bacová focuses on research and teaching in the field of residential architecture. Her work includes systematic research on residential buildings and their urban context. She actively participates in promoting Slovak architecture and is the author of several publications and exhibitions
A refined model for the effective tensile stiffness of Carbon NanoTube fibers
No full textThe paper presents a solid-mechanics based method for the determination of the macroscopic tensile properties of fibers composed of monodispersed Carbon NanoTubes (CNTs), whose length is much lower than the fiber length, arranged in a cross-sectional square lattice. In the longitudinal direction, each CNT is offset, with
respect to the neighboring ones, of a given quantity. The interaction between the CNTs caps is negligible, while the model takes into account the coupling occurring on their lateral surfaces, thanks to van der Waals forces and cross-links, modeled as distributed springs. One of the main improvements with respect to previous studies is that the CNTs are here modeled as deformable elastic bars, with given axial stiffness.
Under the assumption that, due to the periodicity of the CNTs arrangement, each CNT is subjected to the same loading state, it is demonstrated that the axial strain/stress fields are governed by a delayed-advanced differential equation, that is here solved by means of finite difference technique. This allows to evaluate the total axial force on the fiber, and, consequently, its effective tensile stiffness, strongly dependent on the length
of the constituent CNTs, their offset and their axial compliance. Comparisons with literature data confirm the accuracy of the proposed approach
Viewer-, Author-, and Ownership in the Work of Andrea Zittel
No full textAndrea Zittel invites others to collapse the distinctions between artist, viewer, and collaborator by interacting with her usable works. This thesis explores the process of interacting with Zittel\u27s works, and how it affects viewer-, author- and ownership
The Lettere of Andrea Calmo: authorial artifices and historical reality
No full textopenNonostante l’edizione di Vittorio Rossi del 1888, la raccolta di "ingegnosi cheribizzi" e di "fantastiche fantasie" di Andrea Calmo è ancora avvolta da un certo mistero. L’autore, dissimulando la propria identità dietro alla “maschera” dell’umile pescatore veneziano, è stato in grado di offrire uno spaccato della cultura e della società nella Venezia cinquecentesca.
In particolare, è il quarto libro delle Lettere ad aver suscitato maggiore interesse tra gli studiosi ed i lettori: pubblicato nel 1566, a diversi anni di distanza dai primi tre, questo libro si distingue per il fatto che tutte le epistole sono indirizzate a delle donne immaginarie o realmente esistite.
In questa sede si propone, in primo luogo, uno studio della biografia del Calmo accompagnata da un’analisi del contesto storico-culturale della Venezia cinquecentesca; in secondo luogo, invece, viene proposto un commento di alcune lettere dell’ultimo libro dell’opera calmiana, che cerchi di far luce principalmente sull’aspetto linguistico e contenutistico del testo.Despite Vittorio Rossi's 1888 edition, Andrea Calmo's collection of "ingegnosi cheribizzi" and "fantastiche fantasie" is still shrouded in a certain mystery. The author, dissimulating his own identity behind the "mask" of the humble Venetian fisherman, was able to offer a cross-section of culture and society in sixteenth-century Venice.
In particular, it is the fourth book of the Letters that has aroused greater interest among scholars and readers: published in 1566, several years after the first three, this book stands out for the fact that all the epistles are addressed to women imaginary or actually existed.
Here we propose, first of all, a study of Calmo's biography accompanied by an analysis of the historical-cultural context of sixteenth-century Venice; secondly, however, a commentary on some letters from the last book of Calmo's work is proposed, which seeks to shed light mainly on the linguistic and content aspect of the text
Trusted Tales: Creating Authenticity in Literary Representations from Ex-Yugoslavia
No full textThis research deals with questions of authority and authenticity and how they are expressed, constructed, and appropriated within the Anglophone book market. It considers the body of literature written about ex-Yugoslavia since the 1990s Balkan conflicts by exiled writers from the region which has entered the international literary canon. Books’ routes from original publishers into English translation are discussed through practices of trust, one of the crucial social devices underpinning their exchange. Within these cross-cultural processes, the role of cultural brokers is crucial. Symbolic and cultural resources are specifically mobilised through their powerful author brands.
By exploring authenticity in the context of book publishing, I further look at how ideas and practices of community are employed and negotiated by writers and those who promote their books. My field is multi-sited and fluid, reflecting how different individual and national positions are enacted and performed through strategies ranging from unconscious dispositions to deliberate intentions. This research thus brings together ideas of the author as an authentic, representative voice together with exile as a position that grants them a new lease of relevancy in the post-socialist context.
Although ex-Yugoslav books occupy a ‘high end’ niche of the UK market, constrained by commercial as well as political, cultural, and institutional forces, in public discourse ideas of the ‘free market’ and ‘free speech’ are mobilised to produce various types of modernisation narratives. The (post)socialist production of literature is perceived as having to ‘evolve’ into a capitalist model: this would allow not only healthy competition and consumer choice but guarantee an individual writer ‘free speech’ as a basic human right. Therefore, the most general question this research raises is what kind of foreign literature gets translated into English, under what socio-cultural conditions and which politics of representation it serves within the project of world literature
Preliminary results on the effects of ionizing radiations on maize contaminated by Aspergillus spp. and by aflatoxin B1.
No full textPreliminary survey on the effects of ionizing radiations on Aspergillus spp. and on aflatoxin B1 contaminating maize grains
No full textThe aim of this research project was to evaluate the effects of ionizing radiations on Aspergillus spp. and on aflatoxin B1 levels
contaminating maize grains. Eight samples of maize were irradiated by ionizing radiations respectively at doses of 3, 5, 7 and 10
kGy. The control samples showed a mean total viable mycetes count of 106 CFU/g and the mean levels of aflatoxin B1, detected by
HPLC/FL, were 1212.8 median 1319 ppb. The effects of γ radiations on Aspergillus spp. produced a dose-dependent decrease in total
moulds count and the appearance of some mutants. The AFB1 contamination was evaluated in samples irradiated at the 10 kGy dose,
the maximum overall average absorbed radiation dose allowed by the European Community Directive. The results showed an
increased AFB1 with mean level of 1975.8 ppb and median 1924.5 ppb.
Key words: HPLC, Aspergillus spp., AFB1, γ rays, maize
Ms. Courtney Chartier, RWWL AUC, August 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Ms. Courtney Chartier. Ms. Chartier talks about her work on the "New Georgia Encyclopedia" and "Online Voter Education Project." Andrea Jackson, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
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