37 research outputs found
The Author/Translator Interactional Process. A Case Study
No full textSee Naples and Kill (1988) is a lively and colourful novel by the con-temporary English writer, Gregory Dowling, translated into Italian in 2015.
Following the tradition of translation studies (Venuti 2000, Bass-nett 2002, Cronin 2006), this paper analyses the rewriting process of literary translation, considering in particular the fruitful but sometimes tense and even conflictual relationship between writer and translator.
The translation of the novel See Naples and Kill was an ongoing rewriting process entailing a constant dialogue between the writer and the translator. Therefore, the study aims at answering two main ques-tions: what happens if the rewriting process of translation is constant-ly questioned by the author? What happens if the author has a good mastery of the target language and s/he is her/himself a translator?
By exploring the relationship between translation and re-creation, the research focuses on the differences and similarities between the primary creation (source text) and the secondary creation (target text), and aims to verify in which way the dialogic encounter of two different personalities and cultures does not make them merge but, by retaining their own uniqueness, leads eventually to their mutually en-riching each other. A comparative analysis of the source text and the different drafts of the translated version accompanied by the author’s comments will shed light on the tense author-translator relationship in the specific case under investigation and how both actors handle this tension in order to create a new work resulting from the (dis)agreement of the two parties
The clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 positive neonates
No full textThe COVID-19 pneumonia was firstly reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease had a rapid spread all over the word becoming an international public health emergency. Limited data were available on COVID-19 positive neonates. We reviewed relevant literature to understand the clinical course of disease and transmission routes in affected neonates. The aim of the study was evaluating the clinical course and prognosis of SARS-CoV-2 positive neonates. Based on current literature, the hypothesis of vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2, though conceivable, remains unproven. A research conducted on PubMed database from December 2019 to April 27, 2020 revealed that were reported 25 neonates affected by SARS-CoV-2. Main symptoms were fever, cough, or shortness of breath but often these neonates did not show other symptoms during length stay in hospital. No deaths occurred
Ethical identity, social image, and sustainable fashion: Still an impossible deal? A sociopsychological framework of ethical consumers’ attitude-behavior gaps
No full textPurpose: This paper aims to propose a multilevel framework of fashion consumer ethics that unpacks how ethical consumers publicly express their identity through sustainable fashion (SF). The author explores SF’s cognitive, relational and contextual dynamics, highlighting how attitude–behavior (A-B) gaps might impede consumers’ ethical identity and social image alignment. Design/methodology/approach: The framework theoretically reconstructs fashion consumer ethics by integrating social intuitionism, social representation theory and the public sphere. This theorizing process sheds light on fragmented attempts found in previous research to understand how ethical consumers express their self-identity and socially represent their image through SF, avoiding A-B gaps. Findings: The theoretical propositions suggest how ethical consumers’ self-concept is expressed at the cognitive level, leading to ethical commitment toward self-associated fashion brands; social image is manifested at the relational level, giving rise to consumers’ ethical engagement in SF; and ethical consumers’ self-verify their identity-image alignment in the public sphere, thus addressing A-B issues. Originality/value: The sociopsychological approach suggests a novel understanding of ethical consumers’ individual and social representation through SF consumption. The framework interprets SF as an “aesthetic of existence,” co-constructed collectively and symbolically expressed publicly. As a result, the proposed model combines different theories to introduce new causal mechanisms and constructs of ethical consumers’ cognition, sociological relations and public spheres
A Woman’s Voice in Economics: The Dialogic Nature of Vernon Lee’s Writing
No full textVernon Lee, a well-known cosmopolitan intellectual and prolific author, reviewed Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Women and Economics for The North American Review in 1902 in order to inform and stimulate ‘Anglo-Saxon readers’ to read Gilman’s book. “I believe that ‘Women and Economics’ ought to open the eyes and, I think, also the hearts, of other readers, because it has opened my own to the real importance of what is known as the Woman Question” (Lee 1902: 71). Writing is for Vernon Lee not a monologue but a form of conversation with her readers, who are taken into great consideration. Following the tradition of Discourse Analysis, this study will identify the linguistic features typical of spoken face-to-face interaction that occur in her review. By focusing on stance and engagement (Hyland 2005), I will verify the ways in which the author constantly exploits conversational linguistic resources such as hedges, questions, directives, personal pronouns, in order to interact with her readers. Moreover, by bringing to light intertextual and interdiscursive elements, the analysis will show how Vernon Lee converses with Charlotte Perkins Gilman, also giving birth to a metaphorical cross-cultural dialogue. Finally, the study will investigate whether the dialogic nature of the review becomes an instrument of political propaganda to support and spread Lee’s ‘radical’ ideas and publicise her views as widely as possible
Transizioni d’immagini e architetture al tempo dell’IA. Modelli semantici in cerca di autore / Transitions of Images and Architectures in the Time of AI. Semantic Models in Search of an Author.
No full textLa ricerca presentata è l’ultimo esito di un lungo percorso di studio (tuttora in corso) incentrato sull’elaborazione del ruolo rappresentativo e conformativo [Unali 2018] del disegno per il ‘Modello Semantico’ in architettura e nel design [Unali, Caffio 2023], qui attualizzato rispetto alle più recenti innovazioni tecnoculturali introdotte soprattutto dal concetto di Intelligenza Artificiale, con le conseguenti progettualità interdisciplinari.
La ricerca è stata strutturata in due fasi elaborative, qui sintetizzate in tre capitoli.
Nella prima fase – ‘Rilevamento dello stato dell’arte’ – dopo aver studiato i principali antefatti e riferimenti concettuali e visivi che l’argomento attinge dalla storia della rappresentazione (e non solo), sono state catalogate e classificate alcune fra le molteplici progettualità elaborate sul tema da architetti, designer e artisti, evidenziando semantiche, metodi e tecniche di elaborazione.
Nella seconda fase della ricerca – ‘Sperimentazioni’ –, dopo delle prime prove applicative
prevalentemente di ordine estetico (modelli semantici) e tecnologico (metodi e tecniche)
– alimentate soprattutto dalle conoscenze acquisite nella precedente fase –, sono state predisposte delle progettualità tematiche rispetto a una struttura più matura che, fra ricerca e didattica, ci ha consentito di elaborare consapevoli ‘transizioni’ di immagini e spazi attraverso tecnologie riferibili in generale all’IA, affrontando così i vari aspetti aperti dall’argomento.
Autori: il contributo è stato articolato rispetto a tre ambiti tematici, ognuno trattato individualmente da un autore.
Il primo tema, ‘Modelli semantici in cerca di autore, fra Soft Machine e Hard Machine’ è stato elaborato da Maurizio Unali, e introduce alcuni aspetti fondativi inerenti la struttura dell’intera ricerca, analizzando i principali risultati raggiunti e evidenziando alcuni possibili sviluppi.
Il secondo tema, ‘Dal riconoscimento di immagini al text-to-image fino text-to-3D’ è stato elaborato da Giovanni Caffio, e partendo da un excursus sullo sviluppo delle tecnologie computazionali arriva poi ad evidenziare alcune fra le più interessanti progettualità elaborate nell’ambito dei rapporti fra la rappresentazione architettonica e IA.
Infine, il contributo di Fabio Zollo, dal titolo ‘Metodi e tecniche di elaborazione: exempla’, illustra le principali tecnoculture utilizzate per elaborare le immagini e gli spazi realizzati nel corso della ricerca
L’humour fellaguien comme lieu d’inventivité lexicale francophone
No full textIn this contribution, we analyse the lexical inventiveness of Mohamed Saïd Fellag, a Kabyle-speaking Algerian comedian and humorist, with the aim of reporting on the morpho-lexical creation processes involved and characterising the contexts in which these new lexies appear. In a logic of testimony and experiential narrative, both individual and collective, he forges a theatre-constat in which neology with a humorous and playful aim occupies a cathartic place. We will first present the author, the corpus compiled ad hoc and the theoretical and methodological framework adopted for its treatment. We will then attempt to explain the reasons that motivate, in our opinion, the flowering of Fellagian neologisms, paying particular attention to the morpho-lexical production processes and their functions in the discourse
The timing of 40% oral dextrose gel administration after birth does not influence the incidence of hypoglycemia in at-risk infants
No full textBackground: Hypoglycemia is the most common metabolic disorder seen in newborns and can cause long-term neurological damage, developmental disorders and poor later school performance. In recent years, the use of oral dextrose gel is widely used as a first-line treatment for prevention of asymptomatic neonatal hypoglycemia. Primary aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of oral administration of 40 % dextrose gel at 30 or 60 min of life on the incidence of hypoglycemia in at-risk infants born by vaginal or cesarean delivery in the first 48 h of life. Secondary aim was to evaluate if the oral administration of 40 % dextrose gel can decrease the use of formula milk. Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted at the Buon Consiglio Fatebenefratelli Hospital. Newborns birth by vaginal or Caesarean section and that assumed 40 % dextrose gel at 30 or 60 min after birth were respectively divided in 4 groups (Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D). Glycemic monitoring was then carried out with serial measurements at 2, 4, 6, 12 and 48 h of life. Results: No statistically significant differences were found in the reduction of the incidence of hypoglycemia with respect to the timing of administration of the dextrose gel (χ2(3)=0,450; p = 0,930). The use of formula milk was higher in newborns born by Caesarean section that assumed dextrose gel at 30 min of life than other groups (χ2(3)=11,616; p = 0,009; OR (95 %CI)= 3,033 (1,286–7,153). Conclusions: The use of 40 % oral dextrose gel is a useful strategy for the prevention of hypoglycemia especially in infants at risk, independently to mode of delivery. Timing of administration of dextrose gel did not have effect on the incidence of hypoglycemia among groups. Newborns born by Caesarean section and that assumed 40 % oral dextrose gel at 30 min of life assume more formula milk compared to other groups
Towards a Virtual Museum of Ephemeral Architecture: Methods, Techniques and Semantic Models for a Post-digital Metaverse / Verso un museo virtuale dell’architettura effimera: metodi, tecniche e modelli semantici per un metaverso post-digitale
No full textPresentiamo gli ultimi esiti di una sperimentazione, fra ricerca e didattica, sul tema del Virtual Museum (VM), riflettendo sul flusso di lavoro e sui modelli semantici utilizzati per la realizzazione del suo Metaverso, nella consapevolezza delle potenzialità oggi offerte dalle tecnoculture post-digitali.
Sin dagli esordi negli anni 80’, l’idea interdisciplinare di VM, seguendo le conquiste tecnologiche dei tempi, esplora molteplici dimensioni confor-mative dello spazio digitale, sperimentando vari sistemi di visualizzazione e diverse forme di interazione, sia online, sia offline. Dall’ormai storico Virtual Museum commissionato dalla Guggenheim Foundation nel ‘99 al-lo studio Asymptote Architecture (Hani Rashid & Lise Anne Couture), al grande tema della conservazione ed esposizione del patrimonio digitale (cfr. la Carta per la conservazione del patrimonio digitale dell'UNESCO del 2003) – ricordiamo, ad es., la mostra Archaeology of the Digital, curata da Greg Lynn nel 2013 per il Canadian Centre for Architecture di Montréal –, fino all’odierna proposta del Virtual Museum NFTism dello studio Zaha Hadid Architects, emerge un’affascinante avventura delle idee che soprat-tutto nella rappresentazione trova le ragioni del suo essere spazio abitabile.
The essay summarises the latest results of an experiment, between research and didactics, on the general theme of the Virtual Museum (VM) in architecture and design (Fig. 1), explaining the workflow used and the semantic models elaborated for the realisation of a prototype (called VM5), conceived as a thematic metaverse of ephemeral architecture. In order to summarise the main outcomes of the carried out research, the contribution has been articulated with respect to three main thematic areas addressed in the study, each treated individually by one author. The first theme— Sect. 2. The State of the Art Survey: Conceptual Map, Timeline—was elaborated by Giovanni Caffio, and summarises the project and the contents of the conceptual map and timeline realised, where the most significant works were classified, also attempting to highlight the different types of application and use of the VM. In the third part of the experimentation.
The second topic—Sect. 3. The VM Project of Ephemeral Architecture, Between Research and Teaching—was elaborated by Maurizio Unali, and introduces some of the foundational aspects inherent to the structure of the entire research, summarising the design contents that nourished the realisation of the VM5 prototype, both in compositional terms and with respect to the type of fruition experience. The main results achieved are also analysed and some possible developments are highlighted— Sect. 4. The Processing of the Workflow to Realise the VM5 Prototype, here written by Fabio Zollo, the methods and techniques (workflow) used to realise the VM5 project were defined, a graduation theme of the same author, elaborated within the five-year degree thesis workshop in Architecture (a. a. 2021/22), coordinated by Professors G. Caffio and M. Unali, of the Department of Architecture of the University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara (Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7)
Use of small earthquake records to determine the source time functions of larger earthquakes: an alternative method and an application
No full textSmall earthquake records are increasingly being used as empirical Green's functions to estimate the source time functions (STFs) of large earthquakes. This is generally accomplished in the frequency domain by computing the ratio of the large to the small event spectrum and then transforming it back to the time domain. This study proposes an alternative method in which a large-event STF is approximated by a series of pseudotriangular pulses whose parameters are determined by a nonlinear frequency-domain inversion, involving the spectrum of the large and the small events. The method allows a "positivity' constraint to be imposed on the STF. The misfit between the observed and computed large-event seismograms is measured in the frequency domain over the range of frequency in which the data are reliable. -from Author
Colloquial English in Esther Piozzi’s 'Parlour Window'
No full textPragmatics and sociolinguistics offer a systematic analysis of human interactions produced in talkative everyday situations, identifying purpose and context of the users. Deductive hypothesis on how the spoken code may once have been in Early/Late Modern English, have been provided by historical linguists (Salmon 1965) who, in recent studies (Culpeper / Kytö 2010), on the basis of Corpus Linguistics, have carried out a comparative, diachronical analysis. Traditional language models are based on writing, but it is speech in its social context that mainly represents the language, even the language of the past. “Speech-related written genres” like dialogues, trials, plays (Culpeper / Kytö 2010: 2) seem to be a good representation of spoken face-to-face interactions. Hester Lynch Piozzi’s British Synonymy or An attempt at regulating the choice of words in familiar conversation, a work in two volumes published in 1794, is organized as a dictionary, but, in fact, it is a pretext for telling anecdotes and personal thoughts in a conversational style. This article, meant to be a descriptive contribution on Piozzi’s work, is divided in two parts: the first is a brief overview of the transcription of the oral code tradition in English culture based on the usage and custom more than norms and rules. In the second part, through the richly commented definitions of words Piozzi gives, from a discourse analysis perspective we try to detect the pragmatic function of some typical features of conversational style and concentrate on some rhetorical strategies employed by the author to create proximity with her reader
