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Manual for CEMS-Rapid Mapping Products
No full textThis Manual provides guidance on the use and interpretation of products delivered by the Rapid Mapping service. Rapid Mapping is a module of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) - one of the six core services of the European Union’s Earth observation programme Copernicus. The JRC is responsible for CEMS and implementing a part of it through service contracts with European industry and academia. Rapid Mapping is one of the two modules under CEMS’ Mapping component, which delivers on-demand geospatial information derived from remote sensing data to support emergencies that require an immediate response. Rapid Mapping in particular provides in rush mode (24/7) geospatial information on the impact of a selected disaster anywhere in the world from optical and radar satellite images (typically at resolutions <10m). It can be directly triggered by the so-called authorised users in the European Member States and other countries participating in the European Civil Protection Mechanism (one authorised user per country, typically the civil protection authority) through DG ECHO’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre in Brussels. Not authorised users can activate the service through an authorised user.
This manual is the reference document to which any user should refer for handling Rapid Mapping products. The product delivery package of Rapid Mapping contains a series of ready-to-print maps and a vector data package. This manual gives a detailed overview of the product characteristics, describing hence the ready-to-print maps and the vector data package.
The document is an updated and extended version of the “Product User Manual of Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping” (Dorati et al., 2018) and reflects changes which were introduced in the product portfolio in April 2019. The initial version was extended to increase transparency and usability of the products. Added were sections on e.g. ready-to-print maps, quality control, product releases. The content of this manual is also available online at https://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/ems/online-manual-rapid-mapping-products. This technical report reflects the status as of 31 August 2020. The online manual is updated regularly whenever minor revisions are made. New versions of this technical report will be issued only in case there are major changes to the portfolio.JRC.E.1 - Disaster Risk Managemen
In Sarbiewski's Circle − Albert Ines' Lyric Poetry
No full textAlbert Ines is discussed here as the author of the lyrical poem Lyricorum centuriae (Gdańsk 1655). In the collection there are many religious poems, especially ones taking up Virgin Mary as their subject matter, and hence Ines is described as vates Marianus. Ines' religious poems are bound by a double convention: that of the use of biblical and ancient metaphors; they are also even ”garrulous” because of motives of praise accumulated in a litany-style manner. His reflective poems are more interesting; they are a kind of intellectual-lyric poetry abouding in clever sayings, pointed antitheses, etc. Ines imitates Sarbiewski but being consistent with the rule ”imitari non expilare” he limits himself to only two ”parodies”; and even they are not very typical. The fact that Ines imitates Sarbiewski is also seen in taking up the same subjects in his poems. This similarity is sometimes rather faint so its significance for our interpretation will be limited
The Story of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
No full textabstract: The story of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is one of a woman who defied the odds of her time. Sor Juana was a nun born in the 1600's in Mexico. From an early start, she had an endless passion for knowledge and always strove to learn as much as she could. She went on to become a nun at the Convent of Santa Paula and used her intellect to advocate for women's rights. Though met with opposition, she wrote many poems, letters, and even plays which included her strong push for women's equality. However, the name Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is almost never mentioned in popular feminist discourse, despite Sor Juana being credited as one of the first feminist authors. This paper works to not only tell the story of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz in detail, but also works to answer the question, "Why do people not know about Sor Juana". By diving into the origins of the Feminist movement in the United States, the dark underbelly of Feminism is uncovered. Primarily, the topic of how racism in feminism has plague the civil rights movement, what damage has been done to people of color because of feminism's history, and how does that pertain to modern day feminism and Sor Juana. By telling her story through both written and visual aids, the voice of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is no longer silenced but free to tell her tale and move a generation
Conflict Risk Indicators: Significance and Data Management in the Global Conflict Risk Index
No full textThis technical report presents the composite model of the Global Conflict Risk Index, used to give an insight into the contributing factors of conflict at country level. This release features the data sources, the characteristics of the data, the model computing it, and the results, with the objective of improving the documentation on the variables and on the composite model.
A reliable data management system is presented, which combines the data from various sources and imputes missing data. Specific statistical methods (numerical classification, imputation, linear and log rescaling and arithmetic mean) are then used so as to obtain the final index score for each country, integrated in country profiles.
While the focus is on presenting the current composite model, as well as the optimization effort which took place during the course of 2017, the present report also touches on the potential for improvements with regard to specific aspects of the model input and execution.
This document focuses on the variables included in the GCRI and their influences on the composite model. For details regarding the theoretical framework, please see the previous scientific reports, doi 10.2788/184 and doi 10.2788/705817.JRC.E.1 - Disaster Risk Managemen
The Encounter between the West and the Arab World in the Age of Nahdah (Renaissance). The Translation Movement in the Arab Literary Reviews
No full textIn quest'articolo si riflette sul ruolo giocato dalla riviste letterarie arabe nella diffusione della conoscenza della cultura occidentale. Il movimento di traduzione avviato durante la Nahda (la Rinascita) in Egitto e nella Grande Siria condusse a cambiamenti sostanziali dei canoni estetici, ma suscitò anche un movimento di forte opposizione da parte dei conservatori
Dall’esclusione all’inclusione. Questioni e possibili itinerari di vita per le persone con impairment intellettivo
No full textThe aim of this paper is continuing to think about the issues relating to inclusion, because of aseries of reasons that will be illustrated by the author. The same concept of inclusion needs tobe disambiguated, in order to act a transformative process that is necessary for the whole societyfor becoming welcoming to all. Exactly as happened in the seventies of the twentieth century,we think that the educational institution is a privileged place for the encounter with the other(and, therefore, capable of triggering the inclusive process). In order to remove the stigmawhichstill is around disability, it is important to promote as much as possible such socialization opportunities.With respect to disability (as will emerge from this paper), it should be reiterated that it is a sociohistorical-cultural construct and, therefore, that it varies with the changing of practices linked toit. In this regard, turning our gaze towards adult life (and towards the institutional practices implementedso far), we think is important to continue to problematize the housing conditions of thosewho have intellectual impairment, in order to imagine solutions which could be different fromthose acted up to now. If implemented, these solutions would allow the identity developmentof the people involved (changing the same meaning of disability)
Growth, genes, genomes: iInsights into microbial respiration of arsenic and selenium
No full textArsenic (As) and selenium (Se) are naturally occurring metalloids in the Earth’s crust. Their speciation is governed by the microbial communities in various environments which influences their mobility among the soil, water, and air interface. Microorganisms can utilize As and Se oxyanion as terminal electron acceptors in dissimilatory reduction. These organisms are ubiquitous and phylogenetically diverse. The objectives of the studies in this thesis were to gain an understanding of the metabolism of As and Se respiring bacteria, analyze the genes encoding enzymes involved in respiration and understand how these enzymes are regulated in the presence of various electron acceptors. We were able to isolate two novel As and Se respiring bacteria from different environments; from a wastewater treatment facility in Verona, NJ and an estuarine canal from Chennai, India. Based on 16S rRNA gene analysis, strain S4 was classified as a novel genus and species, Selenovibrio woodruffi and strain S5 as a novel species, Desulfurispirillum indicum. We analyzed the genome of D. indicum and examined the expression of putative reductases to further understand respiratory metabolism of As and Se oxyanions. Five molybdoenzyme genes were identified in the genome of strain S5, three of which we were annotated to encode for a respiratory arsenate reductase arr, periplasmic nitrate reductase nar, and respiratory nitrate reductase nap. Also, an arsenate resistance system, ars, was identified. We were not able to positively identify a selenate reductase gene. Gene expression studies revealed that arr was an inducible gene and the only gene highly expressed during arsenate respiration. Growth studies showed that selenate respiration was inhibited by nitrate. Lastly, we also enriched activated sludge samples for tellurium oxyanion respiring bacteria. Thus, we not only added novel, phylogenetically different organisms to the ever-increasing list of As and Se respiring microbes, we also provided insights into the genes and enzymes involved in As and Se respiration and how they are regulated.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Ines Rauschenbac
Ines Adornetti, Buone idee per la mente. I fondamenti cognitivi ed evolutivi della cultura, Cagliari, Cuec Editrice, 2011, pp.144
No full textThe text offers a Critical Review of "Buone idee per la mente. I fondamenti cognitivi ed evolutivi della cultura" by Ines Adornetti. The author critically reflects on the book by considering its methodologies, its arguments, and its relation with other books of the same type and on the same subject.Il testo propone una Lettura Critica del libro "Buone idee per la mente. I fondamenti cognitivi ed evolutivi della cultura" di Ines Adornetti. L'autrice riflette criticamente sul libro considerandone le metodologie, gli argomenti e il nesso con altri libri dello stesso tipo e sullo stesso argomento
MARIONETA KAO SREDSTVO IZRAŽAVANJA
No full textPredstava Fragile naslov je diplomske ispitne predstave studentice Ines Zmazek pod mentorstvom doc. art. Hrvoja Seršića na Umjetničkoj akademiji u Osijeku, na Odsjeku za kazališnu umjetnost, smjer gluma i lutkarstvo. Predstava je nastala u sklopu dvogodišnjeg projekta Zavirimo iza pozornice: pioniri europskog lutkarstva. U ovom diplomskom radu autorica opisuje proces rada na predstavi, iznosi činjenice o lutkarima i njihovim životima, te se bavi marionetom kao sredstvom izražavanja. Na kraju autorica zaključuje da joj je rad na predstavi Fragile uvelike pomogao da istraži stvari koje do sada nije imala priliku istražiti, te da se još više razvije kao lutkarica.The play Fragile is the title of a graduate exam presentation by Ines Zmazek under mentorship of assistant professor of arts Hrvoje Seršić at the Academy of Art in Osijek, at the Department of Theater Art, acting and puppetry. The performance was born as part of the two-year project All Strings Attached: The Pioneers of European Puppetry Behind the Scenes. In this graduate thesis the author describes the process of work on the play, the facts about famous puppeteers and their lives, and deals with the marionette as a means of expression. In the end the author concludes that her work at the Fragile show greatly helped investigate things she has not yet been able to investigate and develop even more as a puppeteer
Moonlit lullaby : on one Marian ode by Albert Ines
No full textThe aim of this paper is to analyze and interpret the ode by Albert Ines, Ad Virginem Matrem. Cynthiam suam. In cuiusdam diei crepusculo (Lyr. 57). First the author cites the original lyrics written in Latin in Alcaic stanzas, and its poetic translation by the author of this paper. Next, the previous reception of the poem is discussed and the motifs analyzed in the context of intellectual history (time and transience, melancholy of twilight) and sensual experiences and its religious symbolism (contemplation of the sky, the moon as a figure of Virgin Mary). The paper points out the strong bond of the poet with Mary treated as a Muse, guide and object of pure, innocent love
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