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Francesca da Rimini: cantata for soprano, bass, chorus and orchestra; text by Dante Alighieri. Full score
No full textPrima edizione delle cantata di Ponchielli - First edition of Ponchielli's cantata. First edition by Henry Howey, Introduction by Licia Sirch, Revision by Marco Pace, Critical remarks by Pietro Zappala
Pietro Verri’s Contribution to the Economic Theory of the 18th Century: Commercial Society, Civil Society and Governance of the Economy
No full text'Count Pietro Verri (1728-97) - Schumpeter writes (History, p. 178) - - would have to be included in any list of the greatest economists'. Within the Milanese school, he certainly stands out, alongside with Cesare Beccaria, during one of the most interesting periods from a history of analysis point of view. Luigi Cossa's famous introduction to the study of political economy rates Pietro Verri to be inferior to Beccaria in ingenuity and scientific cultivation, but greatly to be ahead of him as an economist.1 This judgement by Cossa, in particular, seems to echo the relative position of the two men in the history of ideas, particularly after Beccaria's rise to fame with a book - On crimes and punishments - which had in fact been largely inspired by Verri himself and defended by him.2 It is proposed in the present paper to revisit some of the basic tenets of Pietro Verri's political economy, with more in view than dwell on specific intuitions and theorems: namely relate those to Verri's own - quite original - conception of the economy. The scholarly work of Pietro Verri - with a special reference to his Meditazioni sulla economia politica of 1771 - provides the first systematic contribution stemming from the quarters of Lombard enlightenment in the field of political economy, especially so if one considers that Cesare Beccaria's parallel work - namely his Elementi di economia pubblica, conceived and drafted at the same time as Verri's Meditazioni - would only be published posthumously several years later. From the vantage point afforded by Verri's political economy, we gain a considerably attractive view of the most significant elements and characteristic concepts of Lombard enlightenment during the latter half of the 18th century; Verri, moreover, as we shall see, builds on a number of them in a new and original way. This paper is aimed at discussing Verri's political economy mainly along two distinct, but related, lines. In the first place the conception of commercial society is considered such as it is treated by the author particularly in his Meditazioni. In this perspective the analysis of such issues as competition and the market or money and taxation occupy a central place. Secondly it will be necessary to emphasise that Verri's approach has little to do either with forms of pure economics on one side - largely yet to be born throughout the 18th century - or, on the other side, with such conceptions of the polis - contrariwise well alive among his own contemporaries - as are founded on a sovereign authority conceived to be situated above the law. What Verri's political economy ultimately amounts to is an economic conception of civil society. The latter has natural strong connections with his own fact-mindedness - emphasised by Schumpeter - as well as with his deep practical involvement in administrative affairs and in the reforming process taking place during the latter half of the 18th century in Milan. In our view, a thorough investigation along the mentioned lines is the precondition for an understanding of the intellectual stature and of the scholarly contribution of Pietro Verri. His main ground is distinctly analytical and only by appreciating his analysis is it possible to shed light on the meaning and intellectual significance also of his practical contributions. Moreover Verri's pronouncements on the criticism of despotic government, the relevance of intermediate powers or bodies and on multiple levels of governance will be examined in a new and original light, showing how close they are to the gist of his analysis.
About twin primes and distribution of primes
No full textThis paper give us a demonstration of twin primes conjecture using approximation of function �(iupsilon) that we introduce in section 6. Section 1-5 give us introduction to terminology and a clarification on (iupsilon) terms. In particular section
5 is really important because of its Lemma. Section 7 reassume foregoing explanations and it give us two theorems and one corollary;the theorem 7.2 give us exact approximation of twin primes counting function
La chiesa e il monastero di San Pietro in Montorio. Architettura e storia
No full textNonostante l’interesse storico architettonico, il monastero di San Pietro in Montorio non è stato oggetto di approfondimenti monografici. Sulla base del confronto tra le fonti documentarie, il rilievo attuale, l’osservazione diretta e alcuni sondaggi appositamente eseguiti con impiego di nuove tecnologie, l’autrice ricostruisce la consistenza del monastero e della chiesa rinnovati da Amedeo Menez de Silva (1472-1482) e ne considera gli sviluppi sino a oggi, con particolare attenzione alla realizzazione dei due chiostri.Despite its architectural appeal, no monographic study has been devoted to the monastery of San Pietro in Montorio. By comparing documented sources with present-day surveys of the building, direct observation data and probes conducted with modern technologies, the author retraces the configuration of both monastery and church the time they were restored by Amedeo Menez de Silva (1472-1482) and examines its further development to date, focusing in particular on the construction of the two cloisters
Open-source automated external defibrillator
No full textThe Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a medical device that analyzes a patient’s electrocardiogram in order to establish whether he/she is suffering from the fatal condition of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA), and subsequently allows the release of a therapeutic dose of electrical energy (i.e. defibrillation). SCA is responsible for over 300,000 deaths per year both in Europe and in USA, and immediate clinical assistance through defibrillation is fundamental for recovery. In this context, an open-source approach can easily lead in improvements to the distribution and efficiency of AEDs. The proposed Open-Source AED (OAED) is composed of two separate electric boards: a high voltage board (HV-B), which contains the circuitry required to perform defibrillation and a control board (C-B), which detects SCA in the patient and controls the HV-B. Computer simulations and preliminary tests show that the OAED can release a 200 J biphasic defibrillation in about 12 s and detects SCA with sensitivity higher than 90% and specificity of about 99%. The OAED was also conceived as a template and teaching tool in the framework of UBORA, a platform for design and sharing medical devices compliant to international standards
Co-design open-source medical devices: how to minimize the human error using UBORA e-infrastructure*
No full textIn the complex context of the medical device industry and healthcare systems, the reduction in cost may increase access to medical technologies moving towards global health equity. This paper is focused on the description of UBORA, an e-infrastructure based on a new concept of biomedical engineering which promotes the open-source approach for co-designing medical devices, fostering innovative ideas, needs-based, low-cost and safe technology. UBORA structures the entire design process using EN ISO 13485:2016, standard related to medical technology for inspiration. As a proof of concept, this paper shows an example of the development of an open source medical device for hand rehabilitation, designed using UBORA. We demonstrate the straightforward pathway to gather information on safety requirements. Finally, we describe a usability test of the e-infrastructure performed during the 4 th WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices in India
“Introduction”
No full textWriting Our Way Home is an important contribution to
literary studies. “Italian-Canadian writers are not just
Canadian writers, but world writers,” states literary critic
Elena Lamberti in the introduction to Writing Our Way
Home. “They write from Canada with an original point of
view on multiple (hybrid) identities and have something to
tell the whole world ...” A unique volume of creative and
critical texts, Writing Our Way Home features contributors
from Canada, Italy and the United States: Annalisa
Bonomo, John Calabro, Michele Campanini, Licia
Canton, Maria Giuseppina Cesari, Pietro Corsi, Domenic
Cusmano, Marisa De Franceschi, Mike Dell’Aquila,
Alberto Mario DeLogu, Delia De Santis, Gil Fagiani, Nino
Famà, Venera Fazio, Frank Giorno, Gabriella Iacobucci,
Elena Lamberti, Maria Lisella, Ernesto Livorni, Darlene
Madott, Michael Mirolla, Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni,
Linda Morra, Oriana Palusci, Gianna Patriarca, Maria
Cristina Seccia, Maria Tognan, Osvaldo Zappa, Jim
Zucchero
Memorie di ricerche antiquarie nella tenuta della «Sepoltura di Nerone» (1780-1796) tratte dall'archivio del Capitolo Vaticano
No full textViene posta in risalto l'importanza, sul piano documentario (con specifico riferimento alla scienza antiquaria), dell'archivio del Capitolo di S. Pietro, veneranda istituzione, titolare, per secoli, di un vastissimo comprensorio della Campagna Romana. Nel caso della tenuta della Sepoltura di Nerone, la preziosa documentazione archivistica ha contribuito ad un migliore inquadramento delle esplorazioni archeologiche tardo-settecentesche nell'area, fornendo inediti ragguagli in merito alle campagne di scavo, susseguitesi nel periodo 1780-1783 nonché dando notizia di ulteriori (mal conosciuti) interventi in locoThe importance, on the documentary level is shown (with specific reference to antiquarian science), of the archive of the Chapter of St. Peter's, venerable institution, owner, for centuries, of a vast area of the Roman Campagna. In the case of Nero's Sepultura estate, the precious archival documentation contributed to a better classification of the late eighteenth-century archaeological explorations in the area, providing unpublished information on the excavation campaigns, which took place during the period 1780-1783, as well as giving news about further on-site interventions (ill-known
I ballabili per banda di Amilcare Ponchielli
No full textDopo aver richiamato l'importanza della banda per la diffusione della musica nell'Ottocento, soprattutto presso i ceto sociali meno abbienti, viene presa in considerazione la consistenza della produzione ponchielliana per banda - tuttora soggetta a censimento - e, in particolare per i ballabili, vengono discussi problemi di datazione. I risultati dell'indagine, per quanto provvisori, dimostrano l'attenzione di Ponchielli al repertorio più recente e diffuso in Europa e la sua azione per offrire alla piazza cremonese le musiche in voga. Il successivo esame delle musiche rileva come, pur all'interno di un genere naturalmente predisposto ad una certa schematicità e ripetitività, una ricca vena melodica e una scrittura che comunque richiede doti esecutive non comuni ai bandisti. In chiusura, una sintesi delle situazioni in cui i ballabili venivano impiegati - con esclusione dei ballabili inseriti nelle opere liriche, e un censimento aggiornato della produzione ponchielliana
A tradução como experiência e reflexão no Epistolario e no Zibaldone di Pensieri de Giacomo Leopardi
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Tradução, Florianópolis, 2012Esta dissertação analisa as reflexões sobre tradução de Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) presentes no Epistolario (1807-1837) e no Zibaldone di Pensieri (1817-1832), no período de 1817 a 1832 por meio de um estudo comparativo. O primeiro capítulo traz uma breve contextualização do cenário histórico-literário do século XIX, que evidencia os acontecimentos que geraram o intenso debate entre Classicistas e Românticos, e contempla o percurso do autor de Recanati nessa discussão. O segundo capítulo aborda o Epistolario e o Zibaldone, à luz dos gêneros literários, e evidencia a importância deles no conjunto da obra do autor de Recanati. O terceiro capítulo apresenta uma análise dos principais aspectos sobre tradução discutidos pelo autor italiano, dos quais destacam-se: a tradução como exercício para se tornar um importante escritor; a importância da retradução dos Clássicos; a questão da (in)intraduzibilidade; a fidelidade ao original e a questão da língua no que diz respeito ao estilo, ao caráter e à adaptabilidade na tradução.Abstract : This dissertation analyzes the reflections on translation by Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) found in Epistolario (1807-1837) and Zibaldone di Pensieri (1817-1832), within the period from 1817 to 1832 through a comparative study. The first chapter presents a brief contextualization of the 19th century historical and literary scenery, that highlight the events which generated the intense debate between Classicists and Romantics, and it thinks over the path of Recanati#s author in this discussion. The second chapter approaches Epistolario and Zibaldone, under the light of literary genres, and highlight their importance within the entire work of Recanati#s author. The third chapter presents an analysis of the main aspects on translation discussed by the Italian author, which include: the translation as an exercise to become a good writer, the importance of retranslation of the Classics, the issue of (in)translatability; fidelity and the question of the original language with regard to style, the character and adaptability in translation
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