107 research outputs found
Simulation and Design Considerations of a Dual Layer Plastic Scintillator Intra-Operative Probe for Radiolabelled Tumours
No full text<p>Source code and data for the simulation of a Direction Charged Particle Detector using GATE. There is one example for the simulation of the probe taking into account only the positron physics and another with the optical photons.</p>
Gli estratti poliani di Bartolomeo Ceffoni (Firenze, codice Riccardiano 1036)
No full textThe excerpts from Marco Polo’s book collected by Bartolomeo Ceffoni (Florence, MS Ricc. 1036) ·
Bartolomeo Ceffoni is mainly known as the author of some marginal notes to the ms. Florence, Biblioteca Riccardiana, Ricc. 1036, a copy of Dante’s Commedia transcribed by Bartolomeo di Andrea Mazzoni da Lucca. In this same codex, between 1430 and 1432, Ceffoni also collected and copied a series of different texts, among which seventeen excerpts from the Devisement dou monde of Marco Polo (f. 203rb-204rb) studied for the first time by Luigi Foscolo Benedetto in 1928. This essay offers the first complete edition of these excerpts, together with a commentary aimed to place them in context of the history and reception of Marco Polo’s work
La ricezione medievale del Devisement dou monde (secoli XIV-XV)
No full textLa recente monografia di Christine Gadrat-Ouerfelli, Lire Marco Polo au Moyen Age (Brepols, 2015) si segnala negli studi poliani per la sua ricchezza informativa e per l’originalità dell’impostazione: dopo gli studi di Luigi Foscolo Benedetto (1928) e di Consuelo W. Dutschke (1993), si tratta del primo volume che ambisca a dare conto della totalità della tradizione manoscritta del Devisement dou monde, e ad analizzare la storia della tradizione in termini di ricezione.
L’articolo discute le ipotesi presentate dall’autrice, proponendo una riflessione di carattere metodologico e soffermandosi su alcuni esempi specifici in cui la prospettiva genealogica permette una più efficace mise au point delle dinamiche ricezionali.
The recent monograph by Christine Gadrat-Ouerfelli, Lire Marco Polo au Moyen Age (Brepols, 2015), represents a relevant contribution in Polian studies, due to its informative richness and to the originality of its approach. After the studies provided by Luigi Foscolo Benedetto (1928) and Consuelo W. Dutschke (1993), this is the first work that aims to combine an analysis of the Devisement dou monde manuscript tradition from a reception perspective with an overview of its transmission history during the Middle Ages.
The article discusses the hypotheses presented by the author and proposes a methodological reflection, focusing on some specific examples which show how a genealogical approach allows a more effective mise au point of reception dynamics
Testament strażnika wielkiego litewskiego Samuela Kmicica
No full textTestament Samuela Kmicica jest bardzo cennym źródłem do badania mechanizmów awansu społeczno-majątkowego oficerów średniego szczebla armii litewskiej w drugiej połowie XVII wieku. Jego autor był jednym z ważniejszych współpracowników trzech hetmanów – Pawła Jana Sapiehy, Michała Kazimierza Radziwiłła i Kazimierza Jana Sapiehy. Dokument ten zawiera wiele istotnych informacji na temat powiązań klientalnych i finansowych testatora, znacznie też poszerza stan wiedzy o jego działalności fundacyjnej czy też stosunkach rodzinnych. Samuel Kmicic’s last will and testament is a very valuable source for the study of the mechanisms of social and financial advancement of middle-level officers of the Lithuanian army in the second half of the seventeenth century. Its author was one of the most important associates of three hetmans: Paweł Jan Sapieha, Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł, and Kazimierz Jan Sapieha. The document contains a number of important information about the clientage and financial ties of the testator, and broadens considerably our knowledge of his foundation activities or family relations.Testament Samuela Kmicica jest bardzo cennym źródłem do badania mechanizmów awansu społeczno-majątkowego oficerów średniego szczebla armii litewskiej w drugiej połowie XVII wieku. Jego autor był jednym z ważniejszych współpracowników trzech hetmanów – Pawła Jana Sapiehy, Michała Kazimierza Radziwiłła i Kazimierza Jana Sapiehy. Dokument ten zawiera wiele istotnych informacji na temat powiązań klientalnych i finansowych testatora, znacznie też poszerza stan wiedzy o jego działalności fundacyjnej czy też stosunkach rodzinnych. Samuel Kmicic’s last will and testament is a very valuable source for the study of the mechanisms of social and financial advancement of middle-level officers of the Lithuanian army in the second half of the seventeenth century. Its author was one of the most important associates of three hetmans: Paweł Jan Sapieha, Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł, and Kazimierz Jan Sapieha. The document contains a number of important information about the clientage and financial ties of the testator, and broadens considerably our knowledge of his foundation activities or family relations
Bergson – Beckett – Lotman: semiotyczna analiza opowiadania Samuela Becketta "A Wet Night" z tomu "More Pricks than Kicks"
No full textThe article presents a semiotic analysis of a short story entitled “A Wet Night” from Samuel Beckett’s collection More Pricks Than Kicks. The author attempts to analyse the story using the semiotic tools and the concept of semiosphere proposed by Yuri Lotman. In addition to Lotman’s theory, the discussion refers to traces of Henri Bergson’s philosophy, correlated with Beckett’s interests in this matter and highlighted in “A Wet Night”. The aim is to show that both Lotman’s and Bergson’s theories find their application in the selected story.Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza semiotyczna opowiadania „A Wet Night” autorstwa Samuela Becketta, które można znaleźć w zbiorze More Pricks Than Kicks. Autor artykułu podejmuje próbę analizy semiotycznej wyżej wymienionego opowiadania, opierając się na koncepcji semiotyka Jurija Lotmana, który zaproponował teorię semiosfery oraz systemów modelujących. Ponadto autor zestawia koncepcję Lotmana z filozofią Henri Bergsona, której echa przejawiają się w opowiadaniu „A Wet Night”, w celu sprawdzenia, czy obie teorie znajdują zastosowania w analizowanym tekście
„Zjadłem dobrą kolację w niezmiernym weselu i wszystkie nasze strachy przeminęły”: jedzenie, picie i towarzystwo jako filozofia eskapizmu w dzienniku Samuela Pepysa
No full textThe Diary of Samuel Pepys offers not only a firsthand account of the political and social life in the 17th-century England, but also a profound insight into the culinary habits of the diarist and his contemporaries. In circumstances of grief or jeopardy, Pepys appears to be searching for ways to obliterate and shun the peril by turning to his favourite pleasure which is food and drink enjoyed in a good company. The author clearly treats the activity as a form of escapism and a social emollient which mitigates feuds and conquers fears. The paper examines Pepys’s life philosophy focusing on those aspects of the Diary where eating and drinking appear as the main sources of the author’s merriness and a technique which helps to overcome the hardships and adversities of everyday life.Dziennik Samuela Pepysa oferuje nie tylko relacje świadka politycznych i społecznych wydarzeń w siedemnastowiecznej Anglii, ale również cenny wgląd w kulinarne nawyki londyńczyków. W sytuacji zagrożenia życia lub w momentach smutku i żalu Pepys szuka sposobów na pocieszenie i zapomnienie, zwracając się często w stronę swojej ulubionej przyjemności: jedzenia i picia w towarzystwie przyjaciół i bliskich. Artykuł jest próbą analizy tych wątków dziennika Samuela Pepysa, w których autor traktuje tę aktywność jako formę eskapizmu w czasach zarazy i wielkiego pożaru w Londynie w roku 1666 oraz jako czynnik łagodzący społeczne napięcia, lęki i niepokoje
Old Polish Single Author Anthologies: From Jan Kochanowski to Samuel Twardowski
No full textArtykuł przybliża swoistość powstawania i funkcjonowania staropolskich antologii jednoautorskich Jana Kochanowskiego, Mikołaja Sępa Szarzyńskiego, Stanisława Grochowskiego, Kaspra Miaskowskiego i Samuela Twardowskiego. Badaniami objęto genezę, układ, przeznaczenie i elementy recepcji twórczości autorów, których teksty wydawano w formie antologii.The article presents the individual nature of the creation and functioning of the old Polish single author anthologies of Jan Kochanowski, Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński, Stanisław Grochowski, Kasper Miaskowski, and Samuel Twardowski. The research covers the genesis, arrangement, purpose, and elements of the reception of the works of authors, whose texts were published in the form of an anthology
Assessment of a Silicon-Photomultiplier-Based Platform for the Measurement of Intracellular Calcium Dynamics with Targeted Aequorin
No full textCa2+ is among the most important intracellular second messengers participating in a plethora of biological processes, and the measurement of Ca2+ fluctuations is significant in the phenomenology of the underlying processes. Aequorin-based Ca2+ probes represent an invaluable tool for reliable measurement of Ca2+ concentrations and dynamics in different subcellular compartments. However, their use is limited due to the lack on the market of ready-to-use, cost-effective, and portable devices for the detection and readout of the low-intensity bioluminescence signal produced by these probes. Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are rapidly evolving solid-state sensors for low light detection, with single photon sensitivity and photon number resolving capability, featuring low cost, low voltage, and compact format. Thus, they may represent the sensors of choice for the development of such devices and, more in general, of a new generation of multipurpose bioluminescence detectors suitable for cell biology studies. Ideally, a detector customized for these purposes must combine high dynamic range with high fidelity in reconstructing the light intensity signal temporal profile. In this article, the ability to perform aequorin-based intracellular Ca2+ measurements using a multipurpose, low-cost setup exploiting SiPMs as the sensors is demonstrated. SiPMs turn out to assure performances comparable to those exhibited by a custom-designed photomultiplier tube-based aequorinometer. Moreover, the flexibility of SiPM-based devices might pave the way toward routinely and wide scale application of innovative biophysical protocols
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