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Un calcio al turismo. Performance come partecipazione e produzione di patrimonio dal basso
No full textIl contributo intende proporre l’uso della performance come categoria interpretativa di pratiche spontanee che configurano repertori d’uso dissonanti rispetto ai processi di patrimonializzazione in atto nel centro storico di Palermo.
In particolare, si intende analizzare l’uso abituale di una porzione di via Maqueda – asse urbano investito da un massiccio fenomeno di turistification e foodification e da un conseguente processo di codificazione sempre più stringente di ‘condotte ammissibili’ – come area gioco per partite di calcio in orario serale da parte di giovani cittadini tra gli 8 e i 16 anni.
Tale pratica si configura come una forma non normata e non riconosciuta di partecipazione ed esercizio di cittadinanza tanto da parte di bambini e ragazzi di varie etnie quanto da parte delle madri che, lavorando negli esercizi commerciali prospicienti la strada, necessitano di uno spazio di gioco di prossimità come luogo funzionale ad un lavoro di riproduzione sociale.
Per quanto non presenti un carattere di consapevole ed esplicita rivendicazione, riteniamo comunque che tale fenomeno possa essere a pieno titolo interpretato come performance in quanto forma di attuazione di un uso alternativo e non orientato al consumo rispetto ad una generale tendenza neoliberista di mercificazione degli spazi urbani.
Tale lettura in termini di produzione di patrimonio dal basso in opposizione ad una modalità unica di ‘discorso autorizzato’ presenta certamente una criticità: se il riconoscimento del portato politico di pratiche performative spontanee può fornire un impulso al cambiamento di governance, d’altra parte può facilmente essere oggetto di strumentalizzazione e spettacolarizzazione, contribuendo al consolidamento di una narrativa dominante sulla città accogliente e multietnica.The contribution intends to propose the use of performance as an interpretative category of spontaneous practices that configure dissonant repertoires of use with respect to the processes of patrimonialisation taking place in the historical center of Palermo.
In particular, it intends to analyze the habitual use of a portion of Via Maqueda - an urban axis invested by a massive phenomenon of turistification and foodification and a consequent process of increasingly stringent codification of ‘permissible conducts’ - as a play area for soccer games in the evening hours by young citizens between 8 and 16 years old.
This practice takes the form of an unregulated and unrecognized form of participation and exercise of citizenship by both children and young people of various ethnicities and by mothers who, working in the commercial establishments facing the street, need a proximity play space as a functional place for social reproduction work.
Although it does not present a character of conscious and explicit claim, we nonetheless believe that this phenomenon can be fully interpreted as performance insofar as it is a form of implementation of an alternative, non-consumer-oriented use with respect to a general neoliberal trend of commodification of urban spaces.
Such a reading in terms of the production of heritage from below as opposed to a unique mode of ‘authorized discourse’ certainly presents a critical issue: if the recognition of the political bearing of spontaneous performance practices can provide an impetus for governance change, on the other hand it can easily be subject to instrumentalization and spectacularization, contributing to the consolidation of a dominant narrative about the welcoming and multiethnic city
Optical variability of the strong-lined and X-ray-bright source 1WGA J0447.9-0322
No full textWe present the historic light curve of 1WGA J0447.9-0322, spanning the time interval from 1962 to 1991, built using the Asiago archive plates. The source shows small fluctuations of about 0.3 mag around B 16 until 1986 and a fast dimming of its average level by about 0.5 mag after that date, again with small short-term variations. The variability pattern is within the values shown by other QSOs with long-term monitoring, notwithstanding its high X-ray/optical ratio. We also present its overall spectral energy distribution using literature data and recent UV-optical Swift observations
An intrinsic source of reddening in the cataclysmic variable SS Cygni
No full textBy using the INES archive of the IUE satellite, we analyzed the spectra of SS Cygni in quiescence in order to determine the value of the reddening of the binary system. The reddening of the system is reported in the literature with values that vary significantly from one another. The results demonstrate that the reddening is comprised by two components: the first, interstellar in origin, with a value E(B − V) = 0.04 ± 0.02 mag, and the second, intrinsic to the binary system, with values up to E(B − V) = 0.16 ± 0.02 mag. The intrinsic value of the reddening is variable along the quiescent phase and with orbital phase
SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake during Pregnancy in Regione Lombardia, Italy: A Population-Based Study of 122,942 Pregnant Women
No full textItaly has been one of the hardest hit countries in the European Union since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, and Regione Lombardia (RL) has reported the largest number of cases in the country. This population-based retrospective study analyzed RL records of 122,942 pregnant women to describe SARS-CoV-2 vaccination uptake in the pregnant population, to compare pregnant women vaccine uptake vs. women of childbearing age and to evaluate the impact of vaccination status in pregnant women on admissions to intensive care units during 2021. Vaccination uptake according to citizenship and educational level and the comparison between pregnant and non-pregnant women was performed by Z test. A logistic regression was performed to compare age groups. Out of 122,942 pregnant women, 79.9% were vaccinated at the end of 2021. The vaccine uptake rate was significantly lower in pregnant versus non-pregnant women but increased after the issuing of official recommendations. Vaccine administration was significantly higher among pregnant women with Italian citizenship and with a high level of education in all trimesters. In conclusion, the role of official recommendations with explicit communication about the importance and safety of vaccination in pregnancy is critical to obtain trust and acceptance among pregnant women
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
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