209 research outputs found
Teodora: Un’odierna lettura romanzata in Italia
No full textThis paper examines two Italian novels by Mariangela Galatea Vaglio, a historian, novelist, and blogger. The novels, published in 2018 and 2022, are titled Teodora. La figlia del circo and Teodora. I demoni del potere. In my analysis, I will focus on a few key aspects that are, in my opinion, essential to the novels. First, I will briefly analyze the techniques used to represent the cultural situation of the time. Secondly, the focus will be on Vaglio’s characterization of Theodora and Justinian as complementary examples of ‘nonconformist’ femininity and masculinity. In particular, I will consider the Nika revolt of 532 CE, which is presented in I demoni del potere as a crucial moment in the empress’s path. To highlight the unique aspects of Vaglio’s narrative, a comparison will be made between her depiction of Theodora’s famous speech during the revolt and Procopius’ narrative in his History of the Wars, as well as Stella Duffy’s description of the event in her novel The Purple Shroud. Finally, the author herself briefly explains the reasons for reexamining the figure of Theodora today in a short interview.This paper examines two Italian novels by Mariangela Galatea Vaglio, a historian, novelist, and blogger. The novels, published in 2018 and 2022, are titled Teodora. La figlia del circo and Teodora. I demoni del potere. In my analysis, I will focus on a few key aspects that are, in my opinion, essential to the novels. First, I will briefly analyze the techniques used to represent the cultural situation of the time. Secondly, the focus will be on Vaglio’s characterization of Theodora and Justinian as complementary examples of ‘nonconformist’ femininity and masculinity. In particular, I will consider the Nika revolt of 532 CE, which is presented in I demoni del potere as a crucial moment in the empress’s path. To highlight the unique aspects of Vaglio’s narrative, a comparison will be made between her depiction of Theodora’s famous speech during the revolt and Procopius’ narrative in his History of the Wars, as well as Stella Duffy’s description of the event in her novel The Purple Shroud. Finally, the author herself briefly explains the reasons for reexamining the figure of Theodora today in a short interview
Romantyczne science fiction. Przyszłość według Teodora Tripplina
No full textThe present article aims to show the nineteenth century vision of the future in one of the first Polish science fiction novels, A Journey around the Moon (Podróż po Księżycu), written in 1858 by Teodor Tripplin. In the first (theoretical) part, the author characterizes the science fiction genre, highlighting a distinctive role of technological invention and scientific method, as well as locating the story in a future perspective. A concise description of the Polish science fiction genesis allows for relating Tripplin’s novel to a wider context and, hence, for considering it as a unique phenomenon in Polish literature. In the second part of the article, the author discusses Tripplin’s vision of the future, which is classified into three categories in the novel: 1) the future of technological inventions, 2) the future of medicine development, and 3) the future of society.Celem niniejszego artykułu będzie zaprezentowanie XIX-wiecznej wizji przyszłości, ukazanej w jednej z pierwszych polskich powieści fantastycznonaukowych – Podróży po Księżycu (1858) autorstwa Teodora Tripplina (1812–1881). W pierwszej, teoretycznej części artykułu przedstawiony zostanie gatunek science fiction, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem dystynktywnej roli wynalazku technologicznego, metody naukowej oraz osadzenia fabuły w realiach przyszłościowych. Skrótowe omówienie początków polskiej fantastyki naukowej pozwoli na osadzenie Podróż po Księżycu w szerszym kontekście, a co za tym idzie uznanie jej za ewenement w literaturze krajowej. W drugiej części artykułu skupiono się na ukazaniu wizji przyszłości, wykreowanej przez Teodora Tripplina w Podróży po Księżycu w podziale na trzy kategorie obecne w utworze 1) przyszłość wynalazków technologicznych, 2) przyszłość w rozwoju medycyny, 3) przyszłość społeczeństwa
MARKETING MANAGEMENT AS A KEY ELEMENT FOR IMPLEMENTING CHANGE WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS
No full textIn the contemporary era, dominated by deep interests, an organization will only survive by being creative, based on professionalism, having the ability to decide. And as creativity, renewal and innovation are the pillars of customer satisfaction, this remains a problem, not enough conceptually defined and operationalised. This paper presents the state of knowledge regarding customer orientation as a marketing component, the level of influence of the main factors of change upon marketing management. The paper is based on several concepts from literature, on opinions of well known specialists but also on the reality of international crisis which shows an obvious lack of interest in studying and modelating customer orientation. The investigation is composed of two successive researches: a qualitative explorative research (interviews among specialists, focus-groups) and a quantitative descriptive research. We consider that the results of this research have an innovative character and could be the base for new theoretical and mostly practical study programs or workshops for marketing managers as well as employees. Also, organizations affected by profound changes should realize that only a real orientation towards the needs of clients will ensure their long term success
Business, politics, and governance in transition: Romania and beyond, 1999-2008
No full textMy dissertation addresses the fate of institutional reforms of market governance (such as laws of bankruptcy, capital markets, and concessions) and democratic governance (such as anti-corruption, civil service, and judicial reform) in Romania and across Eastern Europe. While progress has been limited in reforming democratic governance, the surprising turnaround in economic performance and institutional reforms of market governance in Romania challenges the prevailing view in the literature that communist-era managers were able to capture the state and prevent the creation of a sound institutional framework. I explain how this reversal of fortune was possible, as well as why this success has not been fully matched in the democratic governance domain, by focusing on the influence of private actors, economic and political, on the reform of governance institutions. Success in institutional reform in the market domain in Romania’s case came from a combination of economic elite change on the background of political change and banking reform that led to changing incentives of the business elite. Using data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS), I show that banking reform also has a strong relationship to the reduction in state capture across Eastern Europe. The mixed success in state accountability or democratic governance in the Romanian case is due to the continued incentives of politicians for state exploitation in the context of quite robust political competition in Parliament, as well as competition between the President and the Prime Minister.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesIncludes vitaby Patricia Teodora Youn
Nuove tecnologie e commercio internazionale: un'analisi empirica
No full textThe essay regards issues related to international trade by focusing on factors related to technological innovation and the diffusion of net technologies. On the basis or an «extended» gravity model, which includes additional variables alongside GNP and population, the author examines international trade among 39 countries from 1973-1998 according to the technological content of goods, Among the variables in the model, the author introduces a nes index related to the ease of communication through the net, measured by the number of internet hyperlinks that exist on websites on a server in one country that point to web pages hosted by servers in another country. The empirical findings show that for homogeneous goods, the most outstanding variable explaining bilateral commercial flows is the GNP of the import country for differentiated goods, and the GNP of the export country for highly technological goods. For highly technological sectors, the effect of communication via internet, measured by internet hyperlinks, is very relevant, above al! in trade between OECD countries
Investigations on the function of primary roots in the mineral uptake
No full textThe experiments have been carried out in the plant pots, nutrient solution, and field conditions P32. The Spring Marquis wheat and Proctor spring barley have been used as biological materials. The results obtained in all the experiments proved that both primary rootsand adventitious roots have the capacity of uptake and persisting until the maturity of strawed cereals. Thus it is possible to supply the plants with nutrient elements from superficial layers of the soil by means of the adventitious roots that are shorter, and form lower soil layers as well by means of the primary roots that are longer. The semional roots can nourish the plants with nutrient elements until the maturity even in the absence of adventitious roots a fact invalidated by a great number of research workers. The uptake capacity of the adventitious roots is smaller than that of the primary roots
Poufne wieści z oświeconej Warszawy Teodora Ostrowskiego: przejawy tabloidyzacji w osiemnastowiecznych gazetach rękopiśmiennych (w perspektywie mediolingwistycznej)
No full textThe article discusses the manifestations of tabloidization in newspapers representative of the handwritten press of the 2nd half of the 18th century. The author refers to the concept of genre life, pragmalinguistic and genological characteristics of tabloidization, including the features of 18th century printed newspapers, considered in linguistic studies as the prototype of tabloid. Due to the journalistic nature of Theodor Ostrovsky’s newspapers, their analyses are profiled mediolinguistically and focus on the exponents of tabloidization: at the level of content, stylistic framing, form of expression (the processing of information into a press release) and the way they are embedded in the structure of a handwritten newspaper (hierarchization of content according to scope, degree of certainty).Artykuł omawia przejawy tabloidyzacji w gazetach reprezentatywnych dla prasy rękopiśmiennej drugiej połowy XVIII wieku. Autorka odwołuje się do koncepcji życia gatunków, pragmalingwistycznych i genologicznych charakterystyk tabloidyzacji, w tym do cech osiemnastowiecznych gazet drukowanych, uznawanych w badaniach lingwistycznych za pierwowzór tabloidu. Ze względu na dziennikarski charakter gazet Teodora Ostrowskiego ich analizy są sprofilowane mediolingwistycznie i koncentrują się na wykładnikach tabloidyzacji: na poziomie treści, ujęcia stylistycznego, formy wypowiedzi (przetworzenia informacji do przekazu prasowego) oraz sposobu ich osadzania w strukturze gazety rękopiśmiennej (hierarchizacja treści w zależności od zakresu, stopnia pewności)
The Right to Grow: Genetically Modified Seed Patenting and Civilian Resistance in Guatemala
No full textIn 2014, mass civil disobedience in Guatemala effectively resisted government and corporate efforts to nationally legalize the patenting of genetically modified seeds. This paper examines the dynamics of seed patenting, with attention to the corporate interests and actions that propagate this trend and to the externalities that fall upon civilians and their cultural, economic and food security rights. Next, the paper examines the risks posed specifically to Guatemalan civilian and indigenous concerns when the government passed a decree to legalize seed patenting. This event is examined through the political and economic histories that influenced this conflict and the civilian interests that were threatened, specifically regarding the dynamics of the dietarily and culturally essential maize plant. Finally, the paper examines the strategies and organizations that effectively abolished the decree, emphasizing the potential of civilian disobedience in protecting civil rights.Peer reviewe
Wokół pisarstwa „historyczno-fantastycznego” Teodora Parnickiego (na podstawie dylogii „Muza dalekich podróży” i „Staliśmy jak dwa sny”)
No full textArtykuł jest poświęcony kształtowi genologicznemu uprawianej przez Teodora Parnickiego powieści historyczno-fantastycznej, rozpatrywanemu na przykładzie dylogii, którą tworzą dzieła Muza dalekich podróży i Staliśmy jak dwa sny. Szczególnie interesuje mnie obecna w powieściach fantastyka, która wyraźnie reprezentuje dwa typy. Pierwszy z nich nazwałem „fantastyką historyczną”, drugi sam pisarz określił jako „fantastykę czystą”. Ich współwystępowanie odróżnia uprawianą przez Parnickiego powieść od form pokrewnych (powieści historycznej, fantastycznej i historii alternatywnej), a zarazem wyposaża dzieła prozaika w znane z literatury romantycznej cechy (autotematyzm, ironię romantyczną) oraz decyduje o przeważającej nad historycznością – literackości dzieła.This article is about the genological aspects of the historical fantasy novels by Teodor Parnicki as seen in his dilogy consisting of Muza dalekich podróży and Staliśmy jak dwa sny. I focus mainly on fantasy elements visible in the novels, which are clearly divided into two separated tendencies. I called the first one “historical fantasy”, and the author himself called the second one “pure fantasy”. Their coexistence is what distinguishes Parnicki’s type of novel from similar forms (historical novels, fantasy novels, and alternate history). At the same time, this combination gives the writer’s creations traits characteristic of the romantic period (mise en abyme, romantic irony) and determines the literary character of the text, which is stronger than the historical one
Some peculiarities of NPK proportion and contents during ontogenesis in winter wheat
No full textThe fact of knowing the peculiarities of the chemical composition of plants is of interest for the diagnosis and interpretation of results in nutritional researches
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