216 research outputs found
Estimation of the hydraulic parameters of unsaturated samples by electrical resistivity tomography
No full textIn situ and laboratory experiments have shown that electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is an effective tool to image transient phenomena in soils. However, its application in quantifying soil hydraulic parameters has been limited. In this study, experiments of water inflow in unsaturated soil samples were conducted in an oedometer equipped to perform three-dimensional electrical measurements. Reconstructions of the electrical conductivity at different times confirmed the usefulness of ERT for monitoring the evolution of water content. The tomographic reconstructions were subsequently used in conjunction with a finite-element simulation to infer the water retention curve and the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity. The parameters estimated with ERT agree satisfactorily with those determined using established techniques, hence the proposed approach shows good potential for relatively fast characterisations. Similar experiments could be carried out on site to study the hydraulic behaviour of the entire soil deposi
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Ricerche archeologiche e paleoambientali pianura tra Modena e Bologna: l’età del Bronzo
No full textL’area della pianura bolognese tra Panaro e Samoggia in cui sono presenti nell’età del Bronzo sette abitati con dimensioni superiori all’ettaro e con oltre 30 attestazioni minori in un quadro territoriale fortemente caratterizzato da forme fluviali della pianura padana, è stata oggetto di studi dedicati a ricostruire sia l’organizzazione del popolamento (demografia e sistema insediamentale), sia le modalità di gestione delle risorse (sfruttamento agricolo e allevamento).
In un quadro geomorfologico del paesaggio che mostra forme fluviali molto differenziate costituite da canali incisi (intrecciati e anastomizzati), dossi, risorgive e aree vallive depresse, si inserisce un fitto popolamento costituito da terramare con strutture perimetrali sulle rive dei rami dell’antico Panaro attive nell’arco cronologico tra le fasi iniziali della media età del Bronzo e le fasi finali del Bronzo recente. L’analisi della produttività agricola e della demografia permettono di ricostruire virtualmente il paesaggio antico e di calcolare il rapporto tra sostenibilità ambientale e sfruttamento delle risorse, alla cui base erano certamente le coltivazioni di cereali. L’utilizzo combinato di diversi tipi che permetteva agli abitanti delle terremare di ottenere sempre una quantità di cariossidi sufficienti per il loro sostentamento anche nelle annate sfavorevoli porta ad ipotizzare una resa produttiva più elevata rispetto a quanto considerato fino ad oggi, confermato da una recente revisione dei dati disponibili dalle fonti e da un approccio sperimentale sulle coltivazioni dei cereali. L’analisi degli indicatori ceramici permette infine di valutare l’evoluzione del popolamento nel corso della media e recente età del Bronzo affrontando tematiche relative all’espansione e al collasso della società terramaricola, nonché offrire un quadro più approfondito per la ricostruzione del paesaggio antico.The region between the Panaro and Samoggia rivers shows several settlements dating from the earliest phase of the Middle Bronze Age to the latest phase of the Recent Bronze Age. A recent investigation carried out using various archaeological, geomorphological and archaeobotanical approaches makes it possible to propose a reconstruction of ancient settlement patterns and resource management. Analysis of the agricultural production, mainly based on the cultivation of several types of cereal suggests a greater productivity than previously assumed, supported by a recent re-examination of ancient sources and by an experimental approach.Finally, the analysis of ceramic markers makes it possible to evaluate in detail the evolution of the settlement pattern in each phase, from the expansion to the final collapse in the very latest Recent Bronze Age, as a basis for a
virtual reconstruction of the ancient landscape
"A Symbol of the New African": Drum magazine, popular culture and the formation of black urban subjectivity in 1950s South Africa.
No full textPhDThis thesis examines the emergence of black urban subjectivity in South Africa
during the 1950s, focussing on the ways in which popular American genres were
utilised in the construction of black urban identities that served as a means of
resistance to apartheid. At the centre of this process was Drum magazine:
founded in South Africa in 1951 , it became the largest selling magazine on the
African continent in 1956. Drum's success was due to the way in which it
enabled the relocation of black identity from the "traditional" towards the
"modern'. The 1940s gave rise to widespread migration of black South Africans
from rural to urban areas and this newly urbanised community was seeking
models of black urban identity. Yet the Nationalist government was attempting
to curtail the emergence of a black urban proletariat, which posed a threat to
white political supremacy. Through apartheid legislation black identity was
constructed as essentially tribal and rural. As a means of resisting this, urbanised
black South Africans turned to, and appropriated, readily available forms of
American culture. Drum published Americanised images and stories: gangsters,
black detectives, black comic heroes, and pulp romances. This popular material
appeared alongside some of the finest investigative journalism ever published.
While Drum magazine is widely acknowledged as having provided a platform
for the emergence of black South African writing in English, its popular content
has been dismissed by critics as apolitical escapism, imitation and capitulation to
American culture. This thesis challenges the dismissal of the popular that has
dominated analyses of Drum since the 1960s, arguing that such a position denies
the agency of local writers and audiences. My analysis reveals that American
forms were adopted in critically discerning ways and chosen for their ability to
convey local meaning and create positions from which to resist aparthei
A race against time: Using environmental DNA to detect specimens of the Rive Redhorse in the Escambia River
No full textRiver Redhorse
• Suckerfish of the Catostomidae family
• Late spawner that spawns in the middle of April
• facilitates the transfer of matter and energy from the benthic food web to the pelagic food web
• Species of greatest conservation need in the state of Florida
• Found only in the Escambia River in Florida
• Collected from the Escambia River only 3 times in the past 60 years
• Inflexible in habitat requirements and intolerant of pollution and heavy siltation
• The Escambia River has long been polluted by industrial plants. landfills, and septic tanks
Environmental DNA
• Alternate approach to conventional methods of sampling
• Cost and time effective
• Less destructive to habitats
• Detects presence of aquatic species
• consists of sloughed-off skin cells, intestinal cells, scales, and/or mucus extracted from collected water samples
• Rapid degradation time of eDNA makes the tool useful for conservation purpose
Una testimonianza di decorazione plastica. La chiesa della Santissima Trinità in Olfino di Monzambano
No full textLo studio si propone di collocare la decorazione plastica della chiesa della Trinità di Olfino all’interno di un sistema di relazioni tra maestranze di stuccatori, organizzate in vere e proprie ditte -provenienti dalla zona dei Laghi- e, attraverso alcuni esempi datati e firmati, intende stabilire comparazioni e ipotesi di paternità delle opere che caratterizzano “l’isola sulle rive del Garda”: Riva del Garda, Frassino di Peschiera, Corlo di Lonato, Olfino di Monzambano, Volta Mantovana1.
Il Seicento vede la presenza di alcune ditte particolarmente attive che segnano tre particolari periodi.
Il primo trova il suo epicentro nel cantiere di Santa Maria delle Grazie in Brescia, dove lavorano i Colomba e i Reti in collaborazione tra loro e firmano le rispettive produzioni a stucco. Collaborazione che s’interrompe nei primi decenni del secolo, quando i Reti firmano e datano la decorazione plastica nella chiesa di Santa Maria dell’Inviolata a Riva del Garda, e i Colomba lasciano la cifra della loro arte nella cappella maggiore della chiesa della Madonna del Corlo in Lonato. E da qui, per confronto stilistico e per datazione, trova conferma l’operosità dei Reti nella cappella della Madonna nel santuario del Frassino di Peschiera del Garda.
Un secondo momento, databile alla metà del Seicento, in cui prende rilievo la figura del Barberini, che apprende l’arte dai Colomba, ma abbandona la cifra tardo manierista per un respiro europeo; egli è presente con la sua produzione anche in città a Mantova nei palazzi Valenti e Sordi2; ed è riferimento per gli autori che hanno modellato in stucco i Profeti nella chiesa della Trinità di Olfino.
Un terzo periodo, infine, in cui sono attivi gli allievi del Barberini, tra cui emergono gli Aliprandi operanti a Mantova nella chiesa di San Martino e il ramo degli Aliprandi stabilitosi a Pasturo in Valsassina
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No full textTitre uniforme : [Un jour tu verras]Titre uniforme : [Una lagrima tuya]Comprend : UN JOUR TU VERRAS, slow / G. van PARYS ; l'orch. Jacques BRIENNE - JE T'AIME COMME CA, slow / J. DAVIS ; l'orch. Jacques BRIENNE - ZUT ET FLUTE, baion / H. CORDOVIL, M. VIEIRA ; l'orch. Roger BOURDIN - BIG CHIEF : baion / S. BECHET ; l'orch. Roger BOURDIN - ELEMBRUJO DE GRANADA, paso-doble / MONREAL ; l'orch. Pépé LUIZ - PASO ORIENTAL, paso-doble / VERSCHUREN ; l'orch. Pépé LUIZ - SLOW FOX 22 / M. MAGNE ; l'orch. Michel MAGNE - RIVE GAUCHE, medium / N. CHIBOUST ; l'orch. Noël CHIBOUST - QUAND LES BONGOS, guaracha / J. LEDRU ; l'orch. Pépé LUIZ - TOI, mambo / F. VERAN ; l'orch. Yvon ALAIN - CHANGEZ DE CAVALIERE, valse / L. COLEMAN ; l'orch. Michel RAMOS - QUAND MARIA CHANTAIT, valse / P. DURAND ; l'orch. Michel RAMOS - J'AI DORMI AVEC LE PRINTEMPS, tango / SPIERS ; l'orch. Tito FUGGI - UNA LAGRIMA TUYA, tango / MORES ; l'orch. Jacques MORINO - PARIS CHERI, fox / F. LOPEZ ; l'orch. Fred GERARD - CA ME DEMANGE, fox / J. DAVIS ; l'orch. Fred GERARDBnF-Partenariats, Collection sonore - BelieveContient une table des matière
Long-term follow-up on health-related quality of life in major depressive disorder: a 2-year European cohort study
No full textDelphine Saragoussi,1 Michael Cronquist Christensen,2 Lene Hammer-Helmich,3 Benoît Rive,4 Maëlys Touya,5 Josep Maria Haro6 1Real-World Evidence and Epidemiology, Lundbeck SAS, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France; 2Medical Affairs Vortioxetine, H. Lundbeck A/S, Valby, Denmark; 3Real-World Evidence and Epidemiology, H. Lundbeck A/S, Valby, Denmark; 4Global Analytics, Lundbeck SAS, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France; 5Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Lundbeck, Deerfield, IL, USA; 6Research and Teaching Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, CIBERSAM, University of Barcelona, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with significant impairments in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and everyday functioning. This cohort study investigated the long-term development of HRQoL in patients with MDD and its association with patient characteristics, including depressive symptom severity and cognitive symptoms.Methods: The Prospective Epidemiological Research on Functioning Outcomes Related to Major depressive disorder (PERFORM) study was a longitudinal cohort study conducted in 1,159 outpatients aged 18–65 years with MDD in France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. The patients were either initiating antidepressant monotherapy or undergoing their first switch of antidepressant. HRQoL was assessed using the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 12-item Health Survey (SF-12) up to month 12 and the EuroQol Five Dimensions questionnaire up to month 24 (UK only). Depressive symptom severity was assessed up to month 24 by the patient-reported Patient Health Questionnaire and cognitive symptoms by the Perceived Deficit Questionnaire. Multivariate analyses were performed to identify patient characteristics associated with HRQoL.Results: Mental HRQoL was severely impaired at baseline versus normative data (mean [SD] SF-12 mental component summary [MCS], 26.5 [9.2]); mean (SD) physical component summary (PCS) total score was 45.2 (12.1). SF-12 MCS improved over 12 months of follow-up (38.7 [11.6] at month 12), while SF-12 PCS remained stable (45.3 [11.1]). At each assessment time point, there was a clear pattern of lower SF-12 MCS and PCS total score in patients experiencing greater cognitive problems. The mean EuroQol Five Dimensions questionnaire utility index score generally decreased (i.e., worsened) with increasing severity of cognitive and depressive symptoms at all time points up to 24 months. Multivariate analyses identified both depression severity and cognitive symptoms as strongly and significantly associated with poor HRQoL.Conclusion: These findings highlight the importance of recognizing and managing residual symptoms in patients with MDD, including the cognitive symptoms, to restore long-term psychosocial functioning. Keywords: major depressive disorder, health-related quality of life, depression, cognitive symptoms 
Phenological response of vegetation to upstream river flow in the Heihe Rive basin by time series analysis of MODIS data
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Reestabelecendo um tekoá pelos índios Guarani Mbyá: um estudo de caso da aldeia Yakã Porã - Garuva/SC
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências Agrárias. Programa de Pós-Graduação em AgroecossistemasOs índios Guarani Mbyá são ocupantes históricos do Bioma Mata Atlântica e ao longo do tempo vêm tecendo suas práticas agrícolas e manejo do ambiente numa porção do território brasileiro de grande pressão demográfica pela sociedade envolvente. Torna-se importante o estudo da agricultura e manejo do ambiente praticado por esse grupo indígena, para a obtenção de interpretação coerente e atual da sua dinâmica de apropriação, bem como para a compreensão das estreitas relações que imprimem com os recursos naturais. Desse modo, poderão ser verificados seus esforços na conservação dos recursos existentes nos locais que ocupam. Esse trabalho também visa contribuir enquanto elemento de subsidio aos processos de formulação de políticas públicas que efetivem relações de cooperação entre sociedade envolvente nacional e comunidades guarani. Ao longo do trabalho de campo na aldeia Yakã Porã - Garuva/SC, observou-se que o conhecimento tradicional guarani, no tocante ao modo de lidar com a agricultura, e por conseguinte, no manejo dos ambientes que ocupam, tem como raiz sua própria cultura, o que significa dizer que suas práticas comungam com uma dinâmica de interpretação de mundo e de paisagem, e que os elementos da natureza, como a mata, a água e o solo são essenciais à sua sobrevivência. A essa visão "integradora" assumida pelos Guarani Mbyá, sobressaem-se nesse trabalho as importantes estratégias como: plantio em policultivos, proteção do solo, manutenção das matas ciliares, conservação e multiplicação das sementes tradicionais, conservação e manejo do banco de germoplasma, incremento da biodiversidade. Neste contexto, lançam mão de ferramentas novas no trato com o meio físico em virtude da impossibilidade de ocuparem amplos territórios como em tempos pretéritos
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