113 research outputs found
L'imperialismo, come la lebbra, si cura con la morte": intesecting narratives in Ennio Flaiano's Tempo di uccidere
No full textIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.In 1947 Ennio Flaiano published what was to become his only full-length novel, Tempo di uccidere. Set in Abyssinia during the 1935-1936 Italo-Ethiopian War, it is a work that, notwithstanding its ostensibly "realist" subject matter, displays a palpable dissonance with the coeval cultural and literary landscape of post-war Italy, then dominated by the age of neorealism. With Tempo di uccidere, Flaiano chooses to counter the largely nationally inward, materialist gaze of his contemporary authors by shifting the focus to a socio-political and cultural environment ghat would have proved largely foreign to the majority of his readers...The primary aim of this MA dissertation is to explore-and to critically engage with - the two indentifiable narratives that frame the interpretation of the novel..
Dynamic Adverse Selection and the Size of the Informed Side of the Market
No full textIn this paper we examine the problem of dynamic adverse selection in a stylized market where the quality of goods is a seller’s private information. We show that in equilibrium all goods can be traded if a simple piece of information is made publicly available: the size of the informed side of the market. Moreover, we show that if exchanges can take place frequently enough, then agents roughly enjoy the entire potential surplus from exchanges. We illustrate these findings with a dynamic model of trade where buyers and sellers repeatedly interact over time. More precisely we prove that, if the size of the informed side of the market is a public information at each trading stage, then there exists a weak perfect Bayesian equilibrium where all goods are sold in finite time and where the price and quality of traded goods are increasing over time. Moreover, we show that as the time between exchanges becomes arbitrarily small, full trade still obtains in finite time – i.e., all goods are actually traded in equilibrium while total surplus from exchanges converges to the entire potential. These results suggest two policy interventions in markets suffering from dynamic adverse selection: first, the public disclosure of the size of the informed side of the market in each trading stage and, second, the increase of the frequency of trading stagesdynamic adverse selection; full trade; size of the informed side; frequency of exchanges; asymmetric information
L'inganno fallito (Ennio, Satire, vv. 59 sgg. Vahlen)
No full textThe author suggests a new punctuation of the second verse of Ennius, Sat. 59-62 Vahlen, which makes it possible to preserve the whole of the text transmitted by Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 18,2.L'auteur propose une nouvelle ponctuation du deuxième vers du fragment d'Ennius, Sat. 59-62 Vahlen, ce qui permet de conserver intégralement le texte transmis par Aulu-Gelle, Nuits attiques 18,2.Mariotti Scevola. L'inganno fallito (Ennio, Satire, vv. 59 sgg. Vahlen). In: Revue des Études Anciennes. Tome 100, 1998, n°3-4. Centenaire de la revue. pp. 561-563
Transportation systems analysis: models and applications
No full textThis book provides a comprehensive and systematic presentation of the mathematical models for the simulation of transportation systems and the methodologies for the analysis and design of these systems. Theoretical and operational aspects are presented in a rigorous and exhaustive framework, addressing a broad range of applications performed by researchers and practitioners. Topics are presented with an increasing level of detail and complexity.
In this 2nd edition the author extends and generalizes the contents of the previous edition entitled "Transportation Systems Engineering: Theory and Methods" published in 2001. In addition to entirely new material dealing with the recent developments in the field, the text has been revised to simplify the presentation. The Bibliography has also been expanded significantly. All the topics are presented with simple numerical examples as well as with references to real-life applications.
The material is structured so as to offer different levels of complexity and different reading paths based on the reader’s needs. It is suitable for graduate level courses on transportation analysis and planning. Prerequisites include a basic knowledge of calculus, optimization techniques, probability theory and statistics. Due to the breadth and depth of topics covered, the book will also serve as an excellent reference guide for researchers, teachers and practitioner
Putting auction theory to work : the simultaneous ascending auction
No full textThe"simultaneous ascending auction"was first introduced in 1994 to sell licenses to use bands of radio spectrum in the United States. Much of the attention devoted to the auction came from its role in reducing federal regulation of the radio spectrum and allowing market values, rather than administrative fiat, to determine who would use the spectrum resource. Several parts of economic theory proved helpful in designing the rules for simultaneous ascending auction and in thinking about how the design might be improved and adapted for new applications. After briefly reviewing the major rules of the auction in section 2, the author turns in section 3 to an analysis based on tatonnement theory, which regards the auction as a mechanism for discovering an efficient allocation and its supporting prices. The analysis reveals a fundamental difference between situations in which the licenses are mutual substitutes and others in which the same licenses are sometimes substitutes and sometimes complements. Section 4 is a selective account of some applications of game theory to evaluating the simultaneous ascending auction design for spectrum sales. Results like those reported in section 3 have led to renewed interest in auctions in which bids for license packages are permitted. In section 5, the author uses game theory to analyze the biases in a leading proposal for dynamic combinatorial bidding. Section 6 briefly answers two additional questions that economists often ask about auction design: If trading of licenses after the auction is allowed, why does the auction form matter at all for promoting efficient license assignments? Holding fixed the quantity of licenses to be sold, how sharp is the conflict between the objectives of assigning licenses efficiently and obtaining maximum revenue? Section 7 concludes.Economic Theory&Research,International Terrorism&Counterterrorism,Markets and Market Access,Environmental Economics&Policies,Labor Policies,Markets and Market Access,Access to Markets,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,International Terrorism&Counterterrorism
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No full textThe Film Music of Ennio Morricone and its Dramaturgical Role in Spaghetti Western Movies of Sergio Leone
No full textMorriconeho hudba k Spaghetti-westernu neodmyslitelně patří a je i určitým znakem tohoto žánru. Skladatel používá velmi různorodou instrumentaci a nevyhýbá se ani elektronickým zvukům, které často až přesahují do kategorie ruchů (jako například výstřely z pušky). Co je však nejvíce fascinující na tomto skladateli, jak charakteristicky přiřazuje leitmotivy postavám a také jeho motivicko-tematická práce. Obecně mám k Morriconeho hudbě i filmům blízko, proto bych se chtěl tomuto tématu v bakalářské práci věnovat.This thesis focuses on the dramaturgy of the film music of Ennio Morricone in the Spaghetti Western movies directed by Sergio Leone, specifically A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West and Duck, You Sucker. The thesis is divided into a theoretical part and a research part. The theoretical part deals with the life and work of Ennio Morricone and his relationship with Sergio Leone, and sets the definition of Spaghetti Western movies. The research part analyses and compares the individual movies in terms of the dramaturgical role of Morricone’s music. The theoretical part uses as its sources primarily printed biographies of Morricone, a television documentary and various internet sources. On the contrary, the research part is based more on the findings of the thesis author and his subjective interpretation of the dramaturgical intentions. The terminology of Ivo Bláha is used. The thesis is accompanied by sheet music as well as by audio and audiovisual materials
Alternative approaches to trip distribution modelling: A retrospective review and suggestions for combining different approaches
No full textVarious alternative approaches are available in the literature for modelling trip distribution. The objective of this paper is to provide a review of this literature with the view of summarising the general nature of the current state of practise and what is now available for practical modelling work. Both aggregate and disaggregate destination choice models are considered, a classification of them will be proposed and suggestions for further research will be given as well. One outcome of this review is that significant contributions are emerging from mixed models (e.g., gravity-opportunity, random utility, intervening opportunities models, etc). In particular, the review will highlight the benefit of integrating different approaches like the introduction of intervening opportunities factors within random utility models. Copyright (c) 2007 the author(s). Journal compilation (c) 2007 RSAI.
La construcción de la memoria genealógica en Ennio (Annales, I)
No full textOur aim o this paper to analyze how Ennio (239-169 WC.) in his Annals builds up an epic, not focused in a mythic character —like many other poems— but in the greatness of Roman spirit. Within this proposal, Book One has a leading role, since its very beginning. Ennius creates the «genealogical memory (Thomas), received as the foundation on which the Roman past, its identity and the forthcoming values will rest. Therefore, in the remaining fragments, our author narrates the confluence, o llia’s character and her sons, Romulus and Remu, of both family branches: The Latin —that goes back until Saturn— and the Trojan one —that, since Anquises and Venus, reaches AEneas—. The recurrence of vocabulary related to family ties, such as pater, nepos, genitor/genetrix. will be philologically studied. These terms constitute textually a mythical-historical framework, which constructs o a literary code the first great Roman genealogy. In this way the lines that Ennios suggests from the very beginning of his work found in a glorious past the genesis of the values the Romans will exalt along the Republic and the Empire
Female representation in post-war Rome: the theatrical work of Ennio Flaiano
No full textLa mayoría de las mujeres que aparecen
en la obra dramática del escritor italiano
Ennio Flaiano (1910-1972) responden
fundamentalmente al perfil general de mujer
emancipada y liberada, quizás en exceso, al
prototipo de mujer que aparece en La dolce
vita de Fellini, en la que el autor colaboró
como guionista. Son mujeres que no se
presentan a sí mismas, sino a través de sus
relaciones con los hombres protagonistas
del teatro de Flaiano, de lo que les hacen
sentir o no. La mayoría de ellas pertenecen
al círculo intelectual-artístico de la Roma de
la posguerra, mujeres liberadas pero que,
en realidad, todavía desempeñan un papel
secundario respecto al hombre. Mujeres en
busca de la ‘gran ocasión’, el matrimonio, y es
en este campo, el de las relaciones personales
más íntimas en el que se van a mover todas
las mujeres que aparecen en su teatro. Se
trata fundamentalmente del amor, o más bien
el deseo carnal, que parte de los personajes
masculinos hacia las mujeres.Most of the women who appear in the plays
of Italian writer Ennio Flaiano (1910-1972)
represent the general profile of a emancipated
and liberated woman, perhaps excessively,
the prototype of the woman in Fellini’s La
dolce vita, film in which in which the author
collaborated as a screenwriter. They are
women who are not introduced by themselves,
but through their relationships with the male
main characters of the theater of Flaiano, from
which men make them feel or not. Most of
them belong to the intellectual-artistic society
of post-war Rome, liberated women but who,
actually, still play a supporting role regarding
men. Women who are in search of the “great
opportunity”, marriage, the field of the most
intimate relationships in which all the women
of his theater appear. It is essentially about
love, or rather the carnal desire, which comes
from the male characters towards the female
ones
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