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Jeunesse: Lecture suivie
No full textI am delighted to have found this little paperback in a favorite bookshop in Paris. I look forward to using it myself. It brings two of his best illustrators to a pupil's book of Florian's fables. The colored illustrations are not the only help for those of us trying to understand a sometimes difficult author. There are vocabulary notes, comments, and -- especially -- a short discussion of each fable's moral. These discussions are pleasantly candid, as in this comment on "La taupe et les lapins": "La fable de Florian est peut-être moins claire qu'elle n'y paraȋt" (55). Great work on rendering the colored illustrations!Language note: FrenchFloria
Fables de Florian, Nouvelle Edition
No full textHere is a small edition, 3¼" x 5¼," of 162 pages. It seems to be identical to Bodemann #274, published by the same people two years earlier. As Bodemann notes in a very short description, the illustrations come as three panels per page. One panel often represents two fables. My favorites among these very small illustrations are "The Blind and the Lame" (18); "Two Bachelors" (48); "Owl and Pigeon" (83); and "Ass and Flute" (111). Do not miss the gigantic crocodile on 120! Illustrations occur facing these pages: 1, 12, 18, 29, 38, 48, 66, 83, 111, and 120. There is an AI at the back.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: FrenchNo Autho
Interview with Florian Bieber
No full textInterview with Florian Bieber, lecturer in East European Politics at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England. Interview conducted in Ithaca, NY on March 13, 2009. Dr. Bieber has worked in Belgrade (Serbia) and Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) for the European Centre for Minority Issues and has taught at the Central European University, at the University of Sarajevo and at the University of Bologna. He is also the author of a book about Serbian nationalism, entitled Nationalism in Serbia from the Death of Tito to the Fall of Milosevic (Muenster: Lit Verlag, 2005, in German), and another book, Post-War Bosnia: Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector (London: Palgrave, 2006). He?s at Cornell this spring semester of 2009 as the Luigi Einaudi Chair in European and International Studies.Bieber's current book project (01:30)
Bieber's reflections on the 20th anniversary of 1989 (02:00)
On Bieber's background in political science and history (03:19)
When interdisciplinarity works best (5:22)
On the "ghettoization" of the Balkans and its causes/possible solutions (6:30)
Unique contribution of our field to other fields (9:38)
Addressing the ongoing perception of a division of Europe into "East" and "West" (12:04)
On Bieber's interest in the study of nationalism (16:17)
Is there such a thing as "good nationalism"? (19:12)
On Bieber's "European" upbringing and early education (21:34)
Bieber on experiences/opportunities all Europeans should ideally have (24:56)
On the future of Southeastern Europe (26:17)1_ruh0kx6
Fables de Florian
No full textNouvelle édition, ornée de figures. This diminutive but complete edition (3¼ x 5¼) is not in Bodemann. The British Library seems to have an edition of Florian published by Genets Jeune in 1808. There are four illustrations here: The Cat and the Binoculars (56); The Children and the Partridges (122); The Savant and the Farmer (138); The Countryman and the River (182). There is an AI at the back. The first title-page lists 1821 as the publication date, but the second title-page has 1820.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: FrenchJean-Pierre Claris de Floria
Florian Roithmayr SERVICE
No full textMOTINTERNATIONAL Brussels is delighted to announce the first solo exhibition of Florian Roithmayr in Belgium.
Florian Roithmayr’s work explores a concern for activities and relationships that shape environments, supported by his investigation of empathy in various forms of production, including archaeology, conservation or pedagogy. He is known for a diverse practice often emphasizing the process of moulding and casting as both documentary and transitory exchange that leaves subtle traces. Central to these processes is the peeling open of layers to reveal the generative gap between shapes, surfaces and materials that form and yield another. In this hidden and unobserved space, the gesture of contact and touch continues to reappear and proliferate throughout the history of sculpture.
SERVICE refers to the inconsistency between intangible engagements that produce no concrete material results and the substantial inventory needed to assist and sustain exchanges or provisions. The set of actions and solutions to deliver services are often incongruous to any clear outcomes; their speed doesn’t allow language to attach itself to their performance; and their benefits might be postponed indefinitely. The residues left by such activities might often appear slight and indistinct.
The past few years have seen Roithmayr’s practice informed by long periods spent as apprentice in concrete restoration, in car alteration industries or on excavation sites in the Sudanese desert. For this exhibition of new works, Roithmayr draws on these secluded and intimate engagements. SERVICE focuses on the shifting materiality that facilitates and registers actions and solutions to perform the transfer of assistance or the delivery of repair and upkeep, and their combined transitive potential for art. These are slowed down forms of production; they often require intense attention and commitment without any definite aims.
The exhibition presents new works including The Attendants (2014), a series of repeated figure-like sculptures consisting of hollow breastplates that could be part of liveries or uniforms. Cast in concrete and papier-mâché, they emphasize surface and a breakdown of volume, similar to works by late 19th century artists like Wilhelm Lehmbruck or Medardo Rosso. In Endstart (2014), drooping and worn-out shoulder straps are lined up along a wooden rack, seemingly exhausted but still keeping in line; a moment of rest, before they are activated again and employed elsewhere. Made from low-value industrial or discarded
materials, they waver between the humble or minimal intervention that positions sculpture as temporary and fugitive. Resigned to act and generate rather than understand, the protagonist in Robert Walser’s novel The Assistant wonders, “What is it that I’m accomplishing? What services have I provided to date? I’m firmly convinced that my lord and master hasn’t yet derived much benefit from me. Could I be lacking initiative, enthusiasm, flair?”. The assistant isn’t accomplishing anything, he knows little of what he is assisting with, he is not aware of the services he is rendering. His dilemma reveals what seems like withdrawal, inactivity or speechlessness to be either an escalation of commitment or the motivation for emancipation. It’s as if by suspending comprehension and benefits, SERVICE becomes the implausible support to register the fleeting nature of transmission and exchang
Equol but not Genistein Improves Early Metaphyseal Fracture Healing in Osteoporotic Rats
No full textHealing of predominantly metaphyseal fractures in postmenopausal osteoporosis is delayed and comparatively poor. Hormone replacement therapy could improve fracture healing, but, because of its potential side effects, natural alternatives are more appealing. The aim of this study was to determine if the soy metabolite equol and the native isoflavone genistein, in comparison to 17 beta-estradiol, improve metaphyseal fracture healing in ovariectomy-induced osteoporotic bone of the rat. Forty-eight 12-week-old female rats developed severe osteoporosis ten weeks after ovariectomy. After metaphyseal tibial osteotomy and standardized stable internal fixation, changes in callus morphology were evaluated biomechanically, qualitatively and quantitatively in fluorochrome-labeled histological sections and microradiographs in ovariectomized rats (C) and under standardized 17 beta-estradiol (E), equol (EQ) and genistein (G) supplemented rats over a period of five weeks. Estrogen and equol were able to improve the elasticity of callus formation significantly in postmenopausal osteoporotic bone (stiffness of C: 121.40 +/- 47.08 N/mm, E: 147.90 +/- 39.38 N/mm, EQ: 167.8 +/- 59.90 N/mm). The effects of estrogen were more anabolic than those of equol and were visible in changes to the trabecular bone (N.Nd of E: 6.47 +/- 7.68, EQ: 4.25 +/- 3.96). However, in terms of the whole body, equol seemed to induce less of an adverse reaction than estrogen (body weight of C: 342.20 +/- 19.91 g, E: 280.25 +/- 12.05 g, EQ: 308.75 +/- 24.28 g). Genistein as an osteoclast inhibitor influenced callus stiffness (G: 144.50 +/- 61.52 N/mm) and negatively impacted trabecular structure (N.Nd of G: 0.59 +/- 1.01) in severely osteoporotic bones. Estrogen and equol were able to improve fracture healing in ovariectomy-induced osteoporotic bones, and the extent of callus formation played only a minor role. Genistein rather negatively influenced fracture healing. The metaphyseal osteotomy model in ovariectomized rats allows an accurate study of the therapeutic effects of antiosteoporotic substances on the fracture healing process.DFG [STU 478/2-1
Jakub Deml's Letters to Josef Florian
No full textTitle: The Letters of Jakub Deml to Josef Florian Author: Igor Pejchal Department: Institute of Czech Literature and Literary Theory Thesis Supervisor: Mgr. Daniela Iwashita, Ph.D. Key Words: correspondence, Jakub Deml, Josef Florian, Josef Ševčík, Otokar Březina, František Bílek, Pavla Kytlicová, Curia of Brno, Studium edition Abstract: The diploma thesis named The Letters of Jakub Deml to Josef Florian includes the edition of all the letters of the writer Jakub Deml (1878-1961). The correspondence from 1903 to 1935 includes 346 units and exploits 6 sources: the copies of letters done by Jaroslav Staněk, handwritten letters archived in Moravian Museum in Brno and LA PNP, Prague, letters addressed to Josef Florian as edited by Jiří Olič and hand-written originals possessed by two private owners. The edition of the collected letters is accompanied by a list of letters, an editorial note and translations of excerpts which are not in Czech. An accompanying study deals with the editorial history of these collected letters, the relationship of Jakup Deml and Josef Florian in the time of their collaboration and provides an outline of the future research tasks regarding this edition. The letters of Jakub Deml to Josef Florian are published in print in..
Determination of the Fiber Orientation from low resolution Computer Tomography images using Neural Networks
No full textAuthor Florian Schininger, BScMasterarbeit Universität Linz 2023Arbeit gesperr
A discussion and improvement of Churchland's theory of connectionism
No full textauthor: Florian WundsamLiteraturverzeichnis: Seite 101-102Diplomarbeit University of Salzburg 202
Determination of the Fiber Orientation from low resolution Computer Tomography images using Neural Networks
No full textAuthor Florian Schininger, BScMasterarbeit Universität Linz 2023Arbeit gesperr
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