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TRIAL OF GIORDANO BRUNO.
No full textIn 1600, Giordano Bruno, one of the leading intellectuals of the Renaissance, was burned at the stake on the charge of heresy by the Roman Inquisition. He is remembered primarily for his cosmological theories, particularly that the universe was infinite with the Earth not being at its centre. Today, he has become a symbol of the struggle for religious and philosophical tolerance. The Trial of Giordano Bruno, originally published in Italian in 2018, provides English audiences with a complete and updated reconstruction of the inquisitorial trial by analysing the accusations, witnesses, and legal proceedings in detail. The author also gives a detailed profile of Bruno as well as the body which arrested and accused him - the Inquisition. This book will appeal to all those interested in the life and death of Giordano Bruno, as well as those interested in Early Modern legal proceedings, the Roman Inquisition, and the history of religious and philosophical tolerance
Phytophthora cactorum-strawberry interaction system: characterization of a novel pathogen-secreted protein causing host cultured cell death
No full textPurification and molecular characterization of a novel protein factor from Phytophthora cactorum causing toxicity in plant
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Measuring industry-science links through inventor-author relations: A profiling method
No full textIn this pilot study we examine the performance of text-based profiling in recovering a set of validated inventor-author links. In a first step we match patents and publications solely based on their similarity in content. Next, we compare inventor and author names on the highest ranked matches for the occurrence of name matches. Finally, we compare these candidate matches with the names listed in a validated set of inventor-author names. Our text-based profile methodology performs significantly better than a random matching of patents and publications, suggesting that text-based profiling is a valuable complementary tool to the name searches used in previous studies.innovation; industry-science links; text-based profiling;
Subcolumnar Dendritic and Axonal Organization of Spiny Stellate and Star Pyramid Neurons within a Barrel in Rat Somatosensory Cortex
No full textExcitatory neurons at the level of cortical layer 4 in the rodent somatosensory barrel field often display a strong eccentricity in comparison with layer 4 neurons in other cortical regions. In rat, dendritic symmetry of the 2 main excitatory neuronal classes, spiny stellate and star pyramid neurons (SSNs and SPNs), was quantified by an asymmetry index, the dendrite-free angle. We carefully measured shrinkage and analyzed its influence on morphological parameters. SSNs had mostly eccentric morphology, whereas SPNs were nearly radially symmetric. Most asymmetric neurons were located near the barrel border. The axonal projections, analyzed at the level of layer 4, were mostly restricted to a single barrel except for those of 3 interbarrel projection neurons. Comparing voxel representations of dendrites and axon collaterals of the same neuron revealed a close overlap of dendritic and axonal fields, more pronounced in SSNs versus SPNs and considerably stronger in spiny L4 neurons versus extragranular pyramidal cells. These observations suggest that within a barrel dendrites and axons of individual excitatory cells are organized in subcolumns that may confer receptive field properties such as directional selectivity to higher layers, whereas the interbarrel projections challenge our view of barrels as completely independent processors of thalamic input
The Pottery Chronological Seriation of the Murghab Delta from the end of the Bronze Age to the Achaemenid Period: a Preliminary Note
No full textIn this short article the author and Maurizio Cattani in the volume devoted to the joint Italian/Russian/Turkmenian activities in south Turkmenistan entitled Archaeological Map of the Murghab delta are dealing with a preliminary analysis of the chronological sequence of the pottery production collected and organized form the field survey conducted from 1989 to 1994 there. The already known and traditional sequence of Yaz I-III and defined as such by the soviet archaeologists, is by the authors enlarged with a post Yaz III horizon, which is crossing, most probably, the Achaemenid and post-Achaemenid period
The Iron Age in Merv Oasis
No full textIn this short article the author in the volume devoted to the joint Italian/Russian/Turkmenian activities in south Turkmenistan entitled Archaeological Map of the Murghab delta is dealing with the development of the Iron Age in Central Asia. In particular the author is dealing with the important archaeological horizon of Yaz I-III, first individuated in the Murghab delta by the Soviet scholars right in the Yaz Tepe site
The Achaemenids in the History of Central Asia
No full textThe author in the volume devoted to the joint Italian/Russian/Turkmenian activities in south Turkmenistan entitled Archaeological Map of the Murghab delta, is dealing with an historical outline of the Achaemenid dynasty in Central Asia. Starting from the analyses of the epigraphic documentation, the author gives a view of the real geographic extension of the dynastic power in Central Asia, including Margiana, which never was listed as official province of the Empire
Frescoes of st. Bruno of Querfurt in the Camaldulian monastery in Pažaislis
No full textStraipsnis skirtas šv. Brunono Kverfurtiečio freskų Pažaislio kamaldulių vienuolyne analizei. Darbe teigiama, kad Šv. Brunonas čia pasirodo kaip vienas pirmųjų kamaldulių pirmtakų, sektinas pavyzdys, kurį vienuoliams visuomet turėjo priminti nutapytas freskų ciklas. Autorius nurodo, jog freskos išdėstytos kaip nuoseklus pasakojimas, kuriame kruopščiai atrinkti svarbiausi Šv. Brunono gyvenimo, kankinystės ir garbinimo momentai. Akcentuojama, kad vienodai puiki yra ir tapytojo M. Palloni'o darbo technika, ir tapybinio pasakojimo „scenarijaus“ parinkimas. Nors freskos nutapytos sekant P. Damianio pasakojimu apie Šv. Brunono kelionę pas pagonių rusų karalių, straipsnyje autorius mano, jog neteisinga teigti, kad Šv. Brunono istorija nutapyta Pažaislio freskose dėl to, jog tai buvo pirmasis misionierius Lietuvos paribyje – Kvedlinburgo analų šaltiniai, paminintys Lietuvos vardą, buvo paskelbti vėliau nei tapytos Pažaislio freskos. Todėl kamalduliai, mecenatas K. Z. Pacas ar tapytojas M. Palloni nė neįsivaizdavo, kad jo istorijos aprašyme galėjo nuskambėti Lietuvos vardas. Iš to autorius daro išvadą, kad neverta tikėtis, jog aptariamame XVII a. tapybiniame Pažaislio vienuolyno cikle stengtąsi parodyti pirmąją būtent lietuvių krašte vykusią misiją. Straipsnyje teigiama, kad Šv. Brunonas visų pirma vertintinas kaip vienas pirmųjų misionierių, Šv. Romualdo mokinys ir sekėjas, pavyzdys Lenkijos ir Lietuvos kamaldulių provincijoje XVII a. gyvenantiems vienuoliams. Reikšminiai žodžiai: Freska; Freskų ciklas; Kamalduliai; Kristupas Zigmantas Pacas; Michelangelo Palloni; Mikelangelo Palloni, Švč. Mergelės Marijos Apsilankymo bažnyčios ir vienuolyno ansamblis; Pažaislio kamaldulių vienuolynas; Šv. Brunonas Kverfurtietis; Šv. Petras Damianis; Šv. Romualdas; Cycle of the frescoes; Fresco; Kristupas Zigmantas Pacas; Michelangelo Palloni; St Bruno of Querfurt; St Peter Damian; St Romuald; The Camaldulian Monastery in Pažaislis; The Camaldulian monks; The Church of the Visitation of Virgin Mary to Elisabeth and monastery ensemble; The Saint Bruno of QuerfurtThe article is dedicated to the analysis of frescoes of St Bruno of Querfurt in the Camaldulian Monastery in Pažaislis. The author claims that St Bruno of Querfurt is depicted here as one of the first predecessors of Camaldulian monks, an example to follow, which this cycle of frescos should always remind of. The author indicates that frescos are arranged as a coherent narrative depicting the key moments of life, martyrdom and worshiping of St Bruno of Querfurt. The author also highlights that the technique used by painter M. Palloni and the selection of a narrative in paintings are equally perfect. Although frescoes were painted following the narrative by P. Domiani about the journey of St Bruno of Querfurt to the pagan Russian king, the author of the article believes that it would be wrong to claim that the story of St Bruno of Querfurt was depicted in Pažaislis frescoes because he was the first missionary in the periphery of Lithuania. Therefore, Camaldulian monks, the patron K. Z. Pac or the painter M. Palloni could not even imagine that the name of Lithuania could be mentioned in the description of his history. Therefore, the author concludes that it is not worth hoping that the discussed cycle of Pažaislis frescos of the 17th c. was aimed at depicting the first mission in Lithuania. The author claims that St Bruno of Querfurt was primarily regarded as one of the first missionaries, St. Romuald's student and follower, an example for Camaldulian monks living in Camaldulian provinces in Poland and Lithuania in the 17th c
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