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Salomé and Saint Sebastian: Modern Myths in Wilde and D’Annunzio
No full textThe essay discusses Oscar Wilde’s elaborations of such modern myths as Saint Sebastian and Salomé, both codified within the epistemological frame of medieval Christianity, and ponders on the writer’s mythmaking practices as reflected in Gabriele D’Annunzio. In particular, Wilde’s influence can be perceived in D’Annunzio’s representation of Saint Sebastian – a famously fin-de-siècle myth, especially charged with homoerotic significances, and a very important figure to Wilde himself – in the tragedy Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, written in French and published in France in 1911. Despite Wilde’s influence in D’Annunzio’s adaptation of the legend of the soldier-saint, it was however his tragedy Salomé that constituted a fundamental hypotext for D’Annunzio’s play. Through D’Annunzio’s concurrent interpretations of the decadent myths of Salomé and Saint Sebastian, the essay argues that the Italian author widely contributed to the spread of Wilde’s poetics and ideas not only in Italy and France (the country where D’Annunzio resided from 1910 to 1915), but also across Europe. Various features of Wilde’s poetics in Salomé are analysed through comparative close readings with Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien to show the importance of the dialogue between the two authors and its centrality in shaping the reception of Wilde from a perspective of cosmopolitan studies and world literature
Does the Current Account Matter?
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to investigate in detail the behavior of the current account in emerging economies, and in particular its role if any in financial crises. Models of current account behavior are reviewed, and a dynamic model of current account sustainability is developed. The empirical analysis is based on a massive data set that covers over 120 countries during more than 25 years. Important controversies related to the current account including the extent to which current account deficits help predict currency crises are also analyzed. Throughout the paper I am interested in analyzing whether there is evidence supporting the idea that there are costs involved in running 'very large' deficits. Moreover, I investigate the nature of these potential costs, including whether they are particularly high in the presence of other type of imbalances.
A WORK SY SEBASTIAN RICCI IN THE STROSSMAYER GALLERY
No full textComparing the picture»St, Francis of Paola restores dead boy to life (oil on canvas, sized 61,8 X 53 cm), which the Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb had received as a gift f rom Ante Topić Mimara, of Salzburg, as a work by G. B. Piazzetta (1682 — 1754), with a sketch of an almost identical representation by Sebastian Ricci, presented for the first time to the public at the exposition »Dall Ricci al Tiepolo» at Venice (Palazzo Ducale, 1969), and with the final realization of this invention of the master's, which today is in the Church of St, Rocco in Venice, the author is of the opinion that the Zagreb exhibit is actually a »bozzettoe of an altar picture from the aforementioned church. The Zagreb picture lacks the upper portion of the composition, which will probably have been subsequently cut off because of damage, whereby the work had lost it s entirety and the beauty of its original impression with the characteristic vastness of an elevated horizon. It is precisely in this amputation, as it were, that the author sees the reason that the work had not earlier been recognized as being composed by Sebastian Ricci.
The time of origin of this work by Ricci is not disputable. The altar picture for the church of S. Rocco was worked upon by the master from 1732 to 1734, and the author believes that it is likely that the Zagreb »bozzettoc had come into being at t he beginning of this period. In this work i t i s onl y i n individual details that the skilI of this experienced master comes into evidence, notably in the shaping of certain figures leisurely east by thick-set coatings of paint, which model most effectively the volumes of the body and of the lively moving mass of drapery. However, taken as a whole, the refinement of a long painting
experience is shaded over by a certain weariness of the old master, who i n some f igures reiterates types and situation f rom his earlier works. Very similar female figures had already earlier been created by the master in the extraordinary sketch for the picture »Moses's spring miraclec, which today is kept at Hampton Court, and which had originated between 1726 and 1729. The author expresses his conviction that by i t s invention, typology and interpretation the Zagreb sketch is a possible work by Sebastian Ricci himself. Although by its relatively modest quality level this work does not represent a specially conspicuous discovery, the author deems it necessary to point t o i t i n o r der to complete the stages of the creative process linked with the last realization of Sebastian Ricci
Piezo-deformable mirrors for active mode matching in advanced LIGO
No full textThe detectors of the laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory (LIGO) are broadly limited by the quantum noise and rely on the injection of squeezed states of light to achieve their full sensitivity. Squeezing improvement is limited by mode mismatch between the elements of the squeezer and the interferometer. In the current LIGO detectors, there is no way to actively mitigate this mode mismatch. This paper presents a new deformable mirror for wavefront control that meets the active mode matching requirements of advanced LIGO. The active element is a piezo-electric transducer, which actuates on the radius of curvature of a 5 mm thick mirror via an axisymmetric flexure. The operating range of the deformable mirror is 120±8 mD in vacuum and an additional 200 mD adjustment range accessible out of vacuum. Combining the operating range and the adjustable static offset, it is possible to deform a flat mirror from −65 mD to −385 mD. The measured bandwidth of the actuator and driver electronics is 6.8 Hz. The scattering into higher-order modes is measured to be <0.2% over the nominal beam radius. These piezo-deformable mirrors meet the stringent noise and vacuum requirements of advanced LIGO and will be used for the next observing run (O4) to control the mode-matching between the squeezer and the interferometer.Varun Srivastava, Georgia Mansell, Camille Makarem, Minkyun Noh, Richard Abbott, Stefan Ballmer, GariLynn Billingsley, Aidan Brooks, Huy Tuong Cao, Peter Fritschel, Don Griffith, Wenxuan Jia, Marie Kasprzack, Myron MacInnis, Sebastian Ng, Luis Sanchez, Calum Torrie, Peter Veitch, and Fabrice Matichar
Emblemas morales de Don Sebastian de Couarrubias Orozco ...
No full textTots els f. amb orla tip.Grav. xil. en el textSign.: œ4, A4, B-Z8, 2A-2B8, 2C4, 2D-2P8, 2Q4, 2R8Port. con esc. xil. del Duque de Lerm
Many-electron treatment of quasi-resonant ion neutralization at solid surfaces
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Post trade liberalization policy and institutional challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean
No full textArgentina, Chile, Colombia, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay undertook extensive trade reform at a time of crisis, at which time institutional reform was difficult to undertake. Many of the countries had become members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in the late 1980s and anticipated institutional reform. Only later did they reform trade policymaking institutions to bring them somewhat in line with trade policy regimes and GATT rules. These countries have all used reference prices and antidumping provisions of GATT, rather than safeguards, to provide relief from import surges. They have all tried to centralize trade policy by moving it from different agencies into a single agency. Despite liberalization, some sectors -- including automobiles, textiles and agriculture -- remain protected. Lessons the author draws from experience in these coutries: 1) the deteriorating macroeconomic situations are the main challenge to maintaining open trade policy; 2) trade policymaking must be constantly reviewed to prevent reversals, and the costs of protection must be communicated to the public at large; 3) There must be short-run measures to help domestic activities adjust to short-run price movements and alleviate pressure for protection. The danger -- such measures (unrelated to long-run price trends) can become permanent. 4) external commitments (through WTO or customs unions) can be used to discourage a return to protection; 5) extending reform (to labor and capital markets and the regulatory framework) will help maintain and extend trade liberalization. Allowing factors of production to move smoothly from one activity to another could help prevent the buildup of pressures that lead to protection; 6) an institution to consider exceptional protection should be advisory (independent of day-to-day trade policymaking), so that it works steadily, free from administrative pressures and exigencies. Requests for protection must be handled openly and transparently, with the findings subject to public scrutiny. Procedures for granting relief through safeguards and similar mechanisms must reflect all interests, including those of consumers, exporters, and users of the product; and 7) the analysis to establish injury must conform to high technical standards. The criteria to consider trade policies must reflect national interests, not those of any particular sector.Economic Theory&Research,Common Carriers Industry,Trade Policy,Environmental Economics&Policies,Payment Systems&Infrastructure,TF054105-DONOR FUNDED OPERATION ADMINISTRATION FEE INCOME AND EXPENSE ACCOUNT,Economic Theory&Research,Trade Policy,Environmental Economics&Policies,Transport and Trade Logistics
Public finance, trade, and development : the Chilean experience
No full textThis paper analyzes the role of public finance and trade policies in the adjustment experience of Chile over the past 15 years. The purpose is to first review the Chilean public sector and trade reforms, and then to examine their role in the economic development of Chile. The paper is divided into six sections. After the Introduction, Section II presents a brief summary of the conditions in 1973 on the eve of the shift in Chilean policy. Section III focuses on the main policy reforms introduced by the military government over the 1973-82 period. Section IV takes a detailed look at Chile's public finance and trade reforms. The effect of the reforms on aggregate incentives and on the macroeconomic adjustment is the subject of Section V. Lastly, Section VI presents the following main conclusions. First, liberalization and stabilization reforms succeeded until late 1978 in slowing down inflation. Second, the reduction of a large public sector deficit required strong action. Third, the elimination of a large public sector deficit is a necessary but not sufficient condition for the control of inflation. Finally, once the macroeconomic mistakes of the late 1970's and early 1980's were corrected, Chile recovered its growth and reduced inflation.Economic Stabilization,Banks&Banking Reform,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Public Sector Economics&Finance
Openness, outward orientation, trade liberalization, and economic performance in developing countries
No full textThis paper provides a critical review of the existing empirical literature that deals with the relationship between trade orientation and economic performance. Using a model that avoids the shortcomings of most current measures of trade orientation, the author finds strong support for the hypothesis that, other things being equal, countries with a less distorted external sector grow faster than countries with a more distorted external sector.TF054105-DONOR FUNDED OPERATION ADMINISTRATION FEE INCOME AND EXPENSE ACCOUNT,Economic Theory&Research,Trade Policy,Environmental Economics&Policies,Achieving Shared Growth
Whole-brain model replicates sleep-like slow-wave dynamics generated by stroke lesions
No full textFocal brain injuries, such as stroke, cause local structural damage as well as alteration of neuronal activity in distant brain regions. Experimental evidence suggests that one of these changes is the appearance of sleep-like slow waves in the otherwise awake individual. This pattern is prominent in areas surrounding the damaged region and can extend to connected brain regions in a way consistent with the individual's specific long-range connectivity patterns. In this paper we present a generative whole-brain model based on (f)MRI data that, in combination with the disconnection mask associated with a given patient, explains the effects of the sleep-like slow waves originated in the vicinity of the lesion area on the distant brain activity. Our model reveals new aspects of their interaction, being able to reproduce functional connectivity patterns of stroke patients and offering a detailed, causal understanding of how stroke-related effects, in particular slow waves, spread throughout the brain. The presented findings demonstrate that the model effectively captures the links between stroke occurrences, sleep-like slow waves, and their subsequent spread across the human brain.S·I is supported by the project NEurological MEchanismS of Injury, and Sleep-like cellular dynamics (NEMESIS) (ref. 101071900) funded by the EU ERC Synergy Horizon Europe. G.P. is supported by Grant PID2021-122136OB-C22 funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by ERDF A way of making Europe. G.D. is supported by 10.13039/50110001103310.13039/501100011033Grant PID2022-136216NB-I00 funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by "ERDF A way of making Europe", "ERDF, EU". MVSV is supported by PID2020-112947RB-I00 AEI /10.13039/501100011033, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU). MC is supported by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo (CARIPARO)(GA number 55403); Ministry of Health Italy: NEUROCONN (RF-2008 -12366899); H2020 European School of Network Neuroscience- euSNN, H2020-SC5–2019-2, (Grant Agreement number 869505); Ministry of Health Italy: EYEMOVINSTROKE (RF-2019-12369300)
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