331 research outputs found
In the circle of the 20th century dystopia. About reading the novel “Otok snova” by Damir Miloš
No full textThe article is an attempt to show the novel Otok snova (Island of Dreams,1996) by Damir Miloš as an example of a dystopian text. The author portrays the presented world of the book, first, as a postmodern consumer space where the pursuit of attractions is a dominant human activity, second, she presents the same picture through the prism of hyperbolic deformation. In the novel the original idyll takes the contours of hell, as she suggests. However, the reflection does not finish in a defeatist way. The author indicates a possibility of transition from dystopia to micro-utopia, but only in the case of reading the novel in the context of other works written by Damir Miloš
A Damastion Tetrobol – Fake or Original?
No full textAutor Damir Kovač godinama skuplja novac Damastija i piše o njemu. Numizmatički materijal nabavlja uglavnom od raznih aukcijskih kuća te na numizmatičkim susretima u Münchenu, Beču i drugdje. U posljednje vrijeme novac Damastija najčešće nudi poznata američka aukcijska kuća CNG - Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, PA (dalje: CNG). Na jednoj od njezinih renomiranih aukcija kupio je autor tetrobol grada Damastija, sretan da je obogatio zbirku novim primjerkom novca iz toga još uvijek enigmatičkoga grada. No na temelju analiza toga novca koje su obavili poznati stručnjaci pojavila se sumnja u to da je taj tek kupljeni tetrobol izvoran. Autori prikazuju tijek događanja kojima su potaknuli izradu tih analiza kupljenoga tetrobola i citiraju te analize. Tim vlastitim iskustvom autori žele upozoriti numizmatičare na oprez
pri kupovanju numizmatičkoga materijala.The author Damir Kovač has for years collected Damastion coins and written about them. In most cases he acquired numismatic material from various auction houses and at numismatic meetings in Munich, Vienna and elsewhere. More recently, Damastion coins have usually been offered by the well-known American auction house CNG – Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, PA (hereinafter: CNG). At one of its renowned auctions the author purchased a tetrobol of the city of Damastion, happy to have enriched his collection with a new coin from that still enigmatic city. However, analysis of that coin by well-known experts raised doubts about the originality of the recently purchased tetrobol. The authors show why they had the tetrobol analysed and cite the analyses results. Based on their own experience, the authors want to caution numismatists to be careful when purchasing numismatic material
Disclosure of novel mechanisms in which nicotine triggers structural and functional alterations of arterial smooth muscle cells, implications to pathogenesis of the occlusive arterial diseases
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University of TorontoResults of the 'in vitro' studies indicated that nicotine and cotinine (tested in concentrations 10-3 to 10 -9 M) inhibit migration and proliferation of cultured arterial SMCs and substantially decrease intracellular transport and secretion of fibronectin and elastin. Moreover, within hours, nicotine and cotinine induce the occlusive collapse of the arterial segments and lungs, maintained in organ cultures, which was due to a rapid shrinkage of individual cells and their detachment from the adjacent matrix. Immunohistochemical and functional evaluation of cultured arterial SMCs exposed to nicotine indicated that nicotine induced the disappearance of microtubules and actin microfilaments and disintegration of the vinculin-rich focal attachment points. Most importantly, we established that all nicotine-dependent impairment of cellular structure and functions was inhibited by a specific inhibitor of Sarcoplasmic Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium ATPase (SERCA), thapsigargin, but not by antagonists of classic nicotinic receptors, mecamylamine or d-tubocurarine.M.Sc
Disclosure of novel mechanisms in which nicotine triggers structural and functional alterations of arterial smooth muscle cells, implications to pathogenesis of the occlusive arterial diseases
No full textgrantor:
University of TorontoResults of the 'in vitro' studies indicated that nicotine and cotinine (tested in concentrations 10-3 to 10 -9 M) inhibit migration and proliferation of cultured arterial SMCs and substantially decrease intracellular transport and secretion of fibronectin and elastin. Moreover, within hours, nicotine and cotinine induce the occlusive collapse of the arterial segments and lungs, maintained in organ cultures, which was due to a rapid shrinkage of individual cells and their detachment from the adjacent matrix. Immunohistochemical and functional evaluation of cultured arterial SMCs exposed to nicotine indicated that nicotine induced the disappearance of microtubules and actin microfilaments and disintegration of the vinculin-rich focal attachment points. Most importantly, we established that all nicotine-dependent impairment of cellular structure and functions was inhibited by a specific inhibitor of Sarcoplasmic Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium ATPase (SERCA), thapsigargin, but not by antagonists of classic nicotinic receptors, mecamylamine or d-tubocurarine.M.Sc
Qalandar-name. Chapter 2. “Praise and blessing upon Muhammad Mustafa”
No full textThe present fragment contains the translated continuation of a medieval poetic text “Qalandar-name” written by the Crimean Sufi author Abu Bakr Qalandar. This fragment contains the second chapter devoted to praising (Salawat) the Prophet Muhammad, after which the poet will glorify his righteous caliphs (al-Khulafa al-rashidun). As it appears from the author’s praises, he was a follower of Sunni Islam and, at the same time, a representative of the Sufi order (tariqa). Titles and names that Abu Bakr Kalandar uses in his chanting of Muhammad, are very familiar both to researchers of the Islamic religion and ordinary Muslims. He calls the Prophet the Lord (Sayyid) of both worlds, Elect, Light, Leader of all the prophets and saints. The author mentions some famous miracles of the Messenger of Allah, such as the night journey (Isra) and ascension to the seventh heaven (Mi’raj), the moon’s splitting and inanimate objects’ speaking. He also makes an allusion to the mystical interpretation of the Qur’an in relation to the hair of the Prophet. The Persian text is translated by Milyausha Ismagilova, a postgraduate student. Translation edition and comments are supplied by Damir Shagaviyev, Head of the Department of History of Public Thought and Islamic Studies of the Sh.Marjani Institute of History, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan).
* Continuation of the article. See beginning of the article in: Golden Horde Review, 2014, no. 2(4), pp.243–252
The smell and colour of words. Attempts at intersemiotic translation and synaesthesia in Damir Miloš’s works "Smetlar" and "Bijeli klaun"
No full textThe aim of the intersemiotic and conceptual prose of Damir Miloš is to overcome the limitations
of language and literary description, especially when presenting reality through the
prism of sensual experience, both visual and olfactory. In Miloš’s prose the interconnectedness
of art forms, often perceived today as a symptom of a literary crisis or a trend towards
intermediality, becomes a special and convenient pretext to use intersemiotic translation,
visuality and synaesthesia as a means of presenting sensuality in literature. The Croatian
author creates a world in which his protagonists, marked with certain incapacities or hypersensitivity
of senses (an absolute sense of smell, colour-blindness or blindness), conjure up
their own individual and subjective reality. Thus, Miloš stresses the postmodern aspect of the
multiplicity of truths and perspectives
Qalandar-name. Chapter 3. “Praises to Abu Bakr, Commander of the Faithful”
No full textThe presented fragment is the next part of the translation of the medieval poetic text “Qalandar-name” written by Abu Bakr Qalandar, the Sufi scholar from the Crimea. This Chapter is devoted to praises to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (The Truthful), the Successor of the Prophet Muhammad, the first of the four Righteous Caliphs (al-Khulafa al-Rashidun). Within the nine rows the author mentions the virtues of Abu Bakr making the main emphasis on truthfulness, loyalty and sincerity of this Prophet’s companion. The Persian text is translated by Milyausha Ismagilova, the postgraduate student. The translation’s edition and comments are supplied by Damir Shagaviev, Head of the Department of History of Social Thought and Islamic Studies at the Sh.Marjani Institute of History of AS RT (Kazan).
* Continuation. See the beginning in: Golden Horde Review. 2014. № 2(4). P.243–252; № 3(5). P.207–214. Russian translation from Persian by a graduate student M.R. Ismagilova. Academic edition of the translation and comments by D.A. Shagaviev, Head of the Department of History of Social Thought and Islamic Studies at the Sh.Marjani Institute of History of AS RT (Kazan)
Erratum: Solvent-driven azide-induced mononuclear discrete versus one-dimensional polymeric aromatic Möbius cadmium(ii) complexes of an N6 tetradentate helical ligand (Dalton Trans. (2017) 46 (14888–14896) DOI: 10.1039/C7DT02952G)
No full textThe authors regret that the affiliation for Damir A. Safin was incorrect in the original article. The corrected list of author affiliations is shown here. The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers. © 2022 The Royal Society of Chemistr
Managing Occasional Coins
No full textAutor obrađuje neusvojena idejna rješenja (u skicama i modelima) za prigodni hrvatski kovinski novac s motivima viteške igre - Sinjske alke, autora akademskoga kipara, profesora Damira Mataušića.The author writes about the non-adopted designs (in sketches and models) for occasional Croatian coins with motifs of a knightly contest, the Sinj Alka, by academy sculptor Professor Damir Matauši
Descriptivists or social activists: a dilemma in sociolinguistics
No full textAfter an attempt at locating sociolinguistics among linguistic disciplines, the author considers the roles of linguists in social controversies about language
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