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TRIAL OF GIORDANO BRUNO.
In 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
Purification and molecular characterization of a novel protein factor from Phytophthora cactorum causing toxicity in plant
Measuring industry-science links through inventor-author relations: A profiling method
In 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;
The Pottery Chronological Seriation of the Murghab Delta from the end of the Bronze Age to the Achaemenid Period: a Preliminary Note
In 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
In 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
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 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
Straipsnis 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
The rise of securities markets : what can government do?
Using U.S. securities markets as a case history, the author explores the role securities markets play in economic development, how they emerge, and how regulation can make them more effective. Why the United States? Two centuries ago, it was a small undeveloped country with serious financial problems. It confronted those problems and, guided by Alexander Hamilton, creatively reformed its financial system, which then became a foundation of the U.S. economic infrastructure and a bulwark for long-term growth. When Hamilton's program established public credit and securitiesmarkets in the 1790s, U.S. citizens were immediately able to borrow from older, richer countries. U.S. wealth then increased until, by the end of the nineteenth century, U.S. residents began to lend and invest more abroad than they borrowed. During the 1820s and 1830s, the United States (usually state governments) borrowed large sums from foreign investors to build roads, canals, and early railroads, to make other transportation improvements, and to capitalize state banks. From the 1830s to the end of the century, still larger sums from overseas went into private U.S. railway companies that provided cheap transcontinental transportation. Most of this borrowing took the form of state and corporate bond sales to overseas investors. The pristine U.S. government credit established by Hamilton thus rubbed off on U.S. state and corporate debt. The British stock market did better than the U.S. market until the United States adopted security-market regulation (including disclosuire rules) under the SEC. Then the U.S. market became a world leader. The U.S. stock market developed more slowly than the bond market, but it both aided and benefited from foreign investment in U.S. bonds. Foreign investors preferred debt securities to equities, yet equities create a safety margin for bondholders who, because of this margin, are more willing to purchase and hold bonds. Foreign investors preferred bonds; U.S. investors, after exporting bonds, held more stocks than bonds at home. Why? Because good stock markets permit the conversion of equity securities into cash.Environmental Economics&Policies,Payment Systems&Infrastructure,Financial Intermediation,International Terrorism&Counterterrorism,Economic Theory&Research,Housing Finance,Insurance&Risk Mitigation,Financial Intermediation,Environmental Economics&Policies,Economic Theory&Research
SHeLA: Scalable Heterogeneous Layered Attestation
sponsorship: This work was supported in part by EU LOCARD Project under Grant H2020-SU-SEC-2018-832735, in part by the Central Europe Leuven Strategic Alliance under Grant CELSA/17/033, and in part by the Flemish Government under Grant G0E0719N. The work of M. M. Rabbani was supported by Fondazione Bruno Kessler Fund. The work of M. Conti was supported by the Marie Curie Fellowship through European Commission under Agreement PCIG11-GA-2012-321980. (Corresponding author: Md Masoom Rabbani.) (EU LOCARD Project under Grant H2020-SU-SEC-2018|832735, Central Europe Leuven Strategic Alliance|CELSA/17/033, Flemish Government|G0E0719N, Fondazione Bruno Kessler Fund, Marie Curie Fellowship through European Commission|PCIG11-GA-2012-321980)status: Publishe
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