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Turkey and Bosnia- Herzegovina: A Future Re ecting on the Past
No full textPublished by: SETA FOUNDATION FOR POLITICAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
Reşit Galip Cd. Hereke Sokak No: 10
GOP Çankaya 06700 Ankara TÜRKİYEBosnia-Herzegovina remains as divided as ever. In the past year Turkish foreign policy in Bosnia-Herzegovina has become more assertive and outcome-oriented. The successes of the new Turkish assertiveness have helped to initiate a much- needed reconciliation process between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Turkey derives its assertiveness not only from Foreign Minister Davutoğlu’s vision of sustainable peace but also from its shared history and cultural practices throughout the region. Turkey’s efforts could strengthen the efforts of the international community to integrate BiH into European and trans-Atlantic bodies
Kosovo and Turkey: What Lies Ahead?
No full textPublished by: SETA FOUNDATION FOR POLITICAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
Reşit Galip Cd. Hereke Sokak No: 10
GOP Çankaya 06700 Ankara TÜRKİYEThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on 22 July 2010, affirmed the legality of the Republic of Kosovo’s declaration of independence. Yet it is an unspoken truth that Kosovo needs a compromise with Serbia to receive international recognition. Turkey can contribute to bridging relations between Belgrade and Pristina by identifying ways of cooperation on technical issues concerning the living standards of all Kosovar citizens without getting entangled on the issue of recognition. Turkey can play a complimentary and even crucial role that could actually ease the task of the European Union between Serbia and Kosovo
Esperienze di un editore di melodrammi
No full textThe critical edition of an opera has to tackle problems partially unknown to the literary text criticism. Such issues derive primarily from the multilayered character of the operatic text, which is made of words, sounds, scenery, stage action, transmitted from sources of different sorts (scores, librettos, stage arrangements, set design sketches). Secondly, problems arise from the nature of musical and theatrical languages: the written text is not an end in itself, but a premise to the properly artistic event, the performance. The critical editing of an opera must be concerned not only to reconstruct an “authentic” text, that is a text in accordance with the author’s thought, but also to how the same text can be used by today’s performers in order to arrange different stagings.
The author illustrates these issues with examples from 19th-century operas edited by him—Rossini’s Adina and Bellini’s I Puritani—which have already passed the scrutiny of the performance
"Der Dichter spricht...". La voce del poeta nel 'Torquato Tasso' di Donizetti
No full textBetween the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries many literary, figurative, and musical works took inspiration from the lives of celebrated ancient and modern artists. In particular, the unhappy events in the life of Torquato Tasso were of the greatest appeal; the author of Aminta and La Gerusalemme liberata became an emblem of the romantic artist, constantly in conflict with the surrounding world. Among these works, Ferretti’s and Donizetti’s melodramma semiserio Torquato Tasso (1833) is unique in the fact that the authors let the character Tasso to deliver poetic fragments extracted from the works of the real Tasso, interspersed throughout the dramatic dialogue. This device is aimed to outline the portrait of the hero in his complex relationship with the courtly society, and to show the poet in the very act of creating; it is highlighted both in the libretto (by the use of italics) and in the music: citations appear only in recitative sections, within which some of them are emphasized by the use of the arioso singing. The essay shows how this calculated use of literary and musical devices generates a multi-layered game of mirrors. Through it one can listen, as in perspective, different voices: that of the character; that of the real poet, or rather of the image the posterity has constructed of him. Lastly, the voice of the opera’s authors, who use Tasso’s poetry in order to express their concerns about of the Italian literary and musical tradition, in a historical juncture in which its identity is being challenged
Corsuccio da Sascorbaro ed il suo \u27\u27Vennicello dalla seta"
No full textCorsuccio da Sascorbaro\u27s studies are reported. This Author, already in 1581 gave useful and accurate informations on silkworm breeding.Viene commentato il lavoro di Corsuccio da Sascorbaro che gia nel 1581 forniva utili e precise indicazioni sul corretto allevamento del baco da seta
Composite Cu-LaFeO3 conversion coatings on a 18Cr ferritic stainless steel for IT-SOFC interconnects: Effect of long-term air exposure at 700◦C on Cr diffusion barrier and electrical properties
No full textIn our previous study copper oxide additions were used to accelerate the formation of perovskite LaFeO3 conversion coatings on stainless steels from molten carbonate baths. Incorporation of copper particles into the growing coating was an additional effect resulting in the formation of a composite Cu-LaFeO3 structure. In continuation to our previous study, the aim of this work is to report the effect of copper additions on long-term stability and performance of perovskite conversion coatings under IT-SOFC interconnect conditions. To this end, a Cu-LaFeO3 coated K41 18Cr ferritic stainless steel was examined in air at 700◦C up to 1000 h. In order to simulate properly the situation of a real IT-SOFC cell, Area Specific Resistance (ASR) and Cr-barrier properties of the coated steel were evaluated simultaneously with a special coating characterization setup. Studies were conducted by comparison with single-phase LaFeO3 coatings obtained in a molten carbonate bath similar to that used for the formation of the composite Cu-LaFeO3 coatings but without the addition of copper oxide. Copper addition did not change the general morphology of the perovskite coating, which remains a multi-layer coating, being composed of an outer LaFeO3 crystalline layer, a middle Fe-rich oxide and two inner Fe-Cr rich oxide layers. However, copper was beneficial in promoting a thinner and more stable coating structure along with finer perovskite grain size. These structural improvements were further confirmed by the results obtained with electrical measurements that showed a better ASR behavior of the Cu-LaFeO3 coatings. On the other hand, no relevant copper effects could be detected on the coating oxidation stability and on the Cr-barrier properties of the perovskite conversion coatings. Both LaFeO3 and Cu-LaFeO3 coatings showed similarly high coating stability and excellent Cr-barrier capability in experiments conducted at 700◦C up to 1000 h. In definitive, dual-phase Cu-LaFeO3 seem more promising systems for IT-SOFC interconnects than single-phase LaFeO3 conversion coatings, although further improvements in ASR electrical properties are needed. © The Author(s) 2018
Effects of Temperature on Seta Elongation in Atrichum Undulatum
No full textAuthor Institution: Department of Botany, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210Field-collected gametophytes of Atrichum undulatum were placed in two growth chambers which were maintained at the same light intensity and light period, but at two different temperature regimes. After sporophyte development, differences in seta lengths were observed. Measurements of cell lengths revealed that attached setae grown in the high-temperature regime (12°-22°C) were longer than those grown in a low-temperature regime (3°-12°C), as a result of both more cell divisions and a larger average cell length. Thus, temperature appeared to influence both cell division and cell elongation in the setae of Atrichum undulatum
Composite Cu-LaFeO3 conversion coatings on a 18Cr ferritic stainless steel for IT-SOFC interconnects: An investigation on structure and formation mechanism
No full textIn this work, a novel iron chemical conversion coating process has been applied to deposit a composite Cu-LaFeO3 perovskite coating layer on a commercial 18Cr ferritic stainless steel for application as Intermediate-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (IT-SOFC) interconnect. The conversion process is carried out at 600◦C under a CO2 gas atmosphere in a binary eutectic lithium-sodium molten carbonate bath containing lanthanum, magnesium and copper additions in form of their respective oxides. Multi-layer coatings are obtained, with a surface composite layer formed by a dense perovskite polycrystalline thick film with metallic copper particles encased in the perovskite grains grown on a Fe-rich spinel sublayer. Copper oxide additions significantly promote the formation of the LaFeO3 perovskite layer, and the experimental results suggest that galvanic coupling phenomena between the alloy elements and copper take place during the coating formation process. Chemical stability and Cr diffusion barrier properties of the composite coating have been evaluated in air exposure experiments at 700◦C for 200 h. The perovskite phase shows high stability after the high temperature exposure, with no detectable sign of Cr diffusion in the layer. Details on functional properties of these composite conversion coatings for IT-SOFC applications will be reported in a subsequent study. © The Author(s) 2017. Published by ECS. All rights reserved
[Book Review]: “The Political History of Muslim Bengal: An Unfinished Battle of Faith"
No full textThe Political History of Muslim Bengal, while speaking of the history of a lesser-known part of the Muslim world, has an interesting story of its own. The author, a former energy advisor to the Bangladesh government and the opposition-associated editor of a well-known news daily called Amar Desh (My Nation), wrote this book in ten months while being imprisoned for political activities in Bangladesh. As an attempt to narrate a political history of Muslim Bengal from its earliest origins, the book aims to be ambitious in its scope. Starting as a venture in exploring the roots of the Bengali Muslim identity from the beginning of the thirteenth century, the author attempts to map out the trajectory of that identity amidst the socio-political undulations of Bangladesh’s post-colonial and post-independence period..
Towards Designing A Method To Create Sticky Information Security Training For SMEs: Identifying Design Factors
No full textThe risk of being impacted by a cyberattack is high, because of more professional attacks. Thereby, cyber criminals are bypassing technological countermeasures through tricking users. Recently collected data during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic demonstrate, that cyberattacks including social engineering are among the main threats, especially for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME). (Information) Security Education and Training Awareness (SETA) is proposed to be an effective countermeasure. However, the effects of SETA fade rapidly over time and learnings are not applied in practice sustainably. Thus, we state that a method is required to create SETA programs with sustainable learning outcomes for SME. To develop such a method, we follow the Design Science Research Methodology and share insights of our first design cycle in this article. We conducted a literature review and analyzed factors of failure and success regarding the design of sustainable SETA programs. Furthermore, we sketch our plans for design cycle 2
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