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Chapter Reflecting Users’ Physical Characteristics in Spatial Visualization
(2023)
This paper aims to quickly and precisely visualize remodeled design images based on image generation AI so that they can be used as alternative images in the early stages of design. In order to create a space image suitable ...
Chapter “Dante, Can I Lead You?” South African students write back (across seven centuries and a hemisphere)
(2021)
This account of the essays, poems and stories collected in the present volume reflects on the authors’ diverse forms of engagement with Dante via the implications of proximity and distance. In what ways do these students ...
Chapter Wealth inequalities in cities of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and their changes during the seventeenth century. Sources and methods of measure
(2020)
I would like to determine the evolution of wealth concentration in main cities of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by comparing the data from different benchmark years. Moreover, I will analyze whether the Gini coefficient ...
Chapter Forms of government and rhetoric: perceptions of democracy and oligarchy in Demosthenes
(2022)
Demosthenes is recognized as a defender of Athenian democracy and freedom, particularly in voicing his concern about the growth of Macedonian power. While the defence of democracy is a recurring theme in his speeches, ...
How safe is eating chicken?
(2006)
Consumers trust is a key factor in dealing with rising concerns about food safety and food quality, but only few studies have dealt with consumer attitudes and none of them has tried to model the process of consumer response. ...
Chapter LaCoast Atlas: a consistent database to support sustainable coastal zone management
(2020)
The paper illustrates the LaCoast Project (LAnd cover changes in COASTal zones), a harmonised and consistent geo-referenced database that constitute a base tool for integrated spatial analysis of policies. It is meant to ...
La inutilizzabilità della prestazione
(2017)
The service covered by an obligation corresponds, in the definition offered by the law (art. 1174 of the Italian civil code), to an interest of the creditor. What happens if this interest, in the context of a contractual ...
L’Isola che (non) c’è
(2022)
This volume presents a survey of Russian children’s literature published in Italy from 1945 to 1991. On the one hand the analysis accounts for the historical, social and literary context of post-war Italy, in which the ...
Chapter Corpo, mente e immaginazione: l’essenza mentale dell’architettura
(2021)
In our culture, dominated by shallow rationality and reliance on the empirical, measur-able and demonstrable, the embodied, experiential and mental dimensions of design are supressed. Yet, there is an interest in the ...
Chapter Round Table comment
(2023)
Trying to comprehend and then to describe the process of technological change and its impact is a difficult task. Explaining it is then extremely demanding. Many of the contributions in the papers offered indicate the value ...
Chapter Moving from the margins: Palestinian mobilities, embodiment, and agency in East Jerusalem
(2022)
In Jerusalem, intra-urban boundaries are experienced and negotiated in deeply embodied ways, and primarily encountered, undermined, and reinforced through mobility. Palestinians’ movements are regularly restricted in areas ...
Chapter Corpo, mente e immaginazione: l’essenza mentale dell’architettura
(2021)
In our culture, dominated by shallow rationality and reliance on the empirical, measur-able and demonstrable, the embodied, experiential and mental dimensions of design are supressed. Yet, there is an interest in the ...
Pier Candido Decembrio
(2017)
The oldest translation in a modern language (vulgarization) of Caesar's commentaries, published in 1438 by Pier Candido Decembrio and dedicated to Filippo Maria Visconti and Inigo d'Avalos, is published for the first time ...
Chapter О славянизмах в Братьях Карамазовых
(2023)
About Slavonicisms in The Brothers Karamazov. This work draws attention to the function of Slavonicisms in The Brothers Karamazov. In the last dialogue between Kolja Krasotkin and Alesha Karamazov, Kolja’s lines about ...
La Public History tra scuola, università e territorio
(2022)
The volume collects ten essays, followed by thirty Best Practices sheets, which collectively provide an outline of the interconnections between Public History and schools. Through discussing and hypotheses of teaching and ...
Paolo Mantegazza e l'Evoluzionismo in Italia
(2010)
An eclectic figure – a scientist, novelist, anthropologist, politician and man of his time – Paolo Mantegazza (1831-1910) played a leading role in Italian society and the cultural scene of the late nineteenth century, even ...
Electronic Imaging & the Visual Arts. EVA 2013 Florence
(2013)
Important Information Technology topics are presented: multimedia systems, data-bases, protection of data, access to the content. Particular reference is reserved to digital images (2D, 3D) regarding Cultural Institutions ...
Chapter Piattaforme digitali, (big) data, spazio dei flussi/luoghi
(2022)
The chapter introduces the Digital Platforms as well as the relationship between platforms - data - space of flows - space of places.
Seafood from Catch and Aquaculture for a Sustainable Supply
(2008)
For the fist time, the WEFTA Annual Meeting takes place in Italy, at Firenze on September 17th to 19th, 2008. The WEFTA 2008 theme is "Seafood from Catch and Aquaculture for a Sustainable Supply". WEFTA 2008 aims the ...
Seafood from Catch and Aquaculture for a Sustainable Supply
(2008)
For the fist time, the WEFTA Annual Meeting takes place in Italy, at Firenze on September 17th to 19th, 2008. The WEFTA 2008 theme is "Seafood from Catch and Aquaculture for a Sustainable Supply". WEFTA 2008 aims the ...
Chapter Giordano da Pisa e il pubblico. Modelli e comportamenti
(2020)
The production of Giordano da Pisa (1260-1310) offers an excellent example for assessing the relationship between a Dominican preacher and his lay audience. His preaching presents simultaneously all the features that make ...
Chapter Il sistema degli scambi nel Mediterraneo occidentale tra XIV e XV secolo e il porto di Roma
(2019)
Between the 14th and 15th centuries, a dense network of trade relations was active in the maritime basin of the western Mediterranean. The three regional areas that overlooked this sea, the Iberian and Provencal, the Italian ...
Chapter Introduzione
(2020)
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Chapter Civilisation versus barbarie. L’Ennemi sous la plume des Léningradois assiégés
(2017)
Leningrad under siege (1941-1944) appears to be a privileged context to study the perception of the Enemy by the Soviet people. The diaries kept by hundreds of exhausted and starved Leningraders allow an in-depth study of ...
Chapter Il sistema degli scambi nel Mediterraneo occidentale tra XIV e XV secolo e il porto di Roma
(2019)
Between the 14th and 15th centuries, a dense network of trade relations was active in the maritime basin of the western Mediterranean. The three regional areas that overlooked this sea, the Iberian and Provencal, the Italian ...
Chapter Македонский esse-перфект: лексическая дистрибуция и контекстные ограничения
(2023)
Esse-perfect in Macedonian: lexical distribution and contextual restrictions - The present article deals with the esse-perfect in Macedonian, also found in Aromanian and some Albanian dialects, which is formed with verbs ...
La signoria rurale nell’Italia del tardo medioevo. 6 Le signorie trentine
(2023)
In recent decades, the importance of rural lordship in the history of Italy in the late Middle Ages has been reconsidered and reassessed. On the basis of a wealth of archive documentation, this volume offers a systematic ...
Chapter Guerra e nazionalismo nel futurismo italiano e nel futurismo russo
(2019)
This article argues that the traditional picture of Russian Futurists as fiercely opposed to this war does not correspond to reality. We begin by examining the general historical background for Marinetti’s notorious motto ...
Chapter Guerra e nazionalismo nel futurismo italiano e nel futurismo russo
(2019)
This article argues that the traditional picture of Russian Futurists as fiercely opposed to this war does not correspond to reality. We begin by examining the general historical background for Marinetti’s notorious motto ...
Chapter Burladores e Convitati a Napoli tra Sei e Settecento, da Perrucci ad Abri (e oltre)
(2020)
This essay provides a comparison of select testimonies of the enduring tradition of Convitato di pietra (The Stone Guest) in Central and Southern Italy from the late 17th to the early 19th century. The text by Perrucci, ...
Ricovero avicolo polifunzionale per l'allevamento libero
(2011)
The book is arranged in the form of a practical, build-it-yourself manual, complete with general technical information and advice for use in the field. The mobile poultry housing has been designed for extensive breeding ...
Chapter Writing, textuality, politics in the Lucca of Bishops Berengar and Ambrose (837-852)
(2022)
The article consists of two intertwined sections. In the first, I intend to reconstruct the processes of political and social transformation that took place in Lucca under the actions of Bishops Berengar (837-843) and ...
Le lauree honoris causa per gli 80 anni dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze
(2005)
On the occasions of the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of Florence University, each Faculty was invited by the Academic Senate to nominate a figure of international standing as recipient of an honorary degree. This ...
Chapter Docenti e studenti dell’Università di Firenze: una lettura di genere
(2024)
The chapter investigates the issue of the feminization of the University of Florence by looking at both the teaching and student populations. Starting from a synthesis of previous research works we focus more specifically ...
L'inclusione sociale e il dialogo interculturale nei contesti europei
(2008)
The book contains the proceedings of the European conference and review «Products and experiences for intercultural dialogue: Best practices for social inclusion in Italy and Europe" held in Florence on 18 January 2008 in ...
Chapter Massimo Quaini, studioso del paesaggio
(2021)
Landscape represents, for Massimo Quaini’s research activities and publications, a recurrent and growing focus: from early 70’s studies about rural landscapes of Liguria, to Hérodote/Italia, to later writings directly ...
Chapter Glossaire terminologique collaboratif et Data-Driven Learning dans le cadre de la traduction du lexique artistique
(2023)
This chapter focuses on the role of corpora, in particular the LBC corpus (Lessico dei Beni Culturali), in the training of (future) translators. First, a variety of teaching methodologies, such as «task», «Learners’ Bilingual ...
Chapter Leonardo e la navigabilità dei corsi d’acqua milanesi
(2023)
The paper analyses Leonardo’s main studies concerning the navigability of Milan waterways in order to contextualize and highlight his original contributions. Not only do Leonardo’s studies outline the actual situation of ...
Chapter Measuring the movement between employment and self-employment: a survey proposal
(2021)
The study concerns the following issues: 1) basic definitions (traditional craftsmanship and commercial work, self-employment, freelance jobs, learned professions, etc.); 2) analysis of the sources on, and the organizations ...
Chapter Il museo racconta la scuola tra passato e presente
(2022)
The Museums of educational heritage - especially those established in University Departments – represent an extraordinary resource for scientific research, education, and the Third Mission, which is aimed at promoting ...