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L’Italia repubblicana e gli aiuti internazionali
(2024)
The book examines the complex process through which Italy passed from being ‘recipient of international aid’ to ‘donor country’. It does so by looking at the different actors which characterised this shift: national and ...
De bibliothecariis
(2017)
In the activity of the librarian, the technical dimension, essential for working with professionalism, cannot ignore or be separated from commitment, attention to civil rights and the way in which they are lived and practiced ...
Chapter Genealogical Writing and Epigraphic Layout: Some Preliminary Remarks
(2024)
After some preliminary reflections on the ancient Greeks’ genealogical attitude, the chapter focuses on the layout of genealogical gravestones, which consist of two main types. The first type includes individual gravestones, ...
Chapter From Texts on Walls to Walls of Text: The Layout of Late Antique Greek Documents Inscribed on Architecture
(2024)
Late Roman documents inscribed in Greek on wall space in Asia Minor look surprisingly different from earlier Greek documentary inscriptions also inscribed on walls, which were often carved with the text subdivided into ...
Chapter Time, bits, and nickel: Managing digital and analog continuity
(2024)
In 1998, the Getty Center hosted the "Time and Bits: Managing Digital Continuity" conference, gathering the founders and thinkers of two San Francisco non-profit organizations interested in long-term thinking and archiving: ...
Finite-Size Effects in Stochastic Models of Population Dynamics: Applications to Biomedicine and Biology
(2010)
Population dynamics constitutes a widespread branch of investigations which finds important applications within the realm of life science. The classical deterministic (macroscopic) approach aims at characterizing the time ...
Trame controluce. Il patriarca 'protestante' Cirillo Loukaris / Backlighting Plots. The 'Protestant' Patriarch Cyril Loukaris
(2015)
Cyril Loukaris (1570-1638), Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria and later of Constantinople, is a fascinating and controversial figure. In addition to being a religious authority, the patriarch proved to be a first-rate ...
Chapter Arti, tecniche e mestieri in Diderot e nell’Encyclopédie
(2024)
The Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (1751-1772) is the laboratory of experience of the new technical-rational values produced by the 18th century and the philosophie. Science ...
Tecnologia per il web learning
(2007)
This book maps out a course through the methodological and technological innovations of internet-based training, setting the emphasis on the collaborative character of experiences of learning and on the interactivity of ...
Chapter Luigi Meneghello recensore in inglese per il «Times Literary Supplement»
(2024)
This article discusses the transnational and translingual dimension of Luigi Meneghello’s cultural project, by focusing on his reviews of Italian books for the «Times Literary Supplement» (1977-1989, 1998-1999). The analysis ...
Chapter Classificazioni e paragone delle arti tra Medioevo e Rinascimento
(2024)
The text approaches the idea of labour in the classifications of knowledge (13th-16th c.), especially concerning liberal and mechanical arts. The authors addressed show an increased interest in manual work. The mechanical ...
Chapter Tavola rotonda
(2024)
This round-table discussion focuses on two major aspects of the use of alternative currencies. The first is the role of negotiation. The complexity of valuation in exchanges in kind has been widely highlighted. However, ...
Chapter La letteratura russa dell’Ottocento
(2024)
The article offers an overview of the scholarly publications by Italian Slavists that appeared during the period 1991-2021 on to the subject of Russian 19th-century literature
Chapter Ecosystem services as support tool of urban planning activities in coastal areas
(2024)
In coastal areas, increased climatic and anthropogenic pressures contribute to the reduction of ecosystem services related to the biodiversity of natural capital. These dynamics make the coastal areas one of the most complex ...
La prosa sovietica nel contesto socio-culturale dell’epoca brežneviana
(2020)
The main purpose of this work is to re-examine the literature published in the USSR during the Brežnevian era (1964-'84). Although it was considered insignificant and uninteresting, quickly forgotten after its conclusion, ...
Molecules of an author in search of memory
(2014)
Loosely based on Primo Levi’s The Periodic Table, the play has a Fahrenheit 451 setting. In a world without books or memory appears a common man, the Man in the street, with some heets of writing that he cannot make out. ...
Didascalia cioè dottrina comica libri tre (1658-1661)
(2016)
Girolamo Bartolommei’s literary research is characterised by the narration of actions carried out by sacred and profane subjects and by the narration of ancient fabulae, re-interpreted according to the principle of moral ...
Via verde e via d’oro
(2015)
Via verde e via d’oro. Le politiche open access dell’Università di Firenze addresses the multifaceted issue of free and open access to knowledge. Open access is a movement born in the last century with the aim of improving ...
Chapter A. Supiot: senso del lavoro e giustizia sociale
(2024)
This chapter outlines the main concepts examined and defined by the French jurist Alain Supiot, and traces the argumentative trajectories of his proposals for reflection and action, which - as the document seeks to emphasize ...
Chapter Numerical Wave Tanks for Wave Energy Converters Using High-Performance Computing
(2024)
Numerical Wave Tanks (NWTs) powered by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) offer a cost-effective and flexible alternative to physical wave tanks. They are essential for simulating complex ...