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DETERMINATION OPTIMUM SITES FOR SOLAR ENERGY HARVESTING IN IRAQ USING MULTI-CRITERIA
Authors: Rusol. I. A.  , Y. K. Al-Timimi
Published: February 2024

This study was aimed to investigate the multi-criteria Analysis based on the geographic information systems (GIS) to determine the most suitable spatial locations for harvesting solar energy in Iraq. Some of the required criteria and conditions, whether technical, environmental, or economic criteria, have been used. In order to identify the suitability of different regions, 6 defined criteria, including solar radiation, distance from power transmission lines, distance from major roads, distance from residential area, elevation, slope, and land use, are identified. The final map of priority of different locations of Iraq for solar energy harvesting is then created by stacking these criteria layers. It has been found that the entire region is almost suitable for solar energy harvesting with varying suitability index. Moreover, areas of high suitability index cover 14% of the all-area, which is a significant indicator of the potential of solar energy harvesting in Iraq. the area with a moderate suitability index covers 60%, and the low suitability index was   21%, while 5% of unsuitable have been identified. The results indicated that the optimal locations of suitable harvesting solar energy located almost in the south of Iraq.
MORPHOSTRUCTURAL TRAITS IN INDONESIAN FEMALE GOAT BREEDS OF BOER, BOERKA, KACANG AND ETTAWA CROSS
Authors: S. Elieser  , Hartati  , W. P. Putra  , E. Handiwirawan  , R.Hutasoit  , T. L. Tyasi
Published: February 2024

Morphostructural characterization can be used to identify unique characteristics in different animal breeds and an essential tool for the identification and classification of these breeds.  The objective of this study was to characterize four Indonesian goat breeds based on their morphostructural traits.  A total of 315 female goats (does) at 2.5 - 3.5 years of age were used currently and consisted of 28 Boer, 118 Boerka, 141 Kacang and 28 Ettawa cross. Total eleven body measurements and ten body conformations were measured to describe the morphostructure of goats. Two statistical methods of canonical discriminant analysis (CDA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) were used to differentiate goat breeds. Body measurement and body index were able to discriminate goat breeds with canonical correlation (Function 1) of 0.81 and 0.77, respectively. According to HCA of morphostructural traits, Boerka and Kacang does are classified into similar cluster.  Body measurement is better for discriminating goat breeds rather than body conformation.
Effects of the use of grid-forming converters on the islanding detection of existing low-voltage system
Authors: Winter Björn Oliver , Engel Bernd
Published: February 2024

A parallel shallow water flow model is introduced in this paper. The
explicit-time finite volume approach is adopted to solve the 2D shallow
water equations on an unstructured triangular mesh. The proposed scheme
is second-order accurate in temporal and spatial terms using the
two-stage Runge-Kutta and the monotone upwind scheme for conservation
law (MUSCL) methods, respectively. Based on Message Passing Interface
(MPI) and OpenACC, a multi-GPU model is presented with the METIS library
to produce the domain decomposition. A CUDA-aware MPI library through
GPUDirect for peer-to-peer (P2P) transfer between two GPUs and
overlapping computation and MPI communication are used to speed up MPI
memory exchange and the performance of the code. A 2D circular dam break
test with wet and dry downstream beds and grid resolutions of about 2
million cells is considered to verify the accuracy of the code, and good
results were achieved compared to the numerical simulations of published
studies. Compared with the multi-CPU version of the 6-core CPU, maximum
speedups of 56.18 and 331.51 were obtained using the single-GPU and
multi-GPU versions, respectively. Results indicate that acceleration
performance improves as the mesh resolution increases.
Analysis of Sinusoid Plus Random Telegraph Noise in Nonlinear Devices: Series Characteristic Function Method
Authors: Pike Cameron
Published: February 2024

Random telegraph noise (RTN) is a common phenomenon in semiconductors, and it is often desired to quantify the effect of the observed RTN on circuits. In this paper we show that the series form of the characteristic function method of nonlinear analysis is suitable for modeling and predicting the output correlation and spectrum of a combination of signals and RTN. We derive the general characteristic function for RTN defined by a single transition parameter, and its spectrum identified as Lorentzian (Cauchy), proportional to the reciprocal of the square of frequency. We then show how the output spectrum is a weighted sum of the respective spectra of the input sinusoid and RTN. Using a simple large-signal model of a MOSFET amplifier, we compute the contributions to the output spectrum as SNR and sinusoid amplitude are varied, and present numerical results. The procedure is easily adapted for other signals and nonlinear circuits.
Two Heads Better than One: Dual Degradation Representation for Blind Super-Resolution
Authors: Yuan Hsuan , Weng Shao-Yu , Lo I-Hsuan , Chiu Wei-Chen , Xu Yu-Syuan , Hsueh Hao-Chien , Chuang Jen-Hui , Huang Ching-Chun
Published: February 2024

Previous methods have demonstrated remarkable performance in single
image super-resolution (SISR) tasks with known and fixed degradation
(e.g., bicubic downsampling). However, when the actual degradation
deviates from these assumptions, these methods may experience
significant declines in performance. In this paper, we propose a Dual
Branch Degradation Extractor Network to address the blind SR problem.
While some BlindSR methods assume noisefree degradation and others do
not explicitly consider the presence of noise in the degradation model,
our approach predicts two unsupervised degradation embeddings that
represent blurry and noisy information, respectively. The SR network can
then be adapted to blur embedding and noise embedding in distinct ways.
Furthermore, we treat the degradation extractor as a regularizer to
capitalize on the differences between SR and HR images. Extensive
experiments on several benchmarks demonstrate that our method achieves
SOTA performance in the blind SR problem.
War, image, art: From vision to judgement
Authors: Fransoni Alessio
Published: February 2024

There are excellent research papers in the field of visual studies that examine the relationship between war and images. This paper has other and additional aims. The first is to examine not so much how war is transferred from the ground to image production, but how war, as intrusion of the real, forces a general reflection on image techniques. The second is to examine whether there is an instance of art that is somehow different from the instance of the mere image, which is always related to something that manifests itself in war, and which, especially on the occasion of a war, invites a broader reflection on existence, judgement and the world. The paths taken for these investigations are rooted in the idea that a (political) theory of art cannot be reduced to an internal classification of image theory, since it investigates aspects that go beyond the definition of the image itself.
La Città
Authors: Zermani Paolo
Published: February 2024

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David Chipperfield. Restauro della Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlino
Authors: Mugnai Francesca
Published: February 2024

Chipperfield è riuscito a restaurare e aggiornare la Neue Nationalgalerie di Mies van der Rohe senza perdere di vista l’integrità dello spazio e dei suoi valori originari intervenendo a livello planimetrico e sulla facciata di vetro. L’ampiezza di sguardo con la quale è stata condotta l’operazione ha permesso di considerare gli aspetti tecnici non come fatti in sè ma come traduzione materiale del pensiero teorico di Mies.Chipperfield was capable of restoring and updating Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie without losing sight of the integrity of the space and its original values, by intervening at the planimetric level and on the glass facade. The breadth of vision with which the operation was undertaken made it possible to consider the technical aspects not as facts in themselves, but rather as the material translation of Mies van der Rohe's theoretical thought.
Max Dudler. Biblioteca Folkwang, Essen
Authors: Barbi Simone
Published: February 2024

Con la Biblioteca Folkwang, Mad Dudler realizza la sintesi ‘ideale’ di una ricerca decennale sull’architettura dedicata allo studio e conservazione del patrimonio culturale, condotta confrontandosi col tessuto storico della città europea, interrogando la tradizione disciplinare per riscoprire le origini del tema, e limitando le invenzioni progettuali all’interno di un principio di continuità che non esclude esiti spaziali originali.With the Folkwang Library, Max Dudler achieved the ‘ideal’ synthesis of a decade of architectural research devoted to the study and preservation of cultural heritage, carried out by establishing a dialogue with the historical fabric of the European city, questioning the tradition of the field in order to rediscover the origins of the theme, and limiting his design inventions within a principle of continuity that does not exclude as an outcome the creation of original spaces.
John Hejduk e l’Architettura come costruzione di sistemi di pensiero
Authors: Cardani Luca
Published: February 2024

L’articolo indaga e approfondisce la relazione tra immaginazione e realtà nel processo progettuale dell’opera di John Hejduk, attraverso l’analisi interpretativa del progetto per le Torri Botaniche nel Parco di Belvís a Santiago de Compostela (1991-2003), provando ad illuminare le relazioni e i sistemi di pensiero che si stabiliscono nell’incontro tra l’immaginario di caratteri architettonici concepito con la serie intitolata Masque, e la realtà concreta di una città patrimonio mondiale dell’umanità.The article investigates and analyses in depth the relationship between imagination and reality in the design process of John Hejduk’s work, through the interpretative analysis of the project for the Botanical Towers in the Park of Belvís in Santiago de Compostela (1991-2003), attempting in this way to illuminate the relationships and systems of thought that are established in the encounter between the imaginary in architectural characters conceived as part of the series entitled Masque, and the tangible reality of a city that is a World Heritage Site.
I castelli dei Della Rovere ritratti da Francesco Mingucci da Pesaro
Authors: Bartocci Gabriele
Published: February 2024

Il cabreo Stati, dominii, città, terre e castella dei serenissimi duchi e prencipi Della Rovere tratti dal naturale da Francesco Mingucci da Pesaro è l’inventario dei possedimenti della famiglia Barberini attraverso il quale, nel 1626, il pittore pesarese rileva il carattere dei borghi di collina della zona compresa tra l’Appennino marchigiano e il mare Adriatico ponendo in rilievo l’adesione e la corrispondenza degli insediamenti urbani alla morfologia del territorio.

The ancient illustrated cadaster Stati, domini, città, terre e castella dei serenissimi duchi e prencipi Della Rovere tratti al naturale by Francesco Mingucci da Pesaro is the inventory of the Barberini family's possessions in which, in 1626, the painter from Pesaro described the character of the hillside villages in the area between the Marchigian Apennines and the Adriatic Sea, emphasising the connection and correspondence of urban settlements to the morphology of the land.
Heinrich Tessenow. Avvicinamenti e progetti iconici
Authors: Collotti Francesco
Published: February 2024

Tessenow é noto in Italia per la pubblicazione in italiano di Osservazioni elementari sul costruire. Un lavoro accurato e necessario di curatela e ricostruzione critica aggiorna ora la nostra conoscenza dell’architetto tedesco ed è stato condotto da Martin Boesch per l’Accademia di Architettura della Svizzera italiana. Heinrich Tessenow é considerato uno dei più significativi architetti tedeschi dei primi decenni del novecento ed é usualmente associati a progetti per piccole case operaie, per gli artigiani e per la piccola borghesia che, grazie alle loro forme semplici e squadrate, all’assenza di decorazioni e alle proporzioni discretamente controllate, segnano il paesaggio per la loro discreta eppure marcata presenza.

Tessenow is known in Italy for the Italian version of Hausbau und dergleichen. An accurate and necessary work of editing and critical reconstruction which has updated our knowledge of the German architect was conducted by Martin Boesch for the Academy of Architecture of the University of Italian Switzerland. Heinrich Tessenow is considered one of the most significant German architects of the early decades of the 20th century and is usually associated with designs of small houses for workers, artisans, and the petite bourgeoisie which, through their simple, square forms, lack of decoration, and carefully controlled proportions, mark the landscape with their discreet yet distinctive presence.
Scenografia per Moby Dick alla Prova
Authors: Gallo Antonella
Published: February 2024

Una dimostrazione potente di quello che il teatro può ‘far vedere’ lo offre lo spettacolo prodotto dalla compagnia dell’Elfo per la regia di Elio De Capitani, scegliendo di riportare in scena Moby Dick – Rehearsed, ‘adattamento’ teatrale del Moby Dick di Melville scritto da Orson Welles. Come ricorda De Capitani, Orson Welles «preferì non dare al pubblico né mare, né balene né navi». In questa ambizione ostinata sta la prova, perché il tentativo di trasformare un romanzo polifonico come Moby Dick in un dramma teatrale equivale a cacciare la Balena bianca.

A powerful demonstration of what theatre can 'make us see' is offered by the show produced by the dell'Elfo theatre company under the direction of Elio De Capitani, who chose to stage, under the title Moby Dick alla Prova, Orson Welles' theatrical 'adaptation' of Melville's novel Moby Dick. As recalled by De Capitani, Orson Welles “preferred to give the public neither sea, nor whales, nor ships”. In this obstinate ambition lies the feat itself, because the attempt to transform a polyphonic novel such as Moby Dick into a theatrical play is tantamount to hunting the White Whale.
L’etica della virtù per ritrovare il nostro posto nel mondo
Authors: Natoli Salvatore
Published: February 2024

È necessario che l’uomo ridefinisca il proprio posto nel mondo, avendo da tempo abbandonato il centro e trovandosi ormai al margine. Unico tra i viventi a impiegare le forze naturali giocando a suo vantaggio, ne ha perso il controllo. Gli sconvolgimenti climatici, gli squilibri economici con le conseguenti grandi migrazioni sono chiari segni di tutto ciò. Per sopravvivere è necessario un cambio radicale di paradigma fondato sull’etica della virtù, unico modo per dare una forma armoniosa alla propria vita.

It is necessary for man to redefine his place in the world, since he has long abandoned its centre and now finds himself at the margins. The only living being to employ natural forces to his advantage, he has now lost control of them. Climate upheavals and economic instability with its resulting great migrations, are clear signs of this. Survival requires a radical paradigm shift based on virtue ethics, which is the only way to harmoniously shape our lives.
Amelia Tavella – Restauro e ampliamento del Couvent Saint François a Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano, Francia
Authors: Basili Giulio
Published: February 2024

Il progetto di Amelia Tavella si configura come un audace ed essenziale innesto metallico che nasce dagli antichi muri di pietra granitica rispettando la natura di un luogo e il carattere di un edificio che il tempo inesorabilmente aveva reso rovina e, il lavoro del progettista, nuovamente, architettura viva.

Amelia Tavella’s project takes the form of a bold and essential metallic graft that emerges from the ancient granite stone walls, respecting the nature of the site and the character of a building that time had inexorably turned into ruin and which the architect’s work has made, once again, living architecture.
Meditazioni sul luogo. La Valtiberina di Gian Franco Di Pietro
Authors: Lisini Caterina
Published: February 2024

I lavori che a più riprese, nella sua cinquantennale attività, Gian Franco Di Pietro ha condotto sulla Valtiberina rivelano l’originalità e la ricchezza intellettuale della sua concezione nel rapporto tra architettura, insediamenti urbani e luogo. Un punto di vista che Di Pietro ricompone in un peculiare approccio unitariamente e intenzionalmente progettuale, a scala urbana, urbanistica e propriamente architettonica, tanto nella ricerca che nella didattica, nell’impegno politico-culturale e nella pratica professionale.

The works which Gian Franco Di Pietro carried out on the Valtiberina, on various occasions during in his fifty years of activity, reveal the originality and intellectual depth of his conception of the relationship between architecture, urban settlements and place. A perspective that Di Pietro recomposes in a peculiar approach that is unified and intentionally design-oriented, applied on an urban, urban planning and specifically architectural scale, as much in his research as in his teaching, in his political-cultural commitment and his professional practice.
El tiempo de la vida y el tiempo de la arquitectura. Un dibujo y cuatro acuarelas
Authors: Fernández-Galiano Luis
Published: February 2024

Las construcciones, como materia ordenada en el espacio, no son al cabo diferentes del organismo o el libro en la relación con el tiempo. En todos los casos requieren información para obtener su forma, en todos los casos habitan en el tiempo y em todos los casos sufren un proceso de degradación que arruína lo edificado, descompone lo vivo y dispersa el pensamiento.

Constructions, like all matter ordered in space, in the end are no different than the organism or the book in relation to time. In all cases they require information to obtain their form, in all cases they inhabit time and in all cases they suffer a process of decay that ruins what was built, decomposes what was alive, and disperses thought. Yet this expiration in time is the ultimate foundation of the value that we attribute to our ephemeral transience
Tuñón Arquitectos. Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Helga De Alvear, Cáceres, Spagna
Authors: Butini Riccardo
Published: February 2024

Ancorato al tessuto storico di Cáceres, dove le antiche mura dividono in due la città, il Museo d’arte contemporanea Helga de Alvear, una ‘fragile’ struttura di cemento bianco emerge dalla solida architettura storica ad alimentare un dialogo tra antico e contemporaneo, che si affida ai principi di radicamento e di astrazione insieme, riconoscendoli quali ideali sostegni del processo compositivo.

Located in the historic fabric of Cáceres, where the ancient walls divide the city in two, the Helga de Alvear Museum of Contemporary Art, a ‘fragile’ white concrete structure, emerges from the solid historic architecture to foster a dialogue between the ancient and the contemporary, relying on the principles of both rootedness and abstraction, recognising them as ideal supports of the compositional process.
Pierre-Louis Faloci. Scuola di Danza e Musica nel castello di Laboissière, Fontenay-aux-Roses, Francia
Authors: Cosentino Giuseppe
Published: February 2024

Il progetto di Pier Louis Faloci per il castello di Laboissière a Fontenay-aux-Roses, si propone di rifunzionalizzare il castello e costruire delle strutture per la scuola di danza e musica, capaci mettersi in comunicazione le varie parti esistenti dell’antico edificio. Un progetto misurato, che con pochi elementi, alcuni ipogei, altri che emergono dalla terra, riesce a ricostruire un’ossatura per il corpo smembrato del castello. Quella di Faloci si propone come un’architettura della prossimità che sente e traduce in forma e spazio l’intorno e che riconosce nella stratificazione del paesaggio un valore primariamente progettuale.

Pier-Louis Faloci’s project for the castle of Laboissière in Fontenay-aux-Roses, proposes to ascribe new functions to the castle and to build additional structures for the dance and music school that establish a dialogue with the existing parts of the ancient building. A measured project which, using few elements, some underground and others emerging from it, manages to reconstruct a bone structure for the dismembered body of the castle. Faloci proposes an architecture of proximity that both senses and translates the surroundings into form and space while also recognising a primarily design value in the layering of the landscape.
Giuseppe Gurrieri Studio. Casa ACO, Martina Franca
Authors: Gracola Federico
Published: February 2024

La lettura del luogo come fondamento delle decisioni architettoniche è il punto di partenza del progetto di Giuseppe Guerrieri per il recupero e l’ampliamento di due edifici rurali, composti da lamie e trulli, situati nel cuore della campagna della Valle d’Itria, in Puglia. L'indagine progettuale si concentra sull'integrazione di elementi moderni in un contesto ricco di storia, mirando a mantenere un dialogo tra il nuovo e l'antico, evidenziando la continuità e la rinnovazione e sottolineando l'importanza delle preesistenze. L’interazione tra luce, spazio e materiali crea un'armonia tra il passato e il presente.

The reading of place as the basis for architectural decisions is the cornerstone of Giuseppe Guerrieri's design for the renovation and expansion of two rural buildings which include a two-coned trullo with the traditional vaulted ceiling, or lamia, located in the heart of the countryside of the Itria Valley in Apulia. The project research focuses on the inclusion of modern elements into a context that is steeped in history, thus aiming to establish a dialogue between the new and the old, highlighting continuity and renewal while emphasising the importance of the pre-existing structures. The interaction between light, space and the materials used creates a harmony between the past and the present.
Groupwork + Amin Taha. 15 Clerkenwell Close, Londra, Regno Unito
Authors: Pireddu Alberto
Published: February 2024

L’articolo è una lettura critica del progetto di Groupwork + Amin Taha per 15 Clerkenwell Close a Londra, sull’area precedentemente occupata da un convento agostiniano di epoca normanna. La natura ontologica e, insieme, rappresentativa del maestoso telaio di pietra che caratterizza le due facciate principali dell’edificio offre lo spunto per una riflessione sulla tettonica quale procedimento costitutivo dell’arte del costruire, sulla memoria e sulla natura del ‘tempo’ architettonico.

This essay is a critical reading of Groupwork + Amin Taha's project for 15 Clerkenwell Close in London, on the site where an Augustinian nunnery from the Norman era once stood. The ontological and representative nature of the majestic stone structure that characterises the two main facades of the building provides the opportunity for a reflection on tectonics as a constitutive procedure in the art of building, as well as on memory and on the very nature of architectural 'time'.
Juan Creus e Covadonga Carrasco. Rampa nel Cammino di Santiago, Santiago di Compostela, Spagna
Authors: Lisini Caterina
Published: February 2024

Un intervento contemporaneo a conclusione di un Cammino storico, un innesto funzionale, figurativo e simbolico in un percorso di pellegrinaggio carico di tradizioni, miti, paesaggi, significati, trascendenze. Sospeso tra architettura e scultura, tra pratica funzionalità e plastica astrazione formale, la rampa di Creus e Carrasco è ricca di valori formali e rimandi figurativi, che muovendo dal radicamento al suolo, evocano molteplici ascendenze, dal teatro del Bauhaus di Schlemmer, alle regie di Buñuel, dalle movenze eteree di Nijinskj ai tracciati diagrammatici di Eisenman.

A contemporary intervention that concludes a historical Way, a functional addition, both figurative and symbolical, to a pilgrimage that is laden with traditions, myths, diverse landscapes and transcendental meanings. Suspended between architecture and sculpture, between practical functionality and a malleable formal abstraction, the ramp by Creus and Carrasco is imbued with formal values and figurative references which present a variety of influences, from Schlemmer’s Bauhaus theatre, to Buñuel’s style of directing, Nijinsky’s ethereal movements and Eisenman’s diagrams.
A. Losev, V. Loseva, La gioia per l’eternità. Lettere dal gulag (1931-1933), postfaz. di E. Takho-Godi, trad. e cura di G. Rimondi, Guerini e Associati, Milano 2021, pp. 284.
Authors: Di Leo Donatella
Published: February 2024

Book Review
I. Ermakova, Lo specchio di bronzo, a cura di A. Niero, Einaudi, Torino 2023 (= Collezione di poesia, 502), pp. XXIX-237.
Authors: Mazzitelli Gabriele
Published: February 2024

Book Review
Ju. Karjakin, Dostoevskij e l’Apocalisse, trad. it. e cura di C. De Lotto, WriteUp Books, Roma 2021, pp. 380.
Authors: REMONATO ILARIA
Published: February 2024

Book Review
E. Švarc, Mattino della seconda neve, a cura di A. Niero, Bompiani, Firenze-Milano 2023, pp. 474.
Authors: Ferretti Paola
Published: February 2024

Book Review
M. Cvetaeva, Sette poemi, a cura di P. Ferretti, Einaudi, Torino 2019, pp. XLV-254.
Authors: Sabbatini Marco
Published: February 2024

Book Review
Between Comparative and Postcolonial Studies: the Past and Future of Italian Approaches to East Slavic Literary Intersections
Authors: Achilli Alessandro
Published: February 2024

This contribution reflects on the state of comparative studies devoted to East Slavic literatures in Italy. Between the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century, Italian scholars of Slavic studies and the editors of Italian journals have made a number of interesting proposals on the subject. However, hyper-specialization has often hampered efforts to put theory into practice. I foreground some of these important methodological contributions by Italian scholars on comparative Slavic studies and discuss them both in the international context and with reference to other methodologies and research fields, most notably postcolonial studies. After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation in February 2022, comparative studies at the crossroads of Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian cultures have become a thorny issue. Scholars should seek to strike a balance between a philological approach and the ethical need to respect the different cultural orientations of East Slavic nations.
Bilingualism and Translation: A Teaching Proposal
Authors: Perotto Monica
Published: February 2024

In Italy the teaching of translation as a specific skill for bilingual speakers is normally not included in the programs of Russian special schools, the so-called subbotnie školy, where the development of language skills (especially listening, writing and grammar accuracy) in heritage speakers generally takes top priority. As already pointed out in other works (Perotto 2020, 2022), the activity of translation exerts an important influence on the cognitive development of the child, especially if bilingual. It helps him/her not only to differentiate and develop two parallel linguistic and cultural systems, but to approach them with a greater metalinguistic and cultural awareness. On the basis of translations made by bilingual participants to the international Cultural Bridge competition, Russian-Italian an Russian-English parallel corpora were created for the analysis of translation difficulties of heritage speakers living in Italy and USA. These difficulties will be analyzed separately or comparatively on the Sketch engine platform, providing some basic indications for a more targeted teaching of translation. The use of corpora can be an important teaching tool to improve heritage speakers’ linguistic competence and translation awareness.
Thirty Years of Studies on Russian Emigration to Italy
Authors: Sulpasso Bianca , Piccolo Laura , Accattoli Agnese
Published: February 2024

In the last thirty years, studies dedicated to Russian emigration have experienced significant growth. The fall of the Berlin Wall first, and later the collapse of the USSR, allowed scholars to freely access archives, describe and reconstruct the phenomenon from qualitative and quantitative perspectives, and form research groups and networks both nationally and internationally. This article focuses on Italian studies dedicated to Russian emigration in Italy, which, over the past thirty years, have also seen a notable flourishing thanks to the contributions of individual researchers and research groups. Russian studies in Italy have thus aligned with similar initiatives in other countries, developing international projects and research lines in various fields.
Vladimir Ivanovič Lamanskij in Venice (1868-1869)
Authors: Malinov Alexey Valeryevich
Published: February 2024

The aim of the article is to update the scientific heritage of the well-known Slavist and prominent representative of late Slavophilism Vladimir Ivanovič Lamanskij (1833-1914). Lamanskij’s biography is insufficiently studied in modern research literature. On the basis of archival documents, the article reconstructs Lamanskij’s work in the archives of Venice in 1868 and 1869, which resulted in the publication of an extensive collection of documents and studies on the Venetian Republic’s relations with the Greeks and Slavs during its heyday (16th-early 18th century), called State Secrets of Venice (1884). Lamanskij himself considered State Secrets of Venice his primary academic contribution, and the preface is one of Lamanskij’s main ideological texts. It reflects the Panslavist ideas that were supported in the Russian academic environment in the last third of the 19th century. Archival materials allow us to trace the genesis of Lamanskij’s historiosophic views to better understand how his concept of civilisation, in which the ideas of Slavophiles were developed, was formed. One of the key concept of Lamanskij’s work is the idea of confrontation between the Greco-Slavic and Romano-Germanic cultures in Europe. As a consequence, the study provides a better understanding of the ideology of late Slavophilism in the form of a theory which, in Lamanskij’s works, claims the status of a scientific programme in the humanities and social sciences.
The Theme of Exile in the Twentieth-Century Russian Translations of Michelangelo’s Poems on Dante
Authors: Giuliano Giuseppina
Published: February 2024

The most famous Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti, widely known for his achievements in the visual arts, was also a prolific writer; he wrote a large number of sonnets, madrigals, and poems (more than three hundred), which were published posthumously under the title Rime (‘Rimes’). During the last two centuries, were translated into Russian several times (by Kuzmin, Efros, Voznesenskij, Solonovič, Markov, and Kulle. This paper examines and compares the translations of two Michelangelo’ sonnets which are addressed to Dante and treat the topic of exile and were prepared by the art historian and translator Abram Efros in the 1930s and the poet Andrej Voznesenskij in 1974. In the 1970s, Dmitrij Šostakovič composed a suite for bass and orchestra (No. 13) by using Efros’ translation of Michelangelo’s sonnets, and he also asked Voznesenskij to make a new translation. It is accepted that the composer’s wider intention was to speak about Solženicyn; unlike poetic works, in the Soviet Union of the time, poetic translation was, in fact, a means to express something that could not be said otherwise. Russian translators modified Michelangelo’s poetic works by intervening in the text and introducing words or removing passages, thereby approaching the Italian original in a selective way and hiding their personal feelings behind Michelangelo’s and Dante’s. Exile was a productive literary topic. Neither Efros nor Šostakovič nor Voznesenskij experienced forced exile; the same is true for Michelangelo who, in his poems, expresses his admiration for Dante and says that he himself went into voluntary exile in Rome, and worked under the patronage of several pontiffs. Notably, all these authors reconstructed the discourse on exile in an idealised form; as it was for Dante, no one is a prophet in his own land – talents and accomplishments are highly regarded by everyone except those at home.
Nikolaj Leskov as a Literary Critic. The Case of the Russian Clerical Novel
Authors: Łukaszewicz Marta
Published: February 2024

The Russian writer Nikolaj Leskov is widely renowned as a portrayer of the everyday life of the Orthodox clergy; his literary works depict God’s righteous servants as well as the greedy, selfish priests. Notwithstanding being a significant part of his work and effective way to express his views, Leskov’s activity as a book reviewer is not as well-known. Leskov wrote numerous book reviews, mostly on novels featuring clergymen and the ordinary aspects of clerical life, where he analyses the artistic merit and ideological perspective expressed in a work; literary-aesthetic values were, however, at the centre of his critical evaluation and interest. This paper examines Leskov’s book reviews by focusing on their content, structure linguistic style, and the evaluation framework employed by the author for book critical assessment. The aim of the present investigation is to shed some light on Leskov’s critical strategies and compare his critical arguments as a reviewer with the way he describes clergymen in his own works.
Soviet Time-Traveller into the Past: Poetics of Goluboj Čеlovek (The Blue Man) by Lazar’ Lagin
Authors: Novokhatskiy Dmitry Vladimirovich
Published: February 2024

In Soviet science fiction, neither time travel nor alternate history proved to be particularly popular; one of the reasons is likely related to their obvious rejection of Marx’s materialist conception of history. Among the few exceptions is the novel Goluboj Čеlovek (‘The Blue Man’) by Lazar’ Lagin (1964), a backwards time travel story which uses chronotravel as main motif and whose protagonist is not a typical alternate history progressor but a conductor of Communist ideas. In Lagin’s novel, the natural unfolding of history, an evolutionary process which create the conditions for a Communist society to emerge, replaces the theme of righting the wrongs of history. Although Goluboj Čеlovek resembles a historical novel in some respects, it differs in that the narrative revolves around time splitting, and more specifically history splitting into two extrapolating timelines, which is a common feature of alternate history. The constant contrast between pre-revolutionary Russia (the author situates the action in the year 1894) and the ussr (1959) provides the background context for Lagin to demonstrate the supremacy of socialism. Following the early tradition of alternate history, this novel combines aspects of some genres of pulp fiction (for instance, adventure novel, love story, and secret history) and fantasy/fairytale. Written during the Thaw period, this work satirises both the tsarist Russia and the ussr.
Pembuatan Brosur sebagai Media Edukasi untuk Meningkatkan Pengetahuan tentang Tumbuhan Obat bagi Masyarakat
Authors: Sari Iza Mala Pita
Published: February 2024

Medicinal plants are all types of plants, either cultivated or not yet cultivated, that can be used as medicinal plants. To find out to what extent medicinal plants are known to the community in Batu Mekar Village, Lingsar District, West Lombok Regency, it is necessary to create an information media for education in the form of brochures. The aim of the research is to develop brochures as educational media to increase knowledge about medicinal plants for the public. This type of research is development research. Data collection techniques use validation sheets and readability tests. The data analysis technique used is the percentage technique. The research results showed that content/material experts had a validation score of 84% and their qualifications were very good. Linguist with a validation score of 70% and good qualifications. Display expert with a validation score of 70% and good qualifications. Meanwhile, the readability test was carried out by 20 people in the community with a score of 80% and their qualifications were very good.
Manufacturing Low-Fat Processed Cheese Using Chickpea Proteins as a Fat Substitute and Studying Its Physicochemical, Rheological, and Sensory Quality Characteristics
Authors: Abada Salih H. , Al-Bedrani Dhia Ibrahim Jerro
Published: February 2024

Background: Manufacturing processed cheese has many advantages compared to natural cheese because the cost of refrigeration is lower during storage and transportation, and maintaining improved quality with minimal changes in the characteristics of the cheese during storage. It is possible to produce cheese with different intensity in flavor, functionality, and characteristics for different applications. Methods: This study was carried out in the laboratories of the College of Food Sciences, department of dairy science and technology at Al-Qasim green university, where full-fat cheddar cheese was mixed with full-fat soft cheese and used in the manufacture of cooked cheese treated with positive control + C, as well as mixing full-fat cheddar cheese with low-fat soft cheese to manufacture low-fat processed cheese, the negative control treatment was treated C-. Full-fat cheddar cheese was mixed with soft, low-fat cheese, with the addition of chickpea proteins as a fat replacers, with addition rates of 1.5, 3, and 4.5%, represented by treatments T3, T2, and T1, respectively. Results: The chemical tests included estimating the percentage of moisture, protein, fat, ash, carbohydrates, and total acidity, in addition to estimating the pH, while the rheological tests included hardness, adhesion, and springiness. A sensory evaluation of processed cheese parameters was also conducted. The results showed that the replacement treatments were characterized by a lower moisture content and protein percentage than the negative control treatment and close to the positive control treatment. The percentages of carbohydrates, ash, and acidity also increased in the replacement treatments, but the percentage of fats and pH decreased.
Initial Experience of Anesthetic Management in Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation: A Case Report
Authors: Je Hyun Ji , Hong Ji Hee , Lee Sou Hyun
Published: February 2024

In this case report, we present a successful combined liver-kidney transplantation (CLKT) performed on a 41-year-old female with end-stage liver and renal disease. The patient, previously undergoing liver transplantation and regular hemodialysis, underwent CLKT with a focus on specific anesthesia management strategies. Key aspects included the use of desflurane for anesthesia, balanced crystalloid solutions for fluid management, and careful monitoring of hemodynamics without intraoperative renal replacement therapy. Despite substantial intraoperative fluid and blood product administration, careful management ensured stable vital signs and acid-base balance. The patient's postoperative recovery was notable for significant improvements in liver and renal functions, demonstrated by decreased creatinine and bilirubin levels, and improved estimated glomerular filtration rate, without the need for postoperative dialysis. This case underscores the effectiveness of CLKT in patients with concurrent liver and renal dysfunction, highlighting the importance of tailored anesthesia and fluid management strategies. The report contributes to the limited literature on anesthesia in CLKT, providing insights for better outcomes in such complex surgical procedures.
Futuristic Vision of Neuroscience and the Vast World of Biomedical Science
Authors: Palit Sukanchan
Published: February 2024

Science, technology, engineering and medicine are today in the groundbreaking path of scientific steadfastness and scientific alacrity. The futuristic vision of biomedical science and neuroscience are today in the path of rejuvenation as United Nations Sustainable Development Goals reframes the path of human civilization. The author is suffering from schizophrenia since 1993. Long years have passed since then. The struggle, hardship and tribulations are immense in the path of life. This article is a deep introspection into the field of schizophrenia, neuroscience and biomedical science. This treatise is a deep message to all the sufferers of this difficult ailment of schizophrenia. The march of medical science and health science are in the path of newer divination and scientific revelation. Human civilization is treading ahead as regards scientific strides in the vast world of neuroscience. The author deeply reiterates the need of psychotherapy and counseling of the patients with schizophrenia. A greater scientific emancipation and scientific introspection are the needs of the hour. Thus the author deeply portrays the needs of biomedical science and the vast and visionary world of neuroscience in the futuristic envisioning of global research and development initiatives.
Jejenoileal Perforation Secondary to Kick during Soccer Game with Negative Fast: A Case Report
Authors: Shahraki Ahmad Reza , Abaee Reza , Shahraki Elham
Published: February 2024

Small bowel perforation is a rare injury following blunt abdominal trauma, and is rarely reported in a sports setting. Computed tomography (CT) appears to be the diagnostic method of choice to assess hemodynamic stable patients. A delay in diagnosis and definitive treatment of bowel injury may result in increased morbidity and mortality. Our case was a 16 years old male with abdominal blunt trauma, we diagnosed perforation of Jejenum and ileum with Laparatomy and negative FAST. The treatment for small intestine lesions with smaller defects is the primary closure while bowel resection is the treatment of choice for larger lesions and Ischemic segments.
Decadal Descriptive Analysis of Health Status, Hospitalization, Intensive Care Admissions, and Mortality Rates Among the Elderly Population in Turkey (2012-2022)
Authors: Kara Görmüş Suna
Published: February 2024

Objective: This study aimed to analyse decadal changes in health status, hospitalisation, intensive care admissions, and mortality rates among the Turkish elderly population from 2012 to 2022, focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Material and Methods: A retrospective study obtained data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) and Health Statistics Yearbooks. Descriptive statistics were used to elucidate healthcare utilisation patterns and mortality profiles among individuals aged ≥ 65 years.
Results: Analysis showed that self-reported "Very good/Good" health status peaked at 70.7% in 2012, decreased to 60.9% in 2019, and rebounded to 63.4% in 2022. The hospitalisation rates for the 65-74 age group increased from 17.5% in 2012 to 20.2% in 2021, with males (20.2%) having higher rates than females (16.0%) in 2021. ICU admission rates escalated during the pandemic, reaching 3.7% in 2021 for ages 65-74 and 4.7% for 75+ years, before declining in 2022 to 3.0% and 4.0%, respectively. The annual population growth rate has significantly decreased from 21.7 per thousand in 2012 to 5.5 per thousand in 2022, whereas the crude death rate has remained stable, dropping from 7.1 per thousand in 2012 to 5.1 per thousand in 2022.
Conclusion: This study highlights fluctuating health perceptions among the elderly exacerbated by the pandemic. The enduring gender disparities in health status and healthcare utilisation underscore the need for gender-sensitive policies. The consistent yet stable mortality rates amidst demographic shifts emphasise the resilience of Turkey's healthcare system. These findings provide critical insights into geriatric care policies and post-pandemic health care strategies.
Recognising interdisciplinary implications of the affective filter
Authors:   University of Gdansk, Poland, Daszkiewicz Michał
Published: February 2024

Linguistic education, like practically any other form of education, is strongly determined by affect. Although the entire “story” is far more complex, we might summarise it by saying that if students and teachers find themselves in emotionally convenient circumstances, linguistic progress is easily noticeable, whereas in situations when either of them are experiencing negative feelings or emotions, linguistic efforts are likely to prove simply futile. As implied by the well-known concept of the affective filter, negative emotions – be it fear, anxiety, discomfort and such – act an invisible wall blocking cognition and disable linguistic education. Hence, the teachers’ and – predominantly – the students’ affect either aids or hinders education and it does so in a less or more concealed fashion. On the level of terminology, too, the presence and salience of affect is either explicit or implicit. The former is the case with the said notion of affective filter and others such as speech anxiety, emotional intelligence, willingness to communicate, everyday stressors, etc. The latter is even more extensive, although it tends to be overlooked or disregarded, which can be exemplified by such linguistic concepts as, for example, (a) fossilization, which is mostly defined in cognitive terms and relates to that part of language users’ competence which has become fixed and may fall subject to stagnation – but which results from our natural need of comfort and of social recognition; or even such a traditional term as (b) language performance, which is contrasted against language competence and also viewed through a predominantly cognitive prism – but which, too, is subject to our emotional stance and individual invariably-unstable and internally influential feelings.
Investigating the role of affects in additional language learning in the context of mobility through a multimodal autobiographical approach
Authors:   American University in Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Bozhinova Krastanka
Published: February 2024

This study focuses on the role of affects in additional language learning in the context of mobility. The starting point is the discovery of Francophone migrant literature by intermediate-level learners of French at an international university in Bulgaria. It concerns in particular the encounter with the Hungarian-Swiss writer Agota Kristof and her autobiographical text “L’Analphabète” [The Illiterate], which reveals a polarized attitude towards languages that have marked her life and career. Brought to reflect on the tension behind the way the author qualifies languages as “enemies” or “friends”, the learners share their own attitudes towards the languages of their repertoires through reflective drawings (language portraits), autobiographical narratives, and semi-structured interviews. Qualitative analysis of the collected data was conducted to examine in what ways students express their affects relating to languages with different status and how their attitudes are connected to the mobilities and other significant changes they have experienced. The results indicate that the participants express predominantly positive affects. All are attached to their initial languages, although this strong identification may be destabilizing in critical situations like mobilities abroad and significant life changes. English has an important place in the learners’ identity and is related to fluency, comfort, desire, and various opportunities. French is cherished mostly for its aesthetic values, although pleasure is often mixed with anxiety due to the lower levels of proficiency. Students feel attracted to additional languages, which they connect to cultural and leisure activities but have omitted other languages from their repertoires since they do not feel strongly attached to them. It appears that both teachers and learners can benefit from the multimodal autobiographical approach as it allows to explore the complexity of the learners’ plurilingual repertoires, the stories behind their construction, and the affects related to this process. / Keywords: additional language, affects, language portrait, migrant literature, mobility, multimodality, plurilingualism