bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Investigation of thunderstorm characteristics with severe lightning events over NE region of India
Authors: Kundu Shyam S. , Chhari Abhishek , Srivastava Abhay , Chakravorty Aniket , Gogoi Rekha B. , Aggarwal S. P.
Published: November 2024

Abstract. The north eastern region (NER) of India is among the hotspot regions for thunderstorm events leading to substantial loss of lives and properties every year. A reliable thunderstorm early warning system can prevent these losses. As these events are highly dynamic, prediction becomes equally challenging. Diagnostic studies of such events could provide more understanding of lightning and storms over a region which could then be used as input for the prediction of such events. Improving the efficiency of the prediction of associated meteorological parameters could improve the prediction of thunderstorm. In this study, two thunderstorm events have been identified with high lightning flash counts, using observations from the INSAT-3D satellite and lightning detection sensors. These observations revealed that one of the events was caused by a cloud system that originated elsewhere and travelled over the area of impact while the other event was an isolated convective system that occurred over a small region. The characteristic features of thunderstorms, like vertical wind velocity, cloud ice water content, relative humidity, cloud fraction and radar reflectivity, etc. were simulated using the WRF model. These simulations were validated with the ERA-5 reanalysis data and observations from Radar and satellite data. Validation results suggest that the WRF model could predict these features associated with thunderstorm events quite reliably. The study helped to improve the severe weather warning over NER of India and the stakeholders are trained on effective utilization of such warning.
The ISPRS International Contest on Individual Tree Crown Segmentation using High-Resolution Images and the Initial Findings
Authors: Liang Xinlian , Wang Yinrui , Pan Jun , Wang Mi , Yang Jiansi , Gong Jianya
Published: November 2024

Abstract. Tree canopy plays an essential role in the biophysical activities in forest environment. During the past two decades, individual tree delineation using high-resolution imagery data has become a hot topic in forest sensing research. Individual Tree Crown (ITC) segmentation methods aim to generate masks that delineating the boundary of each ITC, which supports various tree parameter extractions. Thanks to the rapid development of deep learning, the ITC segmentation methods achieved remarkable improvement. However, existing research suffers from the limited availability of the datasets, and the lack of evaluation standards as well as task-orientated neural networks. In 2024, the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) launched the first International Contest of ITC Segmentation. The contest aims to reveal the state-of-the-art of the ITC method development using high-resolution images, to clarify the remaining barriers and challenges, and to guide further explorations in the field. This paper overviews the contest and reports the initial finding regarding the impact factors of the method performance.
Capturing Intangible Value in Australian Equities
Authors:   , Colthurst Richard
Published: November 2024

This thesis estimates intangible asset values of Australian firms by capitalising their operating expenses. Asset-pricing models augmented with these estimates show significant improvements over models that ignore such intangible assets. Intangible assets (such as intellectual property and goodwill) are difficult to value and are frequently excluded from balance sheets. As intangibles have grown in importance, Book-to-Market ratios have become less reliable. Adjusting for intangibles and industry variation significantly increases the value premium, but not the investment anomaly. The improvements are pronounced in intangible-intensive industries such as healthcare and IT. These results add credibility to the growing interest in intangibles.
When the world gets worse: Form and feeling in Australian climate fiction
Authors: Castles Belinda
Published: November 2024

In a political context of climate inaction, Australian fiction writers have increasingly focused on the emergency; drawing attention to how the political and environmental processes underway might play out and exploring attendant emotions. The novel form – with its foregrounding of private feelings and individual agency, and its historical alignment with the development of the extractive capitalism it may wish to critique – occupies an ambivalent position as a tool to bring about change. If the task is to refigure the social imaginary towards interconnection with all forms of life, is the novel an inadequate means of social engagement? I hope to make the case – by referencing debates in climate change literature and through discussion of Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser (2021) and This Devastating Fever by Sophie Cunningham (2022) – that writers are using the distinctive capacities of the novel to think through contemporary challenges. These novels, distinct in tone and narrative content, both treat climate change as inextricable from other forces – such as colonialism and misogyny – and emphasise interconnectedness with other beings. Through a commitment to play, via formal experimentation and humour, they help readers to engage with the intellectual and emotional challenges of a changing world.
英glish 影fluence: Ouyang Yu’s bilingual and self-translated poetry
Authors: Shi Yue
Published: November 2024

How can the innovative spirit of a poet catalyse the breaking of traditional artistic conventions and engender a transformative effect within the realm of poetry? Ouyang Yu is one of the pioneers of English–Chinese bilingual poetry and self-translation in Australia. As a translingual and cross-cultural poet who has long been active in Australia and China, Yu’s linguistic and poetic experiments show a passion for innovation and a rebellious spirit. This article explores Yu’s bilingual poetry by drawing on a new classification method which distinguishes four subtypes of English–Chinese bilingual poetry according to the extent of integration of the two languages: 1. intra-word/character bilingualism; 2. intra-phrase bilingualism; 3. intra-sentence bilingualism; and 4. cross-sentence bilingualism. In this system, either language could be the carrier language and the other the inserted language. This method fills a longstanding gap in the field by comprehensively and explicitly defining the boundaries of mixing these two languages within the genre of poetry. The article also explores Yu’s poetry self-translation by focusing on his advocacy for the freedom of re-creation when translating one’s own works, which includes the retention of the hieroglyphic attributes of Chinese characters in English, as well as Yu’s innovative “direct translations”.
“We need to talk”: Recovering conversations from the archive
Authors: Chappell Elizabeth
Published: November 2024

Dialogue is a prominent feature of creative non-fiction used to reveal character, anchor narratives in a context and present different perspectives. But how can conversation be recovered if your subject has passed from living memory? I faced this challenge in my creative biography of Catherine Helen Spence – Australia’s first female novelist and first woman political candidate. Her public and private lives were complex and many-faceted, which became clear from a close reading of her archival record, containing letters and recollections by friends and family, and her vast literary legacy. Building on Paul John Eakin’s theory – that our lives become stories through our “relational others” – I chose to tell Spence’s life from the perspectives of those around her. I imagined oral history interviews with them, listened for their speech patterns and applied Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of heteroglossia – many voices in a text – to my investigation. Conversation is frequently cited as a signpost of fictionality, but it can also lend a sense of verisimilitude and empathy. My depiction of Spence demonstrates how life writing at the confluence of history and fiction can illuminate archival evidence to reveal character and present different perspectives of a complex life.
An unmethodical method: Contextualising the critical essay
Authors: Harkins-Cross Rebecca
Published: November 2024

This paper charts a theoretical and literary genealogy for what I term the critical essay, which I define as a literary essay that includes analysis of an artwork amongst its objects of inquiry. After briefly outlining the increasing prevalence of the critical essay in contemporary letters, I review theoretical schemas surrounding the critical essay, and grapple with the terminological slippage of labels like “essay” and “criticism”. Drawing from Marxist and feminist schools of literary studies, I argue that alternative forms of critical writing have generally been propounded not as literary modes but rather as scholarly revolts against disciplinary strictures. I argue that such alternative forms of critical writing share a desire to invent modes of analysis and expression capable of challenging dominant class, race and/or gendered ideologies. I go on to propose that the critical essay may be capable of disrupting the epistemological frameworks undergirding public criticism, making space for writers who, due to their subject positions, have not historically been conferred critical authority.
Narrativas materialistas de la historia del arte entre los estudios culturales y las humanidades energéticas.
Authors: Vindel Gamonal Jaime
Published: November 2024

Este artículo indaga en la redefinición de las narrativas materialistas de la historia del arte deteniéndose en dos momentos históricos concretos. Por una parte, en el impacto derivado de la irrupción de los estudios culturales, que en torno a figuras como E. P. Thompson o Raymond Williams redefinieron los planteamientos de la historia social y de la historia cultural más allá de los enfoques economicistas del marxismo. Además de analizar las aportaciones y los límites de las contribuciones que esa primera generación de los estudios culturales realizó a las relaciones entre historia, cultura y ecología, así como sus repercusiones en el campo de la historia del arte, se valora su evolución desde la década de los ochenta hasta la actualidad. Desde esa perspectiva, el artículo critica la predominancia de los enfoques constructivistas en la nueva historia cultural, tendentes a considerar la naturaleza como un significante ideológico en lugar de una realidad material relativamente autónoma. En contraposición a esa tendencia, se rescatan las contribuciones recientes de las humanidades ecológicas, que tratan de tramar una relación más productiva entre los diagnósticos procedentes de las ciencias naturales en torno a la gravedad de la emergencia ecológica y los saberes de las ciencias sociales y las humanidades. Dentro del ámbito de las humanidades ecológicas, el artículo se detiene en las llamadas humanidades energéticas, que estudian cómo los imaginarios artístico-culturales de la modernidad industrial han impulsado o cuestionado la percepción productivista del cosmos como un inmenso depósito de recursos materiales, y apuesta por la creación de nuevas narrativas que nos permitan afrontar desde la historia del arte los desafíos de la transición energética y ecológica.
Geografía e iconografía de un viaje principesco en la segunda mitad del siglo XVII: el grand tour ibérico de Cosimo III de’ Medici y sus imágenes
Authors: Neira Cruz Xosé Antonio
Published: November 2024

La documentación sobre el viaje que Cosimo III de Medici hizo por España y Portugal entre 1668 y 1669, en gran parte inédita, es una fuente de excepcional interés para conocer la situación de la Península ibérica en ese momento, especialmente por la crónica visual realizada por el pintor Pier Maria Baldi, autor de las 120 acuarelas de la Relazione ufficiale, manuscrito conservado en la Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (Florencia). En este artículo fijamos de forma definitiva el itinerario del viaje, testimonio histórico fundamental sobre el desarrollo de un grand tour en el contexto ibérico.
Jorge Guillén y el mundo editorial y crítico italiano: cartas a su hija Teresa
Authors: Ladrón de Guevara Mellado Pedro Luis
Published: November 2024

Jorge Guillén fue inicialmente publicado en Italia en antologías colectivas pero es gracias a su amigo y tambien mentor de su hijo Claudio, Renato Poggioli, codirector de la revista florentina “Inventario” y profesor en Estados Unidos, que se publican libros suyos especialmente con el editor Scheiwiller y su colección All’Insegna del Pesce d’Oro. Tambien aparece la antologia seleccionada y traducida por Juana Granados para Cisalpina y más tarde la de Oreste Macrí para la editorial Sansoni de Federico Gentile, hijo del filósofo. La correspondencia, especialmente con su hija Teresa, muestra los proyectos frustrados, como el de la editorial Guanda para una edición conjunta de po1esías de Jorge Guillén y Pedro Salinas en un único volumen, el de la editorial Lerici, así como evidencia el entusiasmo del poeta español por el modo en que es recibido en dicho país, obteniendo el Premio Nazionale di Poesia Città di Firenze y el Premio de Poesia Etna-Taorminia. Entre sus traductores, especialmente en revistas y editores encontramos a los amigos Eugenio Montale, Carlo Bo, Renato Poggioli, Leone Traverso, Mario Luzi, Piero Bigongiari y, por supuesto, Oreste Macrí.
Mi godo la vita a Venezia: una ricerca tra gondolieri e studenti su alcune particelle.
Authors: Guzmán Riverón Martha
Published: November 2024

Le lingue romanze e alcune lingue non romanze utilizzano i cosiddetti pronomi riflessivi in contesti in cui non si intende esprimere la riflessività in senso stretto. Esempi sono “Mi studio l'intera lezione” o “Mi mangio un panino”. A questi usi si è dato, tra gli altri, il nome di pseudoreflessivi (Oesterreicher 1993). Il loro uso può variare non solo da una lingua all'altra, ma anche da una varietà regionale della stessa lingua all’altra. Il presente contributo propone un approccio all’argomento in italiano dal punto di vista del parlante. Il nostro obiettivo in questo lavoro è quello di studiare la possibile variazione sincronica nell’uso/non uso delle PAR di una serie di verbi per quanto concerne sia i diversi gruppi di parlanti sia i vari fattori come la semantica del verbo o aspetti come le forme e i tempi verbali, le persone, i tipi e le forme di CD. Per questo approccio ci siamo basati su un’indagine condotta nel 2023 a Venezia con studenti e gondolieri. I risultati della ricerca vengono valutati e servono come base per una riflessione sulla possibile funzione della particella riflessiva in questi contesti, nonché per un confronto dell’italiano con altre lingue romanze come il francese e lo spagnolo dal punto di vista della semantica dei verbi utilizzati.
Parole chiave: pseudoreflessività, pronomi riflessivi, interfaccia riflessività-semantica, italiano a Venezia.
Villain, eroi, vittime sacrificali. L’evoluzione delle rappresentazioni della disabilità nei fumetti Bonelli (1990-2020)
Authors: Di Paola Lorenzo , Tirino Mario , Castellano Simona
Published: November 2024

Il nostro saggio è dedicato all’analisi sociologica di alcune rappresentazioni della disabilità nel fumetto popolare italiano, con l’obiettivo di mostrare come, attraverso lo studio delle narrazioni grafiche di questo medium, sia possibile monitorare in che modo e con quali esiti siano cambiate le strategie per rappresentare la disabilità. In quanto ‘violazione’ del normale, la rappresentazione della disabilità è stata usata come grimaldello comico e come elemento caratterizzante dei villain, ma anche come metafora della diversità e del peso delle responsabilità dei supereroi. In Italia, i fumetti Bonelli hanno accompagnato varie generazioni riuscendo sempre a raccontare le mutazioni socioculturali e a fondere produttivamente divertimento, qualità e acculturazione in un delicato equilibrio, fondato sulla contaminazione tra realismo e fantastico, politica e ideologia, avventura e storia. Queste produzioni popolari definiscono i contorni del turbolento rapporto tra lettori, società e fumetto (Frezza 1999, 2017). L’analisi dettagliata di alcuni fumetti Bonelli – in un percorso che vede coinvolte le testate Ken Parker, Dylan Dog e Gea – consentirà di mappare, attraverso la coalescenza e i conflitti tra processi culturali, forme estetiche e fenomeni mediali (Abruzzese 1979, Couldry 2016), la trasformazione delle concezioni sociali della disabilità, il perdurante peso degli stereotipi e delle tipizzazioni (Berger e Luckmann 1969), il progressivo rifiuto della stigmatizzazione della diversità fisica e psichica, il ruolo dell’immaginario nell’intercettare nuove sensibilità, la centralità dei processi di convergenza tecnoculturale (Jenkins 2006) nell’aprire inediti spazi di partecipazione dei pubblici alla produzione, distribuzione e consumo dei prodotti culturali.
Lo sguardo di Cinto, il diverso, per vedere un mondo che non c’è più.
Authors: Cutrona Alessandro , Ferlita Salvatore
Published: November 2024

L’articolo prende in considerazione una narrazione laterale della disabilità attraverso le pagine de La luna e i falò (1950) di Cesare Pavese, assumendo lo sguardo di Cinto: personaggio invalido e custode, al contempo, del più alto grado di valore della fanciullezza. L’utilizzo del termine “disabile” nel corso del tempo ha acquisito una riconfigurazione del proprio significato (Schianchi, 2012): in questo caso, il “visibile” e “l’invisibile” della diversità costituiscono l’episteme di un racconto assimilabile a un’operazione di montaggio dei nodi dell’intreccio; la pìetas del protagonista Anguilla e l’impedimento fisico di Cinto sono come pianeti in rotta di collisione. Il racconto di Pavese, scrittore “diverso” per eccellenza nel Novecento che ai diversi, agli outsider, agli emarginati ha sempre guardato, fonda le proprie radici su due principali livelli narrativi: l’infanzia e la maturazione, che indicano rispettivamente l’avventura e la delusione – Leitmotiv vibratile e “palpabile” dell’intera poetica pavesiana. La disabilità è qui, dunque, “locus” narrativo nel quale il protagonista ritrova in Cinto i riflessi di una giovinezza sbiadita, e quello che sembrava essere un limite invalicabile trova riscatto nella forza di un racconto che contempla la virtù dell’autenticità. I personaggi di una storia diventano i vettori di un vulnus, ma è la loro narrazione a far mutare la visione che si ha di essi. Del resto, la vera letteratura può far cambiare la percezione che si ha del mondo e di chi lo abita. Cinto, infatti, che ha sempre sentito le “storie” raccontate da altri, con l’amicizia di Nuto e Anguilla riuscirà per una volta ad essere il protagonista della propria narrazione.
Guardarsi dentro: uno studio sul percorso artistico di Ketty La Rocca fino alla malattia come possibilità espressiva definitiva
Authors: Gangemi Rosanna
Published: November 2024

Nell’ultima fase della sua breve esistenza, Ketty La Rocca (1938-1976), oggi annoverata tra le più importanti artiste concettuali italiane del secolo scorso e tra le maggiori esponenti della poesia visiva e concreta degli anni ’60 e ’70, combatte contro il cancro. Questi anni in cui alla lotta poetica si affiancherà quella per la vita, la vedranno nella pienezza della sua ricerca avanguardista, intermediale, basata sul ripensamento della relazione tra corpo, immagine, linguaggio, identità e alterità. La malattia sarà messa al servizio della sua denuncia di una comunicazione limitante, alienante, falsata e inefficace: l’artista utilizzerà le radiografie del proprio cranio attaccato dalla patologia terminale sovrapposte al negativo di fotografie delle proprie mani su cui scriverà il suo celebre richiamo: “you”. La disamina di quest’ultimo, cruciale momento, terrà conto di tutto il percorso di La Rocca, nel quale vi si iscrive con lucida coerenza.
Emarginazione, slancio creativo, violenza, oppressione: esempi di personaggio muto nella letteratura italiana contemporanea.
Authors: Bombara Daniela
Published: November 2024

Il presente lavoro si propone di esaminare, in alcuni racconti e romanzi di autori italiani tra fine Ottocento e prima metà del Novecento, il personaggio muto, sia maschile che femminile, utilizzando il quadro teorico fornito dagli studi sulla disabilità. Le complesse e sfaccettate elaborazioni letterarie dello svantaggio corrispondono a precisi modelli di rappresentazione del soggetto disabile (Gardou), che rispecchiano i modi in cui la società italiana si pone di fronte al diverso, all’altro da sé
Nani e ragazzi rana: La solitudine dei freaks italiani
Authors: Foni Fabrizio
Published: November 2024

La disabilità fisica è un tema ben radicato nella cultura popolare italiana dell’Otto-Novecento, in cui non mancano esempi di esseri umani con malformazioni esibiti per intrattenimento nei circhi, nei luna park, nelle fiere, descritti più o meno fedelmente nella letteratura e nei fumetti. Ai cosiddetti freaks, perlopiù ritratti come solitari e disperati (benché il mondo dello spettacolo viaggiante non sembri poi essere più degradante di quello “ordinario”), ci si approccia ambiguamente. Sfruttati e in mostra nei sideshows, i freaks diventano fonte di sdegno o stupore, talvolta persino di ispirazione, nondimeno è con reticenza che in generale vengono accolti dalla società. Sulle tracce di freaks reali e fittizi, il presente contributo sfoglia pagine di cronaca dedicata alla narrazione delle “mostruosità di natura” così come alcune opere di finzione (Landolfi, Pedrocchi, Albertarelli e Gherlizza, Crovi, Verga) che hanno affrontato la tematica da plurime prospettive.
Hechos, pero también palabras. La producción cultural del movimiento sufragista británico
Authors: Moro Carrera Sara
Published: November 2024

Un repaso a la historiografía sobre el movimiento sufragista británico nos permite trazar una genealogía que alude a la coexistencia de dos vertientes de reivindicación social, representadas fundamentalmente por el modus operandi de la NUWSS, organización sufragista de tendencia constitucionalista, y por la WSPU, de carácter profundamente militante y orientado a la acción directa. Sin embargo, un análisis más profundo de las fuentes arroja luz sobre un elemento compartido todos los grupos que formaron parte del movimiento, independientemente de sus métodos: la apuesta por una serie de estrategias de carácter cultural y propagandístico enfocadas en transmitir el mensaje de forma creativa y pedagógica. Así, las diferentes agrupaciones sufragistas se volcaron activamente en la elaboración de prensa, literatura, teatro, arte, memorialística e incluso música propia.
En este artículo se pretende ahondar en algunas de estas propuestas culturales que las diferentes asociaciones feministas legaron al mundo en su campaña por la obtención del voto femenino en Reino Unido, en concreto las relacionadas con la palabra y la voz,. Para ello, se ha consultado una amplia literatura y prensa elaborada por las protagonistas del movimiento, además de indagarse en algunas de sus figuras más destacadas.
El país de las maravillas: Estados Unidos en la prensa republicana del Sexenio Democrático, 1868-1874. El caso de La Igualdad.
Authors: Ruiz Martín Pablo
Published: November 2024

Estados Unidos representó para el republicanismo español de Sexenio Democrático (1868-1874) un modelo paradigmático de república federal. Su naturaleza constitucional y democrática, su amplio régimen de libertades, su historia, su prosperidad económica y su armónica relación con la cuestión religiosa fueron recurrentes motivos de admiración, reivindicación e idealización por parte de la prensa republicana federal. De entre todos los diarios de esta corriente durante el periodo, el más importante fue La Igualdad. Este trabajo está dedicado al análisis de la inspiración que el ejemplo de Estados Unidos despertó en las páginas de este periódico, con el propósito de comprender mejor el programa y los horizontes de transformación del republicanismo español a través de su imaginario transnacional.
Tramas de solidaridad a favor del franquismo en la comunidad española de Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina, durante la Guerra Civil en España (1936-1939)
Authors: Ferreyra Alejandra Noemi
Published: November 2024

En este artículo se analizan parte de las secuelas que la Guerra Civil en España (1936-1939) ocasionó en el seno de la numerosa comunidad migratoria española que se encontraba radicada en la Argentina. A partir de una aproximación metodológica centrada en el análisis de las redes sociales en un espacio local, la ciudad de Rosario en la provincia de Santa Fe, el estudio se propone indagar las prácticas de solidaridad a favor del franquismo que se fueron articulando en el núcleo de la colectividad y en vinculación con la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Se presta especial atención a las relaciones personales e institucionales que se fueron forjando antes y durante la contienda bélica entre estos grupos afines a la sublevación española, así como también, se analizan las maniobras de colaboración material y simbólica, particularmente, las referidas a las misiones propagandísticas que visitaron la ciudad. Como resultado de esta investigación se desprende que los segmentos solidarizados con el ejército rebelde en España desde Rosario, no solo actuaron con un alto de grado de uniformidad en la ciudad, sino que, además, estuvieron conformados, en su mayoría, por núcleos familiares e interpersonales insertos en la elite económica, empresarial y profesional, y en las instituciones más tradicionales de la colectividad.
La diplomacia chilena frente a la Guerra de España. Una aproximación actualizada.
Authors: Carrellan Ruiz Juan Luis
Published: November 2024

En este trabajo se pretende actualizar y renovar el estado de la cuestión sobre los comportamientos de la diplomacia chilena durante la Guerra Civil en España. El artículo pone en valor la aparición de una bibliografía que propone una nueva mirada sobre la labor humanitaria de los diplomáticos chilenos acreditados en Madrid, Aurelio Núñez Morgado y Carlos Morla Lynch principalmente pero también otros, y argumenta, a la luz de la consulta de nueva documentación de los servicios de inteligencia de Franco, que estos agentes diplomáticos colaboraron con los partidos del Golpe de 1936 de diversas formas como, por ejemplo, sacando clandestinamente de territorio controlado por la República a miembros destacados de la derecha y permitiendo que la legación diplomática chilena fuese un lugar de refugio de espías y de espionaje. En este sentido, se ha compilado el debate historiográfico en torno al tema junto con información diplomática oficial depositada en el Archivo General Histórico del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile, las memorias de los diplomáticos chilenos y noticias recogidas en la prensa.
El viraje de 1547 en la interpretación de los historiadores italianos de la época
Authors: Valeri Elena
Published: November 2024

El año 1547 se abre, en Italia, con la conspiración de Gianluigi Fieschi contra el poder de Andrea Doria en Génova, que rápidamente fracasa la noche del 2 al 3 de enero. Diez días más tarde, los padres conciliares reunidos en Trento condenan la doctrina luterana de la justificación y algunos meses después, el 24 de abril de 1547, Carlos V se enfrenta y derrota, en la batalla de Mühlberg, a los príncipes alemanes luteranos reunidos en la Liga de Esmalcalda. En julio, Nápoles se levanta contra el intento de introducir la Inquisición española en el reino y el 10 de septiembre Pier Luigi Farnesio, hijo natural del papa Paulo III y duque de Parma y Piacenza, es víctima de una conspiración de la nobleza piacentina apoyada por el gobernador de Milán Ferrante Gonzaga. Numerosas obras históricas del siglo XVI concluyen en el año 1547, mientras que otras se inician entonces, considerándolo como un año periodizante en la historia de la península. Este ensayo se centrará especialmente en la incompleta Istoria d’Italia del historiador napolitano Camillo Porzio y en la Ex universa historia rerum Europae suorum temporum (1571) del genovés Oberto Foglietta, con el objetivo de resaltar el significado y la interpretación proporcionada por esos historiadores sobre los eventos de 1547 en relación con el panorama de las relaciones de poder entre los Estados italianos y la monarquía de España.
The politics of persuasion: foreign powers and the first Italian newspapers
Authors: Lamal Nina
Published: November 2024

This article studies the involvement and the relationships between diplomats and the periodical press in Italian cities during the seventeenth century. Newspapers first appeared on the Italian peninsula in the early 1640s: 1639 in Genoa, 1640 in Milan and Florence, 1642 in Bologna and 1645 in Turin. A novelty on the Italian information market, foreign diplomats turned their attention towards influencing newspaper coverage immediately. News editors would often exchange news with ambassadors, but maintaining such relationships was a delicate balancing act for all the actors involved. On the one hand, the news editors own governments certainly not always welcomed too overtly friendly relationships with representatives of foreign powers. On the other hand, not maintaining relationships with these foreign representatives could be detrimental to their own news business as competitors might easily obtain better quality news. This article studies this difficult balance of power and argues that it is crucial to appreciate these dynamics to understand how diplomats address audiences. It seeks to demonstrate these men went much further than spreading printed material to promote their patrons or employers; physical threats and attacks could be equally part of an agent’s tools to influence newspaper publishers to retract or not publish a certain piece of news.
Dialéctica entre innovación conceptual y continuidad doctrinal en el Mediterráneo tardoantiguo: un estudio a la luz del impacto del Concilio de Nicea en su 1700 aniversario
Authors: Buil Unai
Published: November 2024

El actual estado de la cuestión de la investigación académica sobre el Primer Concilio de Nicea y su relación con la conformación de la historia intelectual oficial de la Iglesia muestra la operatividad de una dialéctica entre innovación conceptual y tradición doctrinal en la promulgación del dogma. Es decir: en el asentamiento de la ortodoxia sobre la fe cristiana, se conjugan tanto una base de continuidad con un pasado vinculante, como una apuesta por nuevos conceptos. A este respecto, Nicea sirvió de paradigma de establecimiento de doctrina y de concreción lingüística de contenidos de fe, mediante un Credo con centro en el concepto ‘homoousios’.  A su vez, la apelación a una idealizada Nicea en las décadas posteriores (la “idea de Nicea”, en palabras de M. S. Smith) llevó a una intensificación de esa lógica conciliar de definición de doctrina e, incluso, a aumentar los contenidos vinculantes de fe, al precio de excluir la diversidad de interpretaciones teológicas legítimas en favor de una en exclusiva. Este estudio se centra en el análisis de esta dinámica, particularmente mostrada en el ejemplo del dogma del pecado original, donde la construcción de un enemigo único y común (la herejía) y la utilización interesada de los textos sagrados para promover la uniformidad política y religiosa del Imperio romano serían herramientas para la estabilización social y la correspondiente chivo-expiación de los disidentes.
Investigating Approaches Utilized by Instructors to Navigate Classroom Organization Issues in Higher Education Environments
Authors: Khan Erum Aslam , Majeed Sehrish , Hussain Sarfraz , Tanveer Muhammad
Published: November 2024

The primary goal of the study was to investigate the perspectives of instructors regarding strategies for managing classroom organization challenges in a higher education setting. The researcher selected a sample of 478 respondents by using a simple random sampling technique from six universities operating in Multan district. The study employs a quantitative approach, collecting data through a questionnaire. 348 questionnaires from the 478 instructors were collected. The response rate was 73.23%, which was acceptable for survey research. For the analysis of data, the researcher applied both descriptive and inferential statistics. Average mean and standard deviations were employed to examine the opinion of higher education institution instructors about the frequency of use of approaches and effectiveness of these approaches. A t-test was employed from inferential statistics for finding the opinion of higher education institution instructors on the basis of gender. Percentage analysis was conducted for the analysis of approaches through rank-order. Thematic analysis method was used for the examination of open-ended questions. The study found that higher education institution instructors often use clear voice, question-answer strategies, and active student-instructor interaction to address classroom organization issues. Other approaches include planning lessons, treating all learners equally, arranging the classroom well, improving familiarity, and practicing instructional techniques. However, the use of rules based on conditions, time-out approaches for violent behavior, and rules for penance and penalties was rare.
Modeling the Influence of Internal Factors on Vehicular Mobility Performance
Authors: Mdimi Aziz , R. John Geoffrey , Mhilu Cuthbert , Kihedu Joseph , Bwire Hannibal
Published: November 2024

Traffic mobility is significantly influenced by road conditions and the internal factors governing vehicular performance. Internal factors play a crucial role in vehicular mobility, influencing vehicles operate and performance. While existing vehicular mobility models primarily address external factors, external factors such as governor, engine, gear train and differential unit remain underexplored. This study formulates a comprehensive model to address this gap, focusing on the internal components that affect vehicular mobility. The proposed model employs both analytical and numerical methods to derive transfer functions for these subsystems using Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB), aiming to capture the dynamic behavior of vehicles under various conditions. The model was evaluated by examining vehicle transaction times across different road surface qualities, measured by the International Roughness Index (IRI) values of 3.5, 3.0, and 2.0, and tractive forces ranging from 4500 N to 17750 N, with applied pedal forces of 50 N, 100 N, 150 N and 200 N. Results indicated that higher tractive forces lead to reduced transaction times, with IRI values of 3.5 m/km showing a decrease from 122.0 seconds to 31.0 seconds as tractive forces increased from 4500 N to 17750 N. Similarly, for IRI values of 2.0 m/km, the transaction times reduced from 67.5 seconds to 7.5 seconds under the same conditions. The analysis further demonstrated that increased applied pedal forces correspond to higher tractive forces, thereby enhancing vehicular mobility and performance. These findings highlight the critical role of internal factors in optimizing vehicular mobility and performance, suggesting that internal subsystem dynamics should be integrated into future mobility models for more accurate and comprehensive assessments.
Exploring the Transformation of Sustainable Collective Spaces
Authors: Lutta Jacob
Published: November 2024

A major challenge in collective space transformation is addressing the complexity of informal urbanisation in developing countries. Using a case study approach, this paper examines the concerns related to a particular informal settlement's sustainable collective space transformation. One of the key findings is that the absence of formal rules and regulations in the development of informal settlements in combination with land-grabbing leads to the absence of open spaces that could be used collectively. It is observed that sustainability in urban development is another body of critical thought that integrates several streams of current urban elements and embodies various conceptions of social-cultural, social-economic, environmental, and technological aspects as success factors for sustainable collective space transformation. As part of informal urbanisation, collective spaces should be addressed to lessen the intensity of restricted community spaces and create sustainable urban settings. Sustainable collective space development seems important in cities since it enhances several activities in the urban context with stable and appropriate collective spaces for community life. The paper concludes with a call for development actors, political commitment, and recognition of contextual responses when transforming collective spaces, rules set within informal settlements, and strategies branded for sustainable transformation.
‘‘Domicilelessness’’ and Livelihoods in Urban Areas: Case of Maasai in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Authors: Swai Arch. Dr. Ombeni
Published: November 2024

The study aimed at demonstrating Maasai migration into Dar es Salaam urban areas and their challenges in accessing accommodation. Methodologically, the study deployed secondary data analysis following a descriptive research design. Furthermore, this study was conducted through both qualitative and quantitative research approaches. The study was conducted from 2018 to 2022 of which a random sample of 100 (N=100) was targeted. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Version 16). Findings: The Maasai means of accommodation are divided into four main categories: completed houses (6%), under-construction sites (39%), halfway constructed and abandoned structures (31%), and car garages and under trees (24%). These groups lack basic services such as water, toilets, and cooking spaces, and are often confounded and inhabitable, exposing them to risk of contracting various diseases. Maasai engage in livelihood activities both day and night, with hairdressing, handcraft, and petty trading being their primary activities. At night, they work as watchmen and those not engaged in anything spend time sleeping. Inclusive policies catering for minority groups in urban areas need to be put in place in Dar es Salaam.
Investigations of Cell Tower Antennas Parameters on Reduction of Radio Frequency Radiation Levels from Radio Base Stations
Authors: Rashidi Florence , Mohsini Mustafa , Ambele Charles
Published: November 2024

populated areas has raised public health concerns due to increased exposure to radio frequency (RF) radiation emissions. Exposure to high levels of RF radiation can have potential thermal and non-thermal biological effects. Optimizing the configuration of cell tower antenna parameters is crucial for mitigating these radiation levels. This study therefore aims at systematically investigating the influence of different cell tower antenna parameters on reducing the RF radiation levels from mobile base stations. Field measurements were conducted at two cell sites shared by multiple mobile operators. Electric field strengths were measured at multiple locations around the cell sites. The impacts of various antenna parameters were analyzed, including the deployment of GSM spectrum within LTE services, number of carrier frequencies, antenna down-tilt, and transmission power. The analysis revealed that deploying the GSM spectrum within LTE services can reduce the overall radiation levels. Additionally, decreasing the number of carrier frequencies, increasing antenna down-tilt, and lowering transmission power were found to contribute to significant reductions in measured radiation levels. However, optimizing these antenna parameters to mitigate radiation can also degrade key mobile network performance indicators, such as coverage and capacity. These findings provide valuable insights into effective strategies for balancing the need to minimize RF radiation exposure from mobile base stations while maintaining acceptable mobile network service quality. Careful optimization of cell tower antenna configurations is essential to address public health concerns without compromising network performance.
Evaluation of Business-Driven Reference Architecture for Big Data Analytics Implementation by Public Sector Organizations in Resource-Constrained Setting: A Case Study of Uganda
Authors: Didas Matendo , Henri Chali Frederick , Elisa Noe
Published: November 2024

Big Data Analytics (BDA) is a new area at the nexus of agenda, public sector organizations, and government business. It may satisfy the growing need for trustworthy, cost-effective services in the public sector for better, more informed decision-making processes. BDA has been proposed on the planning schedules of several public sector organizations and the government. Therefore, from the previous work, using Uganda as a case study, specifically the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), Ministry of Health (MoH), and Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), this study aims to evaluate a designed Business-Driven Reference Architecture for Big Data Analytics Implementation (BRABDAI) in public sector organizations. Using a quantitative research method, the BRABDAI was analytically assessed using a structured walkthrough technique by 18 IT experts in the fields of data analysis, IT/IS management, and solution architecting. The assessment criterion was composed of three components: functionality, usability/applicability, and traceability. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used for data analysis. The findings showed that the BRABDAI was useful for resolving the key issues preventing the successful implementation of the BDA in public sector organization settings and that it was also understandable and traceable. To improve the usage and acceptability of BDA implementation in public sector organizations, the study advises more research on this topic.
Assessing the Importance of Air-Decking Blasting in Controlling BIGV at an Open Pit Gold Mine in Tanzania using ANN Model
Authors: Baruti Karim
Published: November 2024

Air-decking blasting technique is used to control blast induced ground vibration (BIGV) in several mines including open-pit gold mines located in Tanzania. While the importance of air-deck to control BIGV is practically evident, theoretical models such as BIGV prediction models cannot be used to assess the importance of air-decking. The main objective of this study was to assess the importance of the air-decking blasting technique to control BIGV using the artificial neural network (ANN) Model. To achieve this objective, ANNs were modeled and trained to learn the pattern of data using Multilayer Perception with Back Propagation to predict BIGV. The main results showed that the normalized importance of air-decking in predicting BIGV was 92.4%. Other important parameters were distance from blasting with a normalized importance of 100% and MIC which was relatively low with a normalized importance of about 46.2%. Parameters such as charge length, powder factor, bench height, charge per length, and stemming length were by far less important than air-decking. The ANN model developed in this study appeared to perform well by incorporating air decking parameters, which traditional BIGV predictors could not. The model also can predict BIGV with an error of about 1.8%. It was recommended that the air-decking technique used at the gold mine should be maintained and practiced to control BIGV for the sustainable development of the mining industry in Tanzania.
Schutz sensibler Daten und Medien
Authors: Uttinger Ursula
Published: November 2024

Der Schutz von Personendaten ist bereits heute in verschiedenen Gesetzen zu finden. Dennoch kommt immer mal wieder die Frage auf, ob dieser Schutz genügt, insbesondere auch durch die immer grössere Verbreitung von Social Media und durch die Zunahme von Hackerangriffen. Grundsätzlich lässt sich feststellen, dass der gesetzliche Schutz zwar besteht und Strafanzeigen immer wieder eingereicht werden; die privatrechtlichen Klagen, gestützt auf das Datenschutzgesetz, sind jedoch äusserst selten, weshalb es in der Schweiz auch kaum Gerichtsentscheide gibt.
Weshalb TV-Formate nicht geschützt sind
Authors: Maffucci Marco
Published: November 2024

Mit der Frage der urheberrechtlichen Schutzfähigkeit von TV-Formaten hat sich bisher noch kein Schweizer Gericht auseinandergesetzt. Eine Antwort auf diese Frage ist aber entscheidend dafür, ob Fernsehsender bei der Entwicklung neuer TV-Formate bestehende, auch internationale Formate einfach nachahmen dürfen oder ob sie damit die Urheberrechte des Entwicklers des Originalformats verletzen. Der vorliegende Beitrag wirft einen Blick über die Landesgrenzen und setzt sich mit der einschlägigen ausländischen Rechtsprechung auseinander.
Recommandation algorithmique et nudging
Authors: Rochel Johan
Published: November 2024

Cet article explore les défis normatifs liés à l’utilisation des systèmes de recommandation algorithmique par les médias de service public. Comme de nombreux diffuseurs publics, la RTS cherche à ajuster et optimiser les recommandations de contenu pour des audiences spécifiques via son application. Elle utilise à cette fin une approche inspirée des « user-needs » popularisée par la BBC. Construit sur un projet interdisciplinaire mené avec des spécialistes de sciences des données, cet article vise à identifier et justifier les principes généraux qui devraient guider l’utilisation légitime de tels systèmes de recommandation. Ces principes sont structurés dans un modèle de légitimité composé de trois parties principales : les objectifs du système de recommandation, les modalités de sa mise en œuvre et une analyse des risques agrégés. Ce modèle de légitimité est en mesure de répondre aux défis principaux identifiés dans le contexte de l’éthique du nudging, à savoir le paternalisme, le perfectionnisme et la manipulation. L’article propose des conditions pour un nudging algorithmique où le mandat de service public de la RTS, ses valeurs et ses pratiques sont alignés.
Treatment of Tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum L.) Fruits with Powders and Ashes from Tridax Procumbens and Chromolaena Odorata for Shelf-Life Extension
Authors: O. O. Efunwoye, , A. T. Aborisade, , O. O. Oladele,
Published: November 2024

Ripe and wholesome tomato fruits of Padma 108 F1 and Platinum 701 F1 were stored in powders and ashes of Tridax procumbens and Chromolaena odorata by complete submergence and surface coating treatments in a completely randomised set-up. Fruits were kept in corrugated cardboard boxes at 26.5 0C and RH 83 %. Disease incidence was assessed every 5 days in storage. The days taken for 50 % of the tomato fruits to retain marketable qualities were determined. All tomato fruits treated with the plant materials showed significantly lower disease incidences (p ≤ 0.05) than the untreated fruits. Submerging Padma fruits in ash of C. odorata produced a shelf-life of 106 days while for Platinum fruits, submerging in powder of T. procumbens produced the longest shelf-life of 155 days. Untreated fruits of Padma and Platinum had shelf lives of 31 days and 53 days respectively. Padma fruits completely submerged in the powders of T. procumbens, C. odorata and surface coated with the powder of C. odorata retained 50 % marketability at Day 61, and 50 % of Platinum tomatoes submerged in the powder of C. odorata remained marketable at Day 116. The preservative effects of the powders and ashes of the two botanicals in tomato fruits could probably be accounted for by a combination of moisture-absorbent properties, restraining airflow, high pH and the presence of phytochemicals.