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«La penna l’ho lasciata a casa»: Letteratura e potere

open access: yesBetween, 2015
The current situation of the humanities, which have been resized both in university and in secondary education, seems to many the sign of a crisis that involves the role of literary knowledge, its social authority, the education of students and the ...
Cristina Nesi
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Mechanical Performances of Natural Textiles for Eco-Friendly Composite Materials: A Comparative Assessment

open access: yesFibers
In the last decades, composite materials made of synthetic fibers embedded in organic or inorganic matrices have been successfully used for strengthening reinforced-concrete and masonry buildings.
Gianfranco Stipo   +5 more
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Michael Hutter, The Rise of the Joyful Economy: Artistic Invention and Economic Growth from Brunelleschi to Murakami (London/New York: Routledge, 2015).

open access: yesJournal for Art Market Studies, 2017
Book review of Michael Hutter, The Rise of the Joyful Economy: Artistic Invention and Economic Growth from Brunelleschi to Murakami (London/New York: Routledge, 2015).
Léa Saint-Raymond
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A Quantitative Genomic Approach for Analysis of Fitness and Stress Related Traits in a Drosophila melanogaster Model Population

open access: yesInternational Journal of Genomics, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
The ability of natural populations to withstand environmental stresses relies partly on their adaptive ability. In this study, we used a subset of the Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel, a population of inbred, genome‐sequenced lines derived from a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster, to investigate whether this population harbors genetic ...
Palle Duun Rohde   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Safeguard of Audio Collections: A Computer Science Based Approach to Quality Control—The Case of the Sound Archive of the Arena di Verona

open access: yesAdvances in Multimedia, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
In the field of multimedia, very little attention is given to the activities involved in the preservation of audio documents. At the same time, more and more archives storing audio and video documents face the problem of obsolescing and degrading media, which could largely benefit from the instruments and the methodologies of research in multimedia ...
Federica Bressan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demonstração Geométrica á da Perspectiva Exata pelas Leis da Ótica

open access: yesPós: Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo da FAUUSP, 1995
Em prévios estudos sobre perspectiva, apresentamos um aparelho mais simples que aqueles descritos pelos discípulos de Brunelleschi e a ele atribuídos, com o qual foi possível deduzir empiricamente as leis fundamentais da perspectiva exata, como derivadas
Júlio Roberto Katinsky
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Brick and Mortar, Paint and Metal: Architecture and Craft in Renaissance Florence and Beyond

open access: yesArchitectural Histories, 2023
It is well known that many figures who rose to prominence as architects were initially trained as sculptors, metalworkers, carvers or painters, from Filippo Brunelleschi, who first learned the goldsmith trade, to Andrea Palladio, who started his career ...
Livia Lupi
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Peroxisome Proliferator‐Activated Receptor ‐β/δ, ‐γ Agonists and Resveratrol Modulate Hypoxia Induced Changes in Nuclear Receptor Activators of Muscle Oxidative Metabolism

open access: yesPPAR Research, Volume 2010, Issue 1, 2010., 2010
PPAR‐α, PPAR‐β, and PPAR‐γ, and RXR in conjunction with PGC‐1α and SIRT1, activate oxidative metabolism genes determining insulin sensitivity. In utero, hypoxia is commonly observed in Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR), and reduced insulin sensitivity is often observed in these infants as adults.
Timothy R. H. Regnault   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Area Sustainability Analysis by Means of Integrated Microclimatic Measurement Techniques Combined with Thermal Comfort Modelling—A Pilot Project Application

open access: yesEnergies
Although the literature is rich in studies of indoor thermal comfort, there is a lack of research on outdoor thermal comfort, despite its importance in response to global warming and the rise of urban heat islands.
Giacomo Pierucci   +2 more
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Paradisi e voli angelici nello spettacolo e nell’iconografia in Italia nel lungo Quattrocento

open access: yesDrammaturgia, 2022
At the beginning of the 15th century, stage machines were developed in Florence to set up the mysteries of the Annunciation, Ascension and Pentecost in some churches of the city.
Paola Ventrone
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