Search results for "Eliot"

"Florentine Nights", or domesticating "Romola": The forgotten Polish translation of George Eliot's novel

2019

The paper discusses an anonymous Polish translation of George Eliot’s 1863 novel Romola, published in the late nineteen-twenties by the Edward Wende publishing house. The Polish version, which appeared with the title Noce florenckie (Florentine Nights) and a photo of Lilian Gish on the cover, may be seen as an early case of a movie tie-in. The discussion focuses on the domesticating strategies used by the Polish translator, who paid attention only to the elements that move the personal story of Romola, Tito and Tessa forward, and removed most of the elements that deal with the history and culture of Renaissance Florence. As a result, the translation becomes a highly simplified paraphrase th…

Mutations in the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ca toxin demonstrate the role of domains II and III in specificity towards Spodoptera exigua larvae

2004

Several mutants of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ca toxin affected with regard to specific activity towards Spodoptera exigua were studied. Alanine was used to replace single residues in loops 2 and 3 of domain II (mutant pPB19) and to replace residues 541– 544 in domain III (mutant pPB20). Additionally, a Cry1Ca mutant combining all mutations was constructed (mutant pPB21). Toxicity assays showed a marked decrease in toxicity against S. exigua for all mutants, while they retained their activity against Manduca sexta, confirming the importance of these residues in determining insect specificity. Parameters for binding to the specific receptors in BBMV (brush border membrane vesicles) of S.…

Mannose phosphate isomerase isoenzymes in Plutella xylostella support common genetic bases of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in Llpidopt…

2001

ABSTRACT A strong correlation between two mannose phosphate isomerase (MPI) isoenzymes and resistance to Cry1A toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis has been found in a Plutella xylostella population. MPI linkage to Cry1A resistance had previously been reported for a Heliothis virescens population. The fact that the two populations share similar biochemical, genetic, and cross-resistance profiles of resistance suggests the occurrence of homologous resistance loci in both species.

Resistance toBacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin in three strains ofHeliothis virescens: Proteolytic and SEM study of the larval midgut

1999

In a previous study, we demonstrated that resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in Heliothis virescens might be related to differences in the composition of the proteolytic extracts from insect midgut. There, we found specific proteolytic bands present in the gut extracts of the resistant strain and absent from the susceptible one. Here we report related facts using a new resistant strain (KCB) and a cross between the two strains used in our previous study. As would be expected, no quantitative differences in total proteolytic activity were found between the strains, although qualitative differences related to the presence or absence of specific proteolytic activity bands using SDS-PA…

L'Apollo Archeghetes di Naxos e l'identità dei Sicelioti

2018

The cult of Apollo Archeghetes, founded in Naxos by the oikist Teocle, was originally functional to strengthen the Ionian identity of the first colonial groups of the island, through the recall to the Apollo of Delos. Only later it was opened to all Greek people of Sicily, thus becoming the focus of the Sikeliote identity. A track of this "refunctionalization" can be seen in the news on the displacement of the Apollo Archeghetes altar outside the walls of Naxos, due perhaps to the reorganization of the urban planning made by Ieron.

T.S. Eliot and The Concept of Tradition, G. Cianci, J. Harding (editors), Cambridge University Press, 2007

2008

Il Pittore della Scacchiera e la nascita della ceramica figurata siceliota

2009

Le ultime messe a punto dello sviluppo cronologico e stilistico delle ceramiche figurate siceliote, anche in rapporto alle produzioni campane e pestane, ed il riesame di alcuni aspetti iconografici e stilistici del Pittore della Scacchiera stimolano ad una riflessione complessiva sulla personalità di questo pittore e dei primi ceramografi posti da A.D. Trendall all’origine della pittura vascolare siceliota e di area tirrenica. Il problema del rapporto con la tradizione attica, più volte riaffermato soprattutto nell’ambito dello stile del Pittore della Scacchiera, viene affrontato in questa sede in maniera globale anche dal punto di vista della tradizione iconografica. La disamina è condotta…

Filisto e le origini delle popolazioni anelleniche di Sicilia

2008

Sono presi in esame i passi di Diodoro Siculo (V 6, 1 = FGrHist 556, F 45) e di Dionisio di Alicarnasso (Ant. Rom. I 22, 4 = FGrHist 556, F 46), che riportano le tesi di Filisto riguardanti rispettivamente le origini dei Sicani e quelle dei Siculi. Lo storico siracusano riprende la notizia, accolta già da Tucidide, secondo la quale i Sicani erano di stirpe iberica, mentre prospetta una nuova teoria per i Siculi, che a suo dire erano discendenti dei Liguri cacciati dalle zone settentrionali dell’Italia ad opera di Umbri e Pelasgi. Attraverso il confronto con le altre tradizioni letterarie pervenute sull’argomento, si può constatare che le rappresentazioni di Filisto sull’archaiologhia sicili…

T.S. Eliota krājuma Vecā viltnieka grāmata par praktiskiem kaķiem stilistiskā analīze

2017

Bakalaura darba mērķis ir T. S. Eliota krājuma Vecā viltnieka grāmata par praktiskiem kaķiem stilistiskā analīze. Pētījums īpaši pievērsts dzejoļu interpretācijai un tekstam raksturīgajiem stilistiskas paņēmieniem, lai parādītu kādi no tiem izmantoti visbiežāk un kā tie palīdz krājumā pastiprināt domu. Darba teorētiskā daļa nosaka pētījumu pamatu un pārskata būtiskākos teorijas avotus. Dažādu zinātnieku pētījumi skaidro stilistikas jēdzienu, stilistiskās analīzes sarežģītākos momentus un tipiskas stilistiskās pazīmes, kādas autori izmanto savos literārajos darbos. Lai izpētītu sakarību starp stilistiskajām pazīmēm un kontekstu, kādā tās tiek lietotas, izmantota apjomīga pazīmju analīze. Rez…

Phytochemical composition, anti-inflammatory and antitumour activities of four Teucrium essential oils from Greece

2009

Abstract The essential oils of four Teucrium species were studied and 150 components, in all, were identified. All oils were rich in sesquiterpenes (50.1–55.8%). Spathulenol and δ-cadinene were the main compounds of Teucrium brevifolium oil; caryophyllene and 4-vinyl guaiacol predominated in Teucrium flavum . Carvacrol and caryophyllene oxide predominated in Teucrium montbretii ssp. heliotropiifolium , while carvacrol and caryophyllene were the most abundant components in Teucrium polium ssp. capitatum . The oil which most effectively inhibited LPS-induced NO production in macrophage cell line RAW 264.7 was that from T. brevifolium (IC 50  = 7.1 μg/ml), followed by T. montbretii ssp. heliot…