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India Re-loaded: Vikas Swarup’s Slumdog Millionaire as a Postcolonial Novel
2012
Once “the jewel in the crown” of the British Empire, India for some time ceased to be the focus of interest for the British writers. Largely due to the success of its film version, Vikas Swarup’s Slumdog Millionaire (Black Swan, London, 2005, originally called Q and A) again drew the attention of the Western world to the problems postcolonial India has to face: poverty, crime, sex abuse, exploitation of children, police brutality and many more. In this paper, however, we are not going to compare the two versions of the story, i.e. the novel and the film, but primarily concentrate on the textual commentaries in the context of postcolonial theory and literature. Of particular interest for us …
Terminological Games: The Finnish Security Police Monitoring the Far-Right Movements in Finland During the Cold War
2020
This article focuses on the use of terms and concepts related to the nationalist movements by the Finnish security police during the Cold War. The key objective of the security police was to protect the legal order of the state and monitor the groups and phenomena potentially harmful to that cause. The previous experience regarding the rise of the radical nationalism and fascism in Finland in the 1930s and the 1947 Paris peace treaties were the historical and legal contexts within which the interpretations were made. As the article shows, interpretation made by the security police, however, relied occasionally on a limited understanding about the evolving far-right scene, thus producing ter…
This, and This, and That
2021
More dependent clauses are discussed, and more surprising results emerge. The most important of these are that distinct clauses belonging to the same period can sometimes have an overlap, and that there are clauses that, though being neither interrogative nor imperative, are such that wondering about their truth value does not make sense.
Timing of the emergence of the Europe-Sicily bridge (40-17 cal ka BP) and its implications for the spread of modern humans
2014
The submerged sill in the Strait of Messina, which is located today at a minimum depth of 81 m below sea level (bsl), represents the only land connection between Sicily and mainland Italy (and thus Europe) during the last lowstand when the sea level locally stood at about 126 m bsl. Today, the sea crossing to Sicily, although it is less than 4 km at the narrowest point, faces hazardous sea conditions, made famous by the myth of Scylla and Charybdis. Through a multidisciplinary research project, we document the timing and mode of emergence of this land connection during the last 40 kyr. The integrated analysis takes into consideration morphobathymetric and lithological data, and relative sea…
VZYVANNJA TOPONIMU HORNICA U TEKSTACH RUSYNIV BACKY I SREMU V XX ST.
2021
In this research we will talk about the term Hornїca in the language of the Rusyns who live in modern Serbia and Croatia. The origin of the toponym is due to historical and geographical factors. During the twentieth century, the community used this toponym in texts of various genres to describe the territory of its origin in the Carpathian region. This toponym is used with other geographical names - in particular Zakarpattja, or outdated or archaic forms of Carpathian Ukraine and Subcarpathian Rus`. The toponym belongs to the categories of macrotoponyms and exonyms. The article analyses how and when the term appeared in the editions of Rusyns of Bačka and Syrmia, what were the dynamics of i…
Hexachlororhenate(IV) salts of ruthenium(III) cations: X-ray structure and magnetic properties
2012
Abstract Two novel rhenium(IV)–ruthenium(III) compounds of formulae [RuCl(NH3)5]2[ReCl6]Cl2 (1) and [RuCl2(en)2]2[ReCl6]·2CH3CN (2) (en = 1,2-ethylenediamine) have been prepared and characterized. Their crystal structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic system with C2/m as space group, whereas 2 crystallizes in the triclinic system with space group P(−1). The crystal structures of 1 and 2 are made up of discrete [ReCl6]2− anions and [RuCl(NH3)5]2+ (1) or [RuCl2(en)2]+ (2) cations held together by N–H···Cl hydrogen bonds, van der Waals and electrostatic forces. The magnetic properties were investigated from susceptibility measurements per…
Hydrogen influence on the structure and properties of amorphous hydrogenated carbon films deposited by direct ion beam
2008
Abstract The present work provides results for amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a-C:H) films grown by direct ion beam deposition method. Acetylene and its mixtures with hydrogen were used. The films were characterized by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, elastic recoil detection, Raman spectroscopy, ellipsometry, infrared spectroscopy, and microhardness measurements. These techniques indicated that an admixture of hydrogen yields a lower deposition rate, a higher content of total and bounded hydrogen in the a-C:H films, and a lower film density. The optical and mechanical properties depend on both, hydrogen concentrations in the gas phase and in the films, and show a strong diamond-like…
Stabilized Ru[(H2O)(6)](3+) in Confined Spaces (MOFs and Zeolites) Catalyzes the lmination of Primary Alcohols under Atmospheric Conditions with Wide…
2018
[EN] Imines are ubiquitous intermediates in organic synthesis, and the metal-mediated imination of alcohols is one of the most direct and simple methods for their synthesis. However, reported protocols lack compatibility with many other functional groups since basic supports/media, pure oxygen atmospheres, and/or released hydrogen gas are required during reaction. Here we show that, in contrast to previous metal-catalyzed methods, hexa-aqueous Ru(III) catalyzes the imination of primary alcohols with very wide functional group tolerance, at slightly acid pH and under low oxygen atmospheres. The inorganic metal complex can be supported and stabilized, integrally, within either faujasite-type …
Gamma-valerolactone from levulinic acid and its esters: Substrate and reaction media determine the optimal catalyst
2021
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Preparation in mild conditions of photocatalytically active nanostructured TiO2 rutile
2006
Abstract Nano structured TiO 2 rutile samples were prepared in mild conditions by hydrolysis of TiCl 4 in different solutions. The powders revealed a fair photoactivity for the photoeatalytic degradation of 4-nitrophenol. The influence of preparation procedure, pH and presence of Cl − and N 3 − anions on the physicochemical features and photocatalytic activity of the powders was investigated.