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Objet et préfiguration
2010
We call prefigurative an object whose primary function is to allow whoever manipulates it to represent an object, a situation, an action that has not yet happened ; the prefigured object is particular because it not only exists to convey meaning but also to inform, to get us to believe and finally to make us act. This article aims to outline the semiotic analysis of one of these objects, the restaurant menu: leaving aside the verbal text, we shall examine the material object which is its support (paper, cardboard, slate, screen, etc..) and see that it directs our receptions and predisposes us by its material, its size, its touch, its typography and its layout to perceive the true taste of t…
Forms of gastronomic camouflage: veridiction in the kitchen
2022
In this essay, we analyse the regimes of truth and the forms of culinary camouflage inscribed in some signature dishes by several well-known Italian chefs, whose work is emblematic of the various fictional trends in gastronomy. In doing so, we will keep in mind the so-called semiotic square of veridiction that discursive semiotics has been proposing and using for some time. The analysis reveals how the gastronomic discourse of the Italian haute cousine produces effects of illusion, secrecy, falsehood and truth. The concurrence of these veridiction modes allows for an explicit model which accounts for the various styles of camouflage and thus describes current tendencies in contemporary cuis…
Cucina politica: percorsi semiotici
2019
On the one hand, cuisine and politics have always been considered two very different semi-spheres. On the other hand, considering the issue more in depth, cooking and politics are both strategies and tactics for governing the community. What I would like to do in this essay is to highlight the unexpected of the (multiple) relations of cooking and politics. Starting from a Latourian epistemological perspective, which considers the social collective as a whole formed by human and non-human actors, and governed by a series of management, control and enhancement processes that are similar to the world of gastronomy and that of politics strictly understood.
Etniskās un nacionālās gastroidentitātes romānu sērijā “Mēs. Latvija, XX gadsimts”
2022
Ēdienam ir būtiska funkcija kultūras, etniskās un nacionālās identitātes veidošanā – šī iemesla dēļ tēlu konstrukcija un raksturojums literāros darbos nereti tiek realizēts tieši caur gastropoētiskiem elementiem. Šis maģistra darbs skata etnisko un nacionālo gastroidentitāšu atveidi 13 sērijas “Mēs. Latvija, XX gadsimts” romānos, izmantojot metodoloģiju, kas balstīta uz imagoloģijas un semiotikas literatūrpētniecības teorijām. Darbā raksturots un klasificēts pētījumā identificēto gastroimagoloģisko tekstu īpatsvars, iezīmes un funkcijas, kā arī izceltas visplašāk pārstāvētās nacionālās un etniskās gastroidentitāšu grupas un tām piešķirtās semiotiskās īpašības. Pētījumā iegūtie dati tikuši s…
Multivalent N-donor ligands for the construction of coordination polymers and coordination polymer gels
2018
This work describes the synthesis and characterisation of several multivalent N-donor ligands and their coordination compounds and the use of these ligands in the construction of coordination polymers and coordination polymer gels. The project can be divided into two parts. The first part of the research is focused on the coordination chemistry of ring-substituted biimidazoles in acidic media. The dependence of the formation of ion pairs and zwitterionic, especially zinc and copper containing coordination compounds on the pH of the reaction medium and ring-substituents of the ligand were examined. The second part of the study deals with the preparation of Ag, Zn and Cu coordination polymers…
Population genetic structure of aposematic alpine wood tiger moths (Parasemia plantaginis)
2012
Alpine landscape with natural fragmentation restricts gene flow among populations and causes spatio-genetic structuring (high genetic differentiation) in species living there. Consequently, alpine habitat fragmentation and dispersal barriers should make isolated populations such as wood tiger moth (Parasemia plantaginis) populations prone to lose genetic diversity by local adaptation and fixation of fittest phenotype in each local population. This species is also known to be aposematic. Yellow colour on the males’ hind wings in wood tiger moth is presumed to work more efficiently against visual hunting predators due to increased conspicuousness. In addition, in field experiments with wood t…
Nonlinear nystagmus processing causes torsional VOR nonlinearity.
2003
The eye movement component that rotates around the line of sight, i.e., the ocular torsion, is in many aspects different from horizontal and vertical eye movements. While ocular torsion is mediated only by reflexive pathways like the torsional vestibulo-ocular and optokinetic reflexes (TVOR and OKN, respectively), horizontal and vertical components are also subject to intentional control mechanisms that are mediated by the saccadic and the pursuit systems. Dynamic properties of torsional eye movements are also very distinct. While horizontal and vertical VOR components show a gain close to unity and a small neural integration leakage with a time constant around pi=30 s, the TVOR shows a sma…
Semi-natural Grassland Vegetation Database of Latvia
2012
The Semi-natural Grassland Vegetation Database of Latvia (GIVD ID EU-LV-001) was first developed in 1999 as part of the PhD Thesis on syntaxonomy and diversity of dry and mesic grasslands of Latvia. The database includes the original releves established by the author as early as 1997. The majority of releves belongs to the Filipendulo-Helictotrichion (Festuco-Brometea) and Arrhenatheretalia communities, but Molinietalia, Nardetalia, Caricion nigrae, Koelerion glaucae and Plantagini-Festucion are covered, as well. The total number of releves stored is 2,500 and there are approximately 700 releves to be digitised. Plot size varies from 1 to 125 m, the majority of releves are 4-9 m large. Rele…
A Simulation Analysis for Assessing the Reliability of AC/DC Hybrid Microgrids - Part II: Port Area and Residential Area
2021
This paper reports the second part of a simulation study with the aim of evaluating the ability of two portions of a hybrid AC/DC MV/LV network in maintaining their operation in off-grid mode during the loss of the main AC grid due to a failure. In particular, this paper follows a dual purpose: first, it analysis two microgrids in a residential area and a port zone capability of operating in islanded mode, applying a probabilistic approach, while there is different energy use cases, and second is to evaluate some reliability indicators.
Dopodiché
2019
Rileggere – leggere? – oggi il Maupassant di Greimas è un’esperienza straniante: appassiona e turba nello stesso tempo; richiede, più che impegno, caparbietà, desiderio di oltrepassare evidenze e stereotipi, slogan e facilitazioni d’ogni sorta. Per questa ragione, si tratta di un’esperienza fortemente inattuale. In un’epoca qual è la nostra, fatta di quiz e instant book, soluzioni prevedibili per domande banali, le lenti semiotiche di Greimas appaiono tanto appannate quanto necessarie. Meno se ne sente il bisogno, più occorre inforcarle. Chi scrive oggi libri così? Nessuno, certamente: motivo in più per plaudire alla sua ripubblicazione. Colmare la distanza che ci separa da quest’opera, sem…