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Synonymy: The unbearable ficklness of meaning

2010

Standard definitions of synonymy become problematic under close scrutiny of nouns occurring in two contexts of Italian: clauses with Negative Polarity Items and noun phrases with Complex Nominal Determiners. Such nouns are non-referring expressions, do not carry literal meaning, often give rise to metaphor and intensity, and preclude decomposition into elementary semantic features as conceived in Componential Analysis. The inconsequence of semantic features and a number of syntactic constraints suggest that these nouns are best analyzed as parts of multi-word expressions working as function phrases.

TRANSITIVITÀ, PASSIVO E ALTRE CONTINUITÀ. LE COSTRUZIONI PASSIVE CON SI TRA ITALIANO MODERNO E VARIETÀ MEDIEVALI.

2007

La ricerca analizza le caratteristiche semantico-funzionali e il comportamento sintattico di una peculiare espressione del passivo, realizzata attraverso l'uso del clitico riflessivo di terza persona si. L’attenzione è focalizzata principalmente su alcune varietà di italiano antico che, accanto alle molte analogie, esibiscono tuttavia caratteristiche spesso difformi rispetto alla lingua moderna. Tuttavia, poiché questo tipo di struttura non è esclusivo né dell'italiano né delle lingue romanze, si è ritenuto necessario proiettare l’analisi in una più ampia prospettiva interlinguistica. L'analisi, condotta all'interno di un framework di natura funzionale-cognitivista - sfruttando in particola…

中国朦胧诗人的浪漫特质 ——以J.W.米勒和华兹华斯浪漫主义理论为参照 (Zhongguo menglong shirende langman tezhi - yi J.W. Mile he Huacihuasi langmanzhuyi lilun wei canzhao) The Romant…

2012

Through the principles of Romanticism expressed by Wordsworth in his 'Preface', the paper proposes a new appraisal of the Chinese 'hazy poets' of today also by taking into consideration J.W. Miller's point of view.

Image of Spain in Mexican daily newspapers : exemple of La Crónica de Hoy (online version 2004-2007)

2011

Spain is among the countries that have been developing communication strategies to promote its external image through press and mass media in Latin America civil societies. As Internet has became a mass media, its plays a crucial role in portraying countries images, therefore the basic intent of this research is to explore how Spain is presented in the online version of a Mexican daily newspaper called La Crónica de hoy. The content of the work is divided in three units. The first part is an introduction to Mexico and its daily press industry. The second part outlines the theoretical and methodological aspects of the subject with an emphasis on La Crónica de hoy website (from 2004 to 2007) …

Absorption and distribution in erythrocytes and low density lipoproteins of betalains from cacus pear (Opuntia Ficus Indica) in healthy humans. Poten…

2004

ABSTRACT Background: Betalains were recently identified as natural antioxidants. However, little is known about their bioavailability from dietary sources. Objective: The objective was to evaluate the bioavailability of betalains from dietary sources. Design: The plasma kinetics and urinary excretion of betalains were studied in healthy volunteers (n = 8) after a single ingestion of 500 g cactus pear fruit pulp, which provided 28 and 16 mg indicaxanthin and betanin, respectively. The incorporation of betalains in LDL and the resistance of the particles to ex vivo-induced oxidation was also researched. Results: Betanin and indicaxanthin reached their maximum plasma concentrations 3 h after t…

Does the orthodontic treatment induces dental pulp cellular death? Caspase-3 and-9, HSP60 and TUNEL expression

2011

Objective: To evaluate the hypothesis of human dental pulp cell death during orthodontic treatement (O.T) and the degree of apoptosis through the expression level of the proteins Caspase-3,-9, TUNEL and HSP60. Materials and methods: Human dental Pulp were coming from both male and female patients (N=20; age 10-14years). The technique used was the Straight Wire, which involves Nickel-Titanium or Steel archwires. The increase of pressure applied on teeth was gradual. Some patients were subjected to a premolar extraction after 3 months treatment, and others after 6 months. Samples were Bouin-fixed, paraffin-embedded and afterwards processed for immunohistochemistry using anti-caspase-3,-9 anti…

Transforming growth factor beta1 T29C gene polymorphism and hypertension: relationship with cardiovascular and renal damage.

2008

Distribution of T29C TGFb1 gene polymorphism was analysed in 260 hypertensive and 134 normotensive subjects. Circulating TGFb1 and procollagen type III levels, microalbuminuria, left ventricular geometry and function were evaluated in all the hypertensives subgrouped according to T29C TGFb1 gene polymorphism. Circulating TGFb1by ELISA technique, procollagen type III by a specific radioimmunoassay, microalbuminuria by radioimmunoassay, left ventricular geometry and function by echocardiography were determined. All groups were comparable for gender, age and sex. Regarding T29C TGFb1 gene polymorphism, prevalence of TC or CC genotypes was significantly (pv0.05) higher in hypertensives than nor…

The Socio-Psychological confrontation of the Adolescents on the Impact of the Family towards Religious Practices in Tamil Culture, South India, Compa…

Summary: The psychological conflict faced by the Adolescents in confronting Family and religious practices and individual autonomy is a complex issue. This reality exists in all social contexts. One of such ancient context is called Tamil Culture, in the southern part of India. Our research is focused on Adolescents of this ancient Tamil Cultural Context. Thus the aim of this thesis is to understand the psyche of the Adolescents of Tamil culture, in South India, comparing with Tamil immigrants from Sri Lanka living in Palermo, South Italy. We verify 3 hypotheses with the help of 4 tools, gathering data from 225 adolescents from Rural, Urban and Immigrant situation. We base this study on (i)…

La selezione dei giudici della Corte di giustizia. Poteri e limiti del comitato ex. art. 255 TFUE

2013

Abstract The appointment of judges to supranational and international courts has long been an unstudied area of sovereign activity. However, the growing role and significance of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), by now one of the most significant players within the European political and constitutional space, demands reforms which also affect its architecture. The creation of the advisory panel under article 255 TFUE, is a way to improve judicial independence and proficiency but also a mean to achieve an adequate level of judicial accountability. Indeed, the existing national nomination processes, missing both transparency and public involvement, risk to shape courts which are far away t…

Governance of Glocal Tourism

2014

Governance of Glocal Tourism The basic theme of this paper is to reconcile two aspects of tourism, globalization and local identity, which equally fundamental processes in society in the early twenty-first century. Globalization, on the one hand, everything seems to connect and flatten everything, but on the other hand, develops an infinite range of possible paths for different groups or individual tourists. The sense of the local plays and defeats from within globalization. Tourist of globalization poses a direct relationship with the places visited, with the area and its historical memory, its culture and its environment, showing a demand for authenticity, uniqueness and spontaneity of pr…