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ChemInform Abstract: From 2000 to Mid-2010: A Fruitful Decade for the Synthesis of Pyrazoles

2011

Luminescence dating applied to Saint-Irénée’s church (Lyon, France)

2014

The aim of the study presented here is to propose a new view on the chronology of early medieval buildings in Europe and on the related building modes. If several studies have proved the efficiency of this multidisciplinary process, the case of St. Irenee’s church is very representative of the contributions of such an approach. This church is one of the oldest witnesses of the Christianization in Lyon, capital city of Gauls, and of its evolution under the aegis of Burgonds. However the small number of preserved remains of its early states has shown uncertainties in the interpretation of the chronology of the building use. There are two possibilities: is it the monument described by Gregory …

Contributi alla ricostruzione dell'Hortensius di Cicerone

2002

A Companion to Medieval Palermo

2015

The aim of this book is to recast the medieval history of Palermo beyond the old and stereotypical idea of a city characterised by political immaturity and cultural richness due to a series of fore...

The Fall of Rome and the Decay of our Present Civilisation – A Repetitive Process? – The Decay of “Gods”

2014

Abstract Attacked and weakened, especially in the last three centuries, both from inside and outside, Rome and the Western Roman Empire will fall in 476 A.D. Actually, what were the causes? Hit and weakened by the present global economic-financial crises – and not only – our European civilisation faces some of the highest risks. Often, people say it is a real collapse. Are the causes of these falls – of the European-type civilisation – similar? And being familiar with Roman experience, how can we prevent such harmful processes? Further, we try to provide a few answers in this respect.

Development of a New Sunphotometer and Establishment of a Network Across Africa for the Investigation of the Transport of Sahara Dust

1982

The matter of this project is the investigation of the large scale south transport of Saharan dust originated by critical weather conditions such as sandstorm and dustvi/ind. A new sensitive sunphoto-meter has been developed for this purpose. With ten instruments a network has been installed southerly of the Sahara across Africa. It is the aim to determine the main sources of the mineral dust and its further transport to the South.

Minding the dream self: Perspectives from the analysis of self-experience in dreams

2013

AbstractCan ancient art of memory (AAOM) principles explain the function of dreaming? The analysis of self-experience in dreams suggests that the answer is no: The phenomenal dream self lacks certain dimensions that are crucial for the efficacy of AAOM in wakefulness. However, the comparison between dreams and AAOM may be fruitful by suggesting new perspectives for the study of lucid dreaming as well an altered perspective on the efficacy of AAOM itself.

Receptive Reason: Alexander of Aphrodisias on Material Intellect

2010

AbstractAccording to Alexander of Aphrodisias, our potential intellect is a purely receptive capacity. Alexander also claims that, in order for us to actualise our intellectual potentiality, the intellect needs to abstract what is intelligible from enmattered perceptible objects. Now a problem emerges: How is it possible for a purely receptive capacity to perform such an abstraction? It will be argued that even though Alexander’s reaction to this question causes some tension in his theory, the philosophical motivation for it is a sound one. Rather than a calculation of actualities and potentialities, the doctrine of receptivity is supposed to explain how human beings come to grasp universal…

The archaeology of beekeeping in pre-roman Iberia

1997

This paper presents a set of pottery beehives from the pre~Roman Iberian peninsula, dating from the third century BC, and all coming from a single region known in antiquity as Edetania. These beehives are closely related to similar examples from Greece and to a type described by Roman authors such as Columella. It is the first such archaeological material that can be associated with apiculture in this area.

Passive in motion: the Early Italian auxiliary andare (‘to go’)

2014

The Italian construction andare ‘to go’ + (transitive) past participle expresses a passive meaning when occurring in a perfective past tense (1), whereas it conveys an additional deontic sense of (impersonal) obligation when used in an imperfective tense (2) (Bertinetto 1991; Giacalone Ramat 2000). A further constraint on the passive reading is represented by the semantics of the participle, necessarily expressing a negative value of ‘loss/destruction’; this value is moreover conceived as ‘non-intentional’, as the impossibility to express the agent (*da qualcuno) shows: (1) I documenti andarono distrutti. (*da qualcuno) the documents go. prf.3pl destroy.pst.ptcp.pl (by someone) ‘The documen…