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Tholeiitic dyke swarm from the Ponta Grossa Arch and genetic relationships to the Paraná flood volcanics (Brazil)
1989
An Evaluation Matrix to Compare Computer Hydrological Models for Flood Predictions
2020
In order to predict and control the impacts of floods in torrents, it is important to verify the simulation accuracy of the most used hydrological models. The performance verification is particularly needed for applications in watersheds with peculiar climatic and geomorphological characteristics, such as the Mediterranean torrents. Moreover, in addition to the accuracy, other factors affect the choice of software by stakeholders (users, modellers, researchers, etc.). This study introduces a &ldquo
Disasters in the Society of Fear
2019
From immemorial times, Aborigines and ancient cultures were frightened of disasters because these events were seen as divine reprisals or punishment for their sins (as the Noah’s Ark myth shows). Although modern science introduced instrumental thinking to understand disasters, improving the quality of life, it is equally true that capitalism obscured the diagnosis of scientists to protect the system. Blind to see the real problems of earth, today, capitalism offers distorted answers to the problem of climate change, migration and refugee crises, and even to the economic downturn. Based on the tactics of blaming Others, the elite allude to poverty as the precondition toward humanitarian disa…
La Sicile, territoire de l'imaginaire dans les dictionnaires français du XVIIe siècle
2018
A partire da un corpus di dizionari monolingui francesi pubblicati tra il 1606 e il 1704, questo articolo si propone di estrarre l'idea di Sicilia dalle voci ad essa dedicate. L'articolo cerca altresì di mostrare che alcuni stereotipi riguardanti la Sicilia sono già saldamente istituiti nel Seicento e che questo territorio geografico è prevalentemente pensato attraverso il ricorso alla mitologia e al patrimonio culturale greco-latino. From a corpus of French monolingual dictionaries published between 1606 and 1704, this article proposes to extract the idea of Sicily from the entries devoted to it. This article also seeks to show that certain stereotypes concerning Sicily are already firml…
LA PLASMACIÓN DEL ARTE Y DE LA CULTURA GRECOLATINA A TRAVÉS DE UNA VISIÓN JAPONESA. LOS CABALLEROS DEL ZODÍACO (SAINT SEIYA) Y SAILOR MOON
2020
Analysis of the most outstanding Greco-Latin mythological and artistic elements in Saint Seiya(The Knights of the Zodiac) by Masami Kurumada (1985) and Sailor Moonby Naoko Takeuchi (1992).
V-Effekt à la Braun: la distanciation par le Mythe (Don Juan)
2008
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L'ambiguité moderne et post-moderne: mythe et expérience( s) de l'exil
2002
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Le mystère des origines du héros dans les mythes, contes, légendes et autres récits
2001
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Figures emblématiques de l'imaginaire politique espagnol
2013
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Mythologies de l’innovation
2017
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