Search results for "myth"

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Tholeiitic dyke swarm from the Ponta Grossa Arch and genetic relationships to the Paraná flood volcanics (Brazil)

1989

Volcanic rockPaleontologygeographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryFlood mythGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesSwarm behaviourArchGeologyGeneral Environmental ScienceBoletim IG-USP. Série Científica
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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

WatershedComputer scienceComputationMIKE11 NAMsurface runoffrainfall–runoff transformationHEC-HMSMIKE 11Oceanographycomputer.software_genrerainfall–runoff transformationSettore ICAR/01 - IdraulicaSoftwareUser experience designHEC-HMSSCS-CN methodlcsh:ScienceWaste Management and DisposalEarth-Surface ProcessesWater Science and TechnologyvalidationFlood mythbusiness.industryHorton methodcalibrationWEC-FLOODSWMMsurface runofflcsh:QData miningUser interfacebusinesscomputer
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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…

Working classPovertyPunishmentmedia_common.quotation_subjectPolitical economyPolitical scienceRefugeeEliteMythologyCapitalismRecessionmedia_common
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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…

XVII secolomythologieXVII e sièclemythologySettore L-LIN/04 - Lingua E Traduzione - Lingua FranceseDizionari monolinguimitologiaimaginaireimmaginariostereotipistéréotypeimaginarySicileDictionnaires monolingueSiciliaMonolingual dictionnarieSicilySeventeenth centurystereotype
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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).

Zodiacmedia_common.quotation_subjectGeneral MedicineMythologyArtHumanitiesmedia_commonRevista Eviterna
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V-Effekt à la Braun: la distanciation par le Mythe (Don Juan)

2008

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[ SHS ] Humanities and Social SciencesVolker Braun[SHS] Humanities and Social SciencesmytheComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSDon Juan[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
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L'ambiguité moderne et post-moderne: mythe et expérience( s) de l'exil

2002

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[ SHS ] Humanities and Social Sciences[SHS] Humanities and Social SciencesmytheComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSHermann Brochexil[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
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Le mystère des origines du héros dans les mythes, contes, légendes et autres récits

2001

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[ SHS ] Humanities and Social Sciencesmythe[SHS] Humanities and Social ScienceslégendeComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciencescontehéros
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Figures emblématiques de l'imaginaire politique espagnol

2013

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[ SHS.HIST ] Humanities and Social Sciences/HistoryEspagne[SHS.LITT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Literature[ SHS.LITT ] Humanities and Social Sciences/LiteratureMythesmodèles politiques Mythes[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences[SHS.LITT] Humanities and Social Sciences/Literature[SHS.HIST] Humanities and Social Sciences/History[ SHS ] Humanities and Social Sciencesmodèles politiques[SHS] Humanities and Social Sciences[SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/HistoryComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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Mythologies de l’innovation

2017

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[ SHS.HIST ] Humanities and Social Sciences/History[SHS.HIST] Humanities and Social Sciences/HistoryMythologies[SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/HistoryComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSinnovation
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