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O artigo extrai da filosofia e da psicologia presentes na obra de Spinoza uma concepção da relação de objeto e do que se pode considerar uma estrutura ontológica que explica o reconhecimento de outrem. O argumento toma o exemplo da história bíblica de Adão apresentado por Spinoza na parte IV da Ética, analisando-a a partir da alegria de tipo hilaritas, demonstrando que o amor, inclusive o passional, pode ser uma forma de conhecimento verdadeiro.

Le texte extrait de la philosophie et de la psychologie présentes chez Spinoza une conception de la relation d’objet, mais aussi de ce que l’on peut considérer comme une structure ontologique qui expliquerait la reconnaissance d’autrui. L’argument prend l’exemple de l’histoire biblique d’Adam présenté par Spinoza dans la partie V de l’Éthique, l’analysant depuis la joie de type hilaritas, d’où on arrive à l’idée que l’amour, y compris l’amour passionnel, peut être considérée une forme de connaissance vraie.

Artisanal Migration, Technological Innovation, and Gendered Experience. The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris. [Extracted from the article]

A literary criticism of the book "La cour et la ville dans l'Europe du Moyen Âge et des Temps Modernes" by Léonard Courbon and Denis Menjot is presented. It states that the book is about the history of the relations between the city and the court during the 15th century in France and other countries in Europe. It is stated that the book also discusses the economic impact of courts in a city, and the study of palaces and architecture in urban space.

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The article discusses the mechanics of the crisis in Paris, France, at the end of the Middle Ages. The idea of a society in crisis is helpful in considering all of the factors including the epidemics of diseases, limitations of feudal economy, and the wars. During the 14 th and the first part of the 15th centuries Paris experienced all of those disasters, but the local economy seemed to be able to resist this difficulties. The author examines the socioeconomic indicators of this crisis state, of which the land prices and the demographic situation are the most important ones. The economic consequences of the civil war, the English occupation, and the real estate crisis are also included.

This paper aims at contributing to the assessment of the consequences of Brexit on the protection of human rights in the UK. Has Brexit affected British human rights and will the UK uphold its commitment to Europe’s human rights regime post-Brexit? After a brief presentation of the legal framework that protected UK human rights before Brexit, we will highlight the possible evolutions brought by Brexit in human rights protection. Lastly, we will focus on current sources of concern about the detrimental effects of Brexit in the field of human rights.

The Arthurian heroins associated with the severed head motif seem to evoke rather the figure of Salome, who succeeded in obtaining from Herod the head of Saint John the Baptist, than that of Judith. The figure of the damsel claiming the head of a knight seems to have more to do with Celtic origins than with biblical reminiscences. However, whether one examines Chrétien de Troyes’ Chevalier de la Charrette, the Perlesvaus, or the Lancelot-Graal cycle, not all the characters linked to this motif are judged negatively. This raises the question of the other biblical figure associated with beheading: Judith. The codex Cologny, Fondation Bodmer 147, a manuscript interpolating in the Lancelot-Graal cycle texts of various origins and natures (religious, moral, historical...) invites us to explore this assumption because it inserts, in the middle of the Merlin, a translation of the biblical book of Judith. What is therefore the possible influence of this character on the representations of feminine heroism in the 12th-13th centuries, in its confrontation with violence, but also as a model of virtue?

In the pandemic disease caused by Sars-Cov-2 virus, trauma surgery continued the management of patients with fractures. The purpose of the study is to evaluate mortality and morbidity in orthopedic trauma patients surgically treated with a diagnosis of COVID-19 infection, comparing them to a control group of COVID-19 negative. We retrospectively identified patients admitted to our Emergency Room from March 8th to May 4th 2020 (time frame corresponding to the first wave of the pandemic peak, one of the most severe in the world at that time) with a diagnosis of fracture that were subsequently surgically treated. We applied a dedicated pathway for the management of COVID-19 trauma patients allowed to perform an early surgery and short hospitalization. For each patient included demographics, clinical, laboratory, radiological data and type of treatment for COVID-19 infection were collected. 65 patients were identified. Of those, 17 (6 women and 11 men, mean age 63.41 years old, mean ASA grade 2.35) were COVID-19 positive (study group), while the others were control group (mean age 56.58 years old, mean ASA grade 2.21). In the study group, the preoperative laboratory tests showed leukocytosis in six and lymphopenia in 15 cases. Fourteen patients had a high level of C-reactive protein. Fifteen patients had an abnormal level of D-dimer. The mortality recorded was 5.8% and 4.1% in the study and control group respectively. Perioperative adverse events were registered in 5 cases (29.4%) in the study group and in 8 (16.6%) in the control group (p > 0.05). Dedicated COVID-19 trauma pathway with the aim of an early surgery could be key for a better result in terms of mortality and morbidity. Age and ASA grade could represent independent risk factors for perioperative complications.

Recently the interest in the sustainability of the maritime sector has increased exponentially. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) set as objective the reduction of CO2 emissions by 2030 by a margin of 40% compared to 2008. Recent studies showed that, according to the ships and the emission mitigation method applied, only 15–25% of CO2 reduction is de facto needed. Fuel cells represent an answer to meet this regulation. We propose two different solutions: (i) produce with SOFCs instead of engines the minimum power necessary to cut 20% of the emissions, or (ii) reduce the engine power of about 10% balancing the power requirement using MCFCs with CO2 capture. Using Aspen Plus each solution was investigated. The analysis contemplated LNG steam reforming to produce the H2 necessary for cell operation and the separation and liquefaction of CO2. Two case studies were considered comparing existing passenger ships with engines working on HFO and on LNG respectively. Although both solutions showed potential for the reduction of CO2 emissions respecting the IMO regulations, the SOFC solution requires a major change in the design of the ship, while MCFCs are proposed as an urgent solution allowing ship retrofitting without demanding update.

The first serious outbreak of Flavescence dorée (FD) in Piedmont (North-West Italy) dates back to 1998 in the Tortona area (Alessandria province). FD is a serious quarantine-worthy disease transmitted by the leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball. Different Vitis vinifera L. biotypes react differently to the phytoplasma, in particular as to the accumulation of polyphenols in leaves. In this experimentation, we observed and described concentration and accumulation of the main classes of polyphenols in entire leaves and in leaf blades and veins of two varieties, Nebbiolo and Barbera, displaying different levels of susceptibility to FD. Their well-known different reactions could be related, at least partially, to leaf polyphenols, both as to concentrations and profiles. Nebbiolo displayed some specific traits: i) the higher percentage of incidence over totals of individual molecules known to be powerful antioxidants (caftaric acid over coutaric acid; quercetin glycosides over other flavonols); ii) the higher concentration of flavanols in veins with respect to Barbera and their wider profile (astilbin and a taxifolin-glycoside, this last accumulating exclusively in Nebbiolo).

Among the several sensation novels that M.E. Braddon (1835-1915) wrote in the early 1860s, there is one that is particularly striking for its repetitive use of mist and fog. This is John Marchmont’s Legacy, serialized from December 1862 to January 1864. Surprisingly enough, this is not London that is clouded in a wreath of mist, but the English countryside in Lincolnshire, continuously wrapped in fog. Indeed, those two atmospheric elements appear simultaneously with strange events and mysterious characters, thus embodying Victorian notions of secrecy, uncertainty and doubt. Besides, fog is also a textual device used by the author to symbolize the blurring literary process at the heart of sensational fiction that aimed at shattering the traditional barriers between types of narratives (gothic tales, melodrama...). Eventually, one has to look at Braddon’s use of mist and fog as an attempt at visualizing a part of the Victorian mid-century world with its share of hidden social uncertainties, particularly regarding women’s restricted lives and lack of opportunities.

Nell’ordine costituito della metropoli, i luoghi del divetimento sono spazl interni ai processi di accumulo, funzionali al ritmo della produzione. L’ordine stabilisce un posto preciso per “lo svago”inserito nella settimana lavorativa come elemento di ricarica per l’uomo-lavoratore, traendone anzi profitto.

Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s novel John Marchmont’s Legacy was serialized in Temple Bar from December 1862 to January 1864. I am principally interested here in presenting the frequently used images of imprisonment, physical as well as social. Indeed this text allows Miss Braddon to throw light on the position of middle-class Victorian women in a patriarchal and particularly oppressive world. If, in this story, the reader can see an attempt at refusing or revolting against a paradoxical ideological discourse, Miss Braddon eventually aimed at opening women’s world by subverting traditional roles and making male protagonists experience female suffering and boredom. Intertextuality is also a powerful way of opening the text on others such as Tennyson’s ‘Mariana’ or Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and voicing a growing feeling of dissatisfaction against an imposed and inappropriate role for women.

The dynamic complexity of the dispositions (or arrangements) of a body [dispositiones corporis] is cleared up from examining the question of contraries (E3p5 and E5ax1). The reasoning behind this is the same as that behind the causality of each thing’s effort to persevere in and through itself [in suo esse] (Spinoza wrote, « dispositio seu conatus »). « Prudence », which implies the principles of union and resistance, is studied under the theme of habituation and according to bodies’ self-organizing principle.