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Digital Habitus

A Critique of the Imaginaries of Artificial Intelligence

By: Alberto Romele

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Digital Habitus

A Critique of the Imaginaries of Artificial Intelligence

By: Alberto Romele

This book proposes a new theoretical framework for approaching the causes and effects that digital technologies and the imaginaries related to them have on the processes of self-interpretation and subjectivation. It formulates three main theses. First, it argues that today’s digital technologies, which are primarily based on artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and big data are formidable habitus machines: they offer increasingly personalized services, but these machines are actually indifferent to individuals and their personalities. Second, this book contends that the effectiveness of these machines does not depend solely on their concrete capacity to classify the social world. It also depends on the expectations, hopes, fears, and imaginaries that we have concerning these technologies and their capacities. This cultural habitus—a worldview, or world picture—leads us to believe in the concrete effectiveness of AI and its potential for our societies. Third, the author takes this Bourdieusian notion of habitus and connects it to current “empirical turn” in philosophy of technology. He contends that, by looking too closely at the things themselves, many philosophers of technology have deprived themselves of the possibility to study the symbolic conditions of possibility in which single technological artifacts are always embedded. Digital Habitus will appeal to scholars and students working in philosophy of technology, the ethics of artificial intelligence, media studies, and science and technology studies.

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1000916391

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The Dictionary of Imaginary Places

By: Alberto Manguel,Gianni Guadalupi

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The Dictionary of Imaginary Places

By: Alberto Manguel,Gianni Guadalupi

Describes and visualizes over 1,200 magical lands found in literature and film, discussing such exotic realms as Atlantis, Tolkien's Middle Earth, and Oz.

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0156008726

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The Woman of Rome

By: Alberto Moravia

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The Woman of Rome

By: Alberto Moravia

The glitter and cynicism of Rome under Mussolini provide the background of what is probably Alberto Moravia’s best and best-known novel — The Woman of Rome. It’s the story of Adriana, a simple girl with no fortune but her beauty who models naked for a painter, accepts gifts from men, and could never quite identify the moment when she traded her private dream of home and children for the life of a prostitute. One of the very few novels of the twentieth century which can be ranked with the work of Dostoevsky, The Woman of Rome also tells the stories of the tortured university student Giacomo, a failed revolutionary who refuses to admit his love for Adriana; of the sinister figure of Astarita, the Secret Police officer obsessed with Adriana; and of the coarse and brutal criminal Sonzogno, who treats Adriana as his private property. Within this story of passion and betrayal, Moravia calmly strips away the pride and arrogance hiding the corrupt heart of Italian Fascism.

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Steerforth

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1581952430

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Principles of Cardiovascular Neural Regulation in Health and Disease

By: Alberto Malliani

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Principles of Cardiovascular Neural Regulation in Health and Disease

By: Alberto Malliani

This book is an attempt to indicate to researchers and clinicians a simple way to approach the complexity of cardiovascular neural regulation. A conceptual pillar like homeostasis is contrasted with instability and a continuous interaction of opposing mechanisms that have negative and positive feedback characteristics, and is considered to subserve the multitude of patterns pertaining to physiology. However, in pathophysiological conditions the final design is most often replaced by largely purposeless neural mechanisms. The complexity of cardiovascular neural regulation, reflected by the state of sympathovagal balance, is also assessed in the frequency domain. Power spectrum analysis of heart rate and arterial pressure variability, a sophisticated but simply explained approach, provides an unprecedented tool to evaluate this interaction in both physiological and pathophysiological conditions. The elementary characteristics of nonlinear dynamics are also outlined. Finally, the need for an ethical structure for science and medicine is analyzed.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461543835

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Football, Fascism and Fandom

The UltraS of Italian Football

By: Alberto Testa,Gary Armstrong

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Football, Fascism and Fandom

The UltraS of Italian Football

By: Alberto Testa,Gary Armstrong

Passionate, political and principled, the UltraS are the hardcore subculture of football supporters found in the stadiums of Italy. Amongst the most committed and uncompromising are two such groups who gather in support of the main football clubs of Rome - AS Roma and SS Lazio. Openly proclaiming neo-fascist sympathies, and not afraid of violence against rival supporters and police, these groups (the Boys Roma and the Lazio Irriducibili) are well-organised and determined to bring about social and political change and stamp out those who oppose them. The much-maligned football hooligans of England pale by comparison. Following years of research involving individuals inside these organisations, and drawing on exclusive interviews with each group's leading figures, Alberto Testa and Gary Armstrong present a fascinating account of the world of the neo-fascist UltraS.

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1408166070

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Chora 5

Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture

By: Alberto Pérez-Gomez,Stephen Parcell

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Chora 5

Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture

By: Alberto Pérez-Gomez,Stephen Parcell

Provocative views on why architecture matters offer vital information for developing a richer architecture.

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0773577408

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Tourism and Urban Regeneration

Processes Compressed in Time and Space

By: Alberto Amore

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Tourism and Urban Regeneration

Processes Compressed in Time and Space

By: Alberto Amore

Tourism and Urban Regeneration: Processes Compressed in Time and Space presents the global phenomenon of tourism and urban regeneration through the contemporary frames of spatial planning theory, metagovernance, resilience and disaster capitalism. Drawing upon cases from several cities around the globe, the book advances the field with the inclusion of examples from post-disaster rebuilding and recovery. The book is rooted in a theoretical framework that considers time, space and tourism as core facets for the analysis. By doing so, it provides readers with an understanding of different yet similar processes of urban development and identifies the principles for tourism and urban regeneration to effectively contribute to socio-economic growth, urban change and long-term sustainability. The theory is illustrated through insightful case studies covering a range of urban tourism destinations including Dubai, Newcastle, Christchurch, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Taipei. This work will be of great interest to upper-level students and researchers in Tourism as well as those in the fields of Geography, Urban Planning, and Policy and Development.

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Routledge

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0429862857

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9780429862854

Guilds, Markets and Work Regulations in Italy, 16th–19th Centuries

By: Alberto Guenzi

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Guilds, Markets and Work Regulations in Italy, 16th–19th Centuries

By: Alberto Guenzi

The purpose of this volume is to provide a conspectus of current research on the history of guilds and corporations in Italy in the period from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century. Particular aims are to examine the relationship between guilds, manufacturing, entrepreneurship, and economic development, and their impact on urban society and social welfare. The work derives from a major project set up in 1994; the results were discussed at a conference in Rome in September 1997, and formed the basis for a further presentation by Professor Carlo Poni at the 12th International Economic History Conference in Seville. The papers are grouped into three sections, dealing with the guild system in urban areas, case studies of individual guilds and conflicts, and their role in mutual aid and assistance. Specially translated for this volume, they trace for the English-speaking world a rich picture of the history of the Italian guild system in the modern era, and its movement from magnificence to decline.

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1351931962

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Chora 7

Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture

By: Alberto Pérez-Gómez,Stephen Parcell

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Chora 7

Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture

By: Alberto Pérez-Gómez,Stephen Parcell

For over twenty years, the Chora series has received international acclaim for its excellence in interdisciplinary research on architecture. The seven volumes of Chora have challenged readers to consider alternatives to conventional aesthetic and technological concepts. The seventy-eight authors and eighty-seven scholarly essays in the series have investigated profound cultural roots of architecture and revealed rich possibilities for architecture and its related disciplines. Chora 7, the final volume in the series, includes fifteen essays on architectural topics from around the world (France, Greece, Iran, Italy, Korea, and the United States) and from diverse cultures (antiquity, Renaissance Italy, early modern France, and the past hundred years). Thematically, they bring original approaches to human experience, theatre, architectural creation, and historical origins. Readers will also gain insights into theoretical and practical work by architects and artists such as Leon Battista Alberti, Peter Brook, Douglas Darden, Filarete, Andy Goldsworthy, Anselm Kiefer, Frederick Kiesler, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, and Peter Zumthor. Contributors to Chora 7 include Anne Bordeleau (University of Waterloo), Diana Cheng (Montreal), Negin Djavaherian (Montreal), Paul Emmons (Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center of Virginia Tech), Paul Holmquist (McGill University), Ron Jelaco (McGill University), Yoonchun Jung (Kyoto University), Christos Kakalis (Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture), Lisa Landrum (University of Manitoba), Robert Nelson (Monash University), Marc J Neveu (Woodbury University), Alberto Pérez-Gómez (McGill University), Angeliki Sioli (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), Nikolaos-Ion Terzoglou (National Technical University of Athens), and Stephen Wischer (North Dakota State University).

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0773598790

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9780773598799

The Hidden Order of Corruption

An Institutional Approach

By: Donatella della Porta,Alberto Vannucci

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The Hidden Order of Corruption

An Institutional Approach

By: Donatella della Porta,Alberto Vannucci

When corruption is exposed, unknown aspects are revealed which allow us to better understand its structures and informal norms. This book investigates the hidden order of corruption, looking at the invisible codes and mechanisms that govern and stabilize the links between corrupters and corruptees. Concentrating mainly on democratic regimes, this book uses a wide range of documentation, including media and judicial sources from Italy and other countries, to locate the internal equilibria and dynamics of corruption in a broad and comparative perspective. It also analyses the Transparency International Annual Reports and the daily survey of international news to present evidence on specific cases of corruption within an institutional theory framework.

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1317029119

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A Prosopography to Martial’s Epigrams

By: Rosario Moreno Soldevila,Alberto Marina Castillo,Juan Fernández Valverde

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A Prosopography to Martial’s Epigrams

By: Rosario Moreno Soldevila,Alberto Marina Castillo,Juan Fernández Valverde

A Prosopography to Martial’s Epigrams is the first dictionary of all the characters and personal names found in the work of Marcus Valerius Martialis, containing nearly 1,000 comprehensive entries. Each of them compiles and analyses all the relevant information regarding the characters themselves, as well as the literary implications of their presence in Martial’s poems. Unlike other works of this kind, the book encompasses not only real people, whose positive existence is beyond doubt, but also fictional characters invented by the poet or inherited from the cultural and literary tradition. Its entries provide the passages of the epigrams where the respective characters appear; the general category to which they belong; the full name (in the case of historical characters); onomastic information, especially about frequency, meaning, and etymology; other literary or epigraphical sources; a prosopographical sketch; a discussion of relevant manuscript variants; and a bibliography. Much attention is paid to the literary portrayal of each character and the poetic usages of their names. This reference work is a much needed tool and is intended as a stimulus for further research.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110621533

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9783110621532

Spectral Theory of Non-Commutative Harmonic Oscillators: An Introduction

By: Alberto Parmeggiani

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Spectral Theory of Non-Commutative Harmonic Oscillators: An Introduction

By: Alberto Parmeggiani

This book grew out of a series of lectures given at the Mathematics Department of Kyushu University in the Fall 2006, within the support of the 21st Century COE Program (2003–2007) “Development of Dynamical Mathematics with High Fu- tionality” (Program Leader: prof. Mitsuhiro Nakao). It was initially published as the Kyushu University COE Lecture Note n- ber 8 (COE Lecture Note, 8. Kyushu University, The 21st Century COE Program “DMHF”, Fukuoka, 2008. vi+234 pp.), and in the present form is an extended v- sion of it (in particular, I have added a section dedicated to the Maslov index). The book is intended as a rapid (though not so straightforward) pseudodiff- ential introduction to the spectral theory of certain systems, mainly of the form a +a where the entries of a are homogeneous polynomials of degree 2 in the 2 0 2 n n (x,?)-variables, (x,?)? R×R,and a is a constant matrix, the so-called non- 0 commutative harmonic oscillators, with particular emphasis on a class of systems introduced by M. Wakayama and myself about ten years ago. The class of n- commutative harmonic oscillators is very rich, and many problems are still open, and worth of being pursued.

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3642119220

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War and a Child

By: Alberto Panetta

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War and a Child

By: Alberto Panetta

This book is an intimate, probably unique account of a little boy's experiences from his eighth to ninth birthday during the Battle of Monte Cassino in the Second World War. It shows the immense suffering of the Italian population under the German Army through its impact on one close-knit family.The story opens with an overview of a beautiful country town south of Rome, its people, their idyllic, mutually dependent way of life and the wonderful fraternity that sadly was transformed into fear and mistrust. The main story is concerned with the horrors of the German occupation, when daily life became filled with misery, fear and resentment. It follows the struggles and suffering of the little boy's family as they, their aged grandparents and sometimes tiny children take refuge in the mountains, moving in a bitter winter season from the cattle shelters to ice-cold caves where no fire could be lit in daytime for fear of discovery, bare freezing attic rooms- even a pigsty- and surviving constant bombardments, heavy shelling and German raids while suffering the extremes of cold, hunger and terror. There are stories of courage in the face of ruthless interrogators, raids by sadistic soldiers bearing the dreaded SS insignia of the skull, treasured moments of kindness and hospitality from strangers, all forever imprinted on the child's memory.Liberated by the Allied forces at long last after being driven from town to town, the family eventually return to what is left of their homes, only to find themselves in the midst of the horrific daily tragedies caused by the explosives left concealed in the houses and countryside by the retreating German Army.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1780885121

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Agricultural and Food Electroanalysis

By: Alberto Escarpa,María Cristina González,Miguel Ángel López

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Agricultural and Food Electroanalysis

By: Alberto Escarpa,María Cristina González,Miguel Ángel López

Agricultural and Food Electroanalysis offers a comprehensive rationale of electroanalysis, revealing its enormous potential in agricultural food analysis. A unique approach is used which fills a gap in the literature by bringing in applications to everyday problems. This timely text presents in-depth descriptions about different electrochemical techniques following their basic principles, instrumentation and main applications. Such techniques offer invaluable features such as inherent miniaturization, high sensitivity and selectivity, low cost, independence of sample turbidity, high compatibility with modern technologies such as microchips and biosensors, and the use of exciting nanomaterials such as nanoparticles, nanotubes and nanowires. Due to the advantages that modern electroanalytical techniques bring to food analysis, and the huge importance and emphasis given today to food quality and safety, this comprehensive work will be an essential read for professionals and researchers working in analytical laboratories and development departments, and a valuable guide for students studying for careers in food science, technology and chemistry.

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1118682963

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Poverty, Money, and Ecology as Pillars of Pope Francis' Pontificate (2013–2019)

By: Pablo Alberto Baisotti

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Poverty, Money, and Ecology as Pillars of Pope Francis' Pontificate (2013–2019)

By: Pablo Alberto Baisotti

This book will deal with arguments that analyze the Vatican policies of Francis, during the first seven years of his pontificate, in relation to some of the most urgent questions concerning humanity: migrants and refugees, the economy, and ecology. The logical choice of the time period for this work is given by Jorge Bergoglio's ascent to the "chair of St. Peter" until the end of 2019. That is why there is an interrelationship between history and the present, since it is written—in part—as his apostolic journeys, interventions, diplomatic actions, and discourses are carried out. To this is added an important quantity of writings of his authorship, as well as of some of his predecessors, in order to frame the question in a historically correct way and to understand his approach to issues of politics and international diplomacy, given his investiture as a religious and—at the same time—political leader

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1793654808

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9781793654809

The Visigoths in Gaul and Iberia (Update)

A Supplemental Bibliography, 2004-2006

By: Alberto Ferreiro

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The Visigoths in Gaul and Iberia (Update)

A Supplemental Bibliography, 2004-2006

By: Alberto Ferreiro

The bibliography includes material published from 2004 to 2006. The historical chronology now includes the fourth century, covering Iberian Fathers such as Gregory of Elvira, Potamius of Lisboa, Prudentius, Pacian of Barcelona and Egeria. Following on from the first bibliography (Brill, 1988) and its first update (Brill 2006) this volume covers recent literature on: Archaeology, Liturgy, Monasticism, Iberian-Gallic Patristics, Paleography, Linguistics, Germanic and Muslim Invasions, and more. In addition, peoples such as the Vandals, Sueves, Basques, Alans and Byzantines are included. The book contains author and subject indexes and is extensively cross-indexed for easy consultation. A periodicals index of hundreds of journals accompanies the volume. Further updates are to be expected at intervals of three years.

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BRILL

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9047443128

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9789047443124

Storia: A Journey Through Life and Places

By: Alberto Rizzotti

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Storia: A Journey Through Life and Places

By: Alberto Rizzotti

Storia: A Journey Through Life and Places By: Alberto Rizzotti Thirty years in the making, Storia is much more than a simple memoir. Author Alberto Rizzotti’s intention is to represent a lifetime of experiences in the context of his emotions. From birth to semi-retirement, he has much to share with regard to adventure, mischief, and achievements, but it’s his open door into his thinking and his most personal feelings that make this book stand out. Rizzotti has struggled with exposing himself to such a degree, opening up to the most intimate of disclosures, but ultimately, he wanted to be true, especially to himself. The writing of Storia is undoubtedly the most effective way for him to do just that, to state emphatically, Like it or not, this is who I am.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1636610323

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9781636610320

The Life of Luigi Giussani

By: Alberto Savorana

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The Life of Luigi Giussani

By: Alberto Savorana

Monsignor Luigi Giussani (1922–2005) was the founder of the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation in Italy, which has hundreds of thousands of adherents around the globe. In The Life of Luigi Giussani Alberto Savorana, who spent an important part of his life working and studying with Giussani, draws on many unpublished documents to recount who the priest was and how he lived. Giussani’s life story is particularly significant because it shares many of the same challenges, risks, and paths toward enlightenment that are described in his numerous and influential publications. Savorana demonstrates that the circumstances Giussani experienced and the people he encountered played a crucial role in defining his vocation. Illuminating details are shared about Giussani’s parents, professors, and friends in the seminary, the things he read, his priesthood, his experience teaching, misunderstandings and moments of recognition, and illness. Luigi Giussani considered Christianity to be a fact, a real event in human life, which takes the form of an encounter, inviting anyone and everyone to verify its relevance to life’s needs. This is what happened for so many people all over the world who recognized in this priest and leader, with his rough and captivating voice, not only a teacher to learn from, but above all a man to compare oneself with – a companion for the journey who could be trusted to answer the question: how can we live? In addition to providing the first chronological reconstruction of the life of the founder of Communion and Liberation, The Life of Luigi Giussani provides a detailed account of his legacy and what his life’s work meant to individual people and the Church.

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0773552170

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9780773552173

Auto per aziende e professionisti

By: Antonio Gigliotti - Alberto Nastasia

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Auto per aziende e professionisti

By: Antonio Gigliotti - Alberto Nastasia

Il volume è un importante strumento per comprendere tutte le regole fiscali che devono essere osservate per la corretta deducibilità dei costi di acquisizione e di consumo inerenti i mezzi di trasporto utilizzati nell’attività di impresa, arti e professioni. Analizzando in modo completo l’ordinamento tributario sugli autoveicoli, il volume guida il lettore nella gestione fiscale di un bene la cui amministrazione non è sempre facile. In particolare, il volume analizza il trattamento degli autoveicoli a deducibilità integrale, a deducibilità limitata, utilizzati dagli agenti e rappresentanti e dagli esercenti arti e professioni, oltre alla nuova disciplina IVA, al nuovo “F24 auto UE”, così come modificato dal Provvedimento dell’Agenzia delle Entrate del 29 marzo 2010. Vengono affrontate le novità su ammortamenti, leasing e interessi passivi, la cessione degli autoveicoli, l'autovettura concessa al dipendente, amministratore o collaboratore. Le problematiche trattate abbracciano la casistica più ampia: approvvigionamento degli autoveicoli (acquisto, noleggio, leasing), l’imposizione indiretta, l’accertamento nel settore auto, il fermo amministrativo e le operazioni intracomunitarie.

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IPSOA

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8821734005

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9788821734007

On Sets and Graphs

Perspectives on Logic and Combinatorics

By: Eugenio G. Omodeo,Alberto Policriti,Alexandru I. Tomescu

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On Sets and Graphs

Perspectives on Logic and Combinatorics

By: Eugenio G. Omodeo,Alberto Policriti,Alexandru I. Tomescu

This treatise presents an integrated perspective on the interplay of set theory and graph theory, providing an extensive selection of examples that highlight how methods from one theory can be used to better solve problems originated in the other. Features: explores the interrelationships between sets and graphs and their applications to finite combinatorics; introduces the fundamental graph-theoretical notions from the standpoint of both set theory and dyadic logic, and presents a discussion on set universes; explains how sets can conveniently model graphs, discussing set graphs and set-theoretic representations of claw-free graphs; investigates when it is convenient to represent sets by graphs, covering counting and encoding problems, the random generation of sets, and the analysis of infinite sets; presents excerpts of formal proofs concerning graphs, whose correctness was verified by means of an automated proof-assistant; contains numerous exercises, examples, definitions, problems and insight panels.

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3319549812

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Mechanics of Microsystems

By: Alberto Corigliano,Raffaele Ardito,Claudia Comi,Attilio Frangi,Aldo Ghisi,Stefano Mariani

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Mechanics of Microsystems

By: Alberto Corigliano,Raffaele Ardito,Claudia Comi,Attilio Frangi,Aldo Ghisi,Stefano Mariani

Mechanics of Microsystems Alberto Corigliano, Raffaele Ardito, Claudia Comi, Attilio Frangi, Aldo Ghisi and Stefano Mariani, Politecnico di Milano, Italy A mechanical approach to microsystems, covering fundamental concepts including MEMS design, modelling and reliability Mechanics of Microsystems takes a mechanical approach to microsystems and covers fundamental concepts including MEMS design, modelling and reliability. The book examines the mechanical behaviour of microsystems from a ‘design for reliability’ point of view and includes examples of applications in industry. Mechanics of Microsystems is divided into two main parts. The first part recalls basic knowledge related to the microsystems behaviour and offers an overview on microsystems and fundamental design and modelling tools from a mechanical point of view, together with many practical examples of real microsystems. The second part covers the mechanical characterization of materials at the micro-scale and considers the most important reliability issues (fracture, fatigue, stiction, damping phenomena, etc) which are fundamental to fabricate a real working device. Key features: Provides an overview of MEMS, with special focus on mechanical-based Microsystems and reliability issues. Includes examples of applications in industry. Accompanied by a website hosting supplementary material. The book provides essential reading for researchers and practitioners working with MEMS, as well as graduate students in mechanical, materials and electrical engineering.

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1119053838

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The Hidden Life of Ice

Dispatches from a Disappearing World

By: Marco Tedesco,Alberto Flores d'Arcais

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The Hidden Life of Ice

Dispatches from a Disappearing World

By: Marco Tedesco,Alberto Flores d'Arcais

A pioneering researcher’s illuminating account of Arctic ice—its secret history and dire future Barely inhabited, the Arctic is an alien world to most of us. It also holds critical clues about the future of our planet. In The Hidden Life of Ice, Marco Tedesco invites us to Greenland, where he and his fellow scientists are doggedly researching the dramatic changes afoot. Following the arc of his typical day at work, Tedesco unearths the secrets in the ice—from evidence of long-extinct “polar camels” to the fantastically weird microorganisms living at freezing temperatures in cryoconite holes. Tedesco weaves together the bald facts on climate change with poetic reflections on this endangered landscape, the epic deeds of great Arctic explorers, and the legends of the rare local populations. The Hidden Life of Ice is more than a diatribe on climate—it’s a moving tribute to a beautiful place that may be gone too soon.

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The Experiment

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1615196994

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A Champion Cyclist Against the Nazis

The Incredible Life of Gino Bartali

By: Alberto Toscano

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A Champion Cyclist Against the Nazis

The Incredible Life of Gino Bartali

By: Alberto Toscano

Italy, 1943. Although allied with Hitler, there were those who refused to accept the fascist policies of racial discrimination and deportation. Among them was Gino Bartali. A champion cyclist, he won the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) three times and the Tour de France twice. But these weren’t his only achievements. Deeply religious, Bartali never spoke about what he did during those dark years, when he agreed to work with the Resistance and pass messages from one end of the country to the other. Despite the dangers, Bartali used his training as a pretext to criss-cross Italy, hiding documents in the handlebars and saddle of his bicycle, all the while hoping that each time he was searched they wouldn't think to disassemble his machine. As a result of his bravery, 800 Jews — including numerous children — were saved from deportation. He died in Florence in 2000 and was recognized as one of the 'Righteous Among the Nations' in 2013. In this book, Alberto Toscano shares the incredible story of this great sportsman and recalls the dramatic moments in Italy and Europe in the twentieth century.

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Free Culture and the City

Hackers, Commoners, and Neighbors in Madrid, 1997–2017

By: Alberto Corsín Jiménez,Adolfo Estalella

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Free Culture and the City

Hackers, Commoners, and Neighbors in Madrid, 1997–2017

By: Alberto Corsín Jiménez,Adolfo Estalella

Free Culture and the City examines how and why free software spread beyond the world of hackers and software engineers and became the basis for an urban movement now heralded by scholars as a model for emulation. By the late 1990s, digital activists embraced a philosophy of free software and "free culture" in order to take control over their cities and everyday lives. Free culture, previously tethered to the digital realm, was cut loose and used to reclaim and resculpt the city. In Madrid the effects were dramatic. Common sights in the city were abandoned as industrial factories turned into autonomous social centers, urban orchards, guerrilla architectural camps, or community hacklabs. Drawing on two decades of ethnographic and historical work with free culture collectives in Madrid, Free Culture and the City shows how, in its journey from the digital to the urban, the practice of liberating culture required the mobilization of, and alliances between, public art centers, neighborhood associations, squatted social centers, hackers, intellectual property lawyers, street artists, guerrilla architectural collectives, and Occupy assemblies.

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1501767208

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Fascism and Fiction

A Survey of Italian Fiction on Fascism (and Its Reception in Britain and the United States)

By: Alberto Traldi

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A Survey of Italian Fiction on Fascism (and Its Reception in Britain and the United States)

By: Alberto Traldi

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081082051X

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Megalithism

Sacred and Pagan Architecture in Prehistory

By: Alberto Pozzi

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Megalithism

Sacred and Pagan Architecture in Prehistory

By: Alberto Pozzi

Megalithism, or the art of using huge boulders to create sacred, pagan monuments and sites, still fascinates us today. How did Prehistoric man cut, transport, and place such enormous stones, some weighing up to 200 metric tons, without bulldozers, drills, and cranes? Yet primitive man, without the written word or wheel, created structures which still stupefy us in the 21st century, both due to their components and the precision used in positioning them. This book takes us back in time to the 5th-2nd millennia B.C. and helps us visualise the Stone Age world and its constructions - menhirs, dolmens, rows and circles of standing stones. Undoubtedly they were sacred places, used for pagan rituals and funerary purposes, but the author also gives us details of their astronomic and physical alignment, which clearly demonstrates the knowledge of the heavens these ancestors had and how they applied it without slide-rules, set squares, and theodolites. The high priests of ancient times could calculate when the solstices and equinoxes would occur and thus regulate the seasons for sowing and reaping. The author's careful and updated identification of all such structures leads us through 'Ancient European Megalithism' complete with the religious and social aspects of it and its pagan legacies. He does not neglect forms of 'sub-actual' megalithism either - the use of massive stones by peoples described as primitive but with a relatively advanced culture who lived in times closer to our own in Africa, Asia, and South America. The myths and legends arising from the megalithic structures are recounted here in detail; the author also describes megalithic art in the form of statue-stele and menhir statues, as well as the often intricate decoration carved on single stones and in construction such as dolmens, funerary mounds, astronomic observatories, and temples. He also describes studies and experiments on the methods of transport and construction used by Prehistoric peoples, together with conflicting opinions and theories. Amply illustrated with photographs and drawings, Megalithism guides the reader through every part of the megalithic world with smooth-flowing text that will be accessible to specialists and interested general public alike.

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1612332552

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Burned Alive

Bruno, Galileo and the Inquisition

By: Alberto A. Martinez

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Burned Alive

Bruno, Galileo and the Inquisition

By: Alberto A. Martinez

In 1600, the Catholic Inquisition condemned the philosopher and cosmologist Giordano Bruno for heresy, and he was then burned alive in the Campo de’ Fiori in Rome. Historians, scientists, and philosophical scholars have traditionally held that Bruno’s theological beliefs led to his execution, denying any link between his study of the nature of the universe and his trial. But in Burned Alive, Alberto A. Martínez draws on new evidence to claim that Bruno’s cosmological beliefs—that the stars are suns surrounded by planetary worlds like our own, and that the Earth moves because it has a soul—were indeed the primary factor in his condemnation. Linking Bruno’s trial to later confrontations between the Inquisition and Galileo in 1616 and 1633, Martínez shows how some of the same Inquisitors who judged Bruno challenged Galileo. In particular, one clergyman who authored the most critical reports used by the Inquisition to condemn Galileo in 1633 immediately thereafter wrote an unpublished manuscript in which he denounced Galileo and other followers of Copernicus for their beliefs about the universe: that many worlds exist and that the Earth moves because it has a soul. Challenging the accepted history of astronomy to reveal Bruno as a true innovator whose contributions to the science predate those of Galileo, this book shows that is was cosmology, not theology, that led Bruno to his death.

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Reaktion Books

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1780239408

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Italian Cuisine

A Cultural History

By: Alberto Capatti,Massimo Montanari

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Italian Cuisine

A Cultural History

By: Alberto Capatti,Massimo Montanari

This magnificent new book demonstrates the development of a distinctive, unified culinary tradition throughout the Italian peninsula. Thematically organized and beautifully illustrated, Italian Cuisine is a rich history of the ingredients, dishes, techniques, and social customs behind the Italian food we know and love today.

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0231122322

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The Great American Biotic Interchange

A South American Perspective

By: Alberto Luis Cione,Germán Mariano Gasparini,Esteban Soibelzon,Leopoldo Héctor Soibelzon,Eduardo Pedro Tonni

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The Great American Biotic Interchange

A South American Perspective

By: Alberto Luis Cione,Germán Mariano Gasparini,Esteban Soibelzon,Leopoldo Héctor Soibelzon,Eduardo Pedro Tonni

South American ecosystems suffered one of the greatest biogeographical events, after the establishment of the Panamian land bridge, called the “Great American Biotic Interchange” (GABI). This refers to the exchange, in several phases, of land mammals between the Americas; this event started during the late Miocene with the appearance of the Holartic Procyonidae (Huayquerian Age) in South America and continues today. The major phases of mammalian dispersal occurred from the Latest Pliocene (Marplatan Age) to the Late Pleistocene (Lujanian Age). The most important and richest localities of Late Miocene-Holocene fossil vertebrates of South America are those of the Pampean region of Argentina. There are also several Late Miocene and Pliocene localities in western Argentina and Bolivia. Other important fossils have been collected in localities of Pleistocene age outside Argentina: Tarija (Bolivia), karstic caves of Lagoa Santa and the recently explored caves of Tocantins (Brasil), Talara (Perú), La Carolina (Ecuador), Muaco (Venezuela), and Cueva del Milodon (Chile), among others. The book discusses basic information for interpreting the GABI such as taxonomic composition (incorporating the latest revisions) at classical and new localities for each stage addressing climate, environments, and time boundaries for each stage. It includes the chronology and dynamics of the GABI, the integration of South American mammalian faunas through time, the Quaternary mammalian extinctions and the composition of recent mammalian fauna of the continent.

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Springer

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9401797927

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9789401797924

In Touch with the Future

The Sense of Touch from Cognitive Neuroscience to Virtual Reality

By: Alberto Gallace,Charles Spence

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In Touch with the Future

The Sense of Touch from Cognitive Neuroscience to Virtual Reality

By: Alberto Gallace,Charles Spence

This book explores the science of touch. It brings together the latest findings from cognitive neuroscience about the processing of tactile information in humans. The book provides a comprehensive overview of scientific knowledge regarding themes such as tactile memory, tactile awareness (consciousness) and tactile attention.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199644462

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Orson Welles in Italy

By: Alberto Anile

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Orson Welles in Italy

By: Alberto Anile

Fleeing a Hollywood that spurned him, Orson Welles arrived in Italy in 1947 to begin his career anew. Far from being welcomed as the celebrity who directed and starred in Citizen Kane, his six-year exile in Italy was riddled with controversy, financial struggles, disastrous love affairs, and failed projects. Alberto Anile's book depicts the artist's life and work in Italy, including his reception by the Italian press, his contentious interactions with key political figures, and his artistic output, which culminated in the filming of Othello. Drawing on revelatory new material on the artist's personal and professional life abroad, Orson Welles in Italy also chronicles Italian cinema's transition from the social concerns of neorealism to the alienated characters in films such as Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, amid the cultural politics of postwar Europe and the beginnings of the cold war.

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Indiana University Press

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0253010411

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9780253010414

When Flags Collide

By: Alberto Moretti

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When Flags Collide

By: Alberto Moretti

ENGLISH - ITALIAN TEXT Amalia is a heroin, a mother and a wife: she retraces the events of her family through three generations. She welcomes their inheritance in a hard struggle to survive between a Country's rural age at its sunset and a working-class Milan in which the war is perceived by apocalyptic aerial bombardments and alarm sirens. Of the war she talks about the anxiety and the horror: she faces losses and mourning with an aching and courageous heart, with the determination to build a future for her and her little daughter and with the certainty of the return of her never forgotten hero, Commander Guido. He, in the meanwhile, is engaged with his patrol in an epic crossing of the Sahara desert through Libya, Tunisia and Algeria, trying to bring his men to safety.

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1387670077

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Trivia Thief

Selected Poems, 1969-2009

By: Alberto Nessi

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Trivia Thief

Selected Poems, 1969-2009

By: Alberto Nessi

Nessi's ... strength as a poet rests with his own distinctive and daring language - a spirit level that enables him always to align himself with the subject of his verse. And, if his work is the product of a rational and realistic pessimism - occasionally softened by irony, it is also true that Nessi's emotional and ethical empathy deepens his analysis and heightens his response. - Marco Sonzogni

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1550713515

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