El bombardeo nazi de Florencia en agosto de 1944 destruyó el manuscrito de la novela que Anna Banti había dedicado a la figura de Artemisia Gentileschi. Banti encontró en la gran pintora del Barroco (1593-1652/53), silenciada por una historia del arte eminentemente masculina, el símbolo universal de mujer luchadora y en incesante pugna por la reivindicación de su dignidad, y también una "compañera entre los escombros", una amiga imaginaria que compartía con ella la carga de una permanente desconfianza del entorno hacia sus cualidades. Así, poseída por la voz y la mirada de una mujer de hace más de trescientos años, Banti puso en pie una nueva obra, poliédrica y poética, escrita en dos tiempos y, en cierto sentido, contra el curso del tiempo y "su irreparable corriente". Un coro a dos voces: la de una mujer borrada por la Historia y la de otra que apuntala un presente en ruinas.Artemisia, hija del pintor Orazio Gentileschi, compañero de Caravaggio, fue violada a los diecisiete años por su profesor de pintura, y humillada y torturada en un posterior juicio por estupro. Su venganza fue imponerse como artista, otorgando a las mujeres de sus lienzos (a Judit y a Susana, a Betsabé y a Lucrecia, a Cleopatra y a María Magdalena) un protagonismo incómodo y fascinante para su siglo, y que alcanzó un inaudito reconocimiento. Con una escritura sensorial y medidamente culta, Banti reconstruye la cotidianidad de una pintora itinerante a la fuerza, pero también ahonda en la complejidad psíquica de una vida marcada por las ausencias. Lejos de limitarse a la observación imparcial, la literatura de Banti continúa, como un misterio mayor, allí donde la historia se detiene, como la pintura de la propia Artemisia, con una libertad pura surgida de unos tiempos miserables.Una obra de profunda sabiduría moral y estilística, una de las cimas de la novela italiana del siglo XX. "Nunca la pasión de una escritora por su protagonista se ha formulado con tanto esmero." Susan Sontag "Lo que resulta fascinante de Artemisia es el peregrinaje de la pintora, primero por Italia y después por Europa, con una absoluta y firme fidelidad a la vocación del arte." Attilio Bertolucci " Artemisia no es sólo literatura, escapa de esos límites. Banti estudió la composición de las obras de la pintora indagando en las turbulencias de su alma." Simona Casadio " Artemisia es mucho más que una novela histórica, más que una biografía novelada y mucho más que un hito de la literatura feminista. Sin renunciar a ser las tres cosas, Artemisia es, sobre todo, una lección de literatura." Ricardo Menéndez Salmón
Chapter 137. Main steps of skeletal muscle development in the human: Morphological analysis and ultrastructural characteristics of developing human muscle
Chapter 137. Main steps of skeletal muscle development in the human: Morphological analysis and ultrastructural characteristics of developing human muscle
During embryogenesis, paraxial mesoderm undergoes segmentation into somites, progressing from head to tail. Somites differentiate into dermomyotomes, then into dermatomes and myotomes. Some head muscles derive from the anterior paraxial and precordal mesoderm. Between 10 and 13 weeks of gestation, the fusion of myoblasts generates primary myotubes with central nuclei, and the latter form the second generation of myotubes which requires active innervation. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase-tetrazolium reductase appears before succinate dehydrogenase, and ATPase shows an intermediary activity. β-Sarcoglycan appears by 7 gestational weeks and α-sarcoglycan by 10–12 weeks. β-Spectrin, dystrophin, and utrophin appear by 9 weeks, vimentin and desmin appear by 10 weeks and stain strongly between 10 and 15 weeks. Slow, embryonic myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoenzymes appear before 15 weeks, whereas fetal fast MCH occur later (15–18 weeks). Myotubes become myofibers with peripheral nuclei between 15 and 18 weeks. Large muscle fibers (Wohlfart B) are visible by 20–21 weeks, Wohlfart A by 21–25 weeks. Perimysium surrounds compacted and grouped fibers by 24 weeks, and utrophin disappears, whereas dystrophin stains intensely. At 29 weeks, type I fibers are visible, and by 31–33 weeks they are mature for ATPase staining. Three types of type II fibers can be seen. Vimentin disappears between 15 and 30 weeks, while desmin remains weakly positive at birth.
El congreso Discrete Mathematics Days (DMD20/22) tendrá lugar del 4 al 6 de julio de 2022, en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de Cantabria (Santander, España). Este congreso internacional se centra en avances dentro del campo de la Matemática discreta, incluyendo, de manera no exhaustiva: · Algoritmos y Complejidad · Combinatoria · Teoría de Códigos · Criptografía · Geometría Discreta y Computacional · Optimización Discreta · Teoría de Grafos · Problemas de localización discreta y temas relacionados Las ediciones anteriores de este evento se celebraros en Sevilla (2018) y Barcelona (2016), estos congresos heredan la tradición de las Jornadas de Matemática Discreta y Algorítmica (JMDA), el encuentro bienal en España en Matemática Discreta (desde 1998). Durante la celebración del congreso tendrán lugar cuatro conferencias plenarias, cuarenta y dos presentaciones orales y una sesión de once pósteres. Abstract The Discrete Mathematics Days (DMD20/22) will be held on July 4-6, 2022, at Facultad de Ciencias of the Universidad de Cantabria (Santander, Spain). The main focus of this international conference is on current topics in Discrete Mathematics, including (but not limited to): Algorithms and Complexity Combinatorics Coding Theory Cryptography Discrete and Computational Geometry Discrete Optimization Graph Theory Location and Related Problems The previous editions were held in Sevilla in 2018 and in Barcelona in 2016, inheriting the tradition of the Jornadas de Matemática Discreta y Algorítmica (JMDA), the Spanish biennial meeting (since 1998) on Discrete Mathematics. The program consists on four plenary talks, 42 contributed talks and a poster session with 11 contributions.
Martyrdom and the Politics of Religion explores the ways that Salvadoran Catholics sought to make sense of political violence in their country in the 1970s and 1980s by constructing a theological ethics that could both explain repression in religious terms and propose specific responses to violence. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, the book highlights the ways that progressive Catholicism offered a justification and tools for political resistance in the face of extraordinary destruction. Using the case of Catholicism in El Salvador, the book explores the nature of religious responses to social crisis and the ways that ordinary believers construct and strive to live by ethical systems. By highlighting the importance of theological belief, of narrative, and of religious rationality in political mobilization, it touches questions of general interest to readers concerned with the social role of religion and ethics.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Communications - Movies and Television, grade: 1,6, Utrecht University (Media Studies), course: Remakes & Parody, language: English, abstract: “Dawn of the Dead”, which is also known as “Dawn of the Living Dead” and “Zombie: Dawn of the Dead” or “Zombie”, was issued in 1978. The director George A. Romero added to the title the tagline “When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth”. It is hard to match this movie with only one genre because there are aspects of horror, drama, thriller and splatter in it (this applies also for the remake). The movie originally was part of Romero’s zombie-series including “Night of the Living Dead”, that appeared in 1968, “Dawn of the Dead” and “Day of the Dead” from 1985. A forth movie “The Land of the Dead” is in preproduction. Apart from “Dawn of the Dead” another movie from this series was remade in 1990, namely “Night of the Living Dead” by Tom Savini, who also took part in the more famous movie “Dawn of the Dead”, both in the original movie and the remake.
This book offers practical concepts of EOR processes and summarizes the fundamentals of bioremediation of oil-contaminated sites. The first section presents a simplified description of EOR processes to boost the recovery of oil or to displace and produce the significant amounts of oil left behind in the reservoir during or after the course of any primary and secondary recovery process; it highlights the emerging EOR technological trends and the areas that need research and development; while the second section focuses on the use of biotechnology to remediate the inevitable environmental footprint of crude oil production; such is the case of accidental oil spills in marine, river, and land environments. The readers will gain useful and practical insights in these fields.
Sisters in Blue tells the story of two young women—one Spanish, one Puebloan—meeting across space and time. Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda, New Mexico’s famous Lady in Blue, is said to have traveled to New Mexico in the seventeenth century. Here Anna M. Nogar and Enrique R. Lamadrid bring her to life, imagining an encounter between a Pueblo woman and Sor María during the nun’s mystical spiritual journeys. Tales of Sor María, who described traveling across the earth and the heavens, have traditionally presented her as an evangelist who helped bring Catholicism to the Pueblos. Instead this book, which includes an essay providing historical context, shows a connection between Sor María and her friend Paf Sheuri. The two women find more similarities than differences in their shared experiences, and what they learn from each other has an impact for centuries to come.
Romeo and Juliet are in love... but their families are bitter enemies. Set in medieval Vienna, a place of sword fights, secrets and magic potions, their tragic love story plays out to a desperate end. This simple retelling is a brilliant introduction to the work of William Shakespeare for young readers growing in confidence and ability. Includes a guide to the characters and links to recommended websites for children to find out more about Shakespeare and the play. "Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme." - Julia Eccleshare
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