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Individual Autonomy and Responsibility in Late Imperial China

By: Paolo Santangelo

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Individual Autonomy and Responsibility in Late Imperial China

By: Paolo Santangelo

This study questions the common premise that individualism was lacking in premodern China and contends that not only was the concept of the individual important in traditional China, but that it existed in interesting ways that are different from modes of individualism in the West. Key terms such as xing ("human nature"), xin ("heart-mind"), and ji ("self") are used to analyze various texts. In addition to weaving together ideas from history, philosophy, art, and literature, especially the literary dimensions of late imperial history (both classical and vernacular), this study also incorporates Western intellectual tradition, including the ideas of thinkers such as Immanuel Kant, David Hume, John Stuart Mill, and the Romantics. This inquiry into the moral philosophy and ethics of the self-seen in both its public and private dimensions in late imperial China is an important resource for scholars and students in many subfields of Chinese studies, such as history, intellectual history, art history, history of literature, and history of religion."--

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162196549X

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Materials for an Anatomy of Personality in Late Imperial China

By: Paolo Santangelo

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Materials for an Anatomy of Personality in Late Imperial China

By: Paolo Santangelo

How was the concept of 'personality' perceived in (late-imperial) China? Re-constructing the main features describing the individual, this volume, firmly based in textual sources, is a reflection on personality and its attributes in China. It discusses terms that express the propensity, inclinations, predispositions, and temperament of subjects, departing from the descriptions that represent one’s and the other’s self, as well as terms that describe or label a person's main qualities or defects. As judgments contribute to formulate the image of ourselves and others, when talking of personality not only individual characters (biological traits, cultural basis, innate and acquired traits and habits) are looked into, but also social values and collective mentality, as well as individual and group subjectivity.

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9047430972

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9789047430971

The Culture of Love in China and Europe

By: Paolo Santangelo,Gábor Boros

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The Culture of Love in China and Europe

By: Paolo Santangelo,Gábor Boros

In The Culture of Love in China and Europe Paolo Santangelo and Gábor Boros offer a survey of the cults of love developed in the history of ideas and literary production in China and Europe between the 12th and early 19th century. They describe parallel evolutions within the two cultures, and how innovatively these independent civilisations developed their own categories and myths to explain, exalt but also control the emotions of love and their behavioural expressions. The analyses contain rich materials for comparison, point out the universal and specific elements in each culture, and hint at differences and resemblances, without ignoring the peculiar beauty and attractive force of the texts cultivating love.

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9004397833

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Sentimental Education in Chinese History

An Interdisciplinary Textual Research on Ming and Qing Sources

By: Paolo Santangelo

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Sentimental Education in Chinese History

An Interdisciplinary Textual Research on Ming and Qing Sources

By: Paolo Santangelo

A pionering inquiry on the role, perception and representation of emotional sphere in traditional Chinese culture provides a fascinating contribution on a key anthropological problem, in order to understand not only pre-modern private history, but also contemporary Chinese society. The importance of this work goes beyond Chinese studies.

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9004123601

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Suicide in Schizophrenia

By: Roberto Tatarelli,Maurizio Pompili,Paolo Girardi

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Suicide in Schizophrenia

By: Roberto Tatarelli,Maurizio Pompili,Paolo Girardi

Why an entire volume on suicide in schizophrenia? It would appear that international literature already provides enough information in this field. Also, the daily growing number of papers on suicide among schizophrenic are certainly a more updated source of information may contribute to the reduction of deaths by suicide among these patients. Yet, as in the case of suicide as a whole, this progress of knowledge does not match with reduction of suicide rates, let alone reduction of suicide rates among people with schizophrenia. Maybe a summary, an overview that cannot be achieved with a simple Medline search may help those who are involved and those who should be involved in the prevention of self-killing of schizophrenic patients. This book, therefore, reports essays of some of the opinion leaders in the field with the aim to shed light to such overwhelming phenomenon.

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Nova Publishers

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1600211992

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Fluid Flow Phenomena

A Numerical Toolkit

By: Paolo Orlandi

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Fluid Flow Phenomena

A Numerical Toolkit

By: Paolo Orlandi

This book deals with the simulation of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations for laminar and turbulent flows. The book is limited to explaining and employing the finite difference method. It furnishes a large number of source codes which permit to play with the Navier-Stokes equations and to understand the complex physics related to fluid mechanics. Numerical simulations are useful tools to understand the complexity of the flows, which often is difficult to derive from laboratory experiments. This book, then, can be very useful to scholars doing laboratory experiments, since they often do not have extra time to study the large variety of numerical methods; furthermore they cannot spend more time in transferring one of the methods into a computer language. By means of numerical simulations, for example, insights into the vorticity field can be obtained which are difficult to obtain by measurements. This book can be used by graduate as well as undergraduate students while reading books on theoretical fluid mechanics; it teaches how to simulate the dynamics of flow fields on personal computers. This will provide a better way of understanding the theory. Two chapters on Large Eddy Simulations have been included, since this is a methodology that in the near future will allow more universal turbulence models for practical applications. The direct simulation of the Navier-Stokes equations (DNS) is simple by finite-differences, that are satisfactory to reproduce the dynamics of turbulent flows. A large part of the book is devoted to the study of homogeneous and wall turbulent flows. In the second chapter the elementary concept of finite difference is given to solve parabolic and elliptical partial differential equations. In successive chapters the 1D, 2D, and 3D Navier-Stokes equations are solved in Cartesian and cylindrical coordinates. Finally, Large Eddy Simulations are performed to check the importance of the subgrid scale models. Results for turbulent and laminar flows are discussed, with particular emphasis on vortex dynamics. This volume will be of interest to graduate students and researchers wanting to compare experiments and numerical simulations, and to workers in the mechanical and aeronautic industries.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401142815

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9789401142816

Integrated Seismic Design of Structure and Control Systems

By: Paolo Castaldo

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Integrated Seismic Design of Structure and Control Systems

By: Paolo Castaldo

The structural optimization procedure presented in this book makes it possible to achieve seismic protection through integrated structural/control system design. In particular, it is explained how slender structural systems with a high seismic performance can be achieved through inclusion of viscous and viscoelastic dampers as an integral part of the system. Readers are provided with essential introductory information on passive structural control and passive energy dissipation systems. Dynamic analyses of both single and multiple degree of freedom systems are performed in order to verify the achievement of pre-assigned performance targets, and it is explained how the optimal integrated design methodology, also relevant to retrofitting of existing buildings, should be applied. The book illustrates how structural control research is opening up new possibilities in structural forms and configurations without compromising structural performance.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3319026151

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Lexical Plurals

A Morphosemantic Approach

By: Paolo Acquaviva

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Lexical Plurals

A Morphosemantic Approach

By: Paolo Acquaviva

This title explores the wide variety of cases in which the plural of nouns is lexical. Using tools from formal semantics and theoretical morphology, it analyses the countless number of examples of word-dependent irregularities in the form and meaning of plural.

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Oxford University Press

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0199534217

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Flawed Commanders and Strategy in the Battles for Italy, 1943–45

By: Andrew Sangster,Pier Paolo Battistelli

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Flawed Commanders and Strategy in the Battles for Italy, 1943–45

By: Andrew Sangster,Pier Paolo Battistelli

The authors offer a very different perspective on this campaign and are very frank in their assessment of the performance of the Allies and Germans on many levels." — New York Journal of Books Wars never run according to plan, perhaps never more so than during the Italian campaign, 1943–45, where necessary coordination between the different armies added additional complexity to Allied plans. Errors in the strategies, tactics, the coalition tensions, and operations at campaign command level can clearly be seen in firsthand accounts of the period. This new account examines the Italian campaign, from Sicily to surrender in 1945, exploring the strategy, intentions, motives, plans, and deeds. It then offers a detailed insight into the five commanders who led the battles in Italy—the two British commanders, Montgomery and Alexander; two American, Patton and Clark; and the leading German commander, Field Marshal Kesselring. Their personal notes and accounts, taken alongside archival material, provides some surprising conclusions—Montgomery was not quite the master of war he is portrayed as; Patton had serious flaws, exposed by wasting men’s lives to save a relative and overlooking the shooting of prisoners of war; Clark lost lives to bolster his image; Alexander the gentleman was far too vague to be effective as a senior leader. Meanwhile, condemned war criminal Kesselring appears to be the most efficient and also, like Alexander, one of the most popular leaders.

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Casemate

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1636243134

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Disordered Materials

An Introduction

By: Paolo Ossi

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Disordered Materials

An Introduction

By: Paolo Ossi

The teaching of solid state physics essentially concerns focusing on crystals and their properties. We study crystals and their properties because of the simple and elegant results obtained from the analysis of a spatially periodic system; this is why the analysis can be made considering a small set of atoms that represent the whole system of many particles. In contrast to the formal neat approach to crystals, the study of str- turally disordered condensed systems is somewhat complicated and often leads to relatively imprecise results, not to mention the experimental and computational e?ort involved. As such, almost all university textbooks, - cluding the advanced course books, only brie?y touch on the physics of am- phous systems. In any case, both the fundamental aspect and the ever wider industrial applications have given structurally disordered matter a role that should not be overlooked. The study of amorphous solids and their structure, stability and properties is a vibrant research branch; it is di?cult to imagine how any physicist, chemist or engineer who has to deal with materials could possibly ignore this class of systems. The author of Disordered Matter – an Introduction uses this course book atthePolitecnicoinMilan,Italy.Collectingthematerialforthecourseproved no mean task, leading him to have to prepare ad hoc didactic material. The continualexchangebetweenteacherandstudenthasledtothepresentversion of the book.

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3540296107

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Chemistry and Hygiene of Food Gases

By: Pasqualina Laganà,Giovanni Campanella,Paolo Patanè,Maria Assunta Cava,Salvatore Parisi,Maria Elsa Gambuzza,Santi Delia,Maria Anna Coniglio

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Chemistry and Hygiene of Food Gases

By: Pasqualina Laganà,Giovanni Campanella,Paolo Patanè,Maria Assunta Cava,Salvatore Parisi,Maria Elsa Gambuzza,Santi Delia,Maria Anna Coniglio

This book focuses on the use of food gases in the food industry, their different applications and their role in food processing, packaging and transportation. Since these gases come into contact with food, they must comply with strict of labeling, purity and hygiene standards in order to ensure food safety. The book discusses various implications of food gases in the food chain, providing examples of how they can be used to limit food waste and losses. The first two chapters examine the classification and role of food gases in Europe, and the third chapter then explores the chemical and physical features of commonly used food gases in the food and food packing industries. The fourth chapter highlights the impact of food gases on human health due to their possible abuse and misuse. This book appeals to researchers and professionals working in food production and quality control.

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3030352285

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XX International Symposium on Lepton and Photon Interactions at High Energies

Lepton-photon 01 : Rome, Italy, 23-28 July 2001

By: Juliet Lee-Franzini,Paolo Franzini,Fabio Bossi

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XX International Symposium on Lepton and Photon Interactions at High Energies

Lepton-photon 01 : Rome, Italy, 23-28 July 2001

By: Juliet Lee-Franzini,Paolo Franzini,Fabio Bossi

This important book covers topics that are of major interest to the high energy physics community, including the most recent results from flavour factories, dark matter and neutrino physics. In addition, it considers future high energy machines.

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World Scientific

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9810248806

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On Bramante

By: Pier Paolo Tamburelli

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On Bramante

By: Pier Paolo Tamburelli

A new interpretation of the work of Bramante, suggesting an agenda for contemporary architectural practice In On Bramante, architect Pier Paolo Tamburelli considers the work of the celebrated Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante and through this reappraisal suggests a possible agenda for current architectural practice. Bramante, Tamburelli argues, offers an excellent starting point to imagine a contemporary theory of space, to reflect on the relationship between architecture and politics, and to look back—with neither nostalgia nor contempt—at the tradition of Western classicism. Starting from a discussion of the difference in the work of Bramante in Milan (1481–1499) and Rome (1499–1514), Tamburelli highlights the peculiarities of Bramante’s architecture, especially in comparison to that of his predecessor Leon Battista Alberti and successor Andrea Palladio. This in turn opens up new possibilities for appreciating his spatial experiments, and to derive from Bramante’s abstraction and disassociation of form from function a revised theory of space for contemporary architecture. Such a theory might even advance a newfound political understanding of classicism, and a model—perhaps more valid now than ever before—for a public architecture. The text is bookended by a series of color photographic plates of Bramante’s works by photographer Bas Princen.

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MIT Press

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0262543427

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9780262543422

Metallothioneins in Biochemistry and Pathology

By: Paolo Zatta

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Metallothioneins in Biochemistry and Pathology

By: Paolo Zatta

Metallothioneins (MTs) represent a large family of proteins characterized by high heavy metal content (mainly CuII and ZnII) and by an unusual cysteine abundance. They have a powerful protective function in all animal tissues, due most likely to their properties as free radical scavengers protecting against oxidative damage. Moreover, the presence and overexpression of MTs in various pathological conditions, such as metal dyshomeostasis, cell proliferation, neurological disorders, and chemotherapy and radiotherapy resistance, could be used as an important prognostic marker, as a histopathological diagnostic tool, and to follow specific pharmacological treatments.This important book explores the role of MTs in the field of neurological disorders (brain inflammation, Alzheimer's and prion diseases, autism, ALS, etc.), cardiology (cardiomyopathy, atherosclerosis), and oncology (melanoma, prostate and breast cancer), through authoritative contributions and a description of basic biochemical information and paradigmatic pathological events.

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9812778942

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9789812778949

Transitional Justice in Italy and the Crimes of Fascism and Nazism

By: Paolo Caroli

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Transitional Justice in Italy and the Crimes of Fascism and Nazism

By: Paolo Caroli

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the Italian experience of transitional justice examining how the crimes of Fascism and World War II have been dealt with from a comparative perspective. Applying an interdisciplinary and comparative methodology, the book offers a detailed reconstruction of the prosecution of the crimes of Fascism and the Italian Social Republic as well as crimes committed by Nazi soldiers against Italian civilians and those of the Italian army against foreign populations. It also explores the legal qualification and prosecution of the actions of the Resistance. Particular focus is given to the Togliatti Amnesty, the major turning point, through comparisons to the wider European post-WWII transitional scenario and other relevant transitional amnesties, allowing consideration of the intense debate on the legitimacy of amnesties under international law. The book evaluates the Italian experience and provides an ideal framework to assess the complexity of the interdependencies between time, historical memory and the use of criminal law. In a historical moment marked by the resurgence of racism, neo-fascism, falsifications of the past, as well as the desire to amend the faults of the past, the Italian unfinished experience of dealing with the Fascist era can help move the discussion forward. The book will be essential reading for students, researchers and academics in International Criminal Law, Transitional Justice, History, Memory Studies and Political Science.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000593339

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Lettera (e non solo)

ad uno studente di architettura

By: Paolo Giardiello

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Lettera (e non solo)

ad uno studente di architettura

By: Paolo Giardiello

Questo è un libro destinato agli studenti di architettura, a tutti coloro che scelgono di provare ad imparare il difficile mestiere di architetto. Non è un insieme di saggi, né la trascrizione di lezioni di architettura. I saggi o i testi scientifici sono sempre scritti con un linguaggio asettico e sono pensati secondo modalità comunicative che spesso risultano distaccate, se non addirittura noiose. Non sono neanche lezioni di architettura che invece devono essere “in diretta”, adeguarsi agli uditori, al momento, alla temperatura che c'è in aula, come al rumore di fondo di chi borbotta annoiato. Allora cos’è? E' un libro scritto come frammenti o appunti di lettere, da un io che scrive a un tu che legge. È quindi un testo concepito come una conversazione con un vero interlocutore, "uno studente di architettura", in una condizione non formale in cui parlare liberamente, fuori dalle aule, mescolando il personale con il soggettivo, gli studi con i sogni, le memorie con le cose perdute per strada, in una condizione spontanea in cui riuscire a dire la propria verità.

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