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Galvão, Jorge Octávio Lavocat. "O neoconstitucionalismo e o fim do estado de direito." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/2/2134/tde-29082013-113523/.
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Na última década emergiu na academia brasileira um movimento doutrinário denominado Neoconstitucionalismo, que advoga a adoção de uma série de posturas interpretativas que conferem maior liberdade aos juízes ao decidirem os casos constitucionais no intuito de promover transformação social pelo Direito. A partir de uma reconstrução interpretativa do ideal político Estado de Direito, procura-se avaliar o impacto das teses defendidas pelo modelo decisório neoconstitucionalista, concluindo-se que nas sociedades democráticas contemporâneas, em que há profundos desacordos morais, a sua adoção é inadequada por implicar violações à dignidade humana.In the last decade, a legal movement known as neoconstitutionalism has emerged in the Brazilian legal academy. It advocates the adoption of a series of interpretative attitudes which confer a wide margin of discretion to judges when deciding constitutional cases with the aim of achieving social transformation through law. Relying on a reconstructive interpretation of the Rule of Law political ideal, this work aims to assess the impacts of the thesis defended by the neoconstitutionalist adjudicative model. It concludes, at the end, that in contemporary democratic societies, where people deeply disagree on moral regards, the adoption of neoconstitucionalism is inadequate in virtue of the violations it infringes upon human dignity.
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Rodrigues, Thais de Camargo. "O tráfico internacional de pessoas para fim de exploração sexual e a questão do consentimento." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/2/2136/tde-30102012-102346/.
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A presente dissertação, pautada no direito penal mínimo e no princípio da dignidade humana, discorre sobre o tráfico internacional de pessoas para fim de exploração sexual, tendo em vista o consentimento da vítima maior e capaz. Para tanto, foi feita uma análise introdutória do direito penal sexual e da prostituição, buscando identificar o bem jurídico tutelado hodiernamente sem a influência de conteúdo estritamente moral, pois no tráfico de pessoas deve prevalecer a proteção da liberdade sexual. Foram examinados os principais acordos internacionais afeitos à matéria, em especial o Protocolo de Palermo, e também a legislação de países como Alemanha, Portugal, Espanha, Itália, Estados Unidos e Argentina. Neste contexto, fez-se uma leitura crítica da legislação brasileira (mormente o art. 231 do Código Penal), que está em falta com a agenda internacional por se limitar a tutelar o tráfico internacional quando se trata de exploração de índole sexual. Além disso, o dispositivo se mostra falho em sua essência, por não enxergar o tráfico como um fenômeno, um processo delitivo complexo e multifacetado. À ineficácia legislativa se soma a insuficiência das políticas públicas nesta seara para o efetivo enfrentamento do tráfico de pessoas, visando a sua prevenção, punição e também a proteção às vítimas.This paper which is based on the principles of minimum criminal law and human dignity, talks about the international human trafficking for sexual purposes, considering the consent of the adult and capable victim. For this, a preliminary analysis of the criminal sex and prostitution law was made, in order to identify the legal protected property, without the influence of the strictly moral context, because the protection of sexual freedom shall prevail in human trafficking. This paper also evaluates the more important international treaties with regard to this issue, with special regard to the Palermo Protocol as well as the legislation of countries such as Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy, United States of America and Argentina. A comparative analyses of the Brazilian law was developed (Article 231 of the Brazilian Criminal Code), concluding that the Brazilian law is more restricted than the international rules, because it legislates that Human trafficking is only for sexual purposes and does not consider any other. Besides that, the aforementioned article has a flaw as it does not consider the traffic as a phenomenon, a complex and multifaceted wrongful process. The inefficient Brazilian legislative process is attributed to the insufficiency of public policies in this area to effectively face human trafficking, focusing on its prevention and punishment as well as the protection of the victims.
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Paglione, Eduardo Augusto. "O regime militar e a ação policial civil: a tortura como meio, o poder como fim." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/2/2140/tde-11022015-150649/.
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Esta pesquisa investiga a questão da tortura praticada no Brasil durante o Regime Militar. Para tanto, é apresentado um escorço histórico a respeito da tortura, com destaque para a sua prática nos Impérios Grego e Romano e na Europa medieval. Igualmente, é feita uma abordagem histórica da tortura no Brasil, analisando o aspecto local e histórico, este com apoio de narrativas literárias. O ponto relevante é o Regime Militar iniciado no Brasil em 1964, durante o qual há relatos do emprego da tortura com muita frequência. A fim de melhor compreender a mentalidade da época, aborda-se a retórica de quatro generais do Exército Brasileiro, três deles Presidentes da República. De acordo com esse panorama do pensamento do Governo Federal, estuda-se o comportamento da Polícia Civil do Estado de São Paulo, não sem antes apresentar uma análise histórica de como ela atuou como instrumento do Poder Executivo (tanto federal quanto estadual). Para se compreender a figura do torturador, são estudados conceitos da Psicologia e da Sociologia que buscam explicar por que um agente do estado presta-se a esse tipo de trabalho e, para tanto, são trazidas versões apresentadas pelos próprios torturadores; ainda nesse tópico merece análise a teoria arendtiana da banalização do mal e seus questionamentos recentes, além de uma abordagem sob o enfoque da relação de trabalho no pensamento de Dejours. Fixada a tortura na realidade brasileira e o que pode transformar um policial em um torturador, a pesquisa busca estabelecer alguns pontos básicos, tais como a vinculação da tortura com o poder econômico, a questão da eficácia da tortura, a discussão entre moralidade e legalidade, o totalitarismo e a ditadura, o interesse público na tortura. O pensamento arendtiano retorna para auxiliar a compreender a questão da violência do Estado, por meio de sua força policial. No último capítulo analisa-se o Estado que tolera a tortura e, para tanto, é enfrentada a discussão jurídica a respeito desta, a partir de teses modernas, sobretudo a que trata da bomba relógio (ticking bomb). Estuda-se também o conceito moderno de barbárie (Todorov), que resulta na violência policial e em um chamado direito defeituoso (Radbruch). A pesquisa é concluída com uma análise de tudo o quanto exposto e das consequências da prática da tortura no regime militar na ação policial hoje.This research investigates the issue of torture practiced in Brazil under the Military Regime. Therefore, a historical outline of torture is introduced with especial focus on its practice in the Greek and Roman Empires and medieval Europe. It´s also presented a historical overview of torture in Brazil by analyzing local and historical aspects. The historical context relies on literary narratives. The relevant point is the Military Regime started in Brazil in 1964 within which there were very frequently reports of torture. The rhetoric of four Brazilian Army generals, three of them Presidents of the Republic, is raised in order to better understand the mentality of that time. In accordance with this outlook of the federal government thought, the behavior of Civil Police of the State of São Paulo is studied, but not before being provided a historic analysis of how it acted as a tool of Executive Branch (both federal and state). Aiming to comprehend the figure of the torturer, the concepts of Psychology and Sociology, which try to explain why an agent of the state serves to this kind of action, are also studied, including at this point the versions provided by the torturers themselves. The Hannah Arendts theory of trivialization of the evil and its recent questions are considered in this topic, besides an approach focused on the employment relationship in Dejours thought. By being placed the torture in the Brazilian reality and the reasons which can transform a police officer into a torturer, this research seeks to lay down some basic points, such as the link between torture and the economic power, the questions about the effectiveness of torture, the discussion between legality and morality, the totalitarianism and the dictatorship, the public interest in the torture. Once again the Arendts thought is viewed to help to understand the matter of the violence of the state by its police force. The closing chapter examines the State which tolerates the torture, facing the legal discussion about it, addressing modern theses, mainly about ticking bomb , and studying the modern concept of barbarism (Todorov), which results in the police violence and in the so-called defective law (Radbruch). This research is concluded with the exam of all of the above and the consequences nowadays in the police action of the practice of torture during the military regime.
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Valente, Silvio Eduardo. "Diretivas antecipadas de vontade para o fim da vida: um estudo à luz do direito penal." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/2/2136/tde-30082017-160818/.
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As diretivas antecipadas de vontade para o fim da vida são documentos que expressam os desejos da pessoa relacionados aos procedimentos que podem ser aplicados a ela em uma situação de assistência médica no fim da vida. Nesse sentido, as diretivas são úteis para informar as equipes de assistência médica a respeito dos tipos específicos de tratamento que o paciente permite, ou não permite, quando não estiver apto a manifestar suas vontades em uma hipotética situação futura de incapacidade. Este tipo de documento foi elaborado nos Estados Unidos na década de 1970, e foi introduzido no ordenamento ético brasileiro pela Resolução 1995/2012 do Conselho Federal de Medicina. O objetivo desta dissertação é estudar essa norma ética sob o enfoque do direito penal, uma vez que as diretivas antecipadas de vontade para o fim da vida possuem uma íntima relação com a ortotanásia e a eutanásia, que são passíveis de sanção penal no Brasil. Assim, é fundamental analisar as diretivas antecipadas utilizando as ferramentas da doutrina penal, e princípios como os da dignidade humana e razoabilidade. O objetivo é pesquisar as qualidades, imperfeições e limites das diretivas antecipadas sob o ordenamento jurídico nacional, e também compreender as bases legais das diretivas antecipadas, que são os institutos da autonomia e do consentimento. Concluímos que, ainda que as diretivas antecipadas de vontade sejam uma norma ética bem-vinda, demandam algumas melhorias e refinamentos, que poderiam ser representados pelos planejamentos antecipados de tratamentos, um tipo de documento direcionado aos valores de vida das pessoas. Além disso, uma mudança de paradigma relacionada à eutanásia, particularmente a eutanásia passiva e a ortotanásia, no sentido de descriminalizá-las, seria importante para que as diretivas antecipadas tenham eficácia no Brasil.Advance directives for dying patients are documents which express personal desires related to procedures that may be applied to people in a situation of medical assistance in the end of life. In this sense, they are useful to make health assistance teams know about what kind of specific treatment the patients permit, or do not permit, when they are not able to communicate their wishes in a hypothetical and future situation of disability. This kind of document was created in the United States in the seventies, and entered Brazilian ethical law by Resolution 1995/2012 of the Federal Council of Medicine. The aim of this dissertation is to study this ethical rule by means of the criminal law, because advance directives have a close relation to euthanasia and ortothanasia, which are prone to criminal sanction in Brazil. Therefore, it is paramount to analyze the advance directives using the doctrinal tools of criminal law and principles like human dignity and reasonability. The goal is surveying the qualities, inadequacies and limits of advance directives under Brazilian law, and also to understand the legal basis of the advance directives, which are the institutes of autonomy and consent. We concluded that, although advance directives for dying patients are a welcome ethical law, it demands some improvement and refinement, which could be represented by the advance care planning, a kind of document that is focused on the life values of people. Furthermore, a change of paradigm related to euthanasia, particularly passive euthanasia and ortothanasia, in the direction of making them apart of criminalization, would be vital to promote the adequate efficacy of the advance directives in Brazil.
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Calixto, Alexandre. "Obrigação estatal internacional de instituir políticas públicas ambientais: uma análise pontual sobre as estratégias voltadas a pôr fim ao uso insustentável dos recursos hídricos." Universidade Católica de Santos, 2015. http://biblioteca.unisantos.br:8181/handle/tede/1981.
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The obligation of the State before legal standards contained in international resolutions is complex issue, on the various aspects that make up the international legal order, however, with the changes in the global scenario from the last half of the twentieth century, mister the author reviews formal sources of classical international law, against the notorious importance of international organizations in the protection of so-called new rights, including the right to a balanced environment. This paper demonstrates the obligation of the State to observe legal standards laid out in international resolutions when the forecast of public policies, aimed at protecting the environment. With the analysis of Resolution No. 55/2 of the UN General Assembly , which provides for the need for States to formulate a public policy for the sustainable use of water resources, the objective is to point to its international obligation and the logical positivist check if Brazil has regulations to fulfill this obligation.
A obrigatoriedade do Estado diante de comandos normativos constantes em resoluções internacionais é tema complexo, diante dos vários aspectos que compõe o ordenamento jurídico internacional. Entretanto, com as mudanças ocorridas no cenário global a partir da última metade do século XX, mister se faz uma reavaliação das fontes formais do direito internacional clássico, ante a notória importância das organizações internacionais na tutela dos chamados novos direitos; dentre eles o direto ao meio ambiente equilibrado. O presente trabalho visa demonstrar a obrigatoriedade do Estado em observar comandos normativos, dispostos em resoluções internacionais quando da previsão da formulação de políticas públicas voltadas a proteção do meio ambiente. Com a análise da resolução nº 55/2 da Assembleia Geral das Nações Unidas, que prevê a necessidade dos Estados em formular uma política pública voltada para o uso sustentável dos recursos hídricos, objetiva-se apontar para sua obrigatoriedade internacional e para a verificação lógica positivista se o Brasil possui normas regulamentares para o cumprimento dessa obrigação.
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Praet, Stephan Florent Eugenie. "Exercise therapy in Type 2 diabetes." Maarsen : Maastricht : Elsevier gezondheidszorg ; University Library, Universiteit Maastricht [host], 2007. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=9387.
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Wolffenbuttel, Bruce Herbert Ralph. "Type 2 diabetes mellitus pathology and treatment /." Maastricht : Maastricht : Datawyse ; University Library, Maastricht University [Host], 1991. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=5673.
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Ferris, Mika Levin Ben. "Mama D's 2 blocks a documentary film /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-3674.
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Ferris, Mika. "Mama D's 2 Blocks: A Documentary Film." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3674/.
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Mama D's 2 Blocks tells the story of a neighborhood home in New Orleans that was transformed into a distribution center and used to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Katrina's devastation in 2005. Mama D stayed at her home throughout the storm and remained there until the floodwaters had subsided. After the water had drained, socially minded youth from all over the country were drawn to Mama D's home and stayed there while supporting local renewal efforts. The film documents their joining together, without electricity or running water, and assisting in the rebuilding process undertaken by Mama D and other neighborhood residents. This film captures a community in action, how it survived, and the first steps taken towards the rebuilding of New Orleans.
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Бересток, Таїсія Олександрівна, Таисия Александровна Бересток, Taisiia Oleksandrivna Berestok, Леонід Федорович Суходуб, Леонид Федорович Суходуб, Leonid Fedorovych Sukhodub, and А. М. Мєшков. "Отримання плівок SnO[2] хімічним методом." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/43926.
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Imanieh, Mohsen. "Growth and characterisation of CuInSeâ†2 and CuGAâ†XInâ†1-â†XSeâ†2 single crystals." Thesis, University of Salford, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.253047.
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Hansen, David Donald. "FEM-2 is a rapidly evolving protein phosphatase." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0002/NQ39536.pdf.
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Al, Asady Ahmad Monthir. "2 Essay on Firm Performance in Foreign Environments." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1595300514897697.
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MASCOLO, MATTEO. "π⁰ transition form factors at KLOE and KLOE-2." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2108/202205.
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The main subject of this thesis work is the measurement of the π0 transition form factors at KLOE and KLOE-2 experiments. This topic, strongly encouraged by the community of theorists, is of crucial importance in different fields of particle physics, such as the Standard Model prediction of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon and the search for quark-gluon plasma in heavy-ion collisions.
A first part of the thesis work is devoted to the analysis of the KLOE old data set, looking for the rare OZI-suppressed φ → π0e+e− decay. Beside the measurement of the Branching Ratio of the process, the Fφ π0 γ∗ transition form factor has been extracted in a wide range of time-like momentum transfer. This measurement, never carried out so far, is of primary importance to check the consistency of the VMD model, which apparently fails to describe data for π0 transition form factor in ω → π0e+e− decay. The second part of the thesis deals with the possibility to measure the Fπ0 γ γ∗ transition form factor (in the low region of space-like momentum transfer) and the Γ(π0 → γγ) decay width, through γγ interactions at KLOE-2. These measurements, made possible thanks to the installation of new small angle High Energy Tagger (het) detectors, play a crucial role in the improvement of the theoretical calculation of the hadronic Light-by-Light contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon.
The first chapter starts with an essential introduction to the form factor topics, then the physics motivations for the proposed measurements are given. A basic description of DAΦNE accelerator complex and KLOE detector is the subject of the second chapter. In the third chapter, the study of the φ → π0e+e− decay is presented: a description of the Montecarlo generator developed for signal simulation is included, as well as the data analysis and the background subtraction procedures. The feasibility study of the two-photon physics process is discussed in the fourth chapter, together with a detailed description of the het. Detector simulation, assembly and tests are reported, with a special focus on the electronic chain. Finally, the conclusions of this work are drawn.
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Manders, Ralph Johannes Francisca. "Protein supplementation as a dietary strategy to improve glycemic control in type 2 diabetes." Maastricht : Maastricht : Universitaire Pers ; University Library, Universiteit Maastricht [host], 2008. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=13484.
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Koyuncu, Hasan. "Fam-zinc Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,3-dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions Of Azomethine Ylides And Fam-titanium Catalyzed Enantioselective Alkynylation Of Aldehydes." Phd thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12608783/index.pdf.
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In the first part of this study, four new chiral ligands (FAM) were synthesized and used in catalytic amounts in asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of azomethine
ylides. This method leads to the synthesis of chiral pyrrolidines, which are found in the structure of many biologically active natural compounds and drugs. It was found that using 10 mol% of one of these chiral ligands with different dipolarophiles (dimethyl maleate, dimethyl fumarate, methyl acrylate, tert-butyl acrylate, and Nmethylmaleimide),
pyrrolidine derivatives could be synthesized in up to 94% yield and 95% ee.
In the second part of the study, the catalytic activity of these chiral ligands were tested with titanium in asymmetric alkynylzinc addition reactions to aldehydes. By this
method, chiral propargylic alcohols, which are important precursors for the natural products and pharmaceuticals can be synthesized. Using our catalyst, chiral propargylic
alcohols were obtained in up to 96% yield and 98% ee. Although, most of the catalyst systems in the literature worked only with aromatic or aliphatic aldehydes and
phenylacetylene, the catalyst system developed in this study worked with four different types of aldehydes (aromatic, aliphatic, heteroaromatic and a,b-unsaturated) and two
different aliphatic acetylenes very successfully. Additionally, chiral ligand can be recovered in more than 90% yield and reused without losing its activity.
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LIU, Jingya. "Chronotope and regional Chinese independent films." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2010. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/cs_etd/2.
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This thesis aims to re-categorize Chinese independent films from a region-based perspective as a critical response to existing literature on Chinese independent films. This thesis analyzes three independent films made in three different regions of China in order to investigate regional Chinese independent cinema as a recently rising phenomenon: respectively, Jia Zhangke’s Xiaowu (1997) made in Shanxi Province, Ying Liang’s Taking Father Home (Bei yazi de nanhai, 2006) in Sichuan Province, and Robin Weng’s Fujian Blue (Jinbi huihuang, 2007) in Fujian Province.
By using Bakhtin’s concept of chronotope (literally time-space) as the fundamental framework and exploring the many aspects of it, I will develop three major theoretical points to study selected regional Chinese independent films: first, chronotope enables the evaluation of texts of Chinese independent films; second, the documentary impulses prevailing Chinese independent films serve as the chronotopic linkage between the world in the film text and the world the film text represents; three, the mediation function as one aspect of chronotope is characterized by the negotiation between regional Chinese independent films and many social relations, for example, filmmakers, casting, audiences.
This thesis also explores many issues related to Chinese independent films, for example: How do we value the unique film practice of Chinese independent filmmakers instead of viewing them as a unified whole? How do we relate Chinese independent films as aesthetic practices to the region-specific reality they are embedded in? How can Chinese independent cinema as a social practice play an effective role in society? The exploration of these questions does not only enlighten new research perspectives on Chinese independent films, but also provide reflections on the geographical, cultural and social diversity of Chinese regions.
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Morgan, John <1981>. "Very Long Baseline Interferometry in Italy Wide-field VLBI imaging and astrometry and prospects for an Italian VLBI network including the Sardinia Radio Telescope." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2010. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/2830/2/thesis.pdf.
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In this thesis the use of widefield imaging techniques and VLBI observations with a limited number of antennas are explored.
I present techniques to efficiently and accurately image extremely large UV datasets. Very large VLBI datasets must be reduced into multiple, smaller datasets if today’s imaging algorithms are to be used to image them. I present a procedure for accurately shifting the phase centre of a visibility dataset. This procedure has been thoroughly tested and found to be almost two orders of magnitude more accurate than existing techniques. Errors have been found at the level of one part in 1.1 million. These are unlikely to be measurable except in the very largest UV datasets.
Results of a four-station VLBI observation of a field containing multiple sources are presented. A 13 gigapixel image was constructed to search for sources across the entire primary beam of the array by generating over 700 smaller UV datasets. The source 1320+299A was detected and its astrometric position with respect to the calibrator J1329+3154 is presented. Various techniques for phase calibration and imaging across this field are explored including using the detected source as an in-beam calibrator and peeling of distant confusing sources from VLBI visibility datasets.
A range of issues pertaining to wide-field VLBI have been explored including; parameterising the wide-field performance of VLBI arrays; estimating the sensitivity across the primary beam both for homogeneous and heterogeneous arrays; applying techniques such as mosaicing and primary beam correction to VLBI observations; quantifying the effects of time-average and bandwidth smearing; and calibration and imaging of wide-field VLBI datasets. The performance of a computer cluster at the Istituto di Radioastronomia in Bologna has been characterised with regard to its ability to correlate using the DiFX software correlator. Using existing software it was possible to characterise the network speed particularly for MPI applications. The capabilities of the DiFX software correlator, running on this cluster, were measured for a range of observation parameters and were shown to be commensurate with the generic performance parameters measured.
The feasibility of an Italian VLBI array has been explored, with discussion of the infrastructure required, the performance of such an array, possible collaborations, and science which could be achieved.
Results from a 22 GHz calibrator survey are also presented. 21 out of 33 sources were detected on a single baseline between two Italian antennas (Medicina to Noto).
The results and discussions presented in this thesis suggest that wide-field VLBI is a technique whose time has finally come. Prospects for exciting new science are discussed in the final chapter.
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Koubová, Veronika. "Firm´s Location Sensitivity to the European Union´s Environmental Policies. Pollution haven Hypothesis or Hypothesis?" Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-73331.
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Семкина, Е. В., and Б. И. Байрачный. "Изучение кинетики формирования наноструктурного Al[2]O[3]." Thesis, Сумский государственный университет, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/39563.
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Для управления процессом роста пространственно-пористой системы важно изучить кинетику ее формирования. Пленки Al[2]O[3] получали на фольге чистотой 99,99% в растворах серной, щавелевой и ортофосфорной кислот, для сравнения синтезировали пленку барьерного типа в растворе винной кислоты. Поведение алюминия при анодной поляризации изучали методом снятия поляризационных кривых.
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Fitting, Jessica. "Attack of the Fallen! Cinematic Portrayals of Fallen Angels in Post 9/11 Science Fiction Film." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2010. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/2.
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Abstract: The science fiction films which feature the angel Gabriel (The Prophecy (1995), Van Helsing (2004), Constantine (2005), Gabriel (2007), and Legion (2010)) represent a trend in exploring specific socio-cultural issues of America. All of these films explore fears over the loss of faith in American culture in a post 9/11 society. They are comparable to the ways in which science fiction films of the 1950’s addressed fears of the Cold War. By utilizing the alien invasion plot structure from the 50’s, contemporary plots have a pre-defined structure and film language in which to explore the themes of a crisis of faith. The fallen angels featured in all these films have their textual basis in the apocalyptic Jewish text of 1 Enoch, which presents an alternate origin of evil tale to the one found in the Christian Bible, which attributes to wicked fallen angels and provides the religious archetypal themes, moral basis and story ark for the fallen angels of the films. Furthermore, the films evoke an “uncanny Other” through the use of the angel Gabriel, who is a familiar Christian figure but who is uncanny in his modern portrayals, allowing frightening fears of the loss of faith and Christian identity to be explored through a familiar figure. Finally, the fears of encountering a “Muslim Other” in a post 9/11 world, and the millennial fears of uncertainty, are the cultural factors that lead to this crisis of faith present in all of these films.
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MENGELLE, STEPHANE. "Appolo 2 : calculs de reference utilisant un maillage energetique fin." Paris 11, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995PA112151.
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La simulation numerique d'un cur de reacteur necessite la resolution de l'equation de boltzmann ; pour cela on utilise le formalisme multigroupe. Ce formalisme consiste a remplacer les fonctions continues par des valeurs constantes par intervalle. La solution de l'equation multigroupe devant etre representative de la solution de l'equation aux fonctions continues, les sections efficaces multigroupes doivent donc conserver les taux de reaction. Dans cette these la discretisation energetique est traitee en profondeur. Avec un maillage multigroupe large les sections efficaces multigroupes dependent du flux il faut donc utiliser un formalisme d'autoprotection. Cependant lorsque le maillage est suffisamment fin elles sont quasiment independantes du flux. Le modele d'autoprotection doit etre valide par des calculs de reference. Le maillage universel a 11276 groupes a ete defini sur tout le domaine en energie. Pour le haut du domaine resolu et le domaine non resolu on a developpe un modele appele methode des sous-groupes. L'ensemble code apollo2, maillage universel et methode des sous-groupes a ete valide par des comparaisons avec des codes de reference (secol, mcnp et tripoli). On peut donc faire maintenant des calculs de reference sur tout le domaine en energie avec apollo2. Ces calculs sont encore limites par la place memoire qu'ils necessitent mais une restructuration informatique permettra d'eliminer ce probleme. On dispose donc d'un outil puissant pour valider le modele d'autoprotection et pour orienter la r & d dans ce domaine
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Tiedje, Henry Franklin. "The preparation and properties of CuInSe¦2 thin films and CuInSe¦2/CdS thin film solar cells." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq22241.pdf.
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Somogyi, Emma. "The Moral Undead: Representations of the soul in contemporary vampire film and television." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/110535/2/Emma_Somogyi_Thesis.pdf.
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This research examines representations of the soul in popular Western, post-millennial vampire film and television released between 2008 and 2017. A genre analysis, the study examines key vampire texts through the lens of sacred and secular philosophies of the soul, and argues that the contemporary vampire can be read as an ensouled creature with personhood. The research contributes to the film and television scholarship of the vampire horror sub-genre by offering a new way to conceptualize the vampire, and identifying what the study terms 'the sensitive cycle' of vampire horror.
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Barilli, Chiara <1983>. "Lexis paidike. L'infanzia in Origene." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2012. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/4644/2/Barilli_Chiara_Tesi.pdf.
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La tesi considera la trattazione del tema dell’infanzia nell’opera di Origene di Alessandria attraverso l’analisi dei testi trasmessi nell’originale greco e delle traduzioni latine di Rufino e Gerolamo.
Il motivo dell’infanzia è considerato nei suoi molteplici significati, a più livelli: esegetico, antropologico, filosofico, teologico. La ricerca non si limita dunque ad un’analisi di taglio storico, ma ambisce a definire la concezione e la considerazione della prima età dal punto di vista di Origene e nel contesto più ampio della letteratura coeva.
Attraverso una lettura estensiva del corpus dell’Alessandrino sono stati isolati tutti i passi che si riferiscono all’infanzia a livello letterale e metaforico. Ne emerge una trattazione complessa del tema: il bambino è per Origene, in linea con le contemporanee dottrine filosofiche, un essere eminentemente irrazionale. Il pieno sviluppo della facoltà razionale si colloca al termine di questa prima fase dell’esistenza. L’irrazionalità infantile previene nei più piccoli l’insorgere delle passioni. A questa dottrina, di matrice stoica, si ricollegano alcuni sviluppi di grande rilievo: la non-imputabilità dei minori ed il legame tra razionalità e responsabilità individuale; la riflessione sulla sofferenza dei bambini e la ricerca di una sua causa, che non intacchi il principio della giustizia divina; l’ipotesi della preesistenza delle anime. Sul piano teologico la ricerca si focalizza sulle nozioni di paternità e filiazione e sul tema, centrale nell’orizzonte origeniano, della pedagogia. Origene concepisce la pedagogia umana, sul modello di quella divina, come una rete dinamica di relazioni che ricalca i rapporti parentali. A fianco di questi ambiti d’interesse principali l’analisi considera aspetti ulteriori: risalto è concesso, in particolare, all’elemento biografico ed all’aspetto linguistico e letterario della prosa origeniana, quest'ultimo spesso trascurato dalla critica. Lo studio mostra inoltre la vitalità di alcuni modelli esegetici origeniani nella tradizione successiva.The dissertation considers the theme of childhood in the oeuvre of Origen of Alexandria through the analysis of the extant Greek works as well as of the Latin translations of Rufinus and Jerome. The research aims at providing a full description of Origen’s conception of childhood in the larger context of his anthropology, philosophy and theology. Along with the most common philosophical doctrines of his time, the Alexandrian considers children to be irrational human beings. Following the Stoic identification of passions with bad judgements, the author explains children’s freedom from affections as a result of their not yet fully developed rational faculty: this interpretation allows him to justify children’s exemplarity in the Gospels. The theory is linked with other important elements of Origen’s thought: the association of rationality and individual responsibility, the reflexion on children’s suffering and the need to clear its causes, thus preserving divine justice; the hypothesis of the pre-existence of souls. On a theological level, the present research focuses on the notions of paternity and filiation and on Origen’s conception of pedagogy. Paternity and education converge: shaping human pedagogy on the model of divine education, Origen conceives it as a net of dynamic relations close to the relationship between father and son. Beside these major themes, the research considers other aspects: great emphasis is given to the prose of Origen and to its features, which have almost been neglected by scholars. The textual analysis of many passages linked with the theme of childhood has allowed a deeper knowledge of the Alexandrian’s linguistic creativity, expressed in the coinage of new words, in the choice of unusual expressions as well as in his use of a variety of registers. Moreover, the study attempts to show the vitality of some exegetical schemas of Origen in the Christian tradition.
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Kassab, Maryline. "Epic film and the sensory recreation of history: Gladiator (2000) & The Robe (1953)." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/123712/2/Maryline_Kassab_Thesis.pdf.
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Epic films are integral to the experience and interpretation of history outside the limits of traditional research. In their capacity as one of the primary forms of historical adaptation for the public, they suggest new ways of understanding and representing the past. This thesis looks beyond questions of historical accuracy and political context to determine how the epic genre recreates historical worlds onscreen from a sensory perspective. It focuses on two key epics, Gladiator (2000) and The Robe (1953), and analyses them using phenomenological models which help to emphasize the importance of sensory experience in cinematic reconstructions of ancient history.
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Piskin, Hatice. "Design And Implementation Of Fir Digital Filters With Variable Frequency Characteristics." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12606853/index.pdf.
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Variable digital filters (VDF) find many application areas in communication, audio, speech and image processing. This thesis analyzes design and implementation of FIR digital filters with variable frequency characteristics and introduces two design methods. The design and implementation of the proposed methods are realized on Matlab software program. Various filter design examples and comparisons are also outlilned. One of the major application areas of VDFs is software defined radio (SDR). The interpolation problem on sample rate converter (SRC) unit of the SDR is solved by using these filters. Realizations of VDFs on SRC are outlined and described. Simulations on Simulink and a specific hardware are examined.
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Geimer, Alexander. "Filmrezeption und Filmaneignung : eine qualitativ-rekonstruktive Studie über Praktiken der Rezeption bei Jugendlichen." Wiesbaden VS, Verl. für Sozialwiss, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92124-2.
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Montgomery, Anna Lucille Ford. "Governing a copyright culture in post-WTO China : copyright in the film and music industries, 2001 - 2005." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/49147/2/49147.pdf.
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In 2001 China amended its copyright law in accordance with the requirements of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS). This thesis explores the impact of copyright reform on China’s domestic film and music industries. Through extensive interviews with film and music industry workers – directors, producers, executives, judges, lawyers and musicians – it investigates the role of copyright in film and music’s shift from state driven to commercially focussed. The construction and negotiation of a new ‘copyright culture’ in China is examined through the lens of Yurchak’s (1999) concept of ‘entrepreneurial governmentality.’
Administrative structures put in place prior to China’s economic reform are no longer capable of controlling film and music production and consumption and new approaches to managing it are becoming more important. High levels of unauthorised distribution are forcing these industries to adapt their business models so that they can function in a system with weak copyright protection. Legal, economic and political changes have resulted in the emergence of an ‘entrepreneurial governmentality’ among film and music industry professionals. This commercially focussed group is, in turn, increasing pressure on the state to expand the space in which it can function and support efforts to strengthen the copyright system that allows it to exist. It is suggested that the construction and negotiation of a new ‘copyright culture’ is now taking place.
This thesis describes the current situation in the film and music industries. It examines the tension between the theoretical possibilities created by copyright law, and the practical challenges of operating in China. It observes innovative business models being applied by film and music businesses in China. It discusses the impact of traditional attitudes to copying and also examines the role that open licensing models might play in helping limit the negative effects of copyright protection on public access to content and in raising levels of education about copyright among key groups within the community.
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Romeo, Alessandro <1987>. "Simulations for Gravitational Lensing of 21 cm Radiation at EoR and Post-EoR Redshifts." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2015. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/7239/2/Tesi01.pdf.
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21 cm cosmology opens an observational window to previously unexplored cosmological epochs such as the Epoch of Reionization (EoR), the Cosmic Dawn and the Dark Ages using powerful radio interferometers such as the planned Square Kilometer Array (SKA). Among all the other applications which can potentially improve the understanding of standard cosmology, we study the promising opportunity given by measuring the weak gravitational lensing sourced by 21 cm radiation. We performed this study in two different cosmological epochs, at a typical EoR redshift and successively at a post-EoR redshift. We will show how the lensing signal can be reconstructed using a three dimensional optimal quadratic lensing estimator in Fourier space, using single frequency band or combining multiple frequency band measurements. To this purpose, we implemented a simulation pipeline capable of dealing with issues that can not be treated analytically. Considering the current SKA plans, we studied the performance of the quadratic estimator at typical EoR redshifts, for different survey strategies and comparing two thermal noise models for the SKA-Low array. The simulation we performed takes into account the beam of the telescope and the discreteness of visibility measurements. We found that an SKA-Low interferometer should obtain high-fidelity images of the underlying mass distribution in its phase 1 only if several bands are stacked together, covering a redshift range that goes from z=7 to z=11.5. The SKA-Low phase 2, modeled in order to improve the sensitivity of the instrument by almost an order of magnitude, should be capable of providing images with good quality even when the signal is detected within a single frequency band. Considering also the serious effect that foregrounds could have on this detections, we discussed the limits of these results and also the possibility provided by these models of measuring an accurate lensing power spectrum.
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SANCTIS, U. DE. "Supersymmetry discovery potential in the 2 leptons channel with ATLAS." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/64170.
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The main argument of the PhD thesis is the evaluation of the ATLAS detector potential to discover Supersymmetry and to estimate the masses
of the supersymmetric particles produced in events with two isolated leptons (electrons or muons) in the final state.
The Supersymmetry (SUSY) is one of the most credited theories to extend the Standard Model (SM). This theory foresees a new class of particles that can be detected reconstructing their decay chains. Under some basic assumptions that define the mSUGRA model, all these chains finish with the Lightest SUSY Particle (LSP) that is stable, neutral and weakly interacting: a good candidate for the Cold Dark Matter. The LSP escapes the detection originating a large amount of missing energy in the detector. Within the mSUGRA model, this channel is then characterised by the presence of two isolated leptons, missing energy and energetic jets.
A strategy to estimate the SM background in this channel using only real data has been developed allowing the discovery of SUSY already with 1 fb-1 of data collected if the mass of squarks and gluino is about 400 GeV/c2.
A technique to extract some information on the SUSY mass particles spectrum using the two reconstructed leptons has also been developed, reconstructing the decay of SUSY particles in order to point out the characteristic edge in the di-lepton invariant mass distribution that allows to extract information about the masses of the SUSY particles involved in the decay chain.
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Jia, Huiying. "Anodized TiO2 Nanotube Film For Controllable Drug Delivery." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1376435848.
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OLIVERA, M. LEONI. "APPLIED N=2 SUPERSPACE FORMALISM IN THREE DIMENSIONS." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/153036.
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The three dimensional N = 6 Chern-Simons-Matter theory admits a superspace formulation. In particular, a similar formalism to the very well known four dimensional
N = 1 superspace formalism exists. This is the three dimensional N = 2 formalism which can be thought as a complexification of the three dimensional N = 1 formalism.
In this formalism, only the N = 2 supersymmetry is realized off-shell and more extended supersymmetries may be completely hidden or may be realized as flavor symmetries which do not commute with the supercharges. There are two main advantages of this formalism over the field theory approach which are immediately observed. Firstly, ultraviolet convergence of the diagrams is improved, and it is possible to derive many non-renormalization theorems for particular or general situations due to this improvement. Secondly, for any given calculation which can be compared to an equivalent field theory calculation, the amount of diagrams which are necessary to be calculated is dramatically reduced.
One of the advantages of the component approach over the superspace approach is that, due to arguments alla Poggio-Quinn, since the component approach has only classically marginal couplings, it is known to be infrared safe. In the superspace approach, these arguments are no longer valid and either d = 4 super Yang-Mills theories formulated in N = 1 superspace or d = 3 Chern-Simons theories formulated in N = 2 superspace are plagued by infrared infinities. These infrared divergencies are an artifact of the formalism and are due to the gauge propagator structure. In the most studied case, which is N = 4 super Yang-Mills in N = 1 superspace, this infrared divergencies can be hidden with a safe gauge choice, but this is not the case for more general Yang-Mills theories. As we will show in this work, the Yang-Mills propagator emerges in quantum loop corrections of Chern-Simons theories and produces the same problem of infrared divergencies as in four dimensions.
This whole thesis work is devoted to the application of N = 2 superspace techniques in general and in particular to the recent and highly interesting N = 6 supersymmetric Chern-Simons-matter theory. We detail the main characteristics of the formalism itself, we motivate Chern-Simons theories and we formulate its supersymmetric version. We review the application of the formalism to the calculation of super-Feynman diagrams, the general arguments of renormalization properties, and as a working example we study the two-loop renormalization of the gauge sector with and without matter.
Then, we review the infrared flow of mass deformed N = 4 Yang-Mills theory to N = 3 Chern-Simons theory so as to derive the construction of ABJ(M) theory. Its full
superspace and component formulations are given and compared and the relevance of this theory as a gauge dual of M-theory is discussed. After that, we study in deepness the problem of infrared divergencies of the formalism by calculating some of its Green functions. We provide a solution to this problem by proposing a non-canonical gauge fixing procedure and we show it at work. Finally we display the full power of the formalism by calculating the four-loop correction of the anomalous dimension of long operators which are relevant in the AdS/CFT context.
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Mahdavifar, Mazyar. "Iranian Cinema in Transition: Relative Truth and Morality in Asghar Farhadi’s Films." Chapman University Digital Commons, 2019. https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/film_studies_theses/2.
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In addition to box office success, Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s films have achieved national and international critical acclaims. However, it is not only this rare achievement of critical and commercial success that sets Farhadi apart from other Iranian filmmakers, but also, his new approach to the issues of truth and morality which have been age-long themes in the history of Iranian art, literature, and cinema. Compared to his predecessors such as Abbas Kiarostami, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, and Jafar Panahi, Farhadi’s viewpoint on these themes is distinctly secular. This thesis focuses on the significance of the change Farhadi’s approach has brought on Iranian cinema by analyzing three of his critically acclaimed films, About Elly (2009), A Separation (2011), and The Salesman (2016). By creative use of narrative techniques such as narrative gaps and open endings and filmic techniques such as indirect-subjective point of view and handheld camera, Farhadi’s films highlight the relativity of the concepts of truth and morality through a secular and modernist lens. Such an approach marks a shift in Iranian cinema which, in turn, indicates an ideological shift within the contemporary Iranian society as well.
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Eklund, Anna. "Populärlitteratur eller populär litteratur? fem svenska folkbiblioteks syn på populärlitteratur /." Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2004. http://www.abm.uu.se/publikationer/2/2004/193.pdf.
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Starrs, D. Bruno. "Aural auteur : sound in the films of Rolf de Heer." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2009. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/29302/2/Bruno_Starrs_Thesis.pdf.
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An interpretative methodology for understanding meaning in cinema since the 1950s, auteur analysis is an approach to film studies in which an individual, usually the director, is studied as the author of her or his films. The principal argument of this thesis is that proponents of auteurism have privileged examination of the visual components in a film-maker’s body of work, neglecting the potentially significant role played by sound.
The thesis seeks to address this problematic imbalance by interrogating the creative use of sound in the films written and directed by Rolf de Heer, asking the question, “Does his use of sound make Rolf de Heer an aural auteur?” In so far as the term ‘aural’ encompasses everything in the film that is heard by the audience, the analysis seeks to discover if de Heer has, as Peter Wollen suggests of the auteur and her or his directing of the visual components (1968, 1972 and 1998), unconsciously left a detectable aural signature on his films.
The thesis delivers an innovative outcome by demonstrating that auteur analysis that goes beyond the mise-en-scène (i.e. visuals) is productive and worthwhile as an interpretive response to film. De Heer’s use of the aural point of view and binaural sound recording, his interest in providing a ‘voice’ for marginalised people, his self-penned song lyrics, his close and early collaboration with composer Graham Tardif and sound designer Jim Currie, his ‘hands-on’ approach to sound recording and sound editing and his predilection for making films about sound are all shown to be examples of de Heer’s aural auteurism.
As well as the three published (or accepted for publication) interviews with de Heer, Tardif and Currie, the dissertation consists of seven papers refereed and published (or accepted for publication) in journals and international conference proceedings, a literature review and a unifying essay. The papers presented are close textual analyses of de Heer’s films which, when considered as a whole, support the thesis’ overall argument and serve as a comprehensive auteur analysis, the first such sustained study of his work, and the first with an emphasis on the aural.
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Hanzl, Jiří. "Osudy podniků zprivatizovaných ve 2. vlně kupónovéprivatizace." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-165522.
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Development of companies from voucher privatization has not been yet comprehensively examined although this information is necessary to evaluation the process of voucher privatization. This thesis is aimed to map the development of the companies that have passed the second wave of voucher privatization from 1993 until 2010. The aim is to determine the ownership structure of the companies, including the determination of how many of them are still under state control. The second area focuses on the economic performance and on finding of how many companies has been closed over the past period, and the comparison of development across industries. The comparison of economic efficiency is based on the information of the ownership structure depending on the size of the share of the largest shareholder. Finally, the research focuses on the marketability of the shares and delisting, changing the form of shares to the documentary, which was used by almost half of the companies.
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Alberton, Davide <1991>. "A Microwave Spectroscopic investigation of 2-Propene-1-Imine for Astrochemical purposes." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/16271.
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In the attempt of studying the processes that lead to the building blocks of life, in this work the microwave spectroscopic survey conducted on 2-Propene-1-Imine will be presented. This molecule, a possible intermediate in the synthesis of amino acids, would be an important tracer of the aforementioned reaction. In this regard, rotational spectroscopic measurements have been carried out in a range of frequencies ranging from 85GHz to 500GHz, in order to obtain the conformational constants of the two conformers, TA and TS, that come to form precursor pyrolysis, a process made necessary by the instability of the investigated compound.
Additionally, what has been collected offer the spectroscopical fingerprints of these two conformational isomers, possibly contributing in the astrochemical evolutional search of more complex compounds from which life, as we know it, may have on Earth originated from.
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Ilhan, Kucuk Ayse. "Mixed-mode Fracture Analysis Of Orthotropic Fgm Coatings Under Mechanical And Thermal Loads." Phd thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12608743/index.pdf.
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In this study, it is aimed to investigate the mixed-mode fracture behavior of orthotropic functionally graded material (FGM) coatings bonded to a homogeneous substrate through a homogeneous bond-coat. Analytical and computational methods are used to solve the embedded cracking problems under mechanical or thermal loading conditions. It is assumed that the material property gradation of the FGM coating is in the thickness direction and cracks are parallel to the boundaries. The principal axes of orthotropy are parallel and perpendicular to the boundaries. A single embedded crack in the orthotropic FGM coating is investigated analytically assuming that crack surfaces are subjected to either uniform normal or uniform shear stresses. Using Fourier transformations, the problem is reduced to a couple of singular integral equations that are solved numerically to obtain the mixed-mode stress intensity factors, energy release rate and crack opening displacements. To investigate the analytically untractable problems without restrictive assumptions, a computational approach is employed. The adopted computational approach is based on finite element method and displacement correlation technique. Using the computational approach, fracture parameters are obtained considering single and periodic embedded cracking conditions in the orthotropic FGM coatings under mechanical or thermal loads. The results obtained in this study show the effects of material nonhomogeneity, material orthotropy and geometric variables on the fracture behavior of the structure.
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Serbetci, Barbaros. "Finite Element Analysis And Manufacturing Of Fin Connector Rod By Hot Forging Process." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12610739/index.pdf.
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Forging operation is one of the most commonly used manufacturing techniques in defense industry. The products of forging operation have higher material strength when comparing to traditional manufacturing operations. Especially, for the mass production, it is a beneficial method considering metal and cost saving.
The commonly used part named Fin Connector Rod in defense industry requires high material strength due to working conditions. In this thesis, manufacturing of this part by hot forging operation is accomplished after analyzing by using the finite element method.
Two alternative forging processes are compared and the applicable alternative method is selected by using a finite element program. Dies are designed for applied processes. The stress distribution and the current temperature variation within the parts analyzed to evaluate the results. The fin connector rod is manufactured according to the results of the finite element analysis. It has been observed that, manufacturing of the fin connector rod by hot forging is succeeded and the waste material and cost is reduced when compared to the machining operation which is being used currently.
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Balkanli, Aysegul. "Liquidity Risk Situation Of Turkish Insurance Industry And Firm Specific Factors Affecting Liquidity." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12611774/index.pdf.
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Recent changes in the insurance regulations and laws in Turkey lead insurance industry to gain further importance and turn the insurance industry one of the rising sectors in financial markets. However, while these favorable events for the insurance industry takes place in Turkish markets, on the global markets the economic crisis initiated with the collapse of US sub-prime mortgage markets deepened and the credit crunch arose in the aftermath. In the times of credit stress having good liquidity base is important for the firms. In recent economic crisis, liquidity related troubles resulted in bailouts or takeovers of giant financial companies. In order to prevent negative consequences of inadequate liquidity and to sustain financial stability, having appropriate level of liquidity is especially crucial for financial companies like insurers. In this thesis it is aimed to analyze the Turkish insurance sector&rsquos liquidity condition for the period between 2002 and 2008 with the help of liquidity ratios. Considering the nature of the business, a distinction is made between &ldquo
non-life&rdquo
and &ldquo
life&rdquo
insurance companies while assessing their liquidity ratios. Furthermore, panel data regression analysis is conducted to determine the firm specific factors affecting the liquidity decisions of non-life insurers operating in Turkey.
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Masoero, Francesca <1983>. "Teoria e prassi del product placement. Il caso dei film contemporanei per adolescenti (ITA/USA 2006-2010)." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2011. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/3272/2/Masoero_Francesca_tesi.pdf.
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Through this research I have tried to demonstrate how the evolution of the newest marketing strategies - that work towards engaging relationships with consumers, thus building an emotional connection between the brand and the user- can be considered as a response to the evolution of young audiences and consumers.
More specifically, I have analized product placement as a cultural and social phenomena above all, and not only as an economical one, thus demonstrating all the social and cultural practices that this tool implies.
The approach I have chosen to do so, is historical-analytical, particularly focusing on the evolution of the society and of the consumer, especially for what teenagers (both as audiences and as consumers) are concerned.
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Benner, Peter. "Modellordnungsreduktion für strukturmechanische FEM-Modelle von Werkzeugmaschinen." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2009. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-200901725.
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Arbeitsbericht zum Projekt
Integrierte Simulation des Systems
"Werkzeugmaschine - Antriebe - Zerspanprozess"
auf der Grundlage ordnungsreduzierter
FEM-Strukturmodelle.
Inhalt:
Modellreduktion für lineare Systeme,
Balanciertes Abschneiden,
Singuläre Systeme 2. Ordnung,
Offene Fragen und weiteres Vorgehen.
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Uylukcuoglu, Beyza. "Chitosan Microspheres And Films Used In Controlled Release." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/1252659/index.pdf.
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Thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, occurs as a result of deformations of hemoglobin structures. Patients with thalassemia develop iron overload from chronic blood transfusions and require regular iron chelation to prevent potentially fatal iron-related complications. Deferiprone is a commercially available drug used as iron chelator for the treatment of thalassemia but the very long-term effectiveness is not clearly known yet. Therefore, some studies were carried out to find effective alternative drugs or delivery methods for treatment of thalassemia. Controlled delivery, which offers safer, more convenient, and more effective means of administering actives, seems promising with this respect. Chitosan, a natural biopolymer produced from deacetylation of chitin, has a variety of promising pharmaceutical uses and is presently considered as a novel carrier material in drug delivery systems.
In this study, chitosan microspheres having different degree of deacetylation (DDA) and containing Deferiprone were prepared by oil/water emulsion method and by crosslinking with gluteraldehyde. Particle size, SEM, and in vitro drug release analysis were performed. The average sizes of the prepared microspheres increased with increasing degree of deacetylation of chitosan and with decreasing crosslinking degree. In vitro drug release studies showed that, the release rate of Deferiprone increased as the crosslinking degree increased, contrary to the expectations. This is explained by the crystalline structure of lightly crosslinked chitosan which have ordered and dense structure causing slower release rate for Deferiprone compare to highly crosslinked structures.
In the second stage of the study, chitosan films hardened with gluteraldehyde were prepared by film casting method. IR, DSC and mechanical analysis were performed. For the films with various crosslinking degrees, it was found that UTS values differed from 50.6 MPa to 102.7 MPa, mean elastic modulus values differed from 3328.7 MPa to 3790.1 MPa and SAB values differed from 2.06% to 4.29%.
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Singh, Khushdeep. "Investigation of the energy response of EBT-2 GAFCHROMIC™ film model." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=107887.
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The aim of this project is to quantify the energy response of the existing EBT-2 model GAFCHROMICTM film and investigate for the eventual possible chemical compositions with improved energy response. In this work, the overall energy dependence of the EBT-2 model GAFCHROMICTM film is quantized through intrinsic and absorbed dose energy response. Absorbed dose energy response is studied by calculating dose to film sensitive layer and dose to water using DOSRZnrc of EGSnrcMP Monte Carlo user-code. The film was simulated inside a large body of solid water for megavoltage beams, while at kilovoltage energies the film was modeled in air. The simulations were repeated to score the dose to water for megavoltage and air kerma for kilo-voltage beams, respectively. The intrinsic energy response is quantified through a measurement of total energy response divided by the Monte Carlo calculated absorbed dose energy response. The measurements consisted of delivering an exact dose of 2 Gy to the sensitive layer of the film at orthovoltage energies (50 kVp, 120 kVp, and 180 kVp), 192Ir and 60Co beam. AAPM TG-51 and TG-61 reports were used to determine the dose-to-water and air-kerma in air in megavoltage and orthovoltage beams, respectively, while Monte Carlo simulated corrections were used to convert these results to the desired dose to the sensitive layer of the film. For EBT-2 model GAFCHROMICTM film, the overall energy dependence was found to vary by 39 % in the effective energy range from 24 keV to 1.25 MeV (for 60Co beam). It was determined that intrinsic (LET-dependent) energy dependence also plays an important role in the total energy dependence of EBT-2 model GAFCHROMICTM film and cannot be ignored.The absorbed dose energy dependence was also studied for a wide variety of film active layer compositions in a 10 keV-100 keV energy range as well as at 60Co using Monte Carlo simulations. The composition of the film active layer was varied according to physical limits set by the manufacturer. High atomic number elements (chlorine and bromine) were found to affect absorbed dose response drastically. Addition of bromine was found to affect film's response in the 40-50 keV region, while chlorine affected the entire region below 100 keV. Through numerical optimization of the composition of the active layer, it was thus possible to reduce the absorbed dose energy dependence and suggest new compositions with absorbed dose energy dependence variation of 4 % in the effective energy range of 28 keV to 1.25 MeV (for 60Co beam)L'objectif de ce projet est de quantifier la réponse énergétique du film EBT-2 GAFCHROMICTM et d'enquêter sur les compositions chimiques possibles permettant une amélioration de sa réponse énergétique. Dans cette étude, la dépendance énergétique globale du film EBT-2 GAFCHROMICTM est quantifiée en terme de réponse énergétique intrinsèque et de dose absorbée. La réponse énergétique du film en terme de dose absorbée est étudiée par le calcul de la dose à la couche sensible du film et la dose équivalente dans l'eau en utilisant les algorithmes de calcul Monte Carlo DOSRZnrc et EGSnrcMP. Le film a été simulé à l'intérieur d'une grande masse d'eau solide lorsqu'irradié par des faisceaux de haute énergie (mégavoltage) et dans l'air lorsqu'irradié par des faisceaux de basse énergie (kilovoltage). Les simulations ont été répétées plusieurs fois afin de déterminer la dose équivalente dans l'eau pour les faisceaux mégavoltage (MV) et le kerma dans l'air pour les faisceaux kilovoltage (kV). La réponse énergétique intrinsèque est quantifiée par la mesure expérimentale de la réponse énergétique totale divisée par la dose absorbée calculée par simulations Monte Carlo. Les mesures expérimentales consistaient à délivrer une dose exacte de 2 Gy à la couche sensible du film pour des faisceaux à des énergies orthovoltage (50 kVp, 120 kVp et 180 kVp), un faisceau192Ir et un faisceau60Co. Les rapports TG-51 et TG-61 de l'AAPM ont été utilisés afin de déterminer la dose à une petite masse d'eau dans l'air et le kerma d'une petite masse d'air dans l'air pour des faisceaux à énergies mégavoltage et orthovoltage, respectivement. De plus, des facteurs de correction calculés par simulations Monte Carlo ont été utilisés afin de convertir ces résultats à la dose voulue à la couche sensible du film. Pour le film EBT-2 GAFCHROMICTM, la dépendance énergétique globale révèle une variation de 39% à l'intérieur de la gamme d'énergie effective de 24 keV à 1.25 MeV (faisceau60Co). Il a été déterminé qu'une dépendance énergétique intrinsèque (LET-dépendant) joue également un rôle important dans la dépendance énergétique totale du film EBT-2 GAFCHROMICTM et ne peut être ignorée. La dépendance énergétique du film en terme de dose absorbée a également été étudiée pour une grande variété de compositions différentes de la couche active du film, et ce en utilisant les simulations Monte Carlo pour une gamme d'énergie de faisceaux de 10 keV-100 keV ainsi que pour un faisceau de 60Co. La composition de la couche active du film a été variée en fonction des limites physiques fixées par le fabricant. Il a été déterminé que des éléments ayant de hauts numéros atomiques (chlore et brome) influence drastiquement la réponse énergétique en terme de dose absorbée. En fait, il a été déterminé que l'addition de brome affecte la réponse énergétique du film pour la gamme d'énergie allant de 40-50 keV, tandis que le chlore affecte les énergies au-dessous de 100 keV. Grâce à l'optimisation numérique de la composition de la couche active, il a été ainsi possible de réduire la dépendance énergétique du film en terme de dose absorbée et aussi de suggérer de nouvelles compositions possédant une variation de la dépendance énergétique du film en terme de dose absorbée de 4% dans la gamme d'énergie effective de 28 keV à 1,25 MeV (faisceau de 60Co).
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Horton, Joseph Hugh. "Surface photo-oxidation and metal film growth processes on amorphous GeSâ†2." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.337978.
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Mårlid, Björn. "Theoretical modelling of thin film growth in the B-N system /." Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis : Univ.-bibl. [distributör], 2001. http://publications.uu.se/theses/91-554-5048-2/.
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Gilde, Flora da Silva. "Présentation de la BMP-2 par un film biomimétrique : structure de la protéine, stabilité à long terme et internalisation cellulaire." Thesis, Grenoble, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014GRENI083/document.
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La surface naturelle des prothèses, tels que des implants métalliques, n'est pas idéale pour l'obtention d'une bonne ostéo-intégration. Par conséquent, l'amélioration des propriétés de surface pour les rendre ostéo-condutrices ou ostéo-inductrices est souhaitable. La délivrance contrôlée de protéines ostéo-inductrices de la famille des bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) par la surface des matériaux implantables permettrait une formation osseuse optimisée et plus rapide autour de l'implant. En particulier, la BMP-2 est importante dans la phase initiale de la différenciation vers l'os. En raison de leur similarité avec les tissus naturels, l'utilisation des revêtements de biopolymères qui ont une bonne affinité avec les molécules bioactives, semble prometteuse pour le chargement et la délivrance de BMP-2. L'équipe a déjà mis au point un film à base des biopolymères hyaluronane et de poly(L-lysine), en utilisant la technique d'assemblage couche par couche. Ce film constitue un réservoir qui permet de présenter la BMP-2 "liée à la matrice". La bioactivité in vitro et les propriétés ostéo-inductrices in vivo de ces films ont déjà prouvées. Dans ce travail, nous avons cherché à mieux comprendre l'interaction de la BMP-2 avec le film et l'interaction des cellules avec la BMP-2. Tout d'abord, nous avons étudié la structure de la BMP-2 piégée dans les films et l'avons comparé à celle en solution; puis nous avons évalué l'impact du séchage, du stockage à long terme et de la stérilisation sur la structure du film et sa bioactivité. Enfin, nous avons étudié l'internalisation de la BMP-2 par les cellules en fonction de la réticulation du film et avons étudié la relation entre internalisation et voies de signalisationThe natural surface of bulk prostheses materials, such as metallic implants, is not suitable for successful osteointegration of implants. Therefore, improving the surface to render it osteoconductive and osteoinductive is needed. The controlled delivery of osteoinductive bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) from the surface of implantable materials would enable faster and better bone formation around the implant. In particular, BMP-2 plays an important role in the early phase of differentiation of stems cells in bone cells. The coating of natural polymers that have a high affinity for BMP-2 would enable BMP retention and localized delivery at the implant surface. Using the layer-by-layer technique, we have developed a coating made of the biopolymers hyaluronan and poly(L-Lysine), which acts as a reservoir to trap BMP-2 and to present them to cells in a "matrix-bound" manner. The in vitro bioactivity and in vivo osteoinductive properties of BMP-2-loaded films have previously been proved. In this work, the aim is to further understand the interaction of the BMP-2 with the film and the uptake of BMP-2 by the cells. First, the secondary structure of matrix-bound BMP-2 was studied and compared to its structure in solution. Second, the impact of drying, long term storage and sterilization on film structure and bioactivity were assessed. Finally, we investigated if and how matrix-bound BMP-2 is internalized by the cells from the different cross-linked films, the internalization route and its relation to BMP-2 signaling
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CASELLA, GIOIETTA. "Paolo, Mosè e l'alleanza non revocata in 2 Cor 3,1-4,6." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/286.
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Paolo, Mosè e l'Alleanza non revocata in 2 Cor 3,1-4,6
La pericope di 2 Cor 3,1-4,6 appartiene a uno scritto denso e problematico. Nel quadro più ampio del confronto con gli “oppositori”, il testo esaminato dimostra la fedeltà di Paolo alle sue radici, che sono fondate nell'Israele della promessa e della berît stabilita per sempre, “nuova” perché rinnovata e alla quale è stato tolto il velo che copriva il volto di Mosè. Dimostra anche il suo ininterrotto dialogare con la Scrittura. L'Apostolo riconosce nel volto del Cristo - quel volto che ha trasfigurato la sua vita e lo ha definitivamente conquistato - la vera immagine di Dio. Al Figlio di Dio crocifisso e risorto Paolo ha affidato la sua causa: la sua parrhs…a non è soffocata dalle tribolazioni che sembrano minacciare la sua stessa vita. Proprio nelle sofferenze con le quali segue la crescita dell'™kklhs…a, l'Apostolo realizza la configurazione a Colui che gli si è manifestato e al suo eÙaggšlion. Il linguaggio di questi versetti riflette il vissuto dinamico della giovane chiesa di Corinto, chiamata a proteggere la koinwn…a e a rafforzarsi nell'¢g£ph, senza lasciarsi avvincere dalle lusinghe di chi intende separarla dal suo ministro (di£konoj-doàloj), Paolo.Paul, Moses and the non-revoked Covenant in 2 Cor 3,1-4,6 The pericope of 2 Cor 3,1-4,6 belongs to a dense and perplexing writing. In the wider frame of the confrontation with the “opponents”, the text examined shows Paul's faithfulness to his roots, which are put down in the Israel of the promise and of the berît settled forever, which is “new” because renewed and set free from the veil which covered Moses' face. It also shows Paul's uninterrupted dialogue with Scripture. The Apostle recognizes in Christ's face - the face that transfigured his life and definitively gained him - God's true image. Paul has relied on the crucified and risen Son of God; so his parrhs…a is not stifled by the tribulations that seem to threaten his own life. Right in the sufferings in which he follows the growing of the ™kklhs…a, the Apostle assumes the shape of Who that revealed himself to him and of his eÙaggšlion. The language of these verses mirrors the dynamic background of the Corinthian church, called to shield the koinwn…a and to get stronger in the ¢g£ph, without being won over by the flattery of those who try to divide her from her minister (di£konoj-doàloj), Paul.
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CASELLA, GIOIETTA. "Paolo, Mosè e l'alleanza non revocata in 2 Cor 3,1-4,6." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/286.
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Paolo, Mosè e l'Alleanza non revocata in 2 Cor 3,1-4,6
La pericope di 2 Cor 3,1-4,6 appartiene a uno scritto denso e problematico. Nel quadro più ampio del confronto con gli “oppositori”, il testo esaminato dimostra la fedeltà di Paolo alle sue radici, che sono fondate nell'Israele della promessa e della berît stabilita per sempre, “nuova” perché rinnovata e alla quale è stato tolto il velo che copriva il volto di Mosè. Dimostra anche il suo ininterrotto dialogare con la Scrittura. L'Apostolo riconosce nel volto del Cristo - quel volto che ha trasfigurato la sua vita e lo ha definitivamente conquistato - la vera immagine di Dio. Al Figlio di Dio crocifisso e risorto Paolo ha affidato la sua causa: la sua parrhs…a non è soffocata dalle tribolazioni che sembrano minacciare la sua stessa vita. Proprio nelle sofferenze con le quali segue la crescita dell'™kklhs…a, l'Apostolo realizza la configurazione a Colui che gli si è manifestato e al suo eÙaggšlion. Il linguaggio di questi versetti riflette il vissuto dinamico della giovane chiesa di Corinto, chiamata a proteggere la koinwn…a e a rafforzarsi nell'¢g£ph, senza lasciarsi avvincere dalle lusinghe di chi intende separarla dal suo ministro (di£konoj-doàloj), Paolo.Paul, Moses and the non-revoked Covenant in 2 Cor 3,1-4,6 The pericope of 2 Cor 3,1-4,6 belongs to a dense and perplexing writing. In the wider frame of the confrontation with the “opponents”, the text examined shows Paul's faithfulness to his roots, which are put down in the Israel of the promise and of the berît settled forever, which is “new” because renewed and set free from the veil which covered Moses' face. It also shows Paul's uninterrupted dialogue with Scripture. The Apostle recognizes in Christ's face - the face that transfigured his life and definitively gained him - God's true image. Paul has relied on the crucified and risen Son of God; so his parrhs…a is not stifled by the tribulations that seem to threaten his own life. Right in the sufferings in which he follows the growing of the ™kklhs…a, the Apostle assumes the shape of Who that revealed himself to him and of his eÙaggšlion. The language of these verses mirrors the dynamic background of the Corinthian church, called to shield the koinwn…a and to get stronger in the ¢g£ph, without being won over by the flattery of those who try to divide her from her minister (di£konoj-doàloj), Paul.