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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Rome, Italy"”.
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City on the Hill - Palazzo della Commedia
… on the foothills of mythical Mount Alban near Rome, Italy. Furthermore, this thesis addresses questions regarding methods of construction techniques, and building materials used in each of the building forms presented. In doing so it reinterprets a traditional construction technique through a …
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Piazza Navona, Harvard Square, Piccadilly Circus : a study about morphology and use
… liveliness and attractive power: Piazza Navona (Rome. Italy), Harvard Square (Cambridge, U.S.A.) and Piccadilly Circus (London. England). Based on a historical review, the main aspects influencing the character of the squares are grouped into three categories: form, use and relation to the city. …
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Polyp Detection in Colonoscopy Video
… grant from Linkverse s.r.l., a company based in Rome, Italy, which believes that Machine Learning can help physicians in the detection of polyps and thus can help them identify the most difficult ones. During the Ph.D. course, we tried to solve the problems related to this topic by using known …
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Comparing energy expenditures between a circuit weight training protocol and a steady state aerobic activity
… of indirect calorimetry by the Cosmed K4 b²© (Rome, Italy) and heart rate (HR) was monitored by means of a FT1 Polar heart rate monitor (Polar Electro, Kempele, Finland). RPE values were taken at the end of every 4th CWT station and every 2 min during the steady state aerobic activity. Paired …
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An Exploratory Literature Review of Efforts to Help the Small-Scale, Resource Poor Farmer in International Agricultural Development
… on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development held in Rome, Italy; 1991 Plan of Action for Peoples’ Participation report of the Twenty-sixth Session held in Rome, Italy; 1992 Agenda 21 document a product of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Brazil; and the 1996 Plan …
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Assessing the synergy between the Sterile Insect Technique and Classical Biological Control for sustainable management of the invasive pest Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
… present on the islands of Malta and Pantelleria (Italy). Common practices for its control involve the use of synthetic pesticides, but they are economically and environmentally unsustainable. Moreover, the prolonged use of chemical insecticides causes the emergence of pest resistance to such …
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Intelligent transport systems for South Africa: contextual investigation of the application of non-motorised transport intelligent transport measures
… by 12%. The second case study conducted in Rome, Italy, evaluated the safety improvements obtained with a LED lighting system positioned at the crosswalk section. The study showed that the LED lighting system reduced cars' mean speed by 19.3% at the crosswalk section in illuminated …
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Painting in Stone: The Symbolism of Colored Marbles in the Visual Arts and Literature from Antiquity until the Enlightenment
Colored marble has been used throughout the Mediterranean as a building material, architectural veneer, sculptural material, even a support for painting since at least the second century BC. This thesis examines the poetics and symbolism of marbles, as a medium more than a material, over many …
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The Leo Castelli Gallery in Metro magazine : American approaches to post-abstract figuration in an Italian context
Between the years 1960 and 1970, New York gallerist Leo Castelli was closely involved with Milanese editor and publisher Bruno Alfieri's Metro magazine--an international review of contemporary art. By placing his artists in Metro, Castelli inserted them into the world of Italian art criticism and …
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The Catafalque of Paul V: Architecture, Sculpture and Iconography
… becomes a metonym for the Pauline resurgence of Rome; it indicates Paul's physical and spiritual restoration of the early Church and also the new Golden Age ushered in by Borghese munificence and patronage. Chapter five tackles the question of the catafalque's authorship. It examines the …
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Student International Experience.
… and insight towards expanding the ETSU at Rome Program into a larger multidisciplinary study abroad program. The program's goal is to evolve from its presummer session with a one-course offering curriculum into a multidisciplinary, multicourse study abroad program for both the presummer …