A new type of nanoelectrode, nanoporous platinum (NPt) electrode was prepared on aluminum oxide membrane by thermal evaporation deposition. The morphology, conductivity and electrocatalytic activity ...of NPt electrode were characterized and compared with those of nanofilm-Pt electrode through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) techniques, respectively. SEM images showed that “nanocavities” observed in NPt electrode were actually 2-dimensional enclosures by linked nanoparticles. It was different from the conventional arrays of “nanocavities” formed on homogeneous metal films. EIS data indicated that NPt electrode possesses higher conductivity. Compared with that on nanofilm-Pt electrode (14.05 Ω·cm2), the impedance spectrum on NPt electrode exhibits a semicircle portion with much smaller diameters (1.24 Ω·cm2 for NPt-100, 1.48 Ω·cm2 for NPt-200). Meanwhile, the response sensitivity of NPt electrode to O2 is 0.85 mA cm−2, which is larger than that of nanofilm-Pt electrode (0.54 mA cm−2). The largest catalytic current for nitric oxide (NO) was obtained in buffer with pH value of 9.4 while for Angeli's salt (AS) was obtained in buffer with pH value of 5.4. Additionally, electrocatalytic mechanisms of NPt electrode toward NO and AS were proposed, which indicating it depended on pH value of buffer solution.
The nanoporous platinum electrode (NPt) prepared on anodic aluminum oxide membrane exhibited large specific area and good electrocatalytic activity to reactive oxygen (O2) and nitrogen species (NO and nitroxyl). Among them, the catalytic sensitivity of NPt electrode to O2 is up to 0.85 mA cm−2. The largest catalytic current for NO was obtained in pH 9.4 buffer while for nitroxyl was obtained in pH 5.4 buffer solution. Display omitted
•A new type of nanoporous platinum (NPt) electrode was fabricated on porous aluminum oxide membrane at the first time.•Electrocatalytic mechanisms of NPt electrode toward NO and nitroxyl were proposed, which depended on pH value of buffer.•NPt electrode exhibited three times larger catalytic current to O2, NO and nitroxyl than those on nanofilm Pt electrode.
O presente artigo pretende discutir a visão do cartunista Angeli, criador da revista Chiclete com Banana entre os anos 1985 e 1990, acerca do rock nacional e dos admiradores deste tipo de música, ...aqui chamados roqueiros. Para tanto, nos valemos de análises a partir de algumas histórias em quadrinhos extraídas da publicação e buscamos interpretá-las à luz da sociedade brasileira do final dos anos 1980, com foco específico na população jovem do período. É importante destacar que, ainda que o foco deste texto seja a obra de Angeli, diversas canções e outras manifestações culturais são também analisadas, ora para endossar, ora para rechaçar as ideias do cartunista acerca dos jovens oitentistas no Brasil. O principal resultado são justamente as análises acerca das manifestações juvenis e a visão de Angeli sobre elas.
La cappella degli Angeli in Santa Scolastica a Subiaco costituisce una testimonianza artistica assai significativa, sia per la presenza del ciclo dipinto a tema angelico, un tema iconografico raro ...nel contesto peninsulare di quegli anni, sia per il carattere del luogo, che ingloba una grotta alla base della fabbrica abbaziale. L’importanza dell’oratorio è legata però soprattutto alla figura del committente, il vescovo di Mallorca Lluís de Prades, che si rifugiò a Subiaco nel terzo decennio del Quattrocento, dopo aver abbandonato la fazione avignonese dello scisma, e che qui fu sepolto dopo la morte a Roma nel 1429. Studi recenti hanno già proposto significativi collegamenti tra la cappella sublacense e il mondo aragonese, ma in questa sede un rinnovato sguardo alla figura del prelato e al suo retaggio culturale rende possibile comprendere la natura di questo luogo e il significato delle pitture. Il presente studio, dunque, si concentrerà dapprima sulla vicenda biografica del vescovo tra Spagna e Italia, quindi sulla ricostruzione del tessuto delle sue relazioni politiche e culturali. Si passerà quindi ad analizzare la peculiare architettura della cappella e il ciclo dipinto dal punto di vista formale e soprattutto iconografico, e si presenteranno alcune ipotesi di lettura dei dipinti, e del luogo che li accoglie, in relazione alla figura del loro committente.
By the end of the twelfth century, the Byzantine genos was a politically effective social group based upon ties of consanguineous kinship, but, importantly, it was also a cultural construct, an idea ...that held very real power, yet defies easy categorization. This study explores the role and function of the Byzantine aristocratic family group, or genos , as a distinct social entity, particularly its political and cultural role, as it appears in a variety of sources in the tenth through twelfth centuries.
Študija vsebuje nove podatke o stavbni zgodovini cerkve sv. Miklavža na Godešiču in novo ikonografsko analizo poslikave na njeni zahodni fasadi. Cerkev je bila najbrž zgrajena v 12. ali 13. ...stoletju, prezbiterij pa na začetku 16. stoletja. Fasado je neznani furlanski slikar poslikal konec 14. stoletja, prezbiterij pa Jernej iz Loke pred letom 1531. V dosedanjih raziskavah o poslikavi fasade so bili ohranjeni prizori interpretirani kot razširjena Poslednja sodba. France Stele je nad vhodom v cerkev prepoznal osrednjo skupino Poslednje sodbe, nad njo upodobitev nebes s figuro Boga Očeta ali Abrahama, desno pa še prizor Kolo sreče. Alenka Vodnik je glavni vir za poslikavo iskala v apokrifni Pavlovi apokalipsi, pri čemer naj bi prizor s kolesom predstavljal Peklensko kolo. Ponovni pregled je pokazal drugačno zasnovo: nad Poslednjo sodbo je bilo Marijino kronanje, na desni je bil prizor s sv. Katarino Aleksandrijsko, na levi pa prizor s sv. Nikolajem.
In 1454 the Sienese painter Francesco di Bartolomeo Alfei faced litigation from the Mercanzia in Siena for defaulting on a contract from one of the leading Franciscan confraternities in the city. Two ...fellow Sienese artists, Giovanni di Paolo and Sano di Pietro, had recently completed a new altarpiece for the same entity. Anabel Thomas considers how the two commissions were linked and questions why Francesco di Bartolomeo Alfei's brief to fresco the confraternity chapel remained unfinished.
In a wide ranging analysis of mainly unpublished records, focussing on the artist's association with key members of Sienese society, fellow artisans and government officials, Thomas concludes that Francesco di Bartolomeo Alfei might have honoured his contract had he not become immersed in the military strategy, diplomacy and visual propaganda of the Republic of Siena.
Whereas Picasso’s work in ceramics, wood and bronze is rather well known, the body of his sculptures in glass remains an object of little research. In fact, as a thorough analysis reveals, they ...rarely find mention in publications or catalogues on Picasso and seldom are included in exhibitions or retrospectives on the great Spanish artist. This may on the one hand be attributed to a still prevailing perception of glass as a medium for industrial, functional or everyday purposes—hence discounting the material in terms of artistic output—while on the other to controversies of authorship, related to the question of ideation versus creation. Unlike ceramics or bronze, the realisation of blown glass sculpture hinges on the involvement of the maestro vetraio as the mediator between thought and form—thus resulting in a distancing between artwork and artist conditioned by the nature of the medium. Against this background, the paper aims at a better understanding of Picasso’s vision of sculpture through an examination of his creations in the vitreous medium. On these grounds, a closer look at Picasso’s works in glass is meant to highlight his unique ‘hand’ in terms of idiom, line and form.
The Dosso degli Angeli reservoir is located along the coast of the Adriatic Sea, approximately 20km north of Ravenna, Italy, in the nearby of the Comacchio Lagoons. The field was discovered in 1968 ...and the production started in 1971. The production strongly decreased from 1998 to 2004 and suspended in 2004. In 2012 Eni, the oil company managing the reservoir, has planned to complete the exploitation of the residual reserves over the period from 2013 to 2023. An elasto-plastic FE model provided by Eni was used to measure the expected residual land subsidence, whose maximum value will amount to 2.8cm. In this work the environmental impact assessment of the expected land subsidence has been quantified on the lowlying coastland above the reservoir. Initially, the subsidence map has been used to quantify the displacement gradient ξ in correspondence of sensitive structures (bridges, pumping stations, lagoon embankments, historical buildings, power plants and a power lines) in order to assess the possible damages. Because the maximum ξ value amount to 1×10−5, i.e. 1mm over 100m, no damage is expected to the structures. Moreover, hydrological (HEC-HMS) and hydraulic (HEC-RAS) models have been used to evaluate the possible effects of the land subsidence on the efficiency of the main drainage networks used to keep dry the area, which is mainly located below the mean sea level. The results have shown a negligible loss of efficiency of the drainage system. The study allows concluding that land subsidence due to the residual gas production from the Dosso degli Angeli reservoir will not affects the environment, hydraulic safety, and infrastructures of the Comacchio Lagoons and the lowlying coastland surrounding this precious natural environment.
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•3D geomechanical model simulates the subsidence due to production of hydrocarbon reservoir.•Subsidence rates due to residual development of the reservoir is <2.8mm/year.•The expected displacement ranges between 10−6 and 10−5.•The effective subsidence capacity will not reduce the reclamation system efficiency.•Anthropogenic land subsidence is small compared to the actual land subsidence.
Thymus L. is of great interest in horticulture as ornamentals, spices, and medicinal plants, as well as in the extracts industry due to the richness in bioactive specialized metabolites. The natural ...hybrid T. × josephi-angeli Mansanet & Aguil. is produced in Spain, as its horticultural forms are very popular for domestic uses and gardening. However, its micropropagation and chemical composition have not been studied yet. Therefore, the main objective of this work was to develop a micropropagation procedure for T. × josephi-angeli, and to check whether the in vitro culture had an impact on the chemical profile of the plants. The results showed a high initiation rate (>91%) after two sterilization treatments were applied. Moreover, a micropropagation rate of around 21 new rooted explants per culture cycle was obtained in treatment M7 (Murashige and Skoog with 0.064 µM 6-(γ,γ-Dimethylallylamino)purine) when compared to the other 10 treatments performed. Acclimatization was successful in all three approaches tested (>75%), and all plants kept growing after 4 months of outdoor cultivation. Finally, 36 volatiles were identified, and the content of major compounds remained not statistically different in acclimatized plants when compared to the wild-type plants according to the analyses made by HS-SPME-GC/MS and SPME-GC/MS. This chemical stability points out the uniformity of the microplants and the suitability of the procedure applied in this study for T.×josephi-angeli horticultural production using in vitro techniques.
Pretende-se examinar aspectos de uma mutação nos universos narrativos e gráficos do humor visual, comparando-se os cânones da comicidade visual nas tirinhas diárias com as novas inflexões que surgem ...no interior deste segmento dos gêneros do riso. Observando casos como os de Laerte Coutinho e Angeli, Fabio Moon, Gabriel Bá e Chris Ware, o texto identifica nesse corpus novas estruturas narrativas, padrões estéticos e regimes pragmáticos do desenho de humor.
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