The reminiscences of «The Name of the Rose» by Umberto Eco in the «Bibliomysteries» by Otto Penzler

The article explores the intertextual discourse of Umberto Eco’s novel «The Name of the Rose» and Otto Penzler’s book series «Bibliomysteries» through the reminiscences as a form of the intertextuality that reflects «images of the literature in the literature». The plot analysis is carried out and seven main characteristic features of the detective component of the novel Eco are singled out. The genre-typological features of each of the selected works of the Penzler’s series are studied and the following types of the reminiscences are revealed: direct, or unchanging; modified, or transformed; and hidden, or implicit. The following number of the reminiscences in the considered works is defined: 1) «The Compendium of Srem» by F. Paul Wilson – 8 direct, 14 transformed, 2 hidden; 2) «An Acceptable Sacrifice» by Jeffery Deaver – 4 direct, 7 transformed, 2 hidden; 3) «Condor in the Stacks» by James Grady – 2 direct, 5 transformed, 3 hidden; 4) «The Gospel of Sheba» by Lyndsay Faye – 5 direct, 8 transformed, 2 hidden; 5) «It’s in the Book» by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins – 3 direct, 6 transformed, 2 hidden. It is established that the specified series as a set of texts reveals in relation to the novel Eco property intertextuality due to the presence in the receiving texts of different types of reminiscences of the original text. Taking into account the genre features of the recipient texts, the interaction of the texts takes place in the detective plane source text, which is a distinctive feature of the considered intertextual discourse.

Determination of the anisotropic thermal conductivity of an aerogel-based plaster using transient plane source method

Aerogel-based plasters are composite materials with declared thermal conductivities in the range of traditional insulating materials, i.e. 30-50 mW/(m·K). Based on the results from reported field measurements, aerogel-based plasters can significantly reduce the thermal transmittance of uninsulated walls. However, the in-situ measured thermal conductivities have sometimes been higher than the declared values measured in laboratory and in the main direction of the heat flow. Meanwhile, the anisotropic thermal performance of aerogel-based plasters, i.e., deviating thermal performance in the different directions of heat flow, has not been explored yet. The objective of this study is thus to evaluate the anisotropic thermal conductivity of an aerogel-based plaster. This is done in a set of laboratory measurements using the transient plane source method. Six identical and cubic samples with the dimensions of 10×10×10 cm3 were paired two and two, creating three identical sample sets. In total, 360 measurements of thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity, and 130 measurements for specific heat capacity were conducted. The results indicate a weak anisotropy of less than ±6.5 % between the three directions (x, y, z). Considering the accuracy of the selected measurement technique, better than ±5 %, supplementary measurements using another technique are recommended.

Experimental Study on Thermal Properties of Hollow Sphere Structures

Experimental analyses are performed to determine thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and volumetric specific heat with transient plane source method on hollow sphere structures. Single-sided testing is used on different samples and different surfaces. Results dependency on the surface is observed.