Foscolo w „Kłosach” w 1872 roku: polski epizod pośmiertnej wędrówki

The aim of the article is to present the issue of reception of Ugo Foscolo’s works in Poland. A particular attention is paid to the multipart article in Kłosy from 1872 (No. 374–386) devoted to the Italian artist in connection with the transfer of the poet’s remains – many years after his death in England in 1827 – to the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence in 1871. The paper discusses the strategies adopted in the description of elements of the poet’s biography, including a sentimental key related to the figure of Quirina Mocenni Magiotti, an economic key and a moralizing key. Emphasizing the experience of emigration and compulsory uprooting of the Italian poet from the family land places this special periodical return from beyond the grave in a new context determined by the situation in Poland and the resulting condition of artists forced to emigrate. The analysis also involves unique Polish translations of three of the most important Foscol’s sonnets (*** [Solcata ho fronte]; “In morte del fratello Giovanni”; “A Zacinto”) included within the frame of the article in Kłosy.

In the Land of Pain

<p>(<em>Authors' Note</em>: Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) was a nineteenth century French novelist. A contemporary of Gustave Flaubert, Edmond de Goncourt and Emile Zola, among others, he achieved much fame and renown in his life time. He contracted syphilis sometimes in his twenties. In the last ten years of his life, he suffered from the effects of neurosyphilis. “In the Land of Pain” is a personal account of his struggle with the illness which eventually took his life).</p><p>     In the early nineteenth century, the tertiary form of syphilis began to be recognized. After lurking in the victim’s blood for several years, syphilis attacked the central nervous system. The resulting condition, called neurosyphilis, was invariably fatal. It usually manifested in two major forms: Locomotor ataxia (also called tabesdorsalis) or general paresis (also called general paresis of the insane).</p>

Absolute Stability of a Class of Nonlinear Singular Systems with Time Delay

This paper deals with the absolute stability for a class of nonlinear singular systems with time delay. By employing a new Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional with the idea of partitioning delay length, improved delay-dependent stability criteria are established. The resulting condition is formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which is easy to be verified by exiting LMI optimization algorithms. A numerical example is given to show the effectiveness of the proposed technique and its improvements over the existing results.

A DH-Parameter Based Condition for 3R Orthogonal Manipulators to Have Four Distinct Inverse Kinematic Solutions

Positioning 3R manipulators may have two or four inverse kinematic solutions (IKS). This paper derives a necessary and sufficient condition for 3R positioning manipulators with orthogonal joint axes to have four distinct IKS. We show that the transition between manipulators with two and four IKS is defined by the set of manipulators with a quadruple root of their inverse kinematics. The resulting condition is explicit and states that the last link length of the manipulator must be greater than a quantity that depends on three of its remaining DH parameters. This result is of interest for the design of new manipulators.

Adult development in the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

In the field in eastern Australia, adult females of Chortoicetes terminifera (Wlk.) underwent stages of body growth, fat accumulation and then egg maturation. Rainfall, and the resulting condition of the feed, determined the speed of development through the stages. If feed was dry, development was slow and stages could be suppressed; but even with feed that was only ‘dry-green’ locusts grew normally, accumulated fat, and then matured eggs after migration. If lush green pasture occurred following rain on the adults, they persisted and soon began to mature eggs. Thus females oviposit in the area where they hatched only if pastures there are lush green, thus ensuring some food for their offspring.

Giganto-acromegaly with Hypogonadotrophic Hypogonadism

Gigantism came from Greek word ‘Giant'. Pathologically, this condition results from the actions of excessive growth hormone (GH) secretion from the pituitary gland during childhood and adolescent before the closure of epiphyseal growth plates. When the height of an individual is several standard deviations above the mean value for the same age, sex, and ethnicity, the condition is known as gigantism. Pituitary gigantism is extremely rare. If hypersecretion of growth hormone occurs after closure of epiphyseal growth plates the resulting condition is acromegaly. Most patients with gigantism also have features of acromegaly.  doi:10.3329/jom.v10i1.1999 J Medicine 2009; 10: 22-24

Studies on the hypophysectomised ferret. II. - Spermatogenesis

Smith (1930) has shown that all parts of the reproductive tract of the male rat show pronounced atrophy after hypophysectomy. The testes are much reduced in size and are flabby. The seminiferous tubules show a corresponding diminution in size and all indications of spermatogenesis are absent. A more immediate effect of ablation of the pituitary gland is a complete loss of interest in the female. Richter and Wislocki (1930) also noted atrophy of the male genital organs of the rat after hypophysectomy, but in no great detail. Hypophysectomy has not yet been performed on a species in which the male shows a clear cut anœstrous period such as is found in the male ferret (Allanson, 1932). The present work was undertaken to find out if the testes of the ferret react to hypophysectomy in the same way as those of the rat, and to compare the resulting condition of the testes with that found during anœstrus. Further light on the activity of the pituitary body during anœstrus might thus be obtained. In addition, it was hoped to determine the rate of regression after hypophysectomy and to compare this with that found at the end of the breeding season. No attempt will be made in this or the following paper to deal with the general effects of hypophysectomy, but it may be mentioned that loss of body weight, if any, was slight during the time covered by these experiments.