Dedicated to Marisa Genetti, my wife, in appreciation for her unconditional support, untellable affection and incessant inspiration. Thanks for the adventure!

We are interested in non-singular plane curves whose number of rational points attains the Hasse-Weil upper bound. Dedicated with affection to J.W.P. Hirschfeld and G. Korchmáros

“karbala’s epic” was composed in 222 odes and more than 6000 verses by “saeed al osaili” (1929 - 1994), the contemporary lebanese poet. accounting to the life of imam hussain (as) from birth to death, this epic contains, tender affection, fluent words and phrases and appropriate rhythm. this paper is seeking to study the literary elements of  karbala’s epic and analyze the affection of the poet...

This study examines the sense of self of women with physical disabilities in terms of self-esteem, self-cognition (perceptions of how others see them), and social isolation. It was hypothesized that these variables mediate the relation of precursor variables (age, education, severity of disability, and childhood experiences, including overprotection, familial affection, and school environment) ...

The aim of this article is to explore how some aspects Gilbert Simondon's philosophy individuation may contribute outlining a posthumanist theory emotions. According Simondon, the relation between affection and emotion key case study for examining transindividual character psychosocial individuation. Affection appear him not as binary opposition, but an example transductive operation. suggests ...

Although mammals are often seen as important objects of human interest and affection, many are threatened with extinction. A range of efforts have been proposed and much work has been done to try to conserve mammals, but there is little overall understanding of what has worked and why. As a result, there is no global-scale, coordinated approach to conserving all mammals. Rather, conservation ef...

t the end of the First Day of Boccaccio’s Decameron, Queen Pampinea urges the brigata to make music. Emilia promptly sings “In mine own beauty take I such delight That to no other love could I my fond affections plight,”1 a ditty about finding pleasure in one’s own reflection. She continues, “why seek out past delights, or new ones try When all content within my glass I find?”2 Scholars have in...