This paper discusses the importance and frequency of Magris’ explorations Musil his major work as a novelist, Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften. It investigates reasons why Musil’s novel is so important, not only for Germanist. Indeed, its interpretation can also be considered kind ‘model’ writer that Magris would become later on in career. The focuses different features masterpiece, which better mee...

On January 19, 1993, a very bright bolide (peak magnitude −23) crossed the sky of Northern Italy, ending with an explosion approximately over the town of Lugo (Emilia Romagna, Italy). The explosion (14 kton of energy) generated shock waves which were recorded by six local seismic stations. A reanalysis of the available data leads us to the hypothesis that the meteoroid was a porous carbonaceous...

In this paper a modified Smith predictor for linear delayed haptic interaction is presented. The objective is to design a feedback law which compensates the time delay by its somehow elimination from the characteristic equation of the closed loop system. This method is robust within a certain safe prediction interval. The applicability of Smith predictor in the case of haptic interaction using ...

Most of the properties and anomalies describing the behavior of water are somehow related to the hydrogen bonded (H-bonded) network [1-3]. Albeit the features of H-bonds have been investigated and depicted by an impressive amount of research, the way in which some external conditions–such as the inclusion of ionic species–affect the three-dimensional H-bonds arrangement is wrapped up in a high ...

Residing beneath the phenotypic landscape of a plant are intricate and dynamic networks of genes and proteins. As evolution operates on phenotypes, we expect its forces to shape somehow these underlying molecular networks. In this review, we discuss progress being made to elucidate the nature of these forces and their impact on the composition and structure of molecular networks. We also outlin...

Most research in economics models agents somehow motivated by outcomes. Here, we model agents motivated by procedures instead, where procedures are defined independently of an outcome. To that end, we design procedures which yield the same expected outcomes or carry the same information on other’s intentions while they have different outcomeinvariant properties. Agents are experimentally confir...

The potential benefits of cooperation in microorganisms can be undermined by genetic conflict within social groups, which can take the form of 'cheating'. For cooperation to succeed as an evolutionary strategy, the negative effects of such conflict must somehow be either prevented or mitigated. To generate an interpretive framework for future research in microbial behavioural ecology, here we o...

The significance of the adjacent cartilage in cartilage defect healing is not yet completely understood. Furthermore, it is unknown if the adjacent cartilage can somehow be influenced into responding after cartilage damage. The present study was undertaken to investigate whether the adjacent cartilage can be better sustained after microfracturing in a cartilage defect model in the stifle joint ...

Our selection of new super greenhouse gases to fill a putative "window" in a future Martian atmosphere relies on quantum-mechanical calculations. Our study indicates that if Mars could somehow acquire an Earth-like atmospheric composition and surface pressure, then an Earth-like temperature could be sustained by a mixture of five to seven fluorine compounds. Martian mining requirements for repl...

The amount of information in family medicine can be overwhelming for medical students and residents. Somehow, through this information jungle, learners need to be able to make costeffective recommendations to their patients based on the best available evidence to benefit individual patients and the public health in a system with limited resources. Educators in family medicine have advocated for...