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Verbenets, Anna. "DEVELOPMENT OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA: RESEARCH BASE OF INFORMATION SOURCES." Scientific bulletin of KRHPA, no. 11 (2019): 7–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.37835/2410-2075-2019-11-1.
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In the present article the source base of the research has been defined in accordance with the stages of inclusive education development in Republic of Malta (denial, acceptance, awareness, inclusion). The main groups of historical and pedagogical works aimed at studying and generalizing of investigation material have been allocated and described. The source base of the research includes documentary (documents providing legislation and guidance for inclusive education in Malta), analytical sources that highlight historical and pedagogical process of inclusive education development in Republic of Malta, scientific pedagogical periodicals that contain descriptions of practical experience of implementing inclusive education in various types of educational establishments in Republic of Malta. Within the article the source base periods of study according to the stages of development of inclusive education of the Republic of Malta. The researcher determines the valuable study and extrapolation of the positive experience of the Republic of Malta, which occupies a leading position among EU countries not only through the development of legislative and normative provision of inclusive education, the creation of innovative educational institutions (resource centers), the preparation of competent pedagogical staff, but also the formation of a special value the attitude towards children with special educational problems, which manifests itself in the respect and recognition of the diversity of students. The article establishes the source of the study of the inclusive education of the Republic of Malta. The following methods were used to solve this goal: theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific sources: psychological and pedagogical literature systematization and generalization, foreign and domestic scientists' works, legal documents and statistical data of the Republic of Malta for the disclosure of key concepts of the study; problem-chronological to determine the chronology of the formation and development of inclusive education in the Republic of Malta.
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Cardona, David. "Past, Present, Future: An Overview of Roman Malta." Open Archaeology 7, no. 1 (2021): 231–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0122.
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Abstract Roman Malta has been the subject of numerous historical and archaeological studies since the seventeenth century. However, the lack of documented excavations and the restricted number of sites – particularly those within the boundaries of the two main Roman towns – meant that numerous grey areas persist in our understanding of the islands under Roman rule, regardless of how many studies have been done so far. This article attempts to provide an overview of past works, studies and a discussion of the known consensus on knowledge of sites, populations and economies. This in an attempt to provide a clear picture of what we know (and what we do not) about Roman Malta. Finally, I will comment on current and new research and projects which are being carried out by various local entities and foreign institutions to enhance our knowledge of this very important historic era for the Maltese islands. This culminates into a proposal for the use of a predictive model that may help us identify new sites and, consequently, provide new data on this phase.
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Palmer, Russell. "Maltese Ceramics and Imperial Foodways: An Exploration of Nineteenth-Century Red Wares." European Journal of Archaeology 17, no. 4 (2014): 678–701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1461957114y.0000000067.
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The archaeological study of recent periods in Malta is in its infancy. Despite the high potential for an historical archaeology of Malta contributing to broader issues, such as an understanding of Mediterranean trade and colonialism, as well as the cultural history of Malta, the archaeological resource has remained under-explored. The aim of this article is to address the situation and offer an initial classification and interpretation of local and imported red earthenware ceramics. It will demonstrate the need for such work in relation to answering questions relating to local production, international trade, and foodways.
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Busuttil, Joseph. "Forensic occupational therapy in Malta: A historical overview." World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin 36, no. 1 (1997): 25–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14473828.1997.11785353.
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Wagner, Ewald. "Ein amharischer Atlas aus Malta." Aethiopica 13 (July 7, 2011): 104–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.15460/aethiopica.13.1.52.
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In August 2008 Professor Dr. Hans H. Kaminsky of the Institute of History of the University of Giessen, gave me an Amharic atlas, printed in Malta, which he had bought several years ago, at the Giessen flee-market. The atlas is now in the possession of the Hiob Ludolf Zentrum für Äthiopistik of the Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg. The article places the atlas into the historical context of the educational efforts of German protestant missionaries who worked under the auspices of the Church Missionary Society in Ethiopia, during the first half of the 19th century. It also sheds light on the Society’s printing activities in Malta.
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Tomaškinová, Judita, and Adam Fázik. "Analysis of integrated management of protected nature and landscape in nature and history park IL-MAJJISTRAL (MALTA)." Acta Universitatis Mattiae Belii series Environmental Management 19, no. 1 (2017): 11–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.24040/actaem.2017.19.1.11-18.
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Kurek, Jan. "ARCHITECTURE OF MALTA’S STRUCTURES." Space&FORM 2021, no. 47 (2021): 67–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.21005/pif.2021.47.b-03.
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Stone buildings appeared on Malta over 7000 years ago – around 3500 BC. Impressive megalithic structures were built at the time. Similar stone structures were erected in many places throughout Europe. Large megalithic structures have survived on Malta in areas such as Ġgantija and Tarxien. In other areas, large spaces called hypogea were carved from rock. Both in prehistory and today, stone remains one of the primary construction materials used across the Maltese archipelago. The architectural forms of seaside resorts are now cosmopolitan. Few contemporary projects reference historical building traditions – both formal and material.
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Mosley, Angelina, E. Roberts, Hazel Partington, et al. "HRI Malta 2017—Cutting Edge Research in Homeopathy: HRI's Third International Research Conference in Malta." Homeopathy 107, no. 01 (2017): 050–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1609018.
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AbstractThe third international conference on “Cutting Edge Research in Homeopathy” organised by the Homeopathy Research Institute (HRI) was held on the inspiring and historic island of Malta from 9th to 11th of June, 2017. One hundred and two abstracts underwent peer review by the HRI Scientific Advisory Committee and external experts to produce the programme of 36 oral presentations and 37 posters, presented by researchers from 19 countries. The 2.5-day programme covered a diverse range of topics, including quantitative and qualitative clinical research, basic research, veterinary research, and provings. These intensive plenary and parallel sessions were interspersed with multiple opportunities for delegates to discuss and exchange ideas, in particular through interactive panel discussions and a pre-conference workshop. The continuing commitment of the homeopathy research community to generate high-quality studies in this rapidly evolving field was clear. In this conference report, we present highlights from this memorable event.
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Davies, J. D. "German Malta Maps; The Charting of Maltese Waters: A historical account." Mariner's Mirror 101, no. 3 (2015): 356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2015.1061271.
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Knepper, Paul, and Sandra Scicluna. "Historical criminology and the imprisonment of women in 19th-century Malta." Theoretical Criminology 14, no. 4 (2010): 407–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1362480610376156.
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Vella, Yosanne. "History in Malta's New National Curriculum Framework." History Education Research Journal 11, no. 2 (2013): 125–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.18546/herj.11.2.10.
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In February 2013 Malta's new national Curriculum, entitled 'A New National Framework for All' was launched. It was the end result of almost three years of meetings, debates, discussions, consolations and draft documents. This paper first gives a brief description of the historical background of Curricula in Malta, all of which eventually lead up to the present one, and then goes on to discuss specifically history in Maltese Curricula. Today it is no exaggeration to say that, of all school subjects history is the one which has undergone the most radical transformation as far as its pedagogy is concerned. History teaching in Malta now focuses on the learning of specific history skills and concepts, and analyses and interpretation of primary and secondary sources. However, history does not have a high status in the Maltese educational system and there were clear intentions in the initial stages of the creation of the new curriculum to eliminate the subject. This paper describes the advances in history pedagogy experienced in Malta in the past 20 years and the endeavours of the writer to retain history as a separate academic subject in the new curriculum.
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Cachia, Jean Claude, Fabrizio Ellul, Mark Harwood, and Carmen Sammut. "Malta and the 2019 EP elections – maximising popular engagement with “Europe”." Review of Economics and Political Science 5, no. 4 (2020): 305–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/reps-02-2020-0032.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse why Malta continues to show the highest level of turnout for European Parliament (EP) elections in a country where voting is not obligatory. By analysing the Maltese EP elections from 2004 to 2019, the paper seeks to understand why the Maltese engage with a second order election to the degree that they do. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, first assessing the context of the 2019 elections, the historical trends and then the factors that help explain why the Maltese continue to engage with EP elections. Findings The paper finds that the Maltese political system, highly polarised and dominated by two parties, primarily galvanises people to engage with elections, that it is more about party leadership than actual engagement with Europe and that second order elections in Malta are often run as first order elections. Originality/value This paper is the only systematic evaluation of the 2019 EP elections in Malta, discusses categorically that EP elections are rarely about Europe while also showing clearly that political parties can make second-order elections appear as first-order elections should the stakes be high enough.
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Camilleri, Frank. "Of Crossroads and Undercurrents: Ingemar Lindh's Practice of Collective Improvisation and Jerzy Grotowski." New Theatre Quarterly 27, no. 4 (2011): 299–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266464x11000637.
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In this article Frank Camilleri discusses the historical and professional links between Ingemar Lindh and Jerzy Grotowski, with a specific focus on the nature and implications of their separate work on physical action. Lindh's practice, particularly his research on the ‘disinterested act’, is read in the context of Grotowski's ‘doing’ in Art as Vehicle. The individual work of the two practitioners on vocal and vibration techniques is seen as integral to their research on physical action. Frank Camilleri is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Kent and Artistic Director of Icarus Performance Project (Malta). He served as Academic Coordinator of Theatre Studies at the University of Malta from 2004 to 2008, and in 2007 co-founded Icarus Publishing Enterprise with Odin Teatret and the Grotowski Institute.
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Yoonkyung Kong. "The Characteristic of Historical and Cultural Resources and Urban Landscape in Malta." Journal of the Association of Korean Photo-Geographers 27, no. 1 (2017): 85–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.35149/jakpg.2017.27.1.007.
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Mifsud, Mark. "Environmental Education Development in Malta: A Contextual Study of the Events That Have Shaped the Development of Environmental Education in Malta." Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability 14, no. 1 (2012): 52–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10099-012-0004-x.
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Environmental Education Development in Malta: A Contextual Study of the Events That Have Shaped the Development of Environmental Education in MaltaThis paper discusses the historic development of environmental education in Malta and identifies environmental non-governmental organisations as the main promoters of environmental education in Malta. Environmental awareness started to increase as a response to major environmental issues on the island, but was a long affair, hindered in its development by a number of factors, including the governments' non-committal policy, the colonial mentality and the highly competitive educational system. European Union accession had a positive impact on the development mainly due to the imposed requirements. Subsequent governments have realised the importance of environmental education as an effective solution to ensure environmental sustainability. Nonetheless, as environmental education goals take a long time to be achieved, the lack of short-term achievements may be somewhat hindering its development. A context-based environmental education development model was designed to illustrate the complex relations identified in the study. The study suggests a commitment towards locally produced materials, genuine environmental non-governmental organisations and funding up of a co-ordinating centre for the promotion of environmental education at all academic levels.
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Geraci, Michele Luca, Sergio Ragonese, Danilo Scannella, et al. "Batoid Abundances, Spatial Distribution, and Life History Traits in the Strait of Sicily (Central Mediterranean Sea): Bridging a Knowledge Gap through Three Decades of Survey." Animals 11, no. 8 (2021): 2189. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11082189.
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Batoid species play a key role in marine ecosystems but unfortunately they have globally declined over the last decades. Given the paucity of information, abundance data and the main life history traits for batoids, obtained through about three decades of bottom trawl surveys, are presented and discussed. The surveys were carried out in two areas of the Central Mediterranean (South of Sicily and Malta Island), in a timeframe ranging from 1990 to 2018. Excluding some batoids, the abundance trends were stable or increasing. Only R. clavata, R. miraletus, and D. oxyrinchus showed occurrence and abundance indexes notable enough to carry out more detailed analysis. In particular, spatial distribution analysis of these species highlighted the presence of two main hotspots in Sicilian waters whereas they seem more widespread in Malta. The lengths at first maturity (L50) were 695 and 860, 635 and 574, and 364 and 349 mm total length (TL), respectively, for females and males of D. oxyrinchus, R. clavata, and R. miraletus. The asymptotic lengths (L∞) and the curvature coefficients (K) were 1365 and 1240 (K = 0.11 and 0.26), 1260 and 1100 (K = 0.16 and 0.26), and 840 and 800 mm TL (K = 0.36 and 0.41), respectively, for females and males of D. oxyrinchus, R. clavata, and R. miraletus. The lack of detailed quantitative historical information on batoids of Sicily and Malta does not allow to analytically judge the current status of the stocks, although the higher abundance of some species within Malta raises some concern for the Sicilian counterpart. In conclusion, suitable actions to protect batoids in the investigated area are recommended.
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Heeren, Alice. "Affective Rhetorics of Contagion." Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture 2, no. 2 (2020): 47–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/lavc.2020.220005.
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This article focuses on the photographs of Augusto Malta, the official photographer of the city of Rio de Janeiro, made between 1904 and 1929. It departs from the work of Brian Massumi, Sara Ahmed, and Anna Gibbs on affect theory to argue that Malta's images were responsible for supporting a rhetoric of contagion used to justify the violent biopolitical policies of the Brazilian republican government. Furthermore, I assert that this rhetoric depended on the mobilization by Malta of affects widely circulated in the popular media of the period. This study aims to bring affect theory into dialog with the vast body of existing historical, visual, and sociological literature on the so-called Brazilian Belle Époque. This period in the history of Brazil, and especially of Rio de Janeiro, has been amply studied by scholars from diverse disciplines. Nevertheless, engagement with theories of affectivity and the work of Malta, especially in English-speaking scholarship, remains limited. This article speaks to the implication of photography, architecture, and urban planning in medical and biopolitical discourses, contributing to the study of the mechanisms that produce and reproduce myths of progress and the emancipating power of reason in early twentieth-century Latin America. Este artículo se centra en las fotografías de Augusto Malta—el fotógrafo oficial de la ciudad de Río de Janeiro—realizadas entre 1904 y 1929. Toma distancia con respecto al trabajo sobre la teoría del afecto de Brian Massumi, Sara Ahmed y Anna Gibbs para argumentar que las imágenes de Malta brindaron un apoyo efectivo a una retórica de contagio utilizada para justificar las violentas medidas biopolíticas del gobierno republicano de Brasil. Además, afirmo que esta retórica dependía de la movilización por parte de Malta de los afectos ampliamente difundidos en los medios populares de la época. Este estudio tiene como objetivo poner la teoría del afecto en diálogo con el vasto corpus de literatura histórica, visual y sociológica existente sobre la llamada Belle Époque brasileña. Este período en la historia de Brasil, y especialmente de Río de Janeiro, ha sido ampliamente estudiado por académicos de diversas disciplinas. Sin embargo, especialmente en la academia de habla inglesa, hay pocos trabajos que estudien la obra de Malta a la luz de las teorías de la afectividad. Este artículo habla de la implicación de la fotografía, la arquitectura y la planificación urbana en los discursos médicos y biopolíticos, contribuyendo así al estudio de los mecanismos que producen y reproducen mitos del progreso y el poder emancipador de la razón en la América Latina de principios del siglo XX. Este artigo se foca nas fotografias de Augusto Malta, o fotógrafo oficial da cidade do Rio de Janeiro, realizadas entre 1904 e 1908. Partindo do trabalho de Sara Ahmed e Anna Gibbs sobre a teoria do afeto, argumenta-se que as imagens de Malta serviram para apoiar uma retórica do contágio usada para justificar políticas biopolíticas violentas do governo brasileiro republicano. Ademais, eu afirmo que esta retórica dependeu da mobilização por Malta de afetos largamente circulados na mídia popular daquele período. O objetivo desse estudo é colocar a teoria do afeto em diálogo com o vasto corpo de literatura histórica, visual e sociológica existente sobre a dita Belle Époque brasileira. Esse período da história do Brasil, e especialmente do Rio de Janeiro, tem sido amplamente estudado por acadêmicos de diversas disciplinas. No entanto, o envolvimento com as teorias da afetividade e o trabalho de Malta, especialmente na produção acadêmica em inglês, permanece limitado. Este artigo endereça a implicação da fotografia, da arquitetura e do planejamento urbano em discursos médicos e biopoliticos, contribuindo para o estudo de mecanismos que produzem e reproduzem mitos de progresso e do poder emancipatório da razão na América Latina do início do século XX.
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Sollars, Valerie. "Shaping early childhood education services in Malta: historical events, current affairs, future challenges." Early Years 38, no. 4 (2018): 337–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2018.1512561.
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Ozanne, William I. "Education and national development: Historical and critical perspectives in vocational schooling in Malta." International Journal of Educational Development 15, no. 1 (1995): 96–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0738-0593(95)90023-3.
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Biolchi, S., S. Furlani, F. Antonioli, et al. "Boulder accumulations related to extreme wave events on the eastern coast of Malta." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions 3, no. 10 (2015): 5977–6019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhessd-3-5977-2015.
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Abstract. The accumulation of large boulders related to waves generated either by tsunamis or extreme storm events has been observed in different areas of the Mediterranean Sea. Along the NE and E low-lying rocky coasts of Malta tens of large boulder deposits have been surveyed, measured and mapped. These boulders have been detached and moved from the seafloor and lowest parts of the coast by the action of sea waves. In the Sicily–Malta channel, heavy storms are common and originate from the NE and NW winds. Conversely, few severe earthquakes and tsunamis are recorded in historical documents to have hit the Maltese archipelago, originated by seismicity activity related mainly to the Malta Escarpment, the Sicily Channel Rift Zone and the Hellenic Arc. We present a multi-disciplinary study, which aims to define the characteristics of the boulder accumulations along the eastern coast of Malta, in order to assess the coastal geo-hazard implications triggered by the sheer ability of extreme waves to detach and move large rocky blocks inland. The wave heights required to transport coastal boulders were calculated using various hydrodynamic equations. Particular attention was devoted to the quantification of the input parameters required in the workings of these equations. The axis sizes of blocks were measured with 3-D digital photogrammetric techniques and their densities were obtained throughout the use of a N-type Schmidt Hammer. Moreover, AMS ages were obtained from selected marine organisms encrusted on some of the boulders in various coastal sites. The combination of the results obtained by hydrodynamic equations and the radiocarbon dating suggests that the majority of the boulders has been detached and moved by intense storm waves. Nonetheless, it is possible that some of them may have been transported by tsunami.
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Grech, Victor. "Epidemiology and diagnosis of ventricular septal defect in Malta." Cardiology in the Young 8, no. 3 (1998): 329–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1047951100006831.
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AbstractMalta is a small island with minimal changes in its population, making it an ideal location for epidemiological and historical studies dealing with congenital heart malformations. Ventricular septal defect was studied retrospectively from 1930 to 1994. A sharp and significant decline in age at diagnosis was found, predating echocardiography. All defects are now diagnosed by echocardiography, which has resulted in an increased prevalence of this lesion as seen at birth, particularly of minor defects. The prevalence of ventricular septal defect from 1990 to 1994 was 3.85/1000 live births, with 3.O3/1OOO not needing surgery and 0.83/1000 requiring operative intervention. Half the defects closed spontaneously. The majority of ventricular septal defects overall, and those spontaneously closing, were muscular defects. The overall prevalence at birth was significantly higher than that reported in recent studies using similar methodologies, implying that the reported rate is more likely to be the true prevalence at birth of clinically detectable defects.
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Pajala, Mari, and John Ellis. "Editorial." VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture 10, no. 19 (2021): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.18146/view.276.
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As VIEW enters its tenth year of publication, we present our first open issue. The resulting collection of articles represents a varied smörgåsbord of European television, covering television in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. Moreover, many articles discuss the transnational movement of television: a Turkish adaptation of a Danish series, the Portuguese framing of a Spanish historical series, East German films on Swedish television, Russian television programmes on the international market.
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Kerras, Nassima, and Moulay-Lahssan Baya E. "A Sociolinguistic Comparison Between Algerian and Maltese." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 13, no. 2 (2017): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2017.v13n2p36.
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A sociolinguistic study is made of the Maltese language to compare it to the Algerian language. Algerian is not the official language in Algeria, although it is the national one, and in this article an empirical study is undertaken to question the particularities of Algerian and its formation, comparing it with Maltese which has itself gained official status. Maltese, or “the language of the kitchen” as it is known, has gained important status on the island after decades of foreign occupation and linguistic influence from various civilizations that left palpable paw prints on the Mediterranean island. Maltese has managed to successfully confirm its linguistic identity, through a noticeable influence of Arabic, Italian and English amongst other languages that have imposed themselves and had a hand in forming the Maltese language. A sociolinguistic and historical study is made to explain the formation of Algerian comparing it to Maltese and the influence of history in both languages. A historical study is made to compare and observe the historic diachronic of both countries, and we compare the influence of foreign languages in Algeria and Malta. Likewise, an empirical study is undertaken to question the use of Algerian from various angles, and to examine the linguistic identity in Algeria.
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Koncsag, Magdolna Eva, and Ioana Maria Man. "The Integration Of CAD Instruments And Databases For The Historical Monuments Records In The Area Of Bighi, Malta." Journal of Applied Engineering Sciences 5, no. 2 (2015): 37–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jaes-2015-0019.
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Abstract Malta is a representative model for recording and preserving archaeological remains and historical monuments. Being a historically and culturally rich location, it requires creating, maintaining and updating a database in order to keep a record of the state of degradation or the actions to restore historical monuments. One way to preserve the image and shape of a historical monument is by creating a three-dimensional model. The advantage of such a model is its visualization and keeping in a form close to the real shape of a monument in a particular moment in time. It can thus highlight the levels of wear and degradation, the eventually necessary rehabilitation works or simply reproduce the impressions that the building would actually leave on a visitor.
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Grech, Victor. "History, diagnosis, surgery and epidemiology of pulmonary stenosis in Malta." Cardiology in the Young 8, no. 3 (1998): 337–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1047951100006843.
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AbstractThe Maltese populartion constitutes an ideal location for epidemiological and historical studies dealing with congenital hearr malformations. Pulmonary stenosis was studied retrospectively from 1943 to 1994. A sharp, significant decline in age at diagnosis was found, which predates the introduction of echocardiography. All defects are now diagnosed by echocardiography, which has resulted in an increased prevalence at birth of this lesion, patticularly of pulmonary stenosis not requiring intervention. The prevalence at birth of pulmonary stenosis from 1990 to 1994 was 1.65/1000 live births (95% CL: 1.21–2.24), with 1.11/1000 mild lesions (95% CI: 0.76–1.62) and 0.54/1000 lesions requiring intervention (95% CI: 0.31–0.92). The prevalence at birth overal was significantly higher than that reported in recent studies with similar methodologies due to the higher pickup of milder variants of pulmonary stenosis by echocardiography.Significantly more pulmonary more pulmonary stenosis was found in females than in males.
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Gigli, G., F. Mugnai, L. Leoni, and N. Casagli. "<i>Brief communication</i> "Analysis of deformations in historic urban areas using terrestrial laser scanning"." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 9, no. 6 (2009): 1759–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-9-1759-2009.
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Abstract. The terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) technique has been used to accurately reconstruct the 3-D shape of the walls and bastions of the historic city of Mdina (Malta) and underlying terrain. By applying this technique it has also been possible to extract additional quantitative information regarding weathering and deformational processes affecting the structures. Thus, with the aim of identifying the main instability mechanisms, a detailed 3-D crack distribution map has been drawn and the main displacement vectors have been defined.
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Skeates, Robin. "Animate objects: a biography of prehistoric ‘axe-amulets’ in the central Mediterranean region." Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 61 (1995): 279–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0079497x00003108.
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This paper considers some of the relationships between people and things. It develops a broadly-based model of the later life-histories of prehistoric stone axes in the south-central Mediterranean region, taking account of their production, circulation, and consumption, and their cumulative transformation by physical and conceptual processes, of which the latter may have included personification, sacralisation, and animation. Attention is focused upon the value, meanings, and uses of axe-pendants, and intepretations are placed within a dynamic historical and political context of changing social practices and strategies in central and southern Italy, Sicily Malta, and Sardinia.
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Scianna, A., G. F. Gaglio, R. Grima, and M. La Guardia. "THE VIRTUALIZATION OF CH FOR HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION: THE AR FRUITION OF THE FOUNTAIN OF ST. GEORGE SQUARE IN VALLETTA (MALTA)." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLIV-4/W1-2020 (September 3, 2020): 143–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xliv-4-w1-2020-143-2020.
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Abstract. Improving accessibility to Cultural Heritage (CH) is an increasingly urgent challenge today. It is not only a matter of physical inaccessibility but also temporal, considering that part of CH now lost. Fortunately, the most modern technological tools are helping to break down both space and time barriers. In facts, recent advances in representation, 3D modelling and survey methodologies opened new scenarios for valorization and conservation of CH. In particular, the improvement of quality in resolution and sensor sensitivity of cameras allowed to achieve the right level of 3D reconstruction through digital photogrammetry procedures. In the same field, terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) allowed acquiring dense point clouds of complex environments with a millimetric level of accuracy. At the same time, the application of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies is an excellent solution for improving the accessibility to monuments, museums and archaeological sites. It is possible to share new levels of information about CH, in space and time, for touristic, managerial and scientific aims. This work is focused on the virtualization of CH, considering the study case of the fountain of Wignacourt, today present in St. Philip Garden in Floriana and initially located in Valletta (Malta). The application presented allows the virtual fruition of the monument placed in its original location, St. George Square. A simplified plant of the square will enable tourists to make a temporal journey in the past with their mobile device. The work is part of the Interreg Italia-Malta European project named I-Access, dedicated to the improvement of CH accessibility. It focuses the attention to the experimentation of new specific procedures in Geomatics necessary to solve big data issues of complex environment visualization.
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VICTORINA, AMY. "Cultuurhistorische landschappen op Bonaire." Tijdschrift voor Historische Geografie 5, no. 3 (2020): 169–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/thg2020.3.003.vict.
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Interview with Claudia Kraan. Cultural-historical landscapes on Bonaire: flexible and sustainable protection of heritage As the least populated of the ‘Benedenwindse Eilanden’, Bonaire still has many special landscapes. There, archaeologist Claudia Kraan is involved in drawing up policy documents in the context of the implementation of the Malta Convention for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage. Part of this is a nomination file of some cultural-historical landscapes on Bonaire, based on the existing archaeological sites. Claudia is formally employed by the National Archaeological Anthropological Memory Management (NAAM), a nonprofit organization that is committed to the conservation, identification and research of the material and intangible heritage of Curaçao and Bonaire in a Caribbean perspective. In this interview Claudia Kraan gives us an insight in her work and the opportunities and barriers she sees in the protection of heritage of Bonaire.
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Tunbridge, John. "Empire, War and Nation: Heritage Management Perspectives from Canada and Malta." Public History Review 13 (June 16, 2006): 4–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/phrj.v13i0.281.
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This article offers recent insights on contested heritage from Canada and Malta. These contrasting geographical extremes span a range of heritage dissonances but share a common historical identity as successor states to the British Empire, entailing familiar postcolonial heritage equivocations. Dissonances between colonial and indigenous heritage meanings are discussed. The principal focus of the paper is the Empire at war, as an issue of heritage management in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, and in Malta; comparative insights are generated with resonance for other imperial successor states such as Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. In Ottawa the National Capital Commission is engaged in a delicate management of heritage evolution from the imperial past to the multicultural present, involving adjustment and diversification of heritage meanings in which the indigenous peoples and Canada's wartime/military history figure prominently. Malta's time-depth generates an embarrassment of heritage resources, necessitating choices as it moves from 'blue' seacoast to 'grey' heritage tourism; while earlier eras are favoured, the British imperial and military heritage is inescapable, especially the heroic shared defence of 1940-3, generating management issues over recency, postcoloniality, the naval legacy and the problem of marketing to the former enemy populations. Questions of whose heritage, using which resources of what period, for whose benefit and how managed, elicit a different range of answers in the two cases: British colonial heritage is too diverse to be value-generalised, and there is no single, immutable colonial template for postcolonial identity. However, the particular legacy of the Empire at war is notably formative in the evolution of succeeding national identities.
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Platten, Stephen. "An Anglican View of the Papacy Post-Vatican II." Journal of Anglican Studies 14, no. 1 (2015): 29–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1740355314000242.
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AbstractThis article provides a current view of Anglican attitudes to the Papacy. First of all historical background is examined in relation to mutual perceptions of Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism going back to the early church and then moving forward through the Reformation to the twentieth century. The period from 1966 onwards saw the visit of Geoffrey Fisher to Pope John XXIII which began to change perceptions. The establishment of the Anglican Centre in Rome in 1966 was a crucial development. The setting up of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, following the Malta Report in 1966 altered perceptions and understandings of Anglican and Roman Catholics mutually. There is still a variety of Anglican reactions to the Papacy.
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Dawson, Humphrey G. "Civil aviation, hijacking and international terrorism — an historical and legal review." Aeronautical Journal 91, no. 902 (1987): 51–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0001924000050752.
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Sadly, recent events continue to keep this subject to the fore — and memories of Dawsons Field, Entebbe, Mogadishu, Stansted, Beirut and Malta, to mention but a few of the most dramatic hijack incidents, are recalled, as are other events such as those of the early morning of 23rd June 1985 when one Boeing 747 of Air India was blown up in mid-air off the West Coast of Ireland, killing all 329 on board, with chance preventing the simultaneous destruction of another at Tokyo. The seriousness of such incidents has, in recent months, grown from the mere appalling and tragic but occasional incident to one of major world importance having substantial effect on world peace and economic survival. The fact that this is no exaggeration is shown by the bombing raid carried out by the USA on Libya in April 1986, in retaliation for that country’s alleged involvement in or support of international terrorism. The subsequent reported mass cancellation of travel to Europe by Americans with consequential serious commercial implications not only for the airlines operating on the North Atlantic, where, for instance, British Airways reported a 25% drop in passenger traffic, is but one example of the effect of terrorism on the stability of world trade.
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Mifsud, Dione. "Transcultural encounters on a Mediterranean island: Stories from a dual degree." Learning and Teaching 8, no. 1 (2015): 50–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2015.080104.
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This article explores the decision by two universities, the University of Malta and the University of Maryland, College Park, U.S.A., to create a dual master's degree in transcultural counselling. The difficulties encountered by the two universities in creating a harmonised system encompassing tuition, assessment, accreditation and regulatory procedures will be discussed, as well as the complexities of learning and teaching and the opportunities for intercultural learning. The article explores the experiences of the students and academics as they grapple with two different philosophical and academic systems, but also with their own personal and professional differences as narrated, composed and received in their different contexts – interactional, historical, institutional and discursive. Through the narratives of the research participants a powerful tool for course evaluation was created.
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Biolchi, Sara, Stefano Furlani, Fabrizio Antonioli, et al. "Boulder accumulations related to extreme wave events on the eastern coast of Malta." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 16, no. 3 (2016): 737–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-737-2016.
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Abstract. The accumulation of large boulders related to waves generated by either tsunamis or extreme storm events have been observed in different areas of the Mediterranean Sea. Along the eastern low-lying rocky coasts of Malta, five sites with large boulder deposits have been investigated, measured and mapped. These boulders have been detached and moved from the nearshore and the lowest parts of the coast by sea wave action. In the Sicily–Malta channel, heavy storms are common and originate from the NE and NW winds. Conversely, few tsunamis have been recorded in historical documents to have reached the Maltese archipelago. We present a multi-disciplinary study, which aims to define the characteristics of these boulder accumulations, in order to assess the coastal geo-hazard implications triggered by the sheer ability of extreme waves to detach and move large rocky blocks inland. The wave heights required to transport 77 coastal boulders were calculated using various hydrodynamic equations. Particular attention was given to the quantification of the input parameters required in the workings of these equations, such as size, density and distance from the coast. In addition, accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 14C ages were determined from selected samples of marine organisms encrusted on some of the coastal boulders. The combination of the results obtained both by the hydrodynamic equations, which provided values comparable with those observed and measured during the storms, and radiocarbon dating suggests that the majority of the boulders have been detached and moved by intense storm waves. These boulders testify to the existence of a real hazard for the coasts of Malta, i.e. that of very high storm waves, which, during exceptional storms, are able to detach large blocks of volumes exceeding 10 m3 from the coastal edge and the nearshore bottom, and also to transport them inland. Nevertheless, the occurrence of one or more tsunami events cannot be ruled out, since radiocarbon dating of some marine organisms did reveal ages which may be related to historically known tsunamis in the Mediterranean region, such as the ones in AD 963, 1329, 1693 and 1743.
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Polonia, A., L. Torelli, L. Gasperini, and P. Mussoni. "Active faults and historical earthquakes in the Messina Straits area (Ionian Sea)." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 12, no. 7 (2012): 2311–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-12-2311-2012.
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Abstract. The Calabrian Arc (CA) subduction complex is located at the toe of the Eurasian Plate in the Ionian Sea, where sediments resting on the lower plate have been scraped off and piled up in the accretionary wedge due to the African/Eurasian plate convergence and back arc extension. The CA has been struck repeatedly by destructive historical earthquakes, but knowledge of active faults and source parameters is relatively poor, particularly for seismogenic structures extending offshore. We analysed the fine structure of major tectonic features likely to have been sources of past earthquakes: (i) the NNW–SSE trending Malta STEP (Slab Transfer Edge Propagator) fault system, representing a lateral tear of the subduction system; (ii) the out-of-sequence thrusts (splay faults) at the rear of the salt-bearing Messinian accretionary wedge; and (iii) the Messina Straits fault system, part of the wide deformation zone separating the western and eastern lobes of the accretionary wedge. Our findings have implications for seismic hazard in southern Italy, as we compile an inventory of first order active faults that may have produced past seismic events such as the 1908, 1693 and 1169 earthquakes. These faults are likely to be source regions for future large magnitude events as they are long, deep and bound sectors of the margin characterized by different deformation and coupling rates on the plate interface.
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Sarkar, Anup Kumar. "Exploration of Murophytes of Some Historical Buildings of Malda District of West Bengal, India." International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience 6, no. 2 (2018): 1446–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.6306.
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Brincat, Joseph M. "Maltese: blending Semitic, Romance and Germanic lexemes." Lexicographica 33, no. 2017 (2018): 207–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/lex-2017-0011.
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AbstractMalta’s position at the centre of the Mediterranean attracted various conquerors and settlers, but in its present form Maltese has its origins in the Arabic dialect introduced by the Muslim conquest around the year 1000. Lexical Latinisation started early under Norman rule and kept increasing steadily up to the twentieth century thanks to contact with Chancery and spoken Sicilian up to the sixteenth century, and then with Italian which was introduced by the Knights of Malta. This article traces the historical developments and their influence on the Maltese language, providing statistics concerning the composition of the lexicon and the various methods by which it can be analysed. A look at the present situation explains how Maltese and English bilingualism in the schools and in society is affecting the spoken variety which is often marked by code-switching.
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Brincat, Joseph M. "Maltese: blending Semitic, Romance and Germanic lexemes." Lexicographica 33, no. 1 (2018): 207–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/lexi-2017-0011.
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AbstractMalta’s position at the centre of the Mediterranean attracted various conquerors and settlers, but in its present form Maltese has its origins in the Arabic dialect introduced by the Muslim conquest around the year 1000. Lexical Latinisation started early under Norman rule and kept increasing steadily up to the twentieth century thanks to contact with Chancery and spoken Sicilian up to the sixteenth century, and then with Italian which was introduced by the Knights of Malta. This article traces the historical developments and their influence on the Maltese language, providing statistics concerning the composition of the lexicon and the various methods by which it can be analysed. A look at the present situation explains how Maltese and English bilingualism in the schools and in society is affecting the spoken variety which is often marked by code-switching.
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EBEJER, MARTIN J., and PAUL GATT. "A checklist of the Diptera (Insecta) of the Maltese Islands." Zootaxa 5018, no. 1 (2021): 1–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5018.1.1.
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A checklist is presented of all 986 extant species of Diptera known from the archipelago of the Maltese Islands situated in the central Mediterranean. Species considered to be alien to the Islands are listed with annotations in Appendix 1. The history of dipterology applicable to the islands is outlined and the three important historical published records by Zetterstedt, Rondani and Bezzi & de Stefani-Perez are listed in Appendices 2–4. Species names that are synonyms are indicated where these were used in published records for Malta more or less after the Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera was published. Species we consider to have been misidentifications are also indicated with an annotation in most cases. Vermileo immaculatus Carles-Tolrá syn. n. & Cuesta-Segura and Vermileo balearicus Wheeler syn. n. are proposed junior synonyms of Vermileo vermileo (Linnaeus).
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Moreira, Geraldo Eustáquio, Janaína Mendes Pereira da Silva, and Paulo Vinícius Pereira de Lima. "Revisão sistemática das contribuições de Malba Tahan para a Educação Matemática (2014-2017)." Revemop 1, no. 3 (2019): 379. http://dx.doi.org/10.33532/revemop.v1n3a03.
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<p>O artigo se propõe estudar as contribuições de Malba Tahan para a Educação Matemática, de forma a descobrir as principais pesquisas publicadas no período de 2014 a 2017, levantando as contribuições didáticas e a historigrafia do autor. O objetivo é analisar as produções científicas acerca dos estudos, vida e obras de Júlio César de Melo e Souza (Malba Tahan). Para este fim, a escolha da metodologia foi a revisão sistemática, a partir de levantamento bibliográfico de teses, dissertações e artigos qualificados sobre a temática, realizada em quatro etapas: 1) busca por descritores no Portal CAPES, no Google Acadêmico, no repositório de teses e dissertações e no Scielo; 2) seleção e organização por importância, data e tipologia do trabalho; 3) adequação ao tema proposto e aos descritores; 4) análise, estudo e detalhamento do material selecionado. As buscas foram realizadas utilizando cinco descritores específicos sobre o assunto para auxílio e relevância, considerando a data da publicação, a tipologia do trabalho e sua adequação ao tema. Na revisão, observamos que o professor Malba Tahan desperta o interesse do meio acadêmico, literário e histórico, que aponta sua contribuição para a Educação Matemática.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave: </strong>Revisão sistemática. Malba Tahan. Contribuições. Educação Matemática.</p><p><strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>Systematic review of Malba Tahan's contributions to Mathematics Education (2014-2017)</strong></p><p align="center"> </p><p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The article presents a study related to the contributions of Malba Tahan, by raising the didactic contributions and the historigraphy of the author in regards to mathematics education, the authors looked at the main research published from 2014 to 2017. The objective was to analyze scientific production related to studies, life and works of Júlio César de Melo e Souza (Malba Tahan). For this purpose, a systematized bibliographical review was carried out using the theses, dissertations and qualified articles on the subject, and was carried out in four stages: 1) search for descriptors in CAPES Portal, in Google Academic, and in the repository of theses and dissertations and in Scielo; 2) selection and organization by importance, date and typology; 3) adequacy to proposed themes and descriptors; and 4) analysis, study and detailing of the selected material. The searches were carried out using five specific descriptors on the subject for help and relevance, considering the date of publication, the typology of the work and its adequacy to the theme. In the review, we note that Professor Malba Tahan arouses the interest in academic, literary and historical environments which point out his contribution to mathematics education.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Systematic review. Malba Tahan. Contributions. Mathematics Education.</p><p><strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>Revisión sistemática de las contribuciones de Malba Tahan a la Educación Matemática (2014-2017)</strong></p><p align="center"> </p><p><strong>Resumen: </strong>El artículo se propone estudiar las contribuciones de Malba Tahan a la Educación Matemática, de forma a descubrir las principales investigaciones publicadas en el período de 2014 a 2017, levantando las contribuciones didácticas y la historigrafía del autor. El objetivo es analizar las producciones científicas acerca de los estudios, vida y obras de Júlio César de Melo y Souza (Malba Tahan). Para este fin, la elección de la metodología fue la revisión sistemática. Se hizo una revisión bibliográfica sistematizada en las tesis, disertaciones y artículos calificados sobre la temática, realizada en cuatro etapas: 1) búsqueda por descriptores en el Portal CAPES, en Google Académico, en el repositorio de tesis y disertaciones y en el Scielo; 2) selección y organización por importancia, fecha y tipología del trabajo; 3) adecuación al tema propuesto ya los descriptores; 4) análisis, estudio y detalle del material seleccionado. Las búsquedas se realizaron utilizando cinco descriptores específicos sobre el tema para ayuda y relevancia, considerando la fecha de la publicación, la tipología del trabajo y su adecuación al tema. En la revisión, observamos que el Profesor Malba Tahan despierta el interés del medio académico, literario e histórico, que apuntan su contribución a la Educación Matemática.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Palavras chave: </strong>Revisión sistemática. Malba Tahan. Aportes. Educación Matemática.</p>
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Speake, Janet. "Urban development and visual culture: Commodifying the gaze in the regeneration of Tigné Point, Malta." Urban Studies 54, no. 13 (2016): 2919–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098016663610.
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This paper explores some of the hitherto under-researched intersections between urban (re)development, urban planning and visual culture. What emerges is an academic context that, to date, has largely compartmentalised discrete literatures on ‘view’, ‘value of the view’ and cityscape change, (re)imagineering and (re)scripting). It shows how materialising processes associated with the commodification of a panoramic view in politico-economic and cultural terms can be used to transform and regenerate along neoliberal lines. It demonstrates how panoramas, when treated as a commodity within the context of neoliberal capitalism, are appropriated, (re)imagined and (re)scripted by architects and property developers to create high status, residential and commercial space for an affluent élite. As such, panoramas are a mechanism for the acceleration of capital accumulation that inherently create new and reinforce existing spatial inequalities. This study draws on research into the commodification of the view of the historic city of Valletta in the redevelopment of Tigné Point, the largest, most comprehensive regeneration scheme in Malta in recent years.
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Holly, Donald H. "Talking to the Guy on the Airplane." American Antiquity 80, no. 3 (2015): 615–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0002731600003577.
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There's a popular meme that my archaeology friends have been circulating on social media lately: a picture of Giorgio Tsoukalos, a producer of the popular History Channel show Ancient Aliens, overlaid with the caption “I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.” The caption is a play on Tsoukalos's and others’ claims that the archaeological and historical record contains ample evidence for alien visits to earth in antiquity. To wit, past episodes of the show have suggested that Kachinas, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and indigenous rock art depict aliens; that much of the monumental art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica, South America, Near East, Easter Island (of course), Malta, and elsewhere represents the genius of extraterrestrial visitors; that Mayan kings were not really people but alien overlords; that extraterrestrials were responsible for the demise of many civilizations—if not the dinosaurs, too—and so on.
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Baldinetti, Anna. "Stephanie Malia Hom. Empire’s Mobius Strip: Historical Echoes in Italy’s Crisis of Migration and Detention." American Historical Review 125, no. 4 (2020): 1547–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhaa071.
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Wismayer, Amber, Carolyn Susan Hayles, and Nick McCullen. "The Role of Education in the Sustainable Regeneration of Built Heritage: A Case Study of Malta." Sustainability 11, no. 9 (2019): 2563. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11092563.
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Vernacular architecture has great historical, cultural and architectonic value, but also much potential for reducing energy demand. However, the eco-refurbishment of heritage buildings within Mediterranean countries poses particular challenges. The research presented in this paper is part of a wider study aiming to develop an effective framework for the sustainable regeneration of heritage buildings in Malta, using the 17th-century Presidential Palace of San Anton, Attard, as a case study. This paper focuses on the role of education in this field. Through qualitative research, including workshops with stakeholders, a stakeholders focus group and a public questionnaire, the awareness levels, educational background and attitudes of key stakeholders were analysed and assessed, as was the policy framework within which they operate. Interventions were found to be required at all levels. Increased awareness and education, a supportive policy framework, and a shift in the perceptions and attitudes of several key stakeholders were identified as crucial in ensuring that interventions on heritage buildings do not negatively affect their environmental performance, and/or impact their architectural and cultural value. This paper features recommendations outlining a supportive strategy for improving the knowledge base of stakeholders, including students, professionals, the public, policy-makers and operators.
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Scianna, A., G. F. Gaglio, and M. La Guardia. "AUGMENTED REALITY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE: THE REBIRTH OF A HISTORICAL SQUARE." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W17 (November 29, 2019): 303–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w17-303-2019.
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Abstract. The case study, faced in this paper, arises in the context of Interreg Italia-Malta European project named I-Access, dedicated to the improvement of accessibility to Cultural Heritage (CH). Accessibility considered not only as the demolition of physical architectural barriers, but also as the possibility of fruition of CH through technological tools that can increase its perception and knowledge. Last achievements in photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) technology offered new methods of data acquisition in the field of CH, giving the possibility of monitoring and processing big data, in the form of point clouds. Ever in this field, reverse engineering techniques and computer graphics are even more used for involving visitors to discover CH, with navigation into 3D reconstructions, empowering the real visualization adding further 3D information through the Augmented Reality (AR). At the same time, recent advances on rapid prototyping technologies grant the automated 3D printing of scaled 3D model reconstructions of real CH elements allowing the tactile fruition of visitors that suffer from visual defects and the connection with 3D AR visualizations. The presented work shows how these technologies could revive an historical square, the Piazza Garraffo in Palermo (Italy), with the virtual insertion of its baroque fountain, originally placed there. The final products of this work are an indoor and an outdoor AR mobile application, that allow the visualization of the historical original asset of the square. This study case shows how the mixing of AR and the rapid prototyping technologies could be useful for the improvement of the fruition of CH. This work could be considered a multidisciplinary experimentation, where different technologies, today still in development, contribute to the same goal aimed at improving the accessibility of the monument for enhancing the fruition of CH.
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Gigli, G., W. Frodella, F. Mugnai, et al. "Instability mechanisms affecting cultural heritage sites in the Maltese Archipelago." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 12, no. 6 (2012): 1883–903. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-12-1883-2012.
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Abstract. The superimposition of geological formations with marked contrast in geotechnical properties presents one of the most critical environments for slope instability due to the different response of the materials to the applied disturbances. Moreover, the above-mentioned geological setting is often associated with high risk conditions, since many isolated rock slabs located at a higher altitude than the surrounding countryside have been sites of historical towns or buildings. The purpose of the present paper is to investigate the mechanisms determining instability in rock slabs overlying a soft substratum, with reference to two cultural heritage sites in Malta. Accurate investigations have been carried out to evaluate the geological, geotechnical and geomechanical properties together with the main geomorphological features of the soft clayey substratum and the overlying limestone rock mass. The main instability processes have thus been identified and investigated through kinematic analyses and numerical modeling, combined with a 1992–2001 Persistent Scatterers monitoring of ground displacements. The study constitutes the basis for the subsequent restoration works.
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Cronin, Adam. "A molecular phylogeny and social behaviour of Japanese Ceratina (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Xylocopinae)." Insect Systematics & Evolution 35, no. 2 (2004): 137–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187631204788912418.
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AbstractPrimitively eusocial insect are often considered particularly useful for investigations into the processes underlying the origins of eusociality. Ceratinine bees have long been regarded as solitary, but sometimes exhibit oddly social traits for solitary species, while other species are known to be social, and social behaviour has been artificially induced in others still (Maeta & Sakagami 1995; Sakagami & Maeta 1995). Recent studies have had some success in elucidating aspects of the evolution of social behaviour in some groups using phylogenetics to infer historical changes in social behaviour (eg: Danforth 2002; Schwarz et al. 2003; Bull et al. 2003). Phylogenetic treatments of Ceratina have only recently been attempted in earnest (Terzo 2000) and behavioural data is lacking for many Ceratina species. Nonetheless, the Japanese fauna represents some of the most comprehensively studied Ceratina, and this study uses nucleotide data from mitochondrial COI and CytB and nuclear EF-1α regions to infer a phylogeny of Japanese Ceratina species. Data give good resolution for the subgeneric groups, and provide some support for the recent morphological phylogeny of Terzo (2000), but little resolution for higher relationships. Behavioural data suggest that sociality is variable within subgenera. The diversity and primitive nature of social behaviour in this group make it one of the most promising to provide insights into the process of social evolution, but more data are clearly needed.
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Mei, Silvia. "Italian Minor Theatre, 2000–14: the Development of ‘Short Forms’ and the Politics of the Stage." New Theatre Quarterly 35, no. 03 (2019): 195–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266464x19000216.
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Brevity in experimental Italian theatre is not merely an expressive dimension of scenic creation, but a forma mentis, a conceptual vocation of young companies. The 2000s produced a minor theatre in Italy – first because of the reduced stage size, and second because of the brevity of works such as installation pieces. Moving from the linguistic disintegration of the historical avant-gardes of the twentieth century, this theatre is especially inspired by the visual arts, even though its historical roots remain fragmented and art is still seen in the synthetic language of modern dance and Futurist variety. Short forms actually become a tool for crossing artistic genres and languages. Starting from Deleuze’s and Guattari’s philosophical concept of minor literature, in this article Silvia Mei explores and analyzes work by such Italian contemporary companies as gruppo nanou, Città di Ebla, Anagoor, Opera, ErosAntEros, and Teatro Sotterraneo – all representative of what can be called installation theatre, a new theatrical wave that crosses the boundaries and specificities of artistic language, leading to the deterritorialization of theatre itself, a rethinking of the artistic work as well as its relationship with the audience. Silvia Mei is Adjunct Professor of the History of Theatre Directing and Theatre Iconography at the University of Bologna, having been a Research Fellow at the University of Turin. Her recent publications include ‘La terza avanguardia: ortografie dell’ultima scena italiana’, in Culture Teatrali, No. 14 (2015), and Displace Altofest (Valletta: Malta 2018 Foundation).
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BERVEGLIERI, A., N. N. IMAI, A. M. G. TOMMASELLI, and B. F. MARTINEZ. "Canopy Height Model Generation from Historical Images for Monitoring of Regeneration in Atlantic Rain Forest." Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ 42, no. 4 (2019): 206–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.11137/2019_4_206_218.
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Oficialdegui, Francisco J., Marta I. Sánchez, Christophe Lejeusne, Nic Pacini, and Miguel Clavero. "Brought more than twice: the complex introduction history of the red swamp crayfish into Europe." Knowledge & Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, no. 421 (December 10, 2019): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019044.
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One of the biggest challenges in understanding and managing biological invasions is the identification of the routes of introduction. This information is often incomplete because of unnoticed, unreported and, sometimes, illegal translocations. Reports on the introduction of the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) into Europe describe that it was introduced for the first time to southern Spain (1973 and 1974) from Louisiana; from there, it rapidly spread throughout several European countries. While other importation events and pathways of introduction have been suggested in the literature, there is no evidence that these led to wild populations in Europe. Our present study suggests two additional introduction routes into Europe from non-European areas where the red swamp crayfish had previously been reported. By using mtDNA, we found a shared haplotype between the Lake Naivasha in Kenya and Western Europe, as well as another between either western United States or Asia, and Malta. These findings support historical reports found in the literature for the former case and also point towards pet trade as driver of new introductions for the latter, thus highlighting the complex introduction history of the red swamp crayfish populations in Europe.