Ačkoliv texty mnohých populárních písní nejsou žádné básnické skvosty, mnohý slogan v nich obsažený se nám vryje do paměti, aniž bychom si to příliš přáli. Takže asi většina z nás si vybaví fragment textu, který tvrdí, že "...Brno je zlatá loď, za děvčaty z Brna choď..." Pokud text popisuje reálnou situaci, pak je prapoddivné, že brněnští astronomové si místních dívek vůbec nehledí, ale zajímají se o jakési velmi vzdálené a údajně velmi zmalované krásky. Vedoucí skupiny astrofyziků na Přírodovědecké fakultě Masarykovy univerzity, doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Mikulášek, CSc., totiž ve svých přednáškách velmi často nazývá hvězdy svého zájmu "zmalovanými slečnami". Zda k tomu má nějaký důvod, posuďte sami - vítejte ve světě CP hvězd!, Tomáš Gráf, Zdeněk Mikulášek, Pavel Zvěřina, Jiří Krtička., and Obsahuje bibliografii
In the article “Cheminement d’un humaniste” the author presents the results of her research on a small treatise Kitāb al-isrā’ ilā maqām al-asrā (Nigh Journey). She established a critical edition of the text in Arabic on the basis of a comparison of the limited number of manuscripts available in Dār al-Kutub al Masrīyya in Cairo. She then translated “Kitāb al-isrā’” into Polish. Kitāb al-isrā’ is one of the most important early works, written by Ibn Arabi after his great visionary experience in Fez, in 1198. It describes in rhymed prose his mystical ascension, meeting in the spiritual realities of the prophets in the seven heavens and being brought to the fullest realization of his own reality. Ibn Arabi’s ascension is a dream, a vision of a heart. These divine events determine the way forward for his ultimate role as the perfect man (insān kāmil) or the Seal of Muhammadian Sainthood.
One-dirme nsional calculations of the evolution of protogalaxies are presented. The stellar component, three phases of the interstellar medium and their interactions are treated in detail, taking into account stellar evolution, stellar mass loss, nucleosynthesis, heating and cooling of the gas, and condensation and evaporation of clouds. In agreement with observations the models yield massdependent results of 1) supernova-driven galactic mass loss that will form a hot corona around ellipticals and accounts for an abrupt termination of the evolution of dE's, 2) metal-enrichment, explaining the L-Z-relation, 3) low metallicity gradients in dwarf galaxies.
Chen Chieh-jen is currently the most renowned contemporary Taiwanese artist, participating in numerous worldwide art biennals and exhibitions. Firstly, this paper will narrate how Chen managed to become an artist, while, at the same time, an anylysis of Taiwan´s sociopolitical and cultural history will be presented. The analysis will be from an unusual viewpoint: that of Taiwanese contemporary art, a field of study marginalized by Western Scholars in Taiwanese Studies. The testimonies of its protagonists, Taiwanese artists, will also be included. Secondly, the lifting of a 40 year period of martial law in 1987 symbolizes the kickoff point for the development of contemporary Taiwanese art. Chen Chieh-jen, as many other Taiwanese artists, participated in this process. making use of his body to state his sociopolitical stance. This paper will demonstrate how the body became one of the main focal points in contemporary art in Taiwan. Having been hidden by censorship, the body was turned into an instrument of political condemnation, an even a key element in the local claim of Taiwanese identity. And finally, we will analyze how Chen Chien-jen developed his own artistic interpretation of the body, beginning with his political performances and moving onto the recovery of his personal identity and story through the medium of his black and white photographic series.
Three new species of chigger mites, Eutrombicula costaricensis sp. n., Eutrombicula passerinorum sp. n., and Eutrombicula hectochaeta sp. n. are described from wild birds from Costa Rica. Two species, Eutrombicula pacae (Floch et Fauran, 1957) and Parasecia fundata (Brennan, 1969), are recorded for the first time in Costa Rica and on new host species. Data on the distribution of Blankaartia sinnamaryi (Floch et Fauran, 1956) in Costa Rica are also reported.