Towards the concept of semantic halo

This paper is focused on the “semantic halo of meter” («семантический ореол метра»), one of the most recognizable, popular, and widely used concepts in Russian verse studies. After the publication of Kiril Taranovsky’s article “On the Relationships between Verse Rhythm and Theme” (1963), in which the author addresses the issue by looking at the Russian trochaic pentameter and deals with one particular rhythmic variation of the specific meter, most scholars who have adopted Taranovsky’s perspective have overlooked this emphasis therefore effectively shifting focus from rhythm to meter. Mikhail L. Gasparov pointed out that “five semantic shades” are observed around trochaic pentameter. “These are (in the reverse order of relevance): Night, Landscape, Love, Death (triumphant or defied), and Road”. From this perspective, the author analyzes Osip Mandelshtam’s poem “Skilful Lady of Guilty Glances…” (1934; «Мастерица виноватых взоров…»). This poem has attracted a significant number of monographic studies; however, scholars have never examined the poem’s meter and its connection with the semantic halo of trochaic pentameter

Microwave surface impedance anisotropy of YBa2_2Cu3_3Ox_x single crystals with different oxygen content

The linear microwave response of ultra high-quality YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_x$ single crystals grown in BaZrO$_3$ crucibles is measured at 9.4 GHz in rf magnetic fields parallel and perpendicular to the $ab$-plane in the temperature range 5$\leq T\leq 200$ K. Having found the analytic solution for the magnetic field distribution on the sample surface we determine both the surface impedance $Z_{ab}=R_{ab}+iX_{ab}$ in the $ab$-plane and $Z_c=R_c+iX_c$ along c-axis of the crystals. For the first time the evolution of the $Z_{ab}(T)$ and $Z_c(T)$ dependences on the same sample and in a wide range of oxygen content is obtained. For $x=6.95$ (optimum oxygen content) the temperature dependence of the imaginary part $\sigma_{c}''(T)/\sigma_{c}''(0)$ of the c-axis conductivity is found to be strikingly similar to that of $\sigma_{ab}''(T)/\sigma_{ab}''(0)$ and becomes more convex with $x$ lowering.Comment: 2 pages, 2 figures. To be published in Physica C as LT23 Proceeding

Semiosphere and history: Toward the origins of the semiotic approach to history

This article compares the approaches to the semiotics of history of two central figures of the Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics – Juri Lotman and Boris Uspenskij. It is argued that Lotman’s approach to the semiotics of history is closely connected with the development of his theory of the semiosphere (despite Lotman’s unfailing interest in history, his theoretical interpretation of the historical process was, in fact, secondary to his reflection on the semiosphere), that is, with the shift in his research from studies of literary-historical cases to typology. Meanwhile, Uspenskij, a linguist who started out as a scholar of structural language typology, moved in the opposite direction, becoming increasingly engaged in the examination of individual historical cases. Lotman’s correspondence with Uspenskij serves as proof that semi-formal communication on scientific issues between the representatives of the Tartu-Moscow School was often what inspired new fundamental ideas and further development of theoretical concepts

The Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics: A transnational perspective

This paper seeks to situate the Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics of the 1960– 1980s within the larger European intellectual-historical context from which it sprang, and in which it played a vital role. Analysing the school members’ engagement with their peers throughout Europe, we outline an “entangled history” (histoire croisée) of multi-directional scientific and philosophical influence. In this perspective, we discuss the most productive concepts and methods of Tartu-Moscow semiotics in the fields of general verse theory, intertextual theory and cultural theory

Frontiers in Comparative Metrics IV, 16–17 September 2022, Tallinn, Estonia

Frontiers in Comparative Metrics IV, 16–17 September 2022, Tallinn, Estoni

Sobre a preparação e a proibição da edição russa da obra de Jan Mukařovský, organizada por Iuri Lótman e Oliég Maliévitch

In the late 1960s, Yuri Lotman, a founder of the Tartu-Moscow Scool of Semiotics, prepared, in coperation with his colleagues, a two-volume edition of selected writings of Jan Mukařovský, a founder of Czech literary structuralism and semiotic aesthetics. Although Mukařovský claimed allegiance to Marxism as early as the 1950s and was considered politically acceptable in the USSR, both his structuralist past and Lotman’s structuralist backround were too alien and suspicious for the ruling orthodox Marxists and Soviet censorship authorities, especially after the 1968 “Prague Spring”. The Russian edition of Mukařovský saw the light of day only after the collapse of the Soviet Union (and Lotman’s death). The article offers a detailed reconstruction of the history of the initial, unrealized edition based on numerous archival documents.No final dos anos de 1960, Iuri Lótman, um dos fundadores da Escola de Semiótica Tártu-Moscou, preparou, em cooperação com seus colegas, uma edição em dois volumes de escritos de Jan Mukařovský, um dos fundadores do estruturalismo literário tcheco e da estética semiótica. Embora Mukařovský alegasse lealdade ao marxismo já no início dos anos de 1950 e fosse considerado politicamente aceitável na URSS, tanto seu passado estruturalista quanto a bagagem estruturalista de Lótman eram alheios e suspeitos aos marxistas ortodoxos dominantes e às autoridades de censura soviéticas, especialmente depois da “Primavera Tcheca” de 1968. A edição russa de Mukařovský veio a lume só depois do colapaso da União Soviética (e da morte de Lótman). Baseado em vasta documentação de arquivo, este artigo oferece uma reconstrução detalhada da história da edição inicial não publicada

Identification of the site for biopsy in oral mucosa cancer diagnostics

Objective– to refine the method of incisional biopsy in the diagnosis of oral mucosa cancer using the auto-fluorescent stomatoscopy. Materials and method.The study was conducted on the base of the Samara Regional Clinical Oncology Center. The inclusion criterion for patients was the diagnose of the oral mucosa cancer of various localization. Patients were divided into 2 groups. The main group included patients (n=43), who were being diagnosed for cancer with the help of optimized incisional biopsy of the oral mucosa formations, using the "AFS-400" autofluorescence complex and glasses with a green light filter for identification. The patients of the control group (n=46) received the standard biopsy procedure under direct vision. Results.The first incisional biopsies revealed cancer in 25 (54%) patients of the control group and in 36 (84%) patients of the main group. A histological verification of the diagnosis was necessary in 7 (16%) patients of the main group and required the second biopsy. In the control group, for the same purpose, 17 (37%) patients underwent the second biopsy and 4 (9%) patients required the third biopsy procedure. Exophytic-papillary forms of cancer were the most complex for histological verification. The primary biopsy of these cases was effective in 16 (37%) patients in the main group and in 8 (17%) patients in the control group (p = 0.036). In patients with initial stages of cancer (I-II), with the first incision biopsy, the histological verification of cancer was achieved in 16 (37%) cases in the main group and in 8 (17%) cases in the control group (p = 0.036). Conclusion.The use of the "AFS-400" autofluorescent complex and glasses with a green light filter for incisional biopsy of oral mucosal formations allows histological verification of cancer with the first biopsy in 84% of cases, including in stages I - II – in 16 (37%) cases and in exophytic papillary forms – in 16 (37%) cases. The significant difference was registered for the similar indicators of the control group (p = 0.036)

Frontiers in Comparative Metrics IV, 16–17 September 2022, Tallinn, Estonia

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