Proposta di traduzione del racconto “Li Ying, la moglie del sonnambulo” tratto dalla raccolta “La Cina dei bassifondi” di Liao Yiwu

L’elaborato si divide in tre capitoli. Il primo presenta l’autore, le correnti letterarie underground sviluppatesi dopo il 1976 e una breve presentazione della raccolta. Il secondo capitolo contiene la mia proposta di traduzione del racconto "Li Ying, la moglie del sonnambulo" e il terzo capitolo contiene il commento traduttologico, nel quale sono analizzate le problematiche riscontrate durante la traduzione, e alcune espressioni storiche e religiose che si è ritenuto necessario approfondire.

Alteration of natural ³⁷Ar activity concentration in the subsurface by gas transport and water infiltration

High ³⁷Ar activity concentration in soil gas is proposed as a key evidence for the detection of underground nuclear explosion by the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty. However, such a detection is challenged by the natural background of ³⁷Ar in the subsurface, mainly due to Ca activation by cosmic rays. A better understanding and improved capability to predict ³⁷Ar activity concentration in the subsurface and its spatial and temporal variability is thus required. A numerical model integrating ³⁷Ar production and transport in the subsurface is developed, including variable soil water content and water infiltration at the surface. A parameterized equation for ³⁷Ar production in the first 15 m below the surface is studied, taking into account the major production reactions and the moderation effect of soil water content. Using sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification, a realistic and comprehensive probability distribution of natural ³⁷Ar activity concentrations in soil gas is proposed, including the effects of water infiltration. Site location and soil composition are identified as the parameters allowing for a most effective reduction of the possible range of ³⁷Ar activity concentrations. The influence of soil water content on ³⁷Ar production is shown to be negligible to first order, while ³⁷Ar activity concentration in soil gas and its temporal variability appear to be strongly influenced by transient water infiltration events. These results will be used as a basis for practical CTBTO concepts of operation during an OSI.

The discovery of the appearance of vμ − vτ oscillations

Almost 20 years after the first conceptual design of the experiment, five years of running in the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS), and billions of billions muon-neutrinos sent from CERN along the CNGS beam, in 2015 the OPERA neutrino detector has allowed the long-awaited discovery of the direct transformation (oscillation) of muon-neutrinos into tau-neutrinos. This result unambiguously confirms the interpretation of the so-called atmospheric channel, after the discovery of neutrino oscillations by the Super-Kamiokande Collaboration in 1998.

Dissolved CO2 and Alkane Gas in Clay Formations

Characterization of dissolved CO2 and alkane gas in clayrocks may help assessing the confinement properties of geological barriers considered as potential host rocks for a deep geological disposal as well as for caprocks of gas storages. A monitoring of alkanes with CO2, combined with carbon isotopes was performed on core samples coming from Underground Research Laboratories (Bure, Mont Terri, Tournemire) and the Schlattingen borehole in France and Switzerland. Composition of hydrocarbon gas and delta C-13 of methane strongly suggest a dominant thermogenic origin of methane which is mixed with a bacterial origin for the Toarcian shales, Pliensbachien and Callovian-Oxfordian clayrocks. Results also evidence the contrasted behavior of CO2, which is controlled by chemical equilibrium between pore water and carbonate mineralogy, compared to the alkanes which are present in the porosity as a stock of dissolved gases which can be depleted during degassing experiments. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

(Table 1) Gravity and pressure within the Sleipner area relative to ones at the reference station in 2002 and 2005

At Sleipner, CO2 is being separated from natural gas and injected into an underground saline aquifer for environmental purposes. Uncertainty in the aquifer temperature leads to uncertainty in the in situ density of CO2. In this study, gravity measurements were made over the injection site in 2002 and 2005 on top of 30 concrete benchmarks on the seafloor in order to constrain the in situ CO2 density. The gravity measurements have a repeatability of 4.3 µGal for 2003 and 3.5 µGal for 2005. The resulting time-lapse uncertainty is 5.3 µGal. Unexpected benchmark motions due to local sediment scouring contribute to the uncertainty. Forward gravity models are calculated based on both 3D seismic data and reservoir simulation models. The time-lapse gravity observations best fit a high temperature forward model based on the time-lapse 3D seismics, suggesting that the average in situ CO2 density is about to 530kg/m**3. Uncertainty in determining the average density is estimated to be ±65 kg/m**3 (95% confidence), however, this does not include uncertainties in the modeling. Additional seismic surveys and future gravity measurements will put better constraints on the CO2 density and continue to map out the CO2 flow.

Law School

York and Sawyer, architects. The Wiliam W. Cook Legal Research Building was completed in 1931, the third of the four buildings William W. Cook gave to form the Law Quadrangle, 1924-1933. In 1955, the original six level stackroom was increased to ten levels. The underground addition designed by Gunnar Birkerts Associates was completed in 1981.

Zur Eröffnung der Untergrundbahn nach Westend; Überblick über Vorgeschichte und Bauausführung der Bahn;

Mode of access: Internet.

Peaceful uses of nuclear explosions : a literature search /

"Nuclear explosions - Peaceful applications. Distributed according to TID-4500 (15th ed.)."

Chemicals stored in USTs : characteristics and leak detection /

Mode of access: Internet.

Peaceful uses of nuclear explosions : a literature search /

"April 1959."

Peaceful uses of nuclear explosions : a literature search /

"September 1959."

Peaceful uses of nuclear explosions : a literature search /

"April 1960."

Lawrence Avenue underflow sewer system : interim report, planning and construction /

"March 1980."

The thermal performance of earth covered buildings in hot, arid regions /

"Work Performed Under Contract No. EG-77-C-01-4042."

Field evaluation of advanced methods of geotechnical instrumentation for transit tunneling : final report /

Performed by Bechtel Civil and Minerals, Inc. and Haley & Aldrich, Inc. under contract to the Transportation Systems Center.