I briefly consider TARSI, the plural of "tarsus," which would leave me needing a word starting with RAT—, and TORSI, the plural of "torso," which would leave me needing a word starting with ROT—.
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In 1994 Torsi moved to the United States, where she joined Bell Labs as a postdoctoral researcher. During her postdoctoral research Torsi investigated organic field- effect transistors .
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Torsi was born in Bari. She earned her undergraduate degree in physics at the University of Bari. Torsi has said that she realised that she wanted to be a researcher during her master's research project. She remained there for her graduate studies, switching specialties to chemical sciences.
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The device was capable of detecting zeptomolar concentrations. The discovery launched the Horizon 2020 project SiMBiT, a bio-electronic system that looks to achieve single molecule detection of biomarkers for point-of-care testing. Torsi looks to use nanoparticle based sensor to detect toxic gases. In 2015 Torsi delivered a TED talk at TEDxBari, where she discussed resilience.
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She returned to Italy in 1993, when she was made Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry. In 2005 Torsi was made a full Professor of Chemistry. Her research considers organic semiconductors and their application in electronic devices.She has developed single molecule transistors that are capable of label-free disease detection.
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Luisa Torsi (born 1964) is an Italian chemist who is a Professor at the Università degli Studi di Bari. She was the first woman to serve as President of the European Materials Research Society (EMRS). In 2019 she was named by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry as one of the world's most Distinguished Women in Chemistry.
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Retorsion (from , from , influenced by Late Latin, 1585–95, torsi, a twisting, wringing it),The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. a term used in international law, is an act perpetrated by one nation upon another in retaliation for a similar act perpetrated by the other nation. The typical methods of retorsion are the use of comparably severe measures against citizens of the foreign nation found within the borders of the retaliating nation.Retorsion from the Thompson-Gale Legal Encyclopedia, courtesy of JrankRetorsion from the Free Dictionary It is different from a reprisal in that the retorsion is always an action in conformity with international law, though unmistakably an unfriendly one.
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Among these was the bed of PolycretusPolycleitus > intended; the Letto di Poycreto is discussed by Phyllis Pray Bober, > "Polykles and Polykleitos in the Renaissance: the 'Letto di Polycreto' " in > Warren G. Moon, ed. Polykleitos, the Doryphoros, and Tradition (University > of Wisconsin Press) 1995, p. 317ff. which was a most rare thing; a leg of > bronze, of the size of life, with certain heads, male and female,and some > vases, which Lorenzo had caused to be brought from Greece at no small cost. > He also left the torsi of many figures, with a great number of similar > things, which were all dispersed, like the property of Lorenzo, suffered to > be destroyed and squandered.
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In 1827, Donizetti was hired by the Neapolitan theatrical impresario Domenico Barbaja to compose four operas in three years. Fulfilling his obligations on time and shortly after giving the New Theatre the theatrical farce Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali on 21 November 1827, he presented a new work to the Teatro San Carlo for the New Year of 1828, this time in the genre of opera seria as L'esule di Roma. The libretto by Domenico Gilardoni was inspired by the drama of the prosecutor Luigi Marchionni, The Exiled Roman, or The Lion of the Caucasus (Naples, 1820), which in its turn was based on an opera in three acts by Louis-Charles Caigniez, Androclès reconnaissant ou le Lion (Paris, 1804), which later provided the inspiration for George Bernard Shaw's Androcles and the Lion (1912). The premiere united an impressive cast such as the tenor Calvari Berardo Winter, the soprano Adelaide Torsi and the bass Luigi Lablache, and it was a triumph.
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