Chapter 5 discusses the events of Act II, which begins with Enrico alone in his study and ends with Lucia signing a marriage contract to marry Arturo, the only one who has the power to rekindle the Ashton family fortune. The dramatic pacing of this act quickens from one scene to the next, culminating in a spectacular finale. The main vocal number of the finale is the celebrated sextet, ‘Chi me frena in tal momento?’ [‘Who stops me at this moment?’], a slow vocal number that presents the sentiments of all the principal characters following the sudden arrival of Edgardo at the nuptial agreement ceremony. Donizetti builds the emotional energy of this finale into a musical maelstrom, all centred on the life of a young woman at her wit’s end. Perhaps this is the reason why the music of the sextet appeared in films more often than any other number in the score – a quintessential Italian vocal number in the midst of a cantabile–cabaletta format, with duelling melodies that tug at the emotional heartstrings of the listener.

The influence of the Big Four upon law-making and public governance in the EU and the UN through multiple channels as well as their role as a regulatory intermediary can be demonstrated through publicly available data. However, genuine empirical research is necessary for assessing the exact scope, impact and reliance on external consultancy and services more closely. The publicly accessible data are insufficient.

This chapter traces the history of Roman Catholicism in American politics and society, beginning with an overview of the tenets of the Catholic faith. The chapter then discusses historic tensions and division between Protestants and Catholics, tracing patterns of assimilation and eventual acceptance of Catholicism into American civil religion.

As noted in Chapter 1, since writing the last edition of this text in 2019, the world has undergone rapid changes and continues to transform at an accelerated pace. Social work, often informed by social movements and community experience, aims to anticipate and respond to emerging social issues. Perhaps this is one of the defining hallmarks of the social work profession – its capacity to evolve to address new challenges and opportunities. Throughout this book, and especially in Chapter 2, we explore some of the global social forces and discourses that characterise the rapidly changing contexts in which social work operates. These changes have created new challenges that require critical responses, in some cases generating new fields of practice. In this chapter, our major focus will be on: (1) the increasing urgency of climate change, threats to the planet (and humanity) and the implications of climate change for social work; (2) global pandemics and their impacts for people and service delivery; and (3) increasing wealth inequality and associated poverty and homelessness.

This chapter puts together fluid mechanics and heat and mass flow to describe chemical and materials processing in which diffusion and convection are combined. After setting up the central equations, special cases are introduced which can be described by equations in closed form; solutions are given.

This chapter explores Bloomsbury’s engagements with the United States of America between 1900 and 1960. It analyzes the personal and published writings of various members of the group about American art, politics, and culture. While there is no cohesive “Bloomsbury” position on the USA, it at once fascinated and appalled them, from their university days until late in their lives. From Roger Fry’s tenure at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, until his falling out with J. P. Morgan, through the widespread outrage in Britain at the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1927, and on to J. M. Keynes’ role at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 and Clive Bell’s 1950s lecture tours, the USA is a constant presence in their lives. Some welcomed the income that writing for American periodicals provided, while privately disdaining their readers. Others engaged with American politicians on the world stage in the wake of two World Wars. None of those who are associated with “Bloomsbury” held static views about the USA. This chapter explores how they refined and revised their opinions about it throughout the course of their lives.