Stedina ta’ tfajjel

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: “Fruili” Mejju 1976 ta’ Jane Cortis – Lilek Ranċisa! ta’ Wallace Ph. Gulia – Papà ġdid ta’ Ġużè Diacono – Priżma ta’ Victor Apap – Leħen is-sewwa ta’ A. M. – Dik ix-xagħra! ta’ Emmanwel F. Attard – Bewsa ta’ Mario F. Bezzina – Stedina ta’ tfajjel ta’ Albert M. Cassola.peer-reviewe

Daħla

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Iva le ta’ Charles Coleiro – Dak li Alla jrid għalih ta’ G. Z. A. – L-univers ta’ P. P. Theuma – Għaddej iż-żmien ta’ Wallace Ph. Gulia – Dawl ċkejken ta’ Dun Frans Camilleri – Meta l-qalb ma tweġibx ta’ A. Cremona – Ħerba ta’ Oliver Friggieri – Is-siġar ta’ Albert M. Cassola – Lill-bandiera Maltija ta’ Mario Agius – Daħla ta’ Emanuele Attard.peer-reviewe

Qatla

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: “...l-ħolm duħħan itir” ta’ Ġużè Diacono – Fiż-żiffa mejta ta’ Oliver Friggieri – Il-kappillan ta’ knisja mwarrba ta’ Anton Buttigieg – Qalb ta’ omm ta’ Godfrey Zarb Adami – “Kollox mill-aqwa u mill-aħjar” ta’ Wallace Ph. Gulia – F’jum il-mewta tal-poetessa Għawdxija Mary Meilak ta’ Dun Nikol Vella Apap – Versi ta’ Karmenu Vassallo – Dakinhar... ta’ Mario F. Bezzina – Serbut ta’ Peter A. Caruana – Paletta ġdida ta’ V. M. Pellegrini – Għaliex nemmen fl-eħieres ta’ Noel Caruana Dingli – Did-dgħajsa ta’ Oliver Friggieri – Omm u tarbija ta’ Albert M. Cassola – Il-qatla ta’ Frans Sammut.peer-reviewe

Coupled free-carrier and exciton relaxation in optically excited semiconductors

The energy relaxation of coupled free-carrier and exciton populations in semiconductors after low-density ultrafast optical excitation is studied through a kinetic approach. The set of semiclassical Boltzmann equations, usually written for electron and hole populations only, is complemented by an additional equation for the exciton distribution. The equations are coupled by reaction terms describing phonon-mediated exciton binding and dissociation. All the other relevant scattering mechanisms, such as carrier-carrier, carrier-phonon, and exciton-phonon interactions, are also included. The resulting system of rate equations in reciprocal space is solved by an extended ensemble Monte Carlo method. As a first application, we show results for the dynamics of bulk GaAs in the range from 1 to ∼200 ps after photoexcitation. The build-up of an exciton population and its sensitivity to the excitation conditions are discussed in detail. As a consequence of the pronounced energy dependence of the LO-phonon-assisted transition probabilities between free-pair states and excitons, it is found that the efficiency of the exciton-formation process and the temporal evolution of the resulting population are sensitive to the excitation energy. We discuss the effects on luminescence experiments

Bħall-għasfur tal-bejt

Ġabra ta’ poeżiji u proża li tinkludi: Mater Dolorosa ta’ J. P. Vassallo – Ritratti ta’ Emmanwel F. Attard – Meta l-irjieħ ta’ Mario F. Bezzina – Protesta Maltija ta’ Oliver Friggieri – Ma kontx inkun jien ta’ Rodrig Bin-Bovingdon – Rifless (8) ta’ Doreen Micallef – U din sejħulha mħabba! ta’ Dun Frans Camilleri – Il-kobor ta’ Alla ta’ Wallace Ph. Gulia – Bħall-għasfur tal-bejt ta’ Albert M. Cassola.peer-reviewe

Universality of the triangular theory of love: Adaptation and psychometric properties of the triangular love scale in 25 countries

The Triangular Theory of Love (measured with Sternberg\u27s Triangular Love Scale - STLS) is a prominent theoretical concept in empirical research on love. To expand the culturally homogeneous body of previous psychometric research regarding the STLS, we conducted a large-scale cross-cultural study with the use of this scale. In total, we examined more than 11,000 respondents, but as a result of applied exclusion criteria, the final analyses were based on a sample of 7332 participants from 25 countries (from all inhabited continents). We tested configural invariance, metric invariance, and scalar invariance, all of which confirmed the cultural universality of the theoretical construct of love analyzed in our study. We also observed that levels of love components differ depending on relationship duration, following the dynamics suggested in the Triangular Theory of Love. Supplementary files with all our data, including results on love intensity across different countries along with STLS versions adapted in a few dozen languages, will further enable more extensive research on the Triangular Theory of Love