https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/32069 2026-04-13T05:28:52Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/24213 Title: Hyphen : Volume 5, Number 2 Editors: Mallia-Milanes, Victor; Scerri, Louis J.; Zammit Ciantar, Joe; Caruana Carabez, Charles Abstract: Hyphen, Volume 5, No. 2 (1986) 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/24208 Title: Interpretation of balance sheets and other financial statements : preliminary reflections Abstract: Essentially, a balance sheet is a historic statement showing the financial position of a business at a given point in time; consequently, its use is somewhat restricted. Whoever studies a bal" ance sheet does so to get an indication of future, rather than past, performance and security. As a general rule a prospective investor, or lender, is primarily interested in the financial strength of the firm as it is likely to be in the months or years ahead. Therefore, he attaches greater importance to the security of his investment, and lesser to its yield. 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/24207 Title: Residential inversion : the changing use of social space in Malta Abstract: The use of space for residential purposes is dynamically related to the physical and social environment. Changes in that environment affect the utilization of space. Changes in the man-built environment resulting from shifts in the pattern of utilization of space affect social behaviour. I would like to illustrate the symbiotic relation between the social and the man-built environment by looking at the changing use of residential space in Malta, especially since 1960. 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/24201 Title: L'umanismo di Calvino Abstract: In tutte le sue opere Calvino, mediante la sue vena umoristica, pone l'accento su alcuni ostacoli che impediscono all'uomo di realizzarsi. Spesso l'uomo appare "dimezzato", tagliato in due, con una delle meta che cerea affanosamente l'altra; a volte si configura come un essere che rifiuta di comportarsi in modo normale, si arrampica su un albero e vi stabilisce la sua dimora permanente; , in alcuni casi e tormentato da dubbi e angosce tali che non e piu distinguibile da un'automa ipocrita e pietoso insieme. Sembra infatti che l'attenzione dello scrittore ligure si rivolga esclusivamente a denunciare la miserie dell'uomo moderno. In Marcovaldo, pubblicato nel 1956, questo grigiore e questa miseria raggiungono livelli davvero inquietanti. 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z