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Neues Licht aus Pompeji
No full textAustellungskatalog zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung des Instituts für Klassische Archäologie der LMU München und der Staatlichen Antikensammlung und Glyptothek München unter der Schirmherrschaft des Bayerischen Staatsministers für Wissenschaft und Kunst Markus Blume.
Was haben die Römer gesehen, wenn sie nachts feierten, arbeiteten, lebten, liebten? „Neues Licht aus Pompeji“ hält Antworten bereit! In dem Begleitband zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung geht es um Kunstlicht und Lichtkunst in der Antike, um die Technik, Ästhetik und Atmosphäre künstlicher Beleuchtung. Denn römisches Kunstlicht ist ein Medium der Gestaltung, es lebt vom Zusammenspiel von Licht und kunstvoll gestalteten Geometrien und Oberflächen der Lampenkörper und Raumwände. Und es lebt von der Wahrnehmung durch das menschliche Auge. Der Katalog lädt dazu ein, Licht zu sehen und zu verstehen. Schlüssel dazu sind die Bronzeoriginale selbst, die zur Nahsicht auffordern: rund 130 römische Öllampen, Kandelaber, Lampenständer, figürliche Lampen- und Fackelhalter aus den Vesuvstädten Pompeji und Herculaneum, heute im Bestand des Archäologischen Nationalmuseums von Neapel. Neben den weltbekannten Statuen der Bronzeepheben werden zahlreiche gänzlich unbekannte Altfunde vorgestellt, die über Jahrzehnte vergessen, in den Depots des Museums lagen. Sie wurden eigens für die Ausstellung erforscht und restauriert. In über 600 Bildern begleitet von anspruchsvollen, aber gut verständlichen Texten schlägt der Katalog eine Brücke zwischen Wissenschaft und Kunst, zwischen Antike und High-Tech, zwischen Kulturwissenschaft und Industrie. Antikes Licht heute attraktiv und spannend sichtbar gemacht
Bosche, John F. (Death, 1877-01-27)
No full textAddress: 48 Franklin St.Age at death: 54 yrsPg 227/1877/370/M W M/Germany/Dr. G. Richard/Juegling/St. Mary'sOriginal record filed in drawer labeled 'BOS-BOWMAN,F'
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Tracking MEP installation works
No full textPrevious research has shown that "Scan-vs-BIM" systems are powerful to provide valuable information for tracking structural works (progress, quality, safety). However, the transferability of this capability to other construction areas such as MEP works has not been assessed so far. Comparatively, the construction of MEP systems, in particular pipes and ducts, tends to be more flexible with respect to the positioning of individual components, so that Scan-vs-BIM systems could be defeated when tracking MEP installation works. This paper presents recent results on the feasibility and performance of using a Scan-vs-BIM system to track MEP works. The approach followed is presented and then tested with two real-life challenging case studies were conducted simultaneously but totally independently in Canada and Italy. The results show that, as expected, pipes and ducts tend to be more loosely positioned than structural elements leading to a poorer performance of the Scan-vs-BIM system. Nonetheless, it appears that the system works well to assess the level of conformance of site installation works, providing valuable information for estimating emerging performance metrics like "percent built as-designed". In addition, the proposed system could also be useful to accelerate and thus reduce the cost of delivering as-built BIM models for in the case of new builds
Augmented Reality and Deep Learning towards the Management of Secondary Building Assets
No full textThe retrieval of as-is information for existing buildings is a prerequisite for effectively operating facilities, through the creation or updating of Building/Asset Information Models (BIM/AIM), or Digital Twins. At present, many studies focus on the capture of geometry for the modelling of primary components, overlooking the fact that many recurring actions need to be conducted on assets inside buildings. Furthermore, highly accurate survey techniques like laser scanning need long offsite processing for object recognition. Performing such process on site would dramatically impact efficiency and also prevent the need to revisit the site in the case of insufficient/incomplete data. In this paper, an Augmented Reality (AR) system is proposed enabling inventory, information retrieval and information update directly on-site. It would reduce post-processing work and avoid loss of information and unreliability of data. The system has a Head-Mounted Display (HMD) AR interface that lets the technician interact handsfree with the real world and digital information contained in the BIM/AIM. A trained Deep Learning Neural Network operates the automatic recognition of objects in the field of view of the user and their placement into the digital BIM. In this paper, two uses cases are described: one is the inventory of small assets inside buildings to populate a BIM/AIM, and the second is the retrieval of relevant information from the AIM to support maintenance operations. Partial development and feasibility tests of the first use case applied to fire extinguishers, have been carried out to assess the feasibility and value of this system
[Newspaper Clipping: Author Claims Evidence of Second JFK Assassin #1]
No full textNewspaper article titled "Author Claims Evidence of Second JFK Assassin." The article states that author Richard J. Whalen concluded "that there is circumstantial evidence to support the theory of a second assassin in the shooting of President John F. Kennedy.
Investigation of Data Formats for the Integration of 3D Sensed and 3D CAD data for Improved Equipment Operation Safety
No full textUse of automation in construction is increasing at a rapid pace because it provides ways of dealing with skilled labour shortages, and of improving safety, quality and productivity. Much of this automation revolves around a control loop in which planned and designed assets are compared with what is currently in place. Comparing sensed and designed spatial data will be part of this broader process of comparison. This paper explores this issue by analyzing the characteristics of 3D sensed and CAD data, and investigating data formats that could be used for their integration. The focus is on the particular context of efficient 3D modeling for improved equipment operation safety. Results of an algorithm developed for converting 3D CAD data into point clouds are presented as a solution to one part of the challenge
Also By The Same Author: AKTiveAuthor, a Citation Graph Approach to Name Disambiguation
No full textThe desire for definitive data and the semantic web drive for inference over heterogeneous data sources requires co-reference resolution to be performed on those data. In particular, name disambiguation is required to allow accurate publication lists, citation counts and impact measures to be determined. This paper describes a graph-based approach to author disambiguation on large-scale citation networks. Using self-citation, co-authorship and document source analyses, AKTiveAuthor clusters papers, achieving precision of 0.997 and recall of 0.818 over a test group of eight surname clusters
Performance of automated project progress tracking with 3D Data fusion
No full textIn the Architectural-Engineering-Construction & Facility Management industry, project progress tracking is an important management task. Currently, this task still requires a significant amount of non value-adding manual effort that interferes with value-adding work. Additionally, current practice may lead to approximate or unreliable results. In this paper, the authors present an approach fusing threedimensional (3D) Computer-Aided Design (CAD) modeling and time-stamped 3D laser scanned data for non intrusive automated project progress tracking. This approach robustly and efficiently recognizes all 3D CAD model elements in project 3D laser scans. Its applicability and performance with respect to automated construction progress tracking are investigated. Real-life data obtained during the construction of a green field power plant project is used for the investigation
John F. Kennedy telegram to Roosevelt
No full textJersey Homesteads (later the Borough of Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had emigrated from Europe. President John F. Kennedy sent a telegram to the citizens of Roosevelt, New Jersey, apologizing for not being able to attend the memorial dedication in honor of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (Jersey Homesteads became Roosevelt in 1945 in honor of the president.) President Kennedy expressed his gratitude to the people of Roosevelt for constructing the memorial, and commented that it will serve as a constant reminder of Roosevelt's good works
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