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REL22 Reinventing Energy Landscapes
No full textREL22 was an international summer school program launched by the Institute of Landscape Architecture of RWTH Aachen University (Prof. Frank Lohrberg, Silvia Beretta) together with the Master’s Programme in „Landscape Architecture and Landscape Heritage“ of Politecnico di Milano (Prof. Antonio Longo) andthe Master’s Programme in “Landscape Architecture” of TU Delft (Prof. Laura Cipriani). The aim was to formulate visions for the landscape transformation of the Rhenish Lignite District, the largest open-cast lignite mining area in Europe, located in the German region of North Rhine Westphalia
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No full textQuesta serie di pubblicazioni intende raccontare città e paesaggi lungo la costa del Nordest italiano: dalla bassa friulana alla città patrimonio Unesco di Palmanova, dalla laguna di Marano a quella di Venezia, dal Polesine al delta del Po. Rischio idraulico, intrusione marina, erosione, salinizzazione dei suoli, inquinamento industriale e agricolo mettono in crisi i territori futuri. Può il paesaggio divenire risorsa economica? Possiamo rispondere alle sfide del cambiamento climatico e dare vita a terre agili
Padova e il paesaggio: scenari futuri per il parco Roncajette e la zona industriale = Padova and the landscape: alternative futures for the Roncajette park and the industrial zone
No full textQuesto studio analizza possibili scenari futuri per il Parco Roncajette, per la Zona Industriale di Padova e per il paesaggio della zona orientale della provincia di Padova. E' il prodotto del lavoro condiviso di un gruppo di studenti dell’Università di Harvard - Graduate School of Design, diretto dal Professor Carl Steinitz con Juan Carlos Vargas-Moreno e Laura Cipriani.
[ENGLISH ABSTRACT. This study is of the future of the Parco Roncajette, the industrial zone ZIP, and the landscape of the eastern part of the region of Padova. It is the product of collaborative student work at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. The class was taught by Professor Carl Steinitz with Juan Carlos Vargas-Moreno and Laura Cipriani]
Monitoring of Cultural Heritage Buildings in Seismic Area
No full textArchitectural heritage groups a wide number of historical constructions such as churches, towers,
buildings, bridges, and fortresses, and all of them represent a focal point of the community’s cultural
identity. Along the centuries, indeed, a series of actions have been done to preserve their integrity and
consequently to enhance the value of the cultural heritage for humanity.
Unfortunately, as stated in [Doglioni et al. 1994] [3], [Canuti et al. 2016] [1], [Despotaki et al. 2018]
[2], and [Pavia et al. 2021] [4], such architectural cultural heritage is characterized by both structural
and typological vulnerabilities often responsible of their poor performance to actions related to
extreme events, like earthquakes, being it usually designed for gravity actions. Therefore, the analysis
of the seismic vulnerabilities represents a relevant step for choosing and designing proper retrofitting
and preservation strategies.
An integrated approach is required to know these sources of vulnerability, and different disciplines
provide essential contributions: historic investigations of the construction evolution; geometric and
material surveys of the constructions; in situ experimental testing and characterization of the
materials; structural modelling and seismic analysis. Given the intrinsic difficulties that structural
engineers must face when modelling heritage buildings, non-invasive experimental testing methods
are valuable tools to provide support in the identification of the structural characteristics of a building.
Among the various possibilities for non-invasive experimental tests, this PhD thesis refers to these
ones that can characterize the response of the structure under service conditions, commonly referred
as Operational Analysis (OA). As common practice these tests are separated in dynamic and static
tests. Regarding dynamic tests, the technique and methodology of Operational Modal Analysis
(OMA), e.g. [Brinker and Ventura – 2015] [5], [Ranieri and Fabbrocino – 2014] [6], is a very effective
tool for structural identification and for model updating to support model-based simulations for the
prediction of the seismic response of heritage constructions as well as for the calibrations of advanced
seismic upgrading interventions. As regards instead the static tests, e.g. [Kita et all. 2018] [37],
[Cavalagli et all. 2017] [43], [Ramos et all. 2012] [38] and [Lorenzoni et all. 2015] [44], together
with the dynamic tests, they give a better interpretation of how the structure has been behaves under
earthquakes or extreme events making in light the deficiency of the structural system in order to make
a more realistic finite element model (FEM) of the structure.
In a wider comprehensive view, these analysis techniques provide a better knowledge of the structural
response of cultural heritage in their operational conditions, helping in characterizing their seismic response by the evaluation of the modal properties’ changes (i.e., dynamic response), and in
characterizing the evolution of kinematic mechanisms such as the over-turning mechanisms (i.e.,
static response). These results, inside the optical of structural health monitoring, can make in light
outcomes both in modal properties and in displacement measures that can suggest potentials
phenomenon of damage that may arise.
For this reason, the design of embedded monitoring systems that provide either a real-time and
periodic information about the structural integrity and performance is a necessary activity to provide
an insight on the structural health state of cultural heritage and to characterise the seismic response. This PhD Thesis seeks to design an embedded monitoring system that acquire both dynamic physical
and static quantities to identify the structural response over-time, either in operational conditions, and
during seismic events including potentially destructive ones, to develop an automatic data analysis
process that assesses the properties that describe the response of the structure such as modal properties
which natural frequencies, modal shapes and modal damping integrated with static monitoring
measures such as displacement measured across the cracks.
The innovative procedures developed within this work aims at automatically selecting the seismic
evets input that can give a modification on the structural response within the data acquired through
continuous monitoring, exploiting information available from the Italian National Institute of
Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) relevant to seismic events.
Specifically, the objectives of this PhD thesis are:
• to select the most effective monitoring system by considering specific problems concerning
historical buildings and the available post processing data techniques to automize the analysis
process.
• to set up a real-time process that continuously acquire data from different types of sensors and
save them in a cloud server for the successive analyses.
• to select the seismic events occurred that may have changed the structural response, evaluating
the in site expected shaking intensity through a calibration of a specific attenuation law based
on data available from Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
relevant to seismic events.to develop a tool that processes the acquired data using an efficient
identification algorithm coupled with a clustering analysis. • to validate the developed tools in two case-studies the Portico da Varano of Ducal Palace, and
the Santa Maria in Via Church, both located in the city of Camerino, severely stroked by the
2016 central Italy seismic sequence
Correspondence: Laura Kephart and Arthur Stupka
No full textThis 1936 correspondence, between Laura Kephart (Mrs. Horace Kephart) and Arthur Stupka, concerns a possible Kephart Memorial. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Arthur Stupka (1905-1999) was the first park naturalist to work at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mindscapes: Laura Riding's poetry and poetics /
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão.Esta tese propõe uma leitura revisionista da poesia contemporânea através do exame do caso de um dos mais esquecidos escritores norte-americanos do século XX: Laura (Riding) Jackson (1901-1991). O objetivo é demonstrar que Riding não apenas possuía uma poética definida e singular, mas que ela permanece uma das instâncias mais extremas e paradoxais do modernismo anglo-americano, a ponto de Riding abandonar a escrita da poesia em 1938. Recorrendo a conceitos de "formação do cânone" bem como às noções de "discurso" e "função do autor", em Foucault, investigo a construção do cânone da poesia moderna anglo-americana, recuperando o contexto e as circunstâncias da ocultação de Riding. Enquanto cubro os "discursos" poéticos em circulação na primeira metade do século XX-o "imagismo" de Pound, a "dissociação da sensibilidade", "impersonalidade" e "tradição" de Eliot, a "unidade orgância" e "ambigüidade" da Nova Crítica-ofereço um panorama crítico de modernismos alternativos sendo articulados à época. Minha intenção é demonstrar que os poemas de Riding são expressões vigorosas de um escritor para quem "a mente pensando se torna a força ativa do poema", para usar a apta formulação de Charles Bernstein. Entre minhas descobertas sobre as várias e complexas razões que levaram à não-canonização de Riding estão a hegemonia da Nova Crítica, o exílio voluntário de Riding da cena literária (onde são feitas ou desfeitas as reputações), sua recusa em ser antologiada, bem como em ser explicada em termos críticos que não os dela. Todos esses fatores, mais a "dificuldade" de sua poesia, contribuíram para fazer de Riding "a maior poeta esquecida da poesia norte-americana", como escreveu Kenneth Rexroth. Ajudado pelos insights de dois importantes críticos de poesia norte-americana, Charles Bernstein e Marjorie Perloff, defendo que a "poesia da mente" de Riding-onde o que está em jogo é que o que pensamos ser a nossa realidade-representa uma mudança radical no paradigma da poética modernista: de uma poesia centrada na imagem para uma poesia centrada na linguagem. Focalizando a experiência consciente e o tempo duracional do pensamento presente em seus poemas, concluo que as "pensagens" de Riding têm o objetivo preciso de constatar um fato universal: enquanto seres humanos e pensantes, estamos numa condição permanente chamada linguagem
Letter, Julia Gardiner Tyler to Mrs. Laura Holloway, author of First Ladies, dated September 20, 1869
No full textALS of Julia Gardiner Tyler to Mrs. Laura Holloway, author of First Ladies, dated September 20, 1869, about interviewing other first ladies. ALS.Found in:Mss. 65 T97 Additions, Series 1: Mss. Acc. 1993.19 Addition, 186
Heritage tourism: a case study of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Heritage Site at Pepin, Wisconsin
No full textPlan BMany things must be taken into consideration when developing a heritage tourism site. It can be a wonderful opportunity for the community involved to benefit economically and historically. Heritage tourism can keep alive the heritage and traditions of the communities past. When it is discovered that a heritage site exists, the first step is to consult with the community. A site will not succeed without the acceptance and assistance from the community involved. Once the interest is known, the development process can proceed. After determining that there is a heritage tourism site possibility in their area, a commumity must do research to determine the feasibility of the site, what will make it a success, and how to obtain that success. This study will examine a community with a heritage tourism site that has been successful in developing and maintaining it's site. By conducting this study, other communities seeking information for developing their site will have an example and tool to work with. The site chosen for this study is the Laura Ingalls Wilder site in Pepin, Wisconsin. The town is rich with it's heritage associated with Laura Ingalls Wilder. The development and success for this town will be documented through this study. Laura Ingails Wilder is a perfect choice for examining heritage tourism. The author of many American Pioneer books, she has become famous all over the world. In turn all places that she or her family members lived are or are becoming heritage tourism sites. There are older ones that have been in progress for some years, such as the one in Pepin, and there are ones that are being discovered through the popularity of new books written about Laura's family. These communities would benefi greatly from the information this study will produce. Without the bene-fit of this knowledge communities who are unaccustomed to tourism or the way the other Laura Ingalls Wilder sites operate, may make terrible errors in development, tarnishing the site. This may also reflect badly on the other Laura Ingalls Wilder sites. It is important for new Wilder sites to examine all information and know exactly what they are doing when developing the site. If all the Laura Ingalls Wilder sites can benefit from each other's knowledge and experience it will greatly increase the market for all sites. The more detailed and expansive the sites are about their knowledge and sites to see, the more people are going to want to travel to as many sites as possible, learning all they can about the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family. These sites not only attract Laura Ingalls Wilder fans but all people that are interested in the American Pioneer period of the United States history. This study will provide the knowledge for communities who are developing heritage tourism sites, especially those focusing on Laura Ingalls Wilder. This is a very important study for tourism and especially heritage tourism. When a heritage site is discovered communities run into the barrier of not having the experience and knowledge to develop the site properly. This study will analyze tourism in Pepin, Wisconsin to determine it's successfulness due to the fact that it is a Laura Ingalls Wilder heritage tourism site, and Wfit was developed in a way to provide tourists with a view of Laura Ingalls Wilder's past and the past of many Pioneer Americans. By studying this subject it will allow for many people to benefit. Tourist who are seeking the pleasure of the knowledge of the past, and communities who want to preserve their past and profit from tourism
Core Journal Lists: Classic Tool, New Relevance
No full textReviews the historical context of core journal lists, current uses in collection assessment, and existing methodologies for creating lists. Outlines two next generation core list projects developing new methodologies and integrating novel information/data sources to improve precision: a national-level core psychology list and the other a local institutional core list for the interdisciplinary field of urban studies and planning. The paper is based on the authors’ panel presentation at the 2009 ACRL National Conference (Seattle, Washington) titled “Core Journal Lists Re-viewed and Re-imagined.”This is an electronic version of an article published in Robin A. Paynter, Rose M. Jackson & Laura Bowering Mullen (2010): Core Journal Lists: Classic Tool, New Relevance, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 29:1, 15-31. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639260903571096Peer reviewe
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