218 research outputs found
Narratives #1: Eastern Mediterranean and Atlantic European Cities
No full textWe have selected seven contributions for this issue of Spool, four from the Eastern Mediterranean basin (Istanbul, Beirut, Acre and Jaffa) and three from Atlantic Europe (Bodø, Matosinhos and Gafanha da Nazaré).Roula El Khoury and Paola Ardizzola address the post-civil war reconstruction of Beirut in Lebanon and reveal how neoliberal models of development resulted in a generic city. Adem Erdem Erbas uses the Istanbul port heritage area in Turkey to showcase how GIS helps to consider underground cultural inventory from a historic landscape perspective within the framework of the conservation plans.Ana Jayone Yarza Pérez explores the potential of adaptive reuse evaluation procedure in the Old City of Acre, Israel, as a means to deal with development and gentrification in this World Heritage site.Komal Potdar explores the historical evolution of the old town, cultural geography, and the current state of exclusion and gentrification in Jaffa, Israel. She underlines the need for discourse on socio-spatial analysis and assessment for decision-making processes for urban heritage design.Diego Inglez de Souza and Ivo Pereira de Oliveira reconnect architectural history with social and industrial accounts as a strategy for understanding the relationship between infrastructure, fishing, and urbanisation by studying the emblematic case of Matosinhos, Portugal.André Tavares seeks to trace the links between fluctuations in the natural cod resources, the technologies used by fishermen to catch and process the fish, and the development of coastal landscapes and the urban form of the fishing port Gafanha da Nazaré, Portugal.And finally, Fatma Tanis uses an interview with architect Daniel Rosbottom from DHDR to provide insight into situated architecture in port cities by addressing a library and concert hall project realised in Bodø, Norway.Teachers of Practice / ASituated Architecture100% ResearchUrban Desig
Oregon Gulch Gold-mining company of Butte County, California, 1852
No full textIntroduction: This record book is 13 1/4" x 8" and is 144 pages in length, 101 pages of which have been used. Pages are ruled, with writing in ink of several colors. Various signatures appear at the bottoms of entries, usually those of the chairman and the secretary. Leather backed boards have corners and spine extremities rubbed. The inner hinges are loose. The Oregon Gulch Gold Mining Company was established under the provisions of an act of the Indiana state legislature entitled "An act for the incorporation of manufacturing and mining companies, and companies for mechanical, chemical, and building purposes" (May 20, 1852). The area in which the Company did business was Butte County, California, from Oregon Gulch round the point of Table Mountain to Morrison Ravine; the Company had claims to all water privileges and easements connected therewith. They also had possession of the gold mining claim known as "Old Berry Hydraulic Claim", adjacent to the so-called "North Claims" at the head of Morrison Ravine, on the southern side of Table Mountain. The objectives, according to the certificate of organization, were the mining of gold and the sale or leasing of water power not required for the Company's operations. Major stockholders were William C. and Thomas P. Hendricks. Numerous meetings were held in the office of Thomas A. Hendricks, a member of the Board of Directors. Thomas A. Hendricks was elected governor of Indiana in 1872 and served as Vice President of the United States under Grover Cleveland during the latter's first term. The original manuscript of this work is in Special Collections, California State University, Northridge Libraries. Norman E. Tanis[none][none
İzmir’de Kozmopolitan Bir Mikro-Evren: Bornova Anadolu Lisesi
No full textGreen Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Situated Architectur
Neuropsychological test performance in mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies: A systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textBACKGROUNDWe sought to characterize the cognitive profile among individuals with mild cognitive impairment with Lewy bodies (MCI-LB) to help guide future clinical criteria.METHODSSystematic review and meta-analysis included MCI-LB studies with cognitive data from PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and PsycINFO (January 1990 to March 2023). MCI-LB scores were compared to controls, MCI due to Alzheimer's disease (MCI-AD), and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) groups with random-effects models.RESULTSWe included 26 studies and 2823 participants. Across all domains, the MCI-LB group performed worse than controls and better than DLB. Compared to MCI-AD, the MCI-LB group performed worse in attention/processing speed (g = –0.24, 95% confidence interval [CI]: –0.35, –0.12), attention/executive (g = –0.42, 95% CI: –0.56, –0.28); better in verbal immediate recall (g = 0.37; 95% CI: 0.15, 0.59) and delayed memory (g = 0.40; 95% CI: 0.22, 0.58).DISCUSSIONThe cognitive profiles in MCI-LB and MCI-AD are consistent with established profiles in DLB and AD. Neuropsychological assessment may be helpful in differential diagnosis, even in early disease states
Babylon by Tro-Tro: The Varieties of Rasta Identity and Practice in Ghana
No full text1. Title: Babylon by Tro-Tro: The Varieties of Rasta Identity and Practice in Ghana
2. Author: Jonathan Tanis ([email protected]; University of Southern California)
3. Objective: Intrigued by the lack of scholarship in Ghana on the highly visible and prominent Rasta culture, I sought to examine aspects of Rastafari identity and practice including the following:
a. How the Rasta identity is defined, constructed and maintained by both Rastafarians and non-Rastafarians of varied backgrounds.
b. How Rastafarians perform and express said identity through specific practices
c. The importance of iconography and symbolism in transmitting Rastafarian identity, and the negotiation of identity through this discourse
4. Methodology: I conducted fieldwork, primarily participant-observation and interviews, at various places in and around the city of Accra. Field-sites included the Arts Centre in downtown Accra, a Rasta enclave in Achimota, a Rasta school in Adenta, and a Bobo-Ashanti camp in Tafo, Eastern Region. I attempted to expose myself to the greatest possible spectrum of Rastafari practice without compromising the depth of understanding necessary to analyze specifics. Throughout the research process I conducted formal interviews with a number of Rastafarians and non-Rastafarians alike, recording them for the creation of a mini-documentary that I have compiled. However, most of my findings arise from informal discussions and observations with respect to the daily lives of my informants. Because of the lack of scholarly material on Rastafari, I was unable to rely much on review of prior literature, yet this afforded me more time to spend on ground level ethnography, which I feel is more important in this sort of research.
5. Findings: Throughout my fieldwork, the most striking findings were involved not with outlining the structure of Rastafari identity, ideology and practice, but with exposing the degree of heterogeneity which could be described as the defining characteristic of the movement in Ghana. Under the banner of Rastafari include such identities as celibate priests, cannabis smoking reggae musicians and political revolutionaries. I began to develop an understanding that Rastafari can be understood as a movement only on the plane of discourse, i.e. on the level of iconography, symbolism, language and fashion. Rastafari is an aesthetic, not a complete structure of belief and lifestyle. Nevertheless, this aesthetic links all Rastas in Ghana in an utterly unique manner.
6. Conclusion: I can only offer speculation as to the explanation for Rastafari’s peculiar relationship in respect both to itself and to mainstream culture. From a historico-materialist perspective, the Rasta discourse has been displaced from the socio-political and economic conditions of 1930s Jamaica that originally produced it. Thus, the discourse has remained constant but the intrinsic referents have been lost, altered or diminished. Today, the discourse is continually reproduced but no longer has the ability to develop novel content. It survives, however, because it fulfils the social need for an outlet of countercultural activity
Project Jackal Final Report
No full textFor companies that deliver hardware services, the ability to scale dynamically has many advantages. In a special case, a company may have some computing resources available and desire to scale out when traffic peaks. A periodical budget may then be allocated, which needs to be used efficiently. This can be achieved through a combination of scheduling and provisioning policies. This report details the implementation of a system that functions in this environment. It replaces a previous system and must fulfill the tasks of handling and scheduling jobs to available nodes, provisioning nodes and providing information regarding system behavior to the user. A requirements analysis and an architectural design plan were written before implementing the system. Test driven development was applied where possible, and the test and implementation details are described further in this report. Research was conducted in scheduling and provisioning policies in the context of the problem described above.Computer Science - Parallel and Distributed SystemsElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Fabrieksschema: Het opsplitsen van een kraakgas
No full textDocument(en) uit de collectie Chemische ProcestechnologieDelftChemTechApplied Science
Narrative as a tool for dialogue between past and future of a port city
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