1,769 research outputs found
Images from a Historic Building Recording Survey of Pinfold Farm Barns, Bagshaw, Derbyshire 2021
No full textThis collection comprises of images from an historic building recording of barns at Pinfold Farm, Bagshaw, Derbyshire, commissioned and undertaken by Archaeological Research Services Ltd In January 2021. Planning permission has been granted for the proposed development at Pinfold Farm which would see the conversion of the barns into dwellings, with demolition of the later associated extensions. This historic building recording was required to assist in discharging condition 22 of the Peak District National Park Authority planning policy
Studio 7: Proposed New Building for the Departments of Architecture and Fine Arts University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg. Preliminary Sketch Plans. 20/02/1955
No full textProposed New Building for the Departments of Architecture and Fine Arts University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg. Preliminary Sketch Plans. Studio 7: Fassler, John; Howie, W Duncan; Shunn, J; Tomaselli, V; Herbert,J; Morgenstern, J and Pinfold,C. 1955.
East & West Elevations, basement-, ground-, first & second floor plans. Black ink - drawn by John Fassler.Proposed New Building for the Departments of Architecture and Fine Arts University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg. Preliminary Sketch Plans. Studio 7: Fassler, John; Howie, W Duncan; Shunn, J; Tomaselli, V; Herbert,J; Morgenstern, J and Pinfold,C. 195
The evolution of the jazz vocal song: what comes after the Great American Song Book?
No full textThis MA research project was originally motivated by the desire to explain the powerful dominance of standard songs from the Great American Songbook in the repertoire of jazz singers. This term refers to a large body of songs written in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, by Cole Porter, Gershwin, Rogers and Hammerstein, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and others, often as part of musicals, which have become the standard repertoire for singers in the jazz idiom. After all, many of these songs were written over 70 years ago and both audiences and singers seem happy with that fact. However, given the advance of instrumental jazz into new vehicles, it seems sensible to analyse and explain this domination of the singer’s repertoire, whilst at the same time, come up with some pointers to the future.
Initial findings suggest the following general conclusions. The Great American Songbook is still dominant in the jazz vocal repertoire, but there are a number of trends to show that some singers are keen to develop new ideas. The research has
found that there is a richness and variety in the contemporary jazz vocal. Whilst the domination of the Great American Songbook remains strong, there has been a major trend towards using popular songs from the 1960s to the present day, plus a body of original new songs, and lyrics being written for existing jazz tunes. Rock, folk and hip hop elements are present and a move away from a swing emphasis towards a more groove-based approach has been seen. However, in addition to new material, what has been noticed is an innovative approach to the actual performance of the song.
While some very competent exponents of the standard jazz song are filling halls and selling CDs, the flame of innovation is also thriving, in keeping with the great ability of jazz to absorb influences and reinvent itself. The portfolio of songs, submitted as part of the project, reflects this writer’s creative and musical take on the research and attempts to show the direction in which the jazz vocal song may be moving. The CD essentially contains rough demos of songs composed by the writer. They can be seen as frameworks for others to develop and interpret further
Combining high-resolution scanning tunnelling microscopy and first-principles simulations to identify halogen bonding
No full textScanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) is commonly used to identify on-surface molecular self-assembled structures. However, its limited ability to reveal only the overall shape of molecules and their relative positions is not always enough to fully solve a supramolecular structure. Here, we analyse the assembly of a brominated polycyclic aromatic molecule on Au(111) and demonstrate that standard STM measurements cannot conclusively establish the nature of the intermolecular interactions. By performing high-resolution STM with a CO-functionalised tip, we clearly identify the location of rings and halogen atoms, determining that halogen bonding governs the assemblies. This is supported by density functional theory calculations that predict a stronger interaction energy for halogen rather than hydrogen bonding and by an electron density topology analysis that identifies characteristic features of halogen bonding. A similar approach should be able to solve many complex 2D supramolecular structures, and we predict its increasing use in molecular nanoscience at surfaces
Measurement of inclusive jet and dijet cross sections in proton-proton collisions at 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy with the ATLAS detector
No full textJet cross sections have been measured for the first time in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector. The measurement uses an integrated luminosity of 17 nb−1 recorded at the Large Hadron Collider. The anti-k t algorithm is used to identify jets, with two jet resolution parameters, R=0.4 and 0.6. The dominant uncertainty comes from the jet energy scale, which is determined to within 7% for central jets above 60 GeV transverse momentum. Inclusive single-jet differential cross sections are presented as functions of jet transverse momentum and rapidity. Dijet cross sections are presented as functions of dijet mass and the angular variable χ. The results are compared to expectations based on next-to-leading-order QCD, which agree with the data, providing a validation of the theory in a new kinematic regime
Search for highly ionizing particles in e+e- annihilations at s=91.1 GeV
No full textWe report the first result from a search for highly ionizing particles at the LEP e+e- storage ring at CERN. Based on CR-39 plastic track detectors, this search is sensitive to Dirac monopoles with magnetic charges in the range 0.1gD<3.6gD, where 68.5egD. New upper limits are established on the production of monopoles with charge gD and mass up to 44.9 GeV/c2. © 1992 The American Physical Society
Moving beyond e-journals
No full textPaul Ayris explains to Elspeth Hyams why scholarly communication has moved beyond the debate on e-journals pricing and open access
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