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Promoting the use of rat traps over pesticides in Cape Town's peri-urban areas : an analysis of factors influencing rat trap adoption
No full textRodent infestations are a common problem in low socio-economic areas surrounding Cape Town. The presence of rodents can lead to the contamination of food, damage of infrastructure and the spread of rodent-borne diseases. To control rodent infestations, people in these areas resort to the use of illegal street pesticides which can also compromise their health
A palaeoenvironmental study of particle size‐specific connectivity—New insights and implications from the West Sussex Rother Catchment, United Kingdom
No full textConnectivity has become an important conceptual and practical framework for understanding and managing sediment transfers across hillslopes, between hillslopes and rivers, and between rivers and other compartments along the river corridor (e.g., reservoirs, channel substrate, and floodplain). Conventionally, connectivity focuses on the quantity of sediment transferred but here, we also consider the size of the finer sediment (typically particles <500 μm diameter). We examine the role of small rapidly silting reservoirs in the river Rother on storing sediment and disrupting downstream sediment transfers. Spatial and temporal changes in the particle size characteristics of sediment deposited in one of the ponds is explored in detail. Downstream of this pond, we collected sediment from the river on nine occasions over 17 months using two sampling methods at two locations; first, immediately downstream of the pond and a second ~700 m further downstream but upstream of the confluence with the Rother. Results showed a significant depletion in sand‐sized particles immediately downstream of the pond but the sand had been recovered from an in‐channel source before the river reached the downstream sampling point
The Place from the Leopoldo’s Rother perspective: a study about the connection between the Project and the landscape architecture, four of his architectural masterpieces
No full textilustraciones, fotografías, gráficas, mapas, planosEsta tesis de maestría estudia la noción de lugar presente en la obra de Leopoldo Rother. Para ello, se desarrolló un método analítico que permitió identificar las decisiones proyectuales que utilizó Rother, en función de crear un lugar que estuviese en relación con el paisaje en la Facultad de Agronomía de Palmira. A partir del estudio de la Facultad es posible reconocer una forma de proyectar del arquitecto; la cual se visualiza en otras de sus obras como El Centro Cívico de Barranquilla, La Imprenta de la Universidad Nacional y La Plaza de Mercado de Girardot. Este proceso analítico tiene como objetivo interpretar las relaciones espaciales que establecen el pórtico, la escalera y la fachada en función de conformar un lugar. De tal manera que, se pueda identificar una lógica proyectual para crear un lugar a partir de la relación entre el proyecto y el paisaje, a pesar de las diferencias formales entre los elementos. (Texto tomado de la fuente).This Master thesis studies the concept of Place based on the Leopoldo Rother’s architectural masterpieces. To that end, we used an analytic method that allowed us to identify the designing decisions made by Rother, with the aim of creating a place connected with the landscape, in the Agronomy Faculty in Palmira. From the Faculty analysis, it is possible to recognize the way the architect projected the place, which is the envision of other of his masterpieces such as “El Centro cívico” in Barranquilla, “La Imprenta” in the National University and “La Plaza de mercado’’ in Girardot. This analytic process intended to present an interpretation of the spatial relationship between the portico, the stairs and the facade to build the place. Thus, we can identify the project logic to create a Place based on the connection between the architectural piece and the landscape, despite the differences in the architectural elements.MaestríaMagíster en ArquitecturaSe utilizó un método analítico - sintético. Primero se analiza la Facultad de Agronomía a profundidad para determinar las decisiones proyectuales que utilizó el arquitecto en relación al lugar. Luego, se estudiaron tres obras para entender cómo Rother traslada una lógica proyectual a otro contexto. Concretamente, la investigación está comprendida en tres etapas: marco conceptual, análisis de proyectos y síntesis. Cada etapa se desarrolla en los capítulos de la investigación de la siguiente manera:Arquitectura y Urbanism
Geschichte als Trost – Geschichte als System. Zur Typologie der Geschichtsphilosophie der Aufklärung
No full textMichael Erler, Wolfgang Rother (éd.), Philosophie der Lust. Studien zum Hedonismus
No full textLe volume intitulé Philosophie der Lust. Studien zum Hedonismus, édité par M. Erler et W. Rother, s’inscrit dans le prolongement du congrès « Lust-Freude-Begierde. Der Hedonismus von den Anfängen bis zur Neuzeit » qui s’est tenu du 15 au 17 avril 2010 à Würzburg. L’ouvrage a pour finalité d’aborder les discours philosophiques sur le plaisir, de l’Antiquité à la période moderne. Le choix du titre du recueil, cependant, la volonté, en outre, de mettre en évidence l’existence, au cours des siècl..
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
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