Fashion and Architecture : How an attitude of informality adopted by fashion during the swinging sixties influenced the development of British postmodern architecture

Postmodernism became the buzzword of contemporary society in the 1990s. An elusive design style that is notoriously difficult to define, postmodernism now finds itself in a period of reassessment. Charles Jencks believes that postmodern architecture grew out of the 1960s, however with all re-evaluative literature define the period of postmodern architecture from 1970 to 1990 this leaves a gap within the history of the movement. Furthermore, since the sixties is the decade that shook Britain, this suggests there is yet to be a proper assessment of British postmodern architecture. Therefore, this research will adding to the re-evaluative literature with the aim to establish how an attitude of informality towards life adopted by the creative arts during the swinging sixties has influenced the development of British Postmodernism between 1960-77 as an attempt to liberate the women and the creative class by using culture as a weapon against the establishment and social code. Henceforth redefining the history of British postmodern architecture in light of its relationship with the creative arts and the 1960s counter culture

Revisiting the Determinant Factors of E-Commerce Adoption in the Wake of the Pandemic: The New Landscape of Digital Transformation for SMEs in North West UK

In response to the challenges presented by COVID-19, many small businesses have opted to digitally transform to survive the economic downturn brought on by the pandemic. In particular, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have turned to electronic commerce (e-commerce) to keep their firm afloat and maintain revenues amidst government restrictions and national lockdowns. While many SMEs shifted online against the backdrop of these contextual circumstances, the primary determinants which may have played a significant role in the e-commerce adoption decision in small businesses are unclear and cannot be explained by existing literature. Therefore, this paper finds it is the time to revisit this topic to ascertain the underlying determinants of SME e-commerce adoption during COVID-19. In so doing, this research aspires to provide practitioners and policymakers with advice as to how SMEs can counter crises by integrating technological innovations like e-commerce into their businesses and undergoing a rapid digital transformation

Correlations between the mechanical loss and atomic structure of amorphous TiO2-doped Ta2O5 coatings

<p>Highly reflective dielectric mirror coatings are critical components in a range of precision optics applications including frequency combs, optical atomic clocks, precision interferometry and ring laser gyroscopes. A key limitation to the performance in these applications is thermal noise, arising from the mechanical loss of the coatings. The origins of the mechanical loss from these coatings is not well understood.</p> <p>Recent work suggests that the mechanical loss of amorphous Ta2O5 coatings can drop by as much as 40% when it is doped with TiO2. We use a combination of electron diffraction data and atomic modelling using molecular dynamics to probe the atomic structure of these coatings, and examine the correlations between changes in the atomic structure and changes in the mechanical loss of these coatings. Our results show the first correlation between changes in the mechanical loss and experimentally measured changes in the atomic structure resulting from variations in the level of TiO2 doping in TiO2-doped Ta2O5 coatings, in that increased homogeneity at the nearest-neighbour level appears to correlate with reduced mechanical loss. It is demonstrated that subtle but measurable changes in the nearest-neighbour homogeneity in an amorphous material can correlate with significant changes in macroscopic properties.</p&gt

Exploring the phase space of medium induced QCD radiation with jets in ALICE at the LHC

Jets are back to back cascades of particles produced in the hard scattering of quarks and gluons. The pattern of cascade as these recoiling partons separate is governed by the properties of Quatum Chromo-Dynamics (QCD), the field theory for the strong nuclear force that binds together the quarks and gluons that make up the atomic nucleus. Studying jets from their production to their fragmentation gives insight into various unanswered aspects of QCD. Additionally, studying their modification in the presence of a strongly interacting deconfined medium of quarks and gluons produced in heavy-ion collisions, known as the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP), can help us to understand the properties of the strong nuclear force under the most extreme conditions akin to those believed to exist at the earliest stages of the universe or in the core of neutron stars. In this thesis, novel approaches to studying jet substructure are presented. Measurements were performed using the ALICE detector at the CERN LHC on pp collisions with a centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV and Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV. The results from Pb-Pb collisions are compared to those from pp collisions where significant differences in the momentum fraction between two subjects identified via grooming methods was observed. Additionally, new measurement are performed on the number of splittings identified in jets using iterative declustering techniques

Systems for COMET

The Centers for Commercial Development of Space (CCDS) have become the nation's primary focus for stimulating private sector investment in space. In establishing the COMmercial Experiment Transporter (COMET) program, the CCDS's have taken a major step toward the full scale commercial development of space. The COMET program will enable the CCDS community to turn the goal of commercial space into reality, and in the process, establish U.S. leadership in the global market for space systems and services. Some details are presented on the systems that make up the COMET missions, specifically as they describe the accommodation for potential users and mission parameters

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