Illinois Cave Amphipod ( Gammarus acherondytes ) Recovery Plan

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The Femme Fatale in Vogue:Femininity Ideologies in Fin-de-siècle America

This article explores how marketing influences ideologies of femininity. Tracing the evolution of femme fatale images in Vogue magazine in 1890s America, we develop a typology around four archetypal forms of the femme fatale that prevailed during this period. In doing so we respond to calls for more critical historical analyses on femininity. While studies on masculinity ideologies proliferate, there is a paucity of research on dissonant representations of femininity in popular culture media. The femme fatale, often a self-determined seductress who causes anguish to the men who become involved with her, is an intriguing and enduring challenge to traditional notions of femininity. Thus, in studying the femme fatale in her historical context and revealing the multiplicity of feminine ideologies contained within this trope, we contribute to a deeper understanding of marketing’s role in both reflecting and reinforcing societal assumptions, attitudes and problematics around gender norms.</p

Development of conformity criteria for diffusion coefficients of concrete and their influence on the service life of reinforced concrete structures

Conformity control is often applied on concrete compressive strengthin order to safeguard the quality of produced concrete lots. Conformity criteriaare mostly characterized by an operating characteristic curve, indicating theprobability of acceptance in relation to a concrete lot with a specific quality. Byapplying this conformity control, certain lots of concrete are accepted and othersare rejected. This induces a filtering effect, leading to an effect on the failureprobability as a result of the quantitative quality control process.For durability criteria, often limiting bounds for durability related propertiesare proposed. Specifying conformity criteria for example to the diffusion coefficientof the concrete can enable to safeguard the quality of concrete products inrelation to durability properties. Also this type of conformity control has a filteringeffect, i.e. on the distribution of the diffusion coefficient, resulting in a lowermean value and standard deviation, influencing consequently the service life. Thispaper investigates for the first time the effect of conformity criteria for diffusioncoefficients as well their effect on the service life of concrete elements.Conformity control is often applied on concrete compressive strengthin order to safeguard the quality of produced concrete lots. Conformity criteriaare mostly characterized by an operating characteristic curve, indicating theprobability of acceptance in relation to a concrete lot with a specific quality. Byapplying this conformity control, certain lots of concrete are accepted and othersare rejected. This induces a filtering effect, leading to an effect on the failureprobability as a result of the quantitative quality control process.For durability criteria, often limiting bounds for durability related propertiesare proposed. Specifying conformity criteria for example to the diffusion coefficientof the concrete can enable to safeguard the quality of concrete products inrelation to durability properties. Also this type of conformity control has a filteringeffect, i.e. on the distribution of the diffusion coefficient, resulting in a lowermean value and standard deviation, influencing consequently the service life. Thispaper investigates for the first time the effect of conformity criteria for diffusioncoefficients as well their effect on the service life of concrete elements.C