I've Only Known My Own

"I’ve Only Known My Own is a group exhibition of new performance works that explore how the materiality of the body is translated or communicated through measurements, process, technology, and documentation. This exhibition looks at how the matter of the body might become a tool or force that generates or expresses its own (il/logical) systems, and thinks through how this material embodiment might function as a form of resistance. Rather than presenting a fixed set of works, the exhibition will evolve over the course of its three-week run, with objects, props, and works being set in motion during the presentation of each of the 4 performances. Inhabiting the quasi-domestic architecture of the gallery, the artists will work within the rooms of She Works Flexible’s Flex Space, gradually interacting with the space and leaving traces behind." -- Publisher's website

Der Einfluss der Grenzfläche bei der Filterkuchenwaschung mit nicht mischbaren Waschflüssigkeiten

Die steigende Anzahl an Verfahren, in denen eine Filtration und eine Aufreinigung des gebildeten Filterkuchens durch Waschung notwendig ist, und die Steigerung deren Effizienz und Wirtschaftlichkeit verlangen nach einer Optimierung der Prozesse. Die Erarbeitung eines grundlegenden Verständnisses der Verdrängungsprozesse zwischen polaren und unpolaren Flüssigkeiten in einem Haufwerk schafft Erkenntnisse, die bei der Auswahl der verwendeten Lösungsmittel/Feststoffkombinationen während des Syntheseweges hilfreich sind. Durch die Verwendung von Silanen als Beschichtung kann die Oberflächeneigenschaft der Partikel variiert werden, während granulometrische Eigenschaften konstant bleiben. So dienen die Partikelsysteme als Basis der Untersuchungen zum Einfluss der Benetzungseigenschaften auf die Waschung unter Ausschluss anderer prozessbestimmender Variablen. Bei der Waschung der Partikelsysteme muss die Bedeutung der sich ausbildenden Phasengrenze herausgestellt werden. Sind Wasch- und Porenflüssigkeit nicht mischbar, bestimmt die auftretende Flüssig/Flüssig-Phasengrenze die Phänomenologie und die Effizienz des Prozesses. Das Auftreten einer Phasengrenze zwischen beiden Flüssigkeiten erlaubt die Aufnahme einer Flüssig/Flüssig-Kapillardruckkurve, die als Grenzkurve die zu erwartenden technischen Waschergebnisse darstellt. So kann eine Aussage darüber getroffen werden, welche Austauschverhältnisse und Restgehalte an Verunreinigung im Kuchen bei der Auswaschung mit nichtmischbaren Flüssigkeiten maximal zu erwarten ist.:ABBILDUNGSVERZEICHNIS SYMBOLVERZEICHNIS 1 EINLEITUNG 2 GRUNDLAGEN 2.1 FILTRATION 2.1.1 Kuchenbildung 2.1.2 Entfeuchtung 2.2 FILTERKUCHENWASCHUNG 2.3 SYSTEMEIGENSCHAFTEN 2.3.1 Feststoffe 2.3.2 Flüssigkeiten 2.3.3 Suspension 2.3.4 Haufwerk- und Kuchenstruktur 2.4 GRENZFLÄCHEN UND BENETZUNG DISPERSER SYSTEME 2.4.1 Oberflächenenergie 2.4.2 Benetzung 2.4.3 Kapillarität 2.5 BENETZUNG UND KAPILLARITÄT IN BEZUG ZUR FILTRATION 2.5.1 Die Kapillardruckkurve 2.5.2 Zusammenspiel von Benetzung und Filtration 2.5.3 Die Umnetzungskurve 2.6 SILANE – AUFBAU UND FUNKTION 3 MATERIALIEN UND METHODEN 3.1 STOFFSYSTEME 3.1.1 Partikelsystem 3.1.2 Flüssigkeiten 3.1.3 Silane 3.2 SILANISIERUNG ZUR VARIATION ZUR BENETZUNG 3.3 FESTSTOFFCHARAKTERISIERUNG 3.3.1 Laserbeugung 3.3.2 Statische Bildanalyse 3.3.3 Rasterelektronenmikroskopie 3.3.4 Energiedispersive Röntgenspektroskopie 3.3.5 Stickstoffadsorption 3.3.6 Thermogravimetrische Analyse 3.3.7 Ellipsometrie 3.3.8 Goniometrie 3.4 PROZESSRELEVANTE FLUID- UND SUSPENSIONSCHARAKTERISIERUNG 3.4.1 Tensiometrie 3.4.2 Grenzflächenrheometrie 3.4.3 Sedimentations- und Kompressionsmessung 3.5 VERSUCHSDURCHFÜHRUNG 3.5.1 Filtration 3.5.2 Waschung 3.5.3 Bestimmung Filtrat- und Retentatkonzentration 3.5.4 Kapillardruckkurve 3.5.5 Umnetzungskurve 4 OBERFLÄCHENKONFIGURATION DER PARTIKELSYSTEME MITTELS SILANEN 4.1 VARIATION DER OBERFLÄCHENENERGIE 4.2 AUSBILDUNG DER SILANSCHICHT 4.3 KONSISTENZ DER DISPERSEN FESTSTOFFEIGENSCHAFTEN 5 BENETZUNGSEFFEKTE BEI DER WASCHUNG VON FILTERKUCHEN 5.1 STRUKTURBILDUNG BEI DER FILTRATION 5.1.1 Sedimentationseigenschaften 5.1.2 Filterkuchenbildung 5.2 KUCHENWASCHUNG 5.2.1 Kuchenwaschung mit mischbaren Systemen 5.2.2 Kuchenwaschung mit nichtmischbaren Systemen 5.2.3 Viskositätsdifferenz 5.2.4 Nachweis der aufgestellten Theorien 6 DARSTELLUNG DES WASCHUNGSGLEICHGEWICHTES ÜBER EINE UMNETZUNGSKURVE 6.1 MESSTECHNISCHE ERFASSUNG 6.1.1 Technische Methode 6.1.2 Druckmethode 6.2 HAUPTEINFLUSSPARAMETER AUF DIE UMNETZUNGSKURVE 6.2.1 Variation der Benetzung 6.2.2 Variation der Partikelform 6.2.3 Variation der Partikelgröße 6.3 VERGLEICH: UMNETZUNGS- UND KAPILLARDRUCKKURVEN 7 SCHLUSSWORT LITERATURVERZEICHNIS ANHAN

Assembly of Micro Systems with the High Precision Robot Parvus

In recent years, the development of micro systems has been widely discussed in research articles concerning a decrease in size, an increase of complexity and the variety of materials used. In contrast, manufacturing and especially assembly processes of millimetre-sized products with high complexity did not play a significant role. Conventional precision robots that provide adequate accuracies for micro assembly are relatively large and expensive. These machines have to be operated in clean rooms, which results in high costs of maintenance. These days, the assembly technology of electronic production and conventional assembly robots is often no longer suitable for the assembly of hybrid micro systems. The increasing gap between millimetre-sized products and the production machines has lead to a high proportion of manual assembly in the manufacturing process of microproducts. Assembly costs that sometimes account for up to 80 % of the costs of micro systems retard the commercialisation and bulk production of these products. [1] Especially for small and medium-sized businesses, new concepts for flexible and lower-cost micro assembly have to be found

The Dematerialization of the Craft Object: Performance Art and Contemporary Craft

Craft and performance art are both experiencing renewed significance within contemporary art. Correspondingly, practices, exhibitions, and works that combine features of both craft and performance art are appearing in the form of collaborative crafting, documentation of crafting events, live and public performance of craft work, and crafting as a tool for social and political projects. This thesis addresses the intersections of craft and performance art in select artworks and curatorial strategies from the exhibitions Common Threads at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery in Calgary (2007), She Will Always Be Younger Than Us at the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto (2009), and Gestures of Resistance at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland (2010). Centering on presentations that foreground the performance of crafting or craft-making as the central mode of the work, I argue that a comprehensive reading of these works must situate them not only within the history of craft, but also within the history and theories of performance art. By examining and drawing upon the history and strategies of performance art, this thesis proposes that the incorporation of performance art into craft calls into question the traditional view of craft as an object-centred practice. The notion of a dematerialized craft practice is considered in light of recent developments in craft theory that propose thinking about craft not as a set of objects or materials, but rather as form of knowledge or a as subject

Health-related quality of life aspects of the ‘Periodontitis prevalence in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease’ (PPCC) cohort

Aim: To assess whether oral health problems affect disease-specific quality of life (QoL) of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, and vice versa, whether IBD affects oral-health-related QoL. Materials and Methods: Individuals reporting IBD and matched controls were surveyed on general anamnestic information, oral-health-related questions and the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP)-5. IBD patients were additionally surveyed on years since diagnosis, disease activity and severity as well as health-related QoL (Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire, sIBDQ). OHIP-5 and sIBDQ were defined as primary outcome parameters, and several predictors and confounders were used in adjusted univariable and multivariable regression analyses. Results: Answers from 1108 IBD patients and 3429 controls were analysed. Compared with controls, IBD patients reported significantly more frequently an oral impact on daily life and worse oral-health-related QoL, with Crohn's disease (CD) patients being more severely affected than ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. The diagnosis of UC and CD, having <20 teeth, severe periodontitis and stressful daily-life experience were associated with a higher prevalence of poor oral-health-related QoL. Among IBD patients, an impaired IBD-specific, health-related QoL was significantly associated with the diagnosis of CD and depression, IBD activity and severity, having <20 teeth, presence of oral lesions and stressful daily-life experience, while a longer time since diagnosis was significantly associated with an improved IBD-specific, health-related QoL. Conclusions: The results of the present study indicate, for the first time, that oral health problems are associated with an impairment of IBD-specific health-related QoL, and vice versa, IBD is associated with an impaired oral health-related QoL. This emphasizes the potential advantages of including dental professionals in the multi-disciplinary treatment teams of IBD patients

Young gastroenterologists angle: Friends of the UEG young talent group consensus statement on the structure of young gastroenterology sections

Young gastroenterologists; Consensus; GastroenterologyJoves gastroenteròlegs; Consens; GastroenterologiaJóvenes gastroenterólogos; Consenso; Gastroenterologí