Slack space: Braiding disciplines

The nature of interdisciplinary interior and spatial practice is explored through a series of public projects associated with rope by Low-Tech/High-Tech Community of Practice from the University of the Arts London. Referencing Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger’s theories around situated learning, and Barthes definition of interdisciplinary working, early ice-breaker activities and public actions of making Rope Songs were central to the culmination of a pub- lic event titled Ropery Songs. These were inspired by the Bow Gamelan Ensemble and Paul Burwell Archive performed at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent with students collaborating from many Art and Design disciplines including sound arts, fine art, tex- tile design, interaction design, interior, and spatial design. Through experimental forms of performance and social engagement, students and tutors introduced a range of spatial settings and practices to underscore the value and appreciation of time and sensory considerations in the design of a public experience. This article identifies various opportunities within the conception and realization of these project narratives to frame an innovative pedagogic “slack” space

太陽紅炎の形成及び振動の動的モデル

We investigate a dynamical model of prominence formation in a current sheet at the boundary between two regions of opposite magnetic polarity. Coupled nonlinear equations describing the temporal compression and condensation of plasma in the current sheet are set up as a natural extension of the usual equations for current sheet collapse (Imshennik and Syrovatskii, 1967). It is shown that under certain conditions the current sheet undergoes a nonlinear oscillation during the compression. The thermal instability with cooling is driven by a density enhancement produced during the current sheet formation stage

Kawagoe Welcome Mat

A site-specific investigation into the city of Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Made with Colin Priest, while teaching on an international project at Bunkyo Gakuin University. The work was first exhibited at Chelsea #6, Chelsea College of Arts, January 2018

Following John Hejduk’s Fabrications: On imagination and reality in the architectural design process

This paper investigates the interaction between reality and imagination in the architectural design process. It engages with four inter-related inquiries. First, the interplay between reality and imagination in the architectural design process in student design-build live projects. Second, the interplay of reality and imagination for different agents in the architectural design process. Third, how the work of John Hejduk (1929-2000) enables a reappraisal of conceptions of reality and imagination in architectural design. Fourth, we address a live project for The Story Museum in Oxford, UK – a physical architectural space concerned with imaginary spaces – that suggests how an understanding of reality and imagination might be deepened in the architectural design process. The text reappraises the interplay of reality and imagination in architectural design as a cognitive process. There are two aims: to reassess empirical responses and received wisdom about what is real and what is imagined in architectural design; and to reassess the perception of differences between imagination and reality occurring across education and practice. ‘Thing Theory’ is proposed as a conceptual framework which allows us to improve our understanding of how architectural designs emerge, are transformed in the designer's mind, how architects communicate them to others and how they are understood and shared by others. Reference is also made to interviews with prominent architects. The term ‘thing’ was repeatedly used by these architects to describe moments in the design process when a break from reality had occurred. In these moments, subject and object seemed at their most intertwined. This moment is strong because it is so flexible in responding to change and managing complexity. It is also weak because it is a time when the designer tends to neglect vital everyday constraints such as occupation and ethics. However, this is a key moment because it allows possible future realities to emerge. The interaction between reality and imagination in the architectural design process is explored via analysis of the work of John Hejduk, live projects, the subject / object problem and Thing Theory

Rechtliche Aspekte von Sterben und Tod

Tables S1-S8. Demonstrating genes from the groups A-H and their functional annotations. (PDF 63 kb

Hormesis results in trade-offs with immunity

Many have argued that we may be able to extend life and improve human health through hormesis, the beneficial effects of low-level toxins and other stressors. But, studies of hormesis in model systems have not yet established whether stress-induced benefits are cost free, artifacts of inbreeding, or come with deleterious side effects. Here, we provide evidence that hormesis results in trade-offs with immunity. We find that a single topical dose of dead spores of the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium robertsii, increases the longevity of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, without significant decreases in fecundity. We find that hormetic benefits of pathogen challenge are greater in lines that lack key components of antifungal immunity (Dif and Turandot M). And, in outbred fly lines, we find that topical pathogen challenge enhances both survival and fecundity, but reduces ability to fight off live infections. The results provide evidence that hormesis is manifested by stress-induced trade-offs with immunity, not cost-free benefits or artifacts of inbreeding. Our findings illuminate mechanisms underlying pathogen-induced life-history trade-offs, and indicate that reduced immune function may be an ironic side effect of the “elixirs of life.

El ingreso de estudiantes en situación de discapacidad a la UNLP : Apoyos, políticas y desafíos

La presente ponencia es producto de los debates, interrogantes y reflexiones, que surgen de la labor en la Comisión Universitaria sobre Discapacidad de la UNLP (en adelante, CUD). Desde este espacio de trabajo colectivo e interdisciplinario, se trabaja en la planificación, ejecución y evaluación de políticas destinadas a garantizar, entre otras acciones, la accesibilidad académica de estudiantes en situación de discapacidad. En esta oportunidad, se desarrollan las estrategias implementadas con los estudiantes ingresantes a nuestra alta casa de estudios.Eje 2: Nuevas experiencias y trayectorias estudiantiles. Desafíos para la inclusión educativa en la universidad. Reflexiones y debates en torno de la inclusión educativa en la universidadSecretaría de Asuntos Académico

Doing diversity: intercultural understanding in primary and secondary schools

Doing Diversity: Intercultural understanding in primary and secondary schools1 was a three year, multi-method programme of research involving intensive work in 12 diverse profile schools in Melbourne, Victoria, that examined the facilitators and impediments to the intercultural capabilities described in the Victorian and Australian curricula for students and schools