El nacimiento del tanatorio. Industria y arquitectura funeraria en España (1950-2000).

El objeto de estudio de este artículo es el tanatorio, un tipo de edificio funerario relativamente reciente que emergió de la creciente institucionalización de las empresas de pompas fúnebres durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX, y de la privatización de los servicios municipales ocurrida desde la década de 1990. Advertimos que en el marco de aquellos procesos se generaba un mutuo beneficio: mientras el negocio se renovaba con los nuevos edificios, las arquitecturas modernas encontraban una oportunidad de incursionar en un campo poco explorado. El estudio de estos nuevos programas arquitectónicos permite ampliar el conocimiento de los lugares de la muerte en las ciudades más allá de los cementerios, problematiza la incidencia de la industria funeraria en la cultura urbana, y sitúa el debate en torno a la idea de carácter en los edificios para la muerte

Muerte, ciudad y arquitectura. Aproximaciones disciplinares para el estudio de los procesos de muerte en buenos aires, 1868-1903

The following text was occasioned as a result of a sparingly developed field by our discipline, producing several questionings and difficulties at the moment of studying death ritual processes relationships, at the end of Nineteenth Century, in Buenos Aires. Assuming the enormous symbolical power provided by death, and the ways itis elaborated and acted –process that usually begun in the bedrooms and hopefully ended within a dignified burial, in times of epidemics–, how are there no research works relating different phases of these processes, and its interaction with spaces?Our first objective is to synthesize the main relationships between death practices and architecture historiography, based on the idea of style, monument and restoration. Regarding that these methods may contain certain limitations, according to our approaching intentions related to dwelling theories, we will introduce the notions of rite of passage, ritual, cultural performance and death process, that will enable us to conceive death as spacetime elaborations within complex territories and diverse architectonic and urban signification and interacting scopes. Finally, as a main objective to this text, we will introduce an investigation proposition, articulating these theories with our historical specialization field.El siguiente texto se origina ante el reconocimiento de un campo poco trabajado desde nuestra disciplina, que por lo tanto produjo una serie de interrogantes y dificultades al momento de estudiar las relaciones entre procesos rituales de muerte, a fines del siglo XIX en la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Asumiendo la enorme potencia simbólica que implica la muerte, y las elaboraciones y actuaciones que en tiempos de epidemias comenzaban en el dormitorio del enfermo, y, con buena fortuna culminaban con una digna sepultura, ¿cómo es posible que no exista registro disciplinar que ponga en relación las diferentes etapas de estos procesos, y sus articulaciones con los espacios?Nos proponemos como primer objetivo, sintetizar las principales relaciones entre prácticas funerarias y la historiografía de la arquitectura, basadas en ideas de estilo, monumento y restauración. Considerando que estos modos de tratamiento presentan limitaciones a la luz de enfoques basados en el habitar, introduciremos al debate las nociones de rito de paso, ritual, performance cultural y proceso de muerte, que desde la antropología colaboran a concebir la muerte como elaboraciones espacio-temporales de compleja significación e interrelación con los territorios y diversos ámbitos arquitectónicos y urbanos. Finalmente, y como objetivo principal, presentaremos una propuesta que articule estas teorías con nuestro campo de especialización histórica

Estudio preliminar. Lugares para la muerte: : el siglo XX como enfoque problemático.

Preliminary study of the monographic dossier.Estudio preliminar del dossier monográfico

Sulfur isotope evolution in sulfide ores from Western Alps: Assessing the influence of subduction-related metamorphism

Sulfides entering subduction zones can play an important role in the release of sulfur and metals to the mantle wedge and contribute to the formation of volcanic arc-associated ores. Fractionation of stable sulfur isotopes recorded by sulfides during metamorphism can provide evidence of fluid-rock interactions during metamorphism and give insights on sulfur mobilization. A detailed microtextural and geochemical study was performed on mineralized samples from two ocean floor-related sulfide deposits (Servette and Beth-Ghinivert) in high-pressure units of the Italian Western Alps, which underwent different metamorphic evolutions. The combination of microtextural investigations with d34S values from in situ ion probe analyses within individual pyrite and chalcopyrite grains allowed evaluation of the effectiveness of metamorphism in modifying the isotopic record and mobilizing sulfur and metals and have insights on fluid circulation within the slab. Textures and isotopic compositions inherited from the protolith are recorded at Beth-Ghinivert, where limited metamorphic recrystallization is attributed to limited interaction with metamorphic fluids. Isotopic modification by metamorphic processes occurred only at the submillimeter scale at Servette, where local interactions with infiltrating hydrothermal fluid are recorded by metamorphic grains. Notwithstanding the differences recorded by the two deposits, neither underwent intensive isotopic reequilibration or records evidence of intense fluid-rock interaction and S mobilization during metamorphism. Therefore, subducted sulfide deposits dominated by pyrite and chalcopyrite are unlikely to release significant quantities of sulfur to the mantle wedge and to arc magmatism sources at metamorphic grades below the lower eclogite facies

Performance of the CMS Cathode Strip Chambers with Cosmic Rays

The Cathode Strip Chambers (CSCs) constitute the primary muon tracking device in the CMS endcaps. Their performance has been evaluated using data taken during a cosmic ray run in fall 2008. Measured noise levels are low, with the number of noisy channels well below 1%. Coordinate resolution was measured for all types of chambers, and fall in the range 47 microns to 243 microns. The efficiencies for local charged track triggers, for hit and for segments reconstruction were measured, and are above 99%. The timing resolution per layer is approximately 5 ns

Performance and Operation of the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter

The operation and general performance of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter using cosmic-ray muons are described. These muons were recorded after the closure of the CMS detector in late 2008. The calorimeter is made of lead tungstate crystals and the overall status of the 75848 channels corresponding to the barrel and endcap detectors is reported. The stability of crucial operational parameters, such as high voltage, temperature and electronic noise, is summarised and the performance of the light monitoring system is presented

Calibration of the CMS Drift Tube Chambers and Measurement of the Drift Velocity with Cosmic Rays

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CMS Data Processing Workflows during an Extended Cosmic Ray Run

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CMS physics technical design report : Addendum on high density QCD with heavy ions

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Aligning the CMS Muon Chambers with the Muon Alignment System during an Extended Cosmic Ray Run

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