Fascism, National Socialism, and the 1939 New York World’s Fair

This article considers the involvement of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. It considers the form, function, and content of the Italian Pavilion designed for this fair and asserts that the prefabricated monumental structure would be best interpreted, not in isolation, but as an element of the larger architectural conversation which continued to unfold across contemporary fascist Europe. Such reconsideration of this building makes it possible to evaluate the relationship between Fascist design, the assertion of political will, and the articulation of national identity and cultural heritage within a larger, transnational context. The author also investigates the American exhibition committee’s earnest and persistent, yet ultimately unheeded, solicitation of Nazi German participation and argues that motives behind German withdrawal from this event had as much to do with the threat of popular protest as economic pressure.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

The Effects of Rapid Decompression on Total Plasma Phospholipids and Selected Hematological Parameters in Dogs

The purpose of this project was twofold: (1) measure the change in total plasma phospholipids due to rapid decompression, and (2) measure the effects of rapid decompression on selected hematological parameters. An attempt has been made to show that an increase in phospholipids following rapid decompression does occur. This attempt was made to substantiate the Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Theory of the etiology of decompression sickness. (See more in text

Final report of the EURISOL Design Study (2005-2009) A Design Study for a European Isotope-Separation-On-Line Radioactive Ion Beam Facility

European Commission Contract N°515768 RIDS Published by GANI

Direct observation of irradiation-induced nanocavity shrinkage in Si

Nanocavities in Si substrates, formed by conventional H implantation and thermal annealing, are shown to evolve in size during subsequent Si irradiation. Both ex situ and in situ analytical techniques were used to demonstrate that the mean nanocavity diameter decreases as a function of Si irradiation dose in both the crystalline and amorphous phases. Potential mechanisms for this irradiation-induced nanocavity evolution are discussed. In the crystalline phase, the observed decrease in diameter is attributed to the gettering of interstitials. When the matrix surrounding the cavities is amorphized, cavity shrinkage may be mediated by one of two processes: nanocavities can supply vacancies into the amorphous phase and/or the amorphous phase may flow plastically into the nanocavities. Both processes yield the necessary decrease in density of the amorphous phase relative to crystalline material

Recent Developments of Electrochemical Wall Mass Transfer Probes and Their Application to Drag-Reducing Polymers

Electrochemical mass transfer probes are used to measure the velocity gradient at a wall. Recent advances in their application are reviewed. These include corrections for the time response of the probe, the simultaneous measurement at a number of locations of the two components of the fluctuating velocity gradient and a study of the influence of drag reducing polymers on turbulence. It is found that drag-reducing polymers cause an increase in the scale of flow oriented eddies in the viscous sublayer

Tameness of holomorphic closure dimension in a semialgebraic set

Given a semianalytic set S in a complex space and a point p in S, there is a unique smallest complex-analytic germ at p which contains the germ of S, called the holomorphic closure of S at p. We show that if S is semialgebraic then its holomorphic closure is a Nash germ, for every p, and S admits a semialgebraic filtration by the holomorphic closure dimension. As a consequence, every semialgebraic subset of a complex vector space admits a semialgebraic stratification into CR manifolds satisfying a strong version of the condition of the frontier.Comment: Published versio

The role of asymmetric interactions on the effect of habitat destruction in mutualistic networks

Plant-pollinator mutualistic networks are asymmetric in their interactions: specialist plants are pollinated by generalist animals, while generalist plants are pollinated by a broad involving specialists and generalists. It has been suggested that this asymmetric ---or disassortative--- assemblage could play an important role in determining the equal susceptibility of specialist and generalist plants under habitat destruction. At the core of the argument lies the observation that specialist plants, otherwise candidates to extinction, could cope with the disruption thanks to their interaction with generalist pollinators. We present a theoretical framework that supports this thesis. We analyze a dynamical model of a system of mutualistic plants and pollinators, subject to the destruction of their habitat. We analyze and compare two families of interaction topologies, ranging from highly assortative to highly disassortative ones, as well as real pollination networks. We found that several features observed in natural systems are predicted by the mathematical model. First, there is a tendency to increase the asymmetry of the network as a result of the extinctions. Second, an entropy measure of the differential susceptibility to extinction of specialist and generalist species show that they tend to balance when the network is disassortative. Finally, the disappearance of links in the network, as a result of extinctions, shows that specialist plants preserve more connections than the corresponding plants in an assortative system, enabling them to resist the disruption.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figure

PENGETAHUAN, SIKAP DAN TINDAKAN PENCEGAHAN PENYAKIT SCHISTOSOMIASIS MASYARAKAT DI DESA DODOLO KECAMATAN LORE UTARA KABUPATEN POSO

Schistosomiasis merupakan penyakit parasit akut dan kronis yang disebabkan oleh schistosomiasis darah (Schistosomiasis Trematoda) dari genus Schistosoma. Schistosomiasis merupakan penyakit endemis yang terdapat di Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah. Transmisi Schistosomiasis terjadi melalui air yang mengandung serkaria cacing Schistosoma dan Keong air Oncomelania. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara pengetahuan dan sikap tentang schistosomiasis dengan tindakan pencegahan penyakit schistosomiasis masyarakat di Desa Dodolo Kecamatan Lore Utara Kabupaten Poso. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian survei analitik dengan desain studi potong lintang dengan menggunakan total populasi sebesar 111 responden. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk penelitian ini adalah kuesioner. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Desa Dodolo Kecamatan Lore Utara Kabupaten Poso Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah. Analisis data bivariat dengan menggunakan uji Chi Square. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar responden memiliki pengetahuan yang baik tentang Schistosomiasis yaitu sebesar (62,2%). Sebagian besar responden memiliki sikap yang baik tentang Schistosomiasis (51,4%) dan sebagian besar responden memiliki tindakan pencegahan Schistosomiasis yang baik (64,0%). Analisis bivariat menggunakan uji chi-square hubungan pengetahuan dengan tindakan pencegahan Schistosomiasis p value = 0,170, sedangkan hubungan sikap dan tindakan pencegahan Schistosomiasis p value = 0,000. Berdasarkan penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa tidak terdapat hubungan antara pengetahuan dengan tindakan pencegahan Schistosomiasis dan terdapat hubungan antara sikap dengan tindakan pencegahan Schistosomiasis.Kata Kunci: Schistosomiasis, pengetahuan, sikap, tindakan pencegahanABSTRACTSchistosomiasis is an acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood schistosomiasis (Schistosomiasis Trematoda) of the genus Schistosoma. Schistosomiasis is an endemic disease in Central Sulawesi Province. Schistosomiasis transmission occurs through water containing Schistosoma cercariae and Oncomelania water conch. This research aims to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes of schistosomiasis with preventive practice of schistosomiasis disease in Dodolo Village, North Lore District, Poso Regency. This research was an analytical survey research with cross sectional study design with a total of population amounted to 111 respondents. The instrument used in this research was questionnaire. This research was conducted in Dodolo Village, North Lore District, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi Province. Bivariate data analysis used Chi Square test. Research results show that most respondents have good knowledge about Schistosomiasis which is (62.2%). Most respondents have a good attitude about Schistosomias which is (51.4%) and the majority of respondents who have good preventive practice for Schistosomiasis (64.0%). Bivariate analysis with the chi-square test to analyze the relationship between knowledge and preventive practice of Schistosomiasis p value = 0.170, while the relationship between attitudes and preventive practice of Schistosomiasis p value = 0,000. Based on this research, it can be concluded that there is no relationship between knowledge and preventive practice of Schistosomiasis and there is a relationship between attitudes and preventive practice of Schistosomiasis.Keywords: Schistosomiasis, knowledge, attitude, preventive practic

Mechanism of improvement of TiN-coated tool life by nitrogen implantation

The life of TiN-coated tools can be improved by a post-coating ion implantation treatment, but the mechanism by which this occurs is still not clear. Nitrogen implantation of both physical-vapor-deposited TiN and CVD TiN leads to surface softening as the dose increases, which has been attributed to amorphization. In this study a combination of transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy was used to characterize the microstructure of implanted TiN coatings on cemented carbide for comparison with mechanical property measurements (nanoindentation, residual stress, etc.), made on the same samples. Ion implantation leads to a slight reduction in the grain size of the TiN in the implanted zone, but there is no evidence for amorphization. Surface softening is observed for physical-vapor-deposited TiN, but this is probably due to a combination of changes in surface composition and the presence of a layer of bubbles generated by the very high implantation doses use