Architectural Urbanism: Melbourne/Seoul

Architectural Urbanism is an ambition and sensibility for propositions that address the context of the city within the operative scale of the small architectural project. Architectural urbanism represents a tailoring of projects to the local; to the materiality and specificity of the everyday; and to the grain and substance of the location above all else. Architectural urbanism is less about erasure and more about insertion; infill; the weaving of old and new and the dynamics that evolve from subtle and careful manipulation of the city in detail. The exhibition explores commonality in the apparently different contexts of both cities – speculating on these as forms of ‘architectural urbanism' in the contemporary city of the Asia-Pacific at its northern and southern extremes. Architectural projects from five Melbourne architectural practitioners have been selected to exhibit in Seoul. The practices are: Muir Mendes, Baracco + Wright, Iredale Pederson Hook, NMBW Architecture Studio and Kerstin Thompson Architects - all of whom have strong links to the RMIT Architecture design research and teaching community. Melanie Dodd co-curated the exhibition

Irrigating soybeans

"Missouri's growing season is characterized by excessive moisture in the spring followed by inadequate moisture during the middle of the growing season. Because of the lack of moisture during the crops' peak demand, some producers have invested in irrigation systems. The cost of maintaining and using these systems is high, so it is imperative to manage moisture in the most efficient way possible. The following discussion should help Missouri soybean producers understand the crop's need, the soil's ability to hold and supply water, and the agronomic practices that can result in maximum economic yields under irrigation."--First page.Diana G. Helsel and Zane R. Helsel (Department of Agronomy College of Agriculture)New 12/85/6

The Influence of Technology on Adolescent Development: An Eco-Cultural Analysis of Cybersocial Activity

The introduction of new technologies into society inevitably results in culture-wide changes that affect the way people work, learn, and experience leisure time. For those American adolescents with access to technology, the use of the Internet to develop and maintain relationships is quickly becoming ubiquitous, especially through social network sites; the most popular network site, MySpace, has grown exponentially since its creation in 2003. Adolescents are the primary users of such sites and many of them maintain blogs, or online chronicles that are available for public viewing and comment, along with their profile pages and friend networks. This qualitative study examined what exactly adolescents write about in their blogs, and how that content reflects the developmental tasks associated with this life stage, in particular social maturity and identity development. This ethnographic content analysis draws on Vygotskian learning theory and Bronfenbrenner\u27s bioecological model of development to investigate the degree to which this online activity is shaping and is shaped by culturally constructed developmental processes. Findings showed that adolescents use their blogs as mediums through which they engage in self-expression and self-reflection, supporting both their social and identity development. Recommendations for how counselors and counselor educators can use blogs to enhance traditional interventions are provided, along with guidelines for ethical behavior when viewing adolescents\u27 social network site profiles

Buckwheat

"Buckwheat is an 'old' crop that periodicaly receieves attention as an emergency short-season summer crop or as a second crop in some specialized croped rotations. This guide provides some background information for those interested in its production or use. Recommendations on production are limited because buckwheat has not been evaluated extensively in Missouri."--First page.Zane Helsel (Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture)New 9/87/6

Ground Risk Assessment Service Provider (GRASP) Development Effort as a Supplemental Data Service Provider (SDSP) for Urban Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Operations

NASAs Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) project aims to enable the integration of new aviation paradigms such as Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) while providing the necessary infrastructure for future concepts such as On-Demand Mobility (ODM) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) operations in the National Airspace System (NAS). In order to do so, the UTM project has developed an architecture to allow communication among UAS operators, UAS Service Suppliers (USS), Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP), and the public. As part of this framework, the Supplemental Data Service Providers (SDSP) are envisioned as model and/or data based services that disseminate essential or enhanced information to ensure safe operations within low-altitude airspace. These services include terrain and obstacle data, specialized weather data, surveillance, constraint information, risk monitoring, etc. This paper highlights the development efforts of a non-participant casualty risk assessment SDSP called Ground Risk Assessment Service Provider (GRASP) which assists operators with preflight planning. GRASP is based on the previously introduced UTM Risk Assessment Framework (URAF) and allows UAS operators to simulate and visualize potential non-participant casualty risks associated with their proposed flight. The risk assessment capability also allows operators to revise their flight plans if the casualty risks are determined to be above acceptable thresholds. GRASP is configured to account for future improvements including servicing airborne aircraft as part of NASAs System-Wide Safety (SWS) project

Exploration of the Female Character

This paper will explore female character construction as it relates to gender and identity of women in art. I will explore the influence of Ana Mendieta, Francesca Woodman and Cindy Sherman in the evolution of my own photography, which focuses on construction, and identity of the female character