Adagio : étude for the practice and performance of piano

These documents have been reviewed by Safe Assignment.Adagio: Étude for the Practice and Performance of Piano explores the interaction between people and music in a community, and how the production of music can be available to anyone. Interaction with music has a multitude of health benefits that can have lasting effects, especially for those who play an instrument. The outcome of the project will be a 56,000 square foot Chicago Center for Piano, to be utilized for the practice, performance, education, and enjoyment of piano through practice rooms, a recital hall, and other performance spaces. An emphasis is placed on the optimization of acoustical qualities in architecture to meet specific instrumental criteria

Optical and material properties of varnishes for paintings

Clear varnish coatings are applied to the surface of historic paintings to provide a protective barrier layer and/or change their appearance. The natural varnishes used by the original artist would have given the painting its original finished appearance. Over a period of years these varnish layers degrade with age, which changes the appearance. Then it becomes necessary to remove and replace the coating. This removal and replacement is undesirable as it can lead to damage of the painting. Synthetic alternatives can provide a much longer life coating but may not give the same appearance. This thesis details research into the soft matter physics and fluid mechanisms that determine the relationships between the material properties of varnishes and their effect on the appearance of paintings

High precision dynamic multi-interface profilometry with optical coherence tomography

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has mostly been used for high speed volume imaging but its profilometry potentials have not been fully exploited. This paper demonstrates high precision (as good as ~50nm) multi-interface profilometry using a Fourier domain OCT system without special anti-vibration devices. The precision is up to two orders of magnitudes better than the depth resolution of the OCT. Detailed analysis of the precision achieved for different surfaces is presented. The multi-interface profiles are obtained as a by-product of the tomography data. OCT has advantage in speed and sensitivity at detecting rough and internal interfaces compared to conventional optical profilometry. An application of the technique to the dynamic monitoring of varnish drying on paint-like substrates is demonstrated, which provides a better understanding of the formation of surface roughness. The technique has potential benefits in the field of art conservation, coatings technology and soft matter physics

Corn, 1986

Harry C. Minor is an Associate Professor of Agronomy and State Extension Specialist; Carl G. Morris and Howard L. Mason are Senior Research Specialists; and Delbert R. Knerr and Eric E. Lawman are Research Specialists in Agronomy.Compares hybrids and includes experimental procedures, cultural practices, rainfall and temperature, charts, maps and tables and seed corn company addresses.Comparing hybrids -- Experimental procedures -- Summary of results -- Yield results -- Seed corn company addresse

Corn, 1984

Harry C. Minor is an Associate Professor of Agronomy and State Extension Specialist; Carl G. Morris is a Senior Research Specialist; and Delbert Knerr, Eric Lawman, and Virgil Sparks are Research Specialists.Includes experimental procedures, cultural practices, rainfall and temperature, charts, maps and tables and seed corn company addresses.Experimental procedures -- Cultural practices -- Rainfall and temperature -- Summary of results -- Irrigation charts -- Northern locations -- Central locations -- Southeast locations -- Irrigated locations -- Summary of entries and 1984 test locations -- Seed corn company addresses

Corn, 1981

Harry C. Minor is an Associate Professor of Agronomy and State Extension Specialist; Carl G. Morris is a Senior Research Specialist; and Bruce Burdick, Howard Mason, and Virgil Sparks are Research Specialists.Compares hybrids and includes experimental procedures, cultural practices, rainfall and temperature, charts, maps and tables and seed corn company addresses.Comparing hybrids -- Experimental procedures -- Cultural practices -- Rainfall and temperature -- Summary of results -- Irrigation charts -- Northern locations -- Central locations -- Southeast locations -- Irrigated locations -- Summary of entries and 1981 test locations -- Seed corn company addresses

Sunflower, 1984

"January 1985.""The Authors: Harry C. Minor is an Associate Professor of Agronany and State Extension Specialist, Carl G. Morris is a Senior Research Specialist, and Delbert R. Knerr, Eric Lawman, and Virgil Sparks are Research Specialists.""This report is a contribution of the Department of Agronomy, University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, which reports on Research Project 363. The work was supported in part by funds from the Missouri Seed Improvement Association and fees from the companies submitting varieties for evaluation.