Measuring urban renewal: a dual kernel density estimation to assess the intensity of building renovation

In the cities of post-industrialized countries, building renovation is the main part of building construction activity. Measuring that ongoing phenomenon is a problem of visualization and representation at which traditional representation tools and processes have some limitations. Databases are resources open to architectural research that provide new possibilities to develop design practice and theory. Methods related to data-driven tools can improve the analysis of the urban renovation phenomena and its distribution throughout urban areas and be of great usefulness for urban planning and public policies. To support these processes, Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) is an efficient tool that overcomes incomplete data, as not all renovation is reported to city halls. This article aims to provide a vision of the possibilities of integrating dispersed datasets. Using the city of Lisbon building permit alphanumerical and spatial database as a case study, we present preliminary work on a method of measuring building renovation intensity. Using Dual KDE we determine the intensity of building renovation across the city and along the time period, comparing the density of two different variables, the density of building renovation and the density of the city. We further provide two implementations of this methodology, using a parametric modelling environment and a GIS software.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Transdisciplinary insight of digital architecture

The research outlines a historic perspective of transdisciplinary digital architecture through the work of key personalities by establishing links between them. Researches on digital architecture history are generally grounded on methods with limited sets of primary sources and data is lost. Following the increasing availability of digital data sources in the internet, which were not created and structured with research purposes in mind, new methods are required for mapping, analyzing and visualizing it. Data-driven and geospatial approaches can allow researchers to address multidimensional aspects and facts. This paper presents the first preliminary results of an ongoing research.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Transdisciplinary in Architecture as a digital change: back to the future

This paper outlines a historic perspective of transdisciplinarity in digital architecture through the work of several key figures (architects, computer scientists, mathematicians, engineers and artists) from the 20th century. Transdisciplinary Digital Architecture deals with digital means and science. The research methodology adopted in this study allows analyzing historic documentation available on the Internet (text, audio, picture, video) to establish the links between them and their relevance to present time digital architecture. This paper aims to describe the first preliminary results of the research to establish a new theory of the digital in architecture based on a body of theoretical foundations that link “first age” transdisciplinarity to Bauhaus teaching methods, and to the early use of computers in architecture.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio

Schmidt balls around the identity

Robustness measures as introduced by Vidal and Tarrach [PRA, 59, 141-155] quantify the extent to which entangled states remain entangled under mixing. Analogously, we introduce here the Schmidt robustness and the random Schmidt robustness. The latter notion is closely related to the construction of Schmidt balls around the identity. We analyse the situation for pure states and provide non-trivial upper and lower bounds. Upper bounds to the random Schmidt-2 robustness allow us to construct a particularly simple distillability criterion. We present two conjectures, the first one is related to the radius of inner balls around the identity in the convex set of Schmidt number n-states. We also conjecture a class of optimal Schmidt witnesses for pure states.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figur

Are all maximally entangled states pure?

We study if all maximally entangled states are pure through several entanglement monotones. In the bipartite case, we find that the same conditions which lead to the uniqueness of the entropy of entanglement as a measure of entanglement, exclude the existence of maximally mixed entangled states. In the multipartite scenario, our conclusions allow us to generalize the idea of monogamy of entanglement: we establish the \textit{polygamy of entanglement}, expressing that if a general state is maximally entangled with respect to some kind of multipartite entanglement, then it is necessarily factorized of any other system.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure. Proof of theorem 3 corrected e new results concerning the asymptotic regime include

Diagnóstico Prénatal de Hemocromatose Neonatal: Será possível?

Introdução: A Hemocromatose Neonatal é uma doença hepática rara de início intrauterino, definida por insuficiência hepática neonatal associada a siderose extra-hepática. A doença hepática gestacional aloimune foi estabelecida como causa da lesão hepática fetal. Atualmente, não existe uma abordagem eficaz para o diagnóstico prénatal. Caso Clínico: Grávida de 23 anos apresentou às 32 semanas de gestação oligohidrâmnios e focos hepáticos hiperecogénicos. O recém-nascido prematuro desenvolveu falência orgânica multissistémica e faleceu ao segundo dia de vida, apesar de cuidados de suporte intensivos. A autópsia permitiu o diagnóstico de Hemocromatose Neonatal. Conclusão: A identificação ecográfica de focos nodulares hiperecogénicos no fígado fetal pode ser sugestiva de Hemocromatose Neonatal. Investigações adicionais são necessárias para identificar o complexo aloimunitário específico no sangue materno. O estabelecimento do diagnóstico num feto ou recém- -nascido afetado pode ter um grande impacto no prognóstico da doença e no desfecho de futuras gravidezes

Mosaico de imagens de satélite do Pantanal no ano 2000.

O Pantanal devido a sua extensão e dificuldade de acesso representa um desafio para o desenvolvimento de atividades de produção e conservação da natureza. Nesse sentido as tecnologias de Sensoriamento Remoto podem contribuir muito para o conhecimento e manejo desse ecossistema. O presente trabalho apresenta o mosaico de imagens Landsat 7 ETM do ano 2000 do Pantanal, onde ao contrário dos demais produtos dessa natureza, apresenta uma maior precisão de posicionamento em função de um extenso trabalho de campo realizado para o georreferenciamento das imagens. Esse trabalho é o resultado da parceria entre a Embrapa Pantanal e a WWF Brasil e está disponível também na homepage da Embrapa Pantanal. Esperamos com essa iniciativa estar cumprindo com nosso objetivo de levar à comunidade informações sobre o Pantanal.bitstream/item/81191/1/DOC43.pd

Controle cultural da mela do feijoeiro na região de Altamira-PA.

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