Modernist Architecture and Ruins

Modernist Architecture and Ruins: On Ruins as a Minus, Neoclassicism and the Uncann

Mechanical analysis of moste dam on river Sava

In this paper safety of Moste dam is presented. Three fundamental load cases are taken into account, basic, flood and seismic. Provided with data avaliable, mechanical models are created, using CADAM and TNO Diana. Safety standards for large dams, and different loading types, used to determine a structural safety are presented. Based on output in CADAM and TNO Diana, for this specific case, a deviaton betweeen the two has been evaluated. Based on data gathered during the analysis, functionality (advantages and disadvantages) of both programmes is determined

Market Orientation and Degree of Novelty

This study aims to examine the relationship between a responsive and a proactive market orientation and the degree of novelty. Data obtained via an Internet survey were analysed using structural equation modelling. An analysis of 325 Slovenian firms reveals that only a proactive market orientation is positively related to the degree of novelty. While there is no evidence of statistically significant differences in the examined relationships given the firm size and environmental characteristics, separate analyses in each group indicate that a proactive market orientation may be more important for small firms and firms operating amidst a higher level of technological turbulence. This study suggests that a distinction between a responsive and a proactive market orientation is important for a better understanding of the effect of a market orientation on the degree of novelty.responsive and proactive market orientation, incremental and radical innovation

Dynamical Analysis of Scalar Field Cosmologies with Spatial Curvature

We explore the dynamical behaviour of cosmological models involving a scalar field (with an exponential potential and a canonical kinetic term) and a matter fluid with spatial curvature included in the equations of motion. Using appropriately defined parameters to describe the evolution of the scalar field energy in this situation, we find that there are two extra fixed points that are not present in the case without curvature. We also analyse the evolution of the effective equation-of-state parameter for different initial values of the curvature.Comment: 17 pages, 11 figures. Amended in response to peer review in the Open Journal of Astrophysic