Belo Horizonte, to create a beautiful horizon for the inhabitants of the favela Pedreira Prado Lopes

This book contains a research, made during my graduation at the faculty of Architecture on the university of Delft. This graduation is done in the Explorelab, a research driven graduation-laboratory for exploration of fascinations in the profession of building sciences, in a broad sense. Subject Slums are noncities in big cities. They are illegal. The slums represents the worst of urban poverty and inequality. Almost 1 billion people, or 32 per cent of the world’s urban population, live in slums, the majority of them in the developing world. Moreover, the locus of global poverty is moving to the cities, a process now recognized as the ‘urbanization of poverty’. Without concerted action on the part of municipal authorities, national governments, civil society actors and the international community, the number of slum dwellers is likely to increase in most developing countries. And if no serious action is taken, the number of slum dwellers worldwide is projected to rise over the next 30 years to about 2 billion (UN-Habitat 2003). Project In the period in which I have worked for the organization (YWAM) I have met some good friends. Their goal is to help people in one of the most dangerous slums in Belo Horizonte, Pedreira Prado Lopes. Therefore, they really need a center where they can help them towards a transformation in the spiritual, physical, emotional, intellectual, social and economic areas of their lives. This plan inspired me to develop a graduation project in which this fascination and architecture is combined. To design and realize a communitycenter for this vulnerable target group, is trying to give a positive impact to the negativity of a slum. I don’t have the illusion to save the world, but trying to make lives better. I would like to help by giving the people a building which have the focus on the wishes of the users: the favelados. It was a great pleasure to work on this research and hopefully you will enjoy reading it. Structure This research starts with a short introduction (chapter 1) about the problems of urbanization and the consequences on slum-developing. In chapter 2 the research-question will be launched, which will be the structure of this research. In chapter 3 the field of research (the slum Pedreira Prado Lopes) will be analyzed, which gives a good reflection on the problems of this slum. Chapter 4 is a theoretical chapter, which gives theoretical answers on the research question. In chapter 5, these solutions will be applied in the slum, where a clear answer will be made on how the treat the slum in the hole context of the city. Chapter 6 is a conclusion on the discussed chapters before.Explore LabArchitectureArchitectur

Subsurface geological and geophysical study of the Cerro Prieto geothermal field, Baja California, Mexico

The subsurface investigation of the Cerro Prieto field and surrounding area is described including the stratigraphy, structure, hydrothermal alteration, and reservoir properties for use in designing reservoir simulation models and planning development of the field. Insights into the depositional, tectonic, and thermal history of the area are presented. The following types of data were used: well sample descriptions and analyses, well logs, geophysical surveys; physiography, and regional geology. (MHR

CO ro-vibrational transitions

VizieR online Data Catalogue associated with article published in journal Astronomical Journal (AAS) with title 'Quantum calculation of inelastic CO collisions with H. III. Rate coefficients for ro-vibrational transitions.' (bibcode: 2015ApJ...813...96S

Left ventricular geometric patterns in end-stage kidney disease : Determinants and course over time

Introduction: While concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (cLVH) predominates in non–dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (CKD), eccentric left ventricular hypertrophy (eLVH) is most prevalent in dialysis-dependent CKD stage 5 (CKD5D). In these patients, the risk of sudden death is 5× higher than in individuals with cLVH. Currently, it is unknown which factors determine left ventricular (LV) geometry and how it changes over time in CKD5D. Methods: Data from participants of the CONvective TRAnsport Study who underwent serial transthoracic echocardiography were used. Based on left ventricular mass (LVM) and relative wall thickness (RWT), 4 types of left ventricular geometry were distinguished: normal, concentric remodeling, eLVH, and cLVH. Determinants of eLVH were assessed with logistic regression. Left ventricular geometry of patients who died and survived were compared. Long-term changes in RWT and LVM were evaluated with a linear mixed model. Findings: Three hundred twenty-two patients (63.1 ± 13.3 years) were included. At baseline, LVH was present in 71% (cLVH: 27%; eLVH: 44%). Prior cardiovascular disease (CVD) was positively associated with eLVH and ß-blocker use inversely. None of the putative volume parameters showed any relationship with eLVH. Although eLVH was most prevalent in non-survivors, the distribution of left ventricular geometry did not vary over time. Discussion: The finding that previous CVD was positively associated with eLVH may result from the permanent high cardiac output and the strong tendency for aortic valve calcification in this group of long-term hemodialysis patients, who suffer generally also from chronic anemia and various other metabolic derangements. No association was found between eLVH and parameters of fluid balance. The distribution of left ventricular geometry did not alter over time. The assumption that LV geometry worsens over time in susceptible individuals, who then suffer from a high risk of dying, may explain these findings

New evidence of the Cretaceous overstep of the Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK

The Mendip Hills, located on the north-western margin of the Wessex Basin, clearly show the onlap of Upper Triassic to Middle Jurassic sediments onto folded Palaeozoic strata. Recent field mapping on the crest of the Beacon Hill pericline at Tadhill, near Frome, augmented by a suite of shallow boreholes, proved up to 6.2 m of glauconitic grey and green silty sand. These glauconitic sands rest unconformably on Silurian volcanic rocks and Devonian sandstone. Lithological and ipalaeontological analyses of these glauconitic sands indicate that they are part of the Lower Cretaceous Upper Greensand Formation. This provides the first evidence for the Albian transgression across the Mendip Hills. The implications for the Cretaceous overstep on the margins of the Wessex Basin, and the analogies with the Upper Greensand succession in Devon are discussed