Improving Dissemination and Localization of Cultural Heritage Through Multimedia Maps - The Case of Lipari Island

Most of the maps in tourist information websites show only the position of the Points of Interest (PoIs)—providing sometime a link to a webpage—making choices difficult. Multimedia maps, instead, could support users in satisfying the traveler needs giving links to information about the PoIs. The developed application supports improved connections between documents and the places they refer to because the user could select PoIs to visit through previews of its multimedia documents. PoIs could also be filtered through their categories and types, accessibility status and time line, thus improving the system usability. This article describes a multimedia map developed as sample for the Lipari Island, the largest of the Aeolian Islands (in Sicily), inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List

Procurement requirements as a result of energy efficient measures regarding the construction process

I takt med byggbranschens ökade miljöengagemang uppmärksammas allt fler områden som är i behov av energieffektiviseringsåtgärder. De olika parterna har vid olika skeden av byggprocessen olika ansvar och förutsättningar.   Genom att ställa fler krav vid upphandlingsskedet kan beställare i samarbete med huvudentreprenörer och även aktörer längre ner i ledet skapa en grönare byggarbetsplats. Fastighets AB Brostaden som är ett fastighetsbolag i Storstockholm vill i sin roll som beställare undersöka de krav som är rimliga och aktuella att ställa vid en upphandling.   Med detta som utgångspunkt är syftet med rapporten att undersöka effektiviseringsåtgärder som går att vidta gällande byggbodar och transporter till och från byggarbetsplatsen. Målet är att arbetet ska mynna ut i konkreta upphandlingskrav. Visionen är att i rollen som beställare skapa incitament för entreprenörer och att denna rapport ska ligga som grund för Brostadens fortsatta arbete mot en grönare byggprocess.   I Sverige finns det idag drygt 40 000 byggbodar och de bodar som i störst utsträckning använts är något som i rapporten benämnts vid standardbodar. Dessa är bodar som använts sedan 1990-talet och där inga energieffektiviseringsåtgärder vidtagits. Det finns flertalet åtgärder som går att vidta dock beror detta på respektive åtgärds lönsamhet. I rapporten undersöks vilka åtgärder som anses vara lönsamma samt vilka krav beställaren utifrån dessa åtgärder kan ställa.   Transporter står för en stor del av Sveriges totala utsläpp. Utsläppens omfattning beror på faktorer som berör transportfordonen samt den logistiska planeringsprocessen. I rapporten kopplas förekommande problem samman med aktuella åtgärder samt konkreta exempel på besparingspotential.Due to an increased interest in a greener built environment and with the construction industry increasing its environmental commitment, more energy efficiency measures are being taken in those areas in need. Different parties have different responsibilities in the construction process   Higher standards in the procurement of contractors and subcontractors concerning energy efficiency will result in collaboration between different parties and can resolve in a more energy efficient construction process. In the role as the project owner and as a real estate company, Fastighets AB Brostaden wants to investigate further feasible standards during procurement.   The main goal, on this basis, is to evaluate feasible efficiency measures regarding construction barracks and transportation. The report shall culminate in specific procurement requirements. The vision is to from the owner’s perspective create incentives for the contractors and subcontractors and to act as the foundation for further work towards a more energy efficient construction process.   There are about 40,000 construction barracks in Sweden and the most frequently used barracks are in the report termed as standard barracks. These are barracks used since the 1990 century and in which no energy efficiency measures have been taken. Even though there are many possible efficiency measures to be taken, few are profitable. This report examines which measures that are considered to be profitable and what requirements that are feasible to set within the procurement of contractors. The transportation of goods is responsible for a large part of Sweden's total emissions. The amount of emissions is affected by the choice of transport vehicles but also the overall planning. The report links occurring problems and associates them with current measures and possible savings

Prosthodontic Rehabilitation of the Patient with Severely Worn Dentition: A Case Report

The management of tooth wear has been a subject of increasing interest from both preventive and restorative points of view. This paper describes the full mouth rehabilitation of a 63-year-old bruxer man with a severely worn dentition and other dental problems including unsuitable restorations and several missing teeth. The treatment entailed using cast posts and cores, metal-ceramic restorations, and a removable partial denture. As with the treatment procedure of such cases, equal-intensity centric occlusal contacts on all teeth and an anterior guidance in harmony with functional jaw movements were especially taken into account

Magnet-retained facial prosthesis combined with maxillary obturator

Prosthetic rehabilitation of the midfacial defects has always perplexed prosthodontists. These defects lead to functional and esthetic deficiencies. The purpose of this clinical case report was the presentation of the prosthetic rehabilitation of an extraoral-intraoral defect using two-piece prosthesis magnetically connected. This prosthesis has dramatically improved the patient’s speech, mastication, swallowing, and esthetic

Papillary and peripapillary vascular densities and corresponding correlation with peripapillary retinal thicknesses using optical coherence tomography angiography in healthy children and adolescents

Abstract To evaluate the peripapillary retinal thickness (PPRT), vascular density (PPVD), and disc vascular density (PVD) and their correlations in normal healthy children using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). This was a cross-sectional study of 70 eyes from 36 normal healthy children aged 6–18 years who performed optic nerve head scans using OCTA. The PPRT included the peripapillary nerve fiber layer (PP-RNFLT), inner retina (PP-IRT), middle retinal thickness, and outer retinal thicknesses. The PP-RNFLT and PP-IRT were not significantly different between males and females. Superior nasal peripapillary RNFLT and IRT were significantly affected by age (ANOVA, P > 0.05). The PP-IRT and PP-RNFLT were lower in the 7–11 years old group in comparison with the other 3 groups (Post hoc Tukey test, P value  0.05). PPRT was not correlated with PVD, PPVD, superficial and deep retinal vascular densities, and choroidal vascular density. This study demonstrated that PPRT appears to change during growth in childhood. Superior nasal PPRT was affected more in the groups, decreasing from less than 7 years old to 7–11 years old and then back to pre-reduction values after 11 years old