Um projecto curatorial= A curatorial project : Elaborating "guidelines" for young independent curators, based on experience gained from the "Heimweh/Saudade" exhibition at Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal

Possui um catálogo de exposição, intitulado, Heimweh!, apenas consultável na biblioteca da FBAUL (cota TES 352 (1))Tese de mestrado, Estudos curatoriais, 2010, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Belas ArtesThis MA thesis describes the work of Alda Veronica Galsterer as an independent curator working in Portugal, specifically mapping her first exhibition from conception to organization and through to production. Titled “Heimweh/Saudade. Young German and Portuguese artists looking for a new dialectic between Heimweh and Saudade”, her first show was held at the off-space Plataforma Revólver (September 24th - November 7th, 2009). Drawing upon her own experience, the author seeks to develop useful guidelines for other young independent curators. First introduced to the idea and concept behind the exhibition, the reader will then be familiarized with the path towards achieving the ultimate goal of opening the exhibition – including essential steps along the way, such as production, fundraising and finance, insurance, transport, text writing, installation, etc. The reader will learn about parallel activities implemented by the curator to dynamize the exhibition: guided tours, a catalogue launch and a panel discussion, chaired by the curator herself. A chapter dedicated to the critique of this exhibition, aims to familiarize the reader with the expectations of all those involved in the project and how these expectations were met. The conclusion of this thesis offers detailed guidelines for young independent curators at the beginning of their career

A Technique for Measuring Petal Gloss, with Examples from the Namaqualand Flora

The degree of floral gloss varies between species. However, little is known about this distinctive floral trait, even though it could be a key feature of floral biotic and abiotic interactions. One reason for the absence of knowledge is the lack of a simple, repeatable method of gloss measurement that can be used in the field to study floral gloss. A protocol is described for measuring gloss in petal samples collected in the field, using a glossmeter. Repeatability of the technique is assessed. We demonstrate a simple yet highly accurate and repeatable method that can easily be implemented in the field. We also highlight the huge variety of glossiness found within flowers and between species in a sample of spring-blooming flowers collected in Namaqualand, South Africa. We discuss the potential uses of this method and its applications for furthering studies in plant-pollinator interactions. We also discuss the potential functions of gloss in flowers

Super-heavy fermion material as metallic refrigerant for adiabatic demagnetization cooling

Low-temperature refrigeration is of crucial importance in fundamental research of condensed matter physics, as the investigations of fascinating quantum phenomena, such as superconductivity, superfluidity and quantum criticality, often require refrigeration down to very low temperatures. Currently, cryogenic refrigerators with $^3$He gas are widely used for cooling below 1 Kelvin. However, usage of the gas is being increasingly difficult due to the current world-wide shortage. Therefore, it is important to consider alternative methods of refrigeration. Here, we show that a new type of refrigerant, super-heavy electron metal, YbCo$_2$Zn$_{20}$, can be used for adiabatic demagnetization refrigeration, which does not require 3He gas. A number of advantages includes much better metallic thermal conductivity compared to the conventional insulating refrigerants. We also demonstrate that the cooling performance is optimized in Yb$_{1-x}$Sc$_x$Co$_2$Zn$_{20}$ by partial Sc substitution with $x\sim$0.19. The substitution induces chemical pressure which drives the materials close to a zero-field quantum critical point. This leads to an additional enhancement of the magnetocaloric effect in low fields and low temperatures enabling final temperatures well below 100 mK. Such performance has up to now been restricted to insulators. Since nearly a century the same principle of using local magnetic moments has been applied for adiabatic demagnetization cooling. This study opens new possibilities of using itinerant magnetic moments for the cryogen-free refrigeration

The mirror crack'd: both pigment and structure contribute to the glossy blue appearance of the mirror orchid, Ophrys speculum.

The Mediterranean orchid genus Ophrys is remarkable for its pseudocopulatory pollination mechanism; naïve male pollinators are attracted to the flowers by olfactory, visual and tactile cues. The most striking visual cue is a highly reflective, blue speculum region at the centre of the labellum, which mimics the corresponding female insect and reaches its strongest development in the mirror orchid, O. speculum. We explored the structure and properties of the much-discussed speculum by scanning and transmission electron microscopic examination of its ultrastructure, visible and ultraviolet (UV) angle-resolved spectrophotometry of the intact tissue, and mass spectrometry of extracted pigments. The speculum contrasts with the surrounding labellar epidermis in being flat-celled with a thick, smooth cuticle. The speculum is extremely glossy, reflecting intense white light in a specular direction, but at more oblique angles it predominantly reflects blue and UV light. Pigments in the speculum, dominantly the cyanidin 3-(3''-malonylglucoside), are less diverse than in the surrounding regions of the labellar epidermis and lack quercetin copigments. Several physical and biochemical processes interact to produce the striking and much-discussed optical effects in these flowers, but the blue colour is not produced by structural means and is not iridescent

Géza Alföldy, Die Bauinschriften des Aquädukts von Segovia und des Amphitheaters von Tarraco

Galsterer Harmut. Géza Alföldy, Die Bauinschriften des Aquädukts von Segovia und des Amphitheaters von Tarraco. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 68, 1999. pp. 494-495

Emilio Rodriguez Almeida, Los tituli picti de las anforas olearias de la Bética. I. Tituli picti de los Severos y de la Ratio fisci

Galsterer Brigitte. Emilio Rodriguez Almeida, Los tituli picti de las anforas olearias de la Bética. I. Tituli picti de los Severos y de la Ratio fisci. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 62, 1993. pp. 433-434