When Playfair met Adam: ornament and conservation at the old college between the age of the enlightment and the Greek revival

Speech describing ornament and conservation at the Old College between the age of the enlightment and the Greek revival

Conserving, reinstating and converting Queensberry House

This paper discusses the work that the author has carried out as project and resident architect for the conversion of Queensberry House, a 17th century Grade A-listed townhouse, as part of the new Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh. The complex stratification of this fine masonry building together with severe water penetration caused major problems when carrying out the works. The richness of the original masonry, the abusive additions and reconstruction over the centuries, like the late conversion to hospital, and the way the building fabric was conserved and reinstated are illustrated. Very little of the original interiors survived and there was a need to strengthen the building for reasons of security. The building now provides accommodation for the Presiding Officer and staff of the Parliament. The process followed since the author took over the conservation and conversion project, with the building as an almost masonry shell, until conclusion is discussed, including a record of the fabric condition and the decisions concerning its repair and final presentation

Hybrid masonry shell technology in the work of Idelfonso Sánchez del Río

Idelfonso Sánchez del Río is a less known pioneer of reinforced concrete shells in Spain who through his career designed and patented ribbed construction systems for large spanning slabs and vaults and in particular shell enclosures using a hybrid system of concrete and masonry infills. The module called “dovela-onda” or wave-voussoir was made of large ceramic blocks forming a short barrel with flanges at the edges. This paper aims to discuss the technical innovations of this system and assess its structural efficiency. The design and construction process will be studied through literature published by Sánchez del Rio and surveys of two case studies in Oviedo (Spain), the Sports Hall (1977) and a warehouse in Granda. In order to assess their structural efficiency, his own calculation process will be verified by thrust line analysis and Finite Element spatial elastic modelling. The FE model allows the failure mode and the distribution of the loads to be assessed, and gives further insight to the behaviour of the scheme and the design and construction process

The Platform of the Temple of Venus and Rome

The Temple of Venus and Rome at the Roman Forum was allegedly designed by the emperor Hadrian himself and was inaugurated in 135 AD. Its construction upon the Velia hill and precedent structures required an exceptional design and execution, including the provision of a massive 167x 100 m artificial platform. Distinct historical developments on the site like the Vestibule of Nero’s Golden House and the later construction of the medieval church and monastery of Santa Maria Nova as well as the Mussolinian operations of Sventramenti in the first half of the 20th Century have influenced the construction and altered the presentation of the platform. This paper intends to discuss the strategy, design, construction and current condition of this example of a lesser-known field of Roman structural technology. Foundations and platforms of this kind can offer invaluable information on the function of a temple, its history and structural performance, but theirs study is often neglected

Interview with Cristina Gonzalez

Cristina Gonzalez originally is from California, more specifically from West Los Angeles, however, she currently resides in Virginia along with her husband, who together have five children. Gonzalez has had the opportunity to work as an Archeologist and Historian, due to her degrees in Archaeology and Anthropology. There she took part in an Oral History study centered around African Americans living in Downtown San Diego. She currently runs her own business alongside her husband and navigates homeschooling for her children. Cristina joined the Auntie Sewing Squad because of her disappointment in the U.S. government\u27s failure to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, Gonzalez holds the role of a “sewist” on the Auntie Sewing Squad.https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/auntiesewing_interviews/1027/thumbnail.jp

Estrategias de comunicación publicitaria: nuevas estéticas y nuevos formatos en televisión: el caso de TVE

Las cadenas de televisión son consideradas como empresas audiovisuales con una misión, visión, filosofía organizacional y con objetivos al largo y corto plazo que se dirigen a una audiencia-cliente para obtener el máximo de beneficios económicos. Las empresas audiovisuales, como cualquier otra empresa, han apostado por gestionar su comunicación y posicionar su marca. Muchas son ya las cadenas que intentan desmarcarse y diferenciarse de su competencia ofreciendo al teleespectador nuevos valores intangibles que se manifiestan por medio de la continuidad. Estos discursos se visualizan y expresan por medio del desarrollo de elementos, herramientas comunicativas y formas discursivas peculiares (sintonías, cortinillas, cabeceras, autopromociones, etc.) que, además de servir como elementos de anclaje para una emisión continuada de la programación, en la actualidad son utilizadas estratégicamente, para posicionar y diferenciar unas cadenas de otras y, lo más importante, para definir y expresar una Identidad y una proyección de su Imagen corporativa propia para crear ante el espectador un posicionamiento atractivo, diferenciador y positivo que sirva de referencia. El diseño audiovisual de la continuidad televisiva, como modelo específico de la comunicación corporativa en el medio televisivo, se ha convertido en un modelo estratégico para crear marcas televisivas y ofrecer un valor añadido a la audiencia. Por medio de esta comunicación pretendemos arrojar luz sobre la estrategia de marca que una cadena de televisión ha seguido para definir su posición ante el aumento de la competencia en el medio televisivoTelevision networks are considered as audiovisual companies with a mission, vision and organisational philosophy, with long- and short-term objectives directed to the search of benefits that address an audience-client. The audiovisual companies, like any other company, have opted to manage their communication and leave their mark by paying special care to their audiovisual aesthetics to provide an opportunity to capture the audience. Many of these companies are those networks that already attempt to shake off their competitors and stand out from their counterparts by offering the television viewer new intangible values presented through audiovisual design. These new values are displayed and expressed by the development of elements, communicative tools and peculiar discursive forms (signature tunes, captions, title screens, graphic art, selfpromotion, etc.) that serve to place and differentiate networks from the others and, most importantly, to define and express an Identity and a projection of their own corporate image to create an attractive, distinguishing and positive standing before the viewer. The audiovisual design of television continuity, as a model of specific corporate communication of the television medium, has become a strategic model that is increasingly managed to create television marks and offer the audience value. It is our intention with this paper to throw light on the strategy of marks that one television network which is new to the television medium has followed to define its position and approach the public in a highly competitive television marke

Estrategias de comunicación entre el medio televisivo e Internet : nuevos aliados, nuevos negocios en la era digital

El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar los grandes avances tecnológicos en el inicio de este siglo XXI: la llamada revolución digital. El surgimiento y desarrollo de Internet o red de comunicación global (que ha sido la gran ventana informativa que ha abierto las fronteras de la información entre las personas) la telefonía móvil y las nuevas aplicaciones que van surgiendo dentro de las llamadas Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC), entre ellas, la implantación en nuestro país de la Televisión Digital Terrestre (TDT), incorporan grandes transformaciones dentro del marco de las relaciones sociales y estilos de vida. Nos encontramos inmersos en un momento en el que el impacto de las nuevas tecnologías está cambiando los hábitos de los telespectadores, lectores y usuarios. Hemos pasado, por tanto, de la cultura de los media, caracterizada por la transmisión e intercambio de información, a la cultura de la tecnología de la comunicación, donde el individuo ha adaptado el rol de protagonista dentro de la cadena de la información, ha adquirido nuevos hábitos en el uso de las nuevas tecnologías y, como consecuencia de este conocimiento adquirido, se ha vuelto mucho más exigente a la hora de recibir informació

Population dynamics of Meloidogyne incognita on cucumber grafted onto the Cucurbita hybrid RS841 or ungrafted and yield losses under protected cultivation

The influence of the squash hybrid RS841 rootstock (Cucurbita maxima x C. moschata) on population dynamics of Meloidogyne incognita and yield of cucumber cv. Dasher II was assessed during 2013 and 2014 in a plastic greenhouse. In addition, the relationship between ecophysiological parameters (plant water status, gas exchange, and leaf reflectance) and Pi and cucumber yield were also estimated in 2013. Nematode densities were determined at the beginning (Pi) and at the end (Pf) of each crop, and the relationship between these parameters was used to estimate the maximum multiplication rate (a), the maximum population density (M) and the equilibrium density (E) per grafted and ungrafted cucumber and cropping season. Moreover, the relationship between the multiplication rate (Pf/Pi) and Pi was compared between grafted and ungrafted cucumber per cropping season. Finally, the relative yield of grafted or ungrafted cucumber was plotted against Pi to determine the tolerance limit (T) and the minimum relative yield (m) by the Seinhorst damage function model. Values of a, M and E in grafted cucumber were higher than in ungrafted one irrespective of the cropping season. These results were supported by comparing the relationship between Pf/Pi and Pi between grafted and ungrafted cucumber. The relationship between Pi and yield fitted the Seinhorst damage function. The values of T and m did not differ between grafted and ungrafted each year. Predawn water potential, net photosynthetic rate, and leaf chlorophyll index decreased with increasing Pi. In addition, relative yield was related to variation in net photosynthetic rate and the leaf chlorophyll index. Under the conditions of this study, RS841 rootstock was neither resistant nor tolerant to M. incognita.Postprint (published version