Preservation of panorama mesdag, the Haque

This paper deals with the preservation of the Panorama Mesdag, a cylindrical painting, more than 14 meters high and 120 meters in circumference. The vista of the sea, the dunes and Scheveningen village was painted by one of the most famous painters of the Hague School, Hendrik Willem Mesdag. It is the oldest 19th century panorama in the world in its original site and a unique cultural heritage. About three years ago the building, which is a uniquely complex structure, was damaged by a nearby excavation. In the years to follow a series of measures have been taken of which the compensation grouting of the foundation is the most extensive from a geotechnical point of view.\ud This paper outlines the history of the damage, the construction of the building and most importantly the extents of the compensation grouting and the result of the grouting and the extensive monitoring. The effectiveness of the grouting is determined and conclusions have been drawn for the still to be performed excavations and construction activities

How a transsexual woman claims a new identity through voice

Thesis (S.M. in Science Writing)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, Graduate Program in Science Writing, 2007."September 2007."Includes bibliographical references (leaves 36-37).The human voice is an important indicator of a person's gender. For male-to-female transgender individuals (or transsexuals) the voice is one of the most difficult parts of the gender transition. Males have larger and heavier vocal apparatuses (larynx and vocal folds), which generally produce a lower sound. Transgender women can have voice surgery, but it can sometimes cause a Minnie Mouse-like falsetto or the complete loss of the voice. As a result, many transgendered women turn to specially trained voice therapists to learn how to speak more convincingly like women. The voice's pitch, although important, is not the only factor in creating a more female sound. Intonation, resonance, volume, speech patterns and formant frequencies also play significant roles in making a realistic feminine sound. There continue to be many unanswered questions about how listeners perceive the voices of transgender women and how best to blend the voices of transwomen into a comfortable range. Transgender women have many hurdles to face as they transition from male to female, and possessing an authentic voice is a way to smooth out the bumpy path they face.by Katharine Stoel Gammon.S.M.in Science Writin

A Case for Rebel, a DSL for product specifications

International audienceno abstrac

Los cuadros de batallas navales. Una imagen del poder de las Provincias Unidas en el siglo XVII

Tras la independencia de las Provincias Unidas surgieron, gracias al desarrollo económico, social y cultural alcanzado en el siglo XVII, nuevos géneros pictóricos de la mano de especialistas. La importancia del mar, fuente de riqueza y orgullo, dio lugar a la aparición de las marinas. Es la supremacía de la flota de guerra holandesa la que explica los cuadros de batallas navales, subgénero que constituye una imagen del poder con un claro sentido propagandístico

Chains of antiprisms

We prove a property of antiprism chains and show some artwork based on this property