DESA1002 'Continuous City' Niki Gango

The Continuous City has been the underlying theme throughout the semester and as such requires a little attention when interpreting the conglomeration of projects that encompass not only Tunis but the wider context. Cities such as Dubrovnik, Madrid, Isfahan, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Venice, Paris, Stockholm, New York and Jerusalem all formed part of the Continuous City and each student was given a section of their respective city that would ultimately become the basis of their work throughout the semester. The objective of this project was to realize a design concept based on the site F13 in Tunis. The approach undertaken towards this project was to delve into the local traditional housing of Tunis. Ultimately this would lead to the discovery of the quintessential Tunisian courtyard that played a significant role throughout the design process. When designing for an urban dwelling such as a set of three apartments as was proposed throughout my project the consideration of the courtyard: internal, external, shared or otherwise would became an integral facet to the development of the site. Further investigation into Tunisian housing culture also resulted in the understanding that there exists a strong push in Tunis back towards traditional housing methods. Some of the features that persist in such methods include the limited palette of exterior openings, with the incorporation of mainly interior openings that surround the typical Tunisian courtyard space. Furthermore, access to living areas, bedrooms and kitchen areas designed around such a centralised courtyard in order to facilitate local living traditions became of significance. As well as the adoption of thick exterior walls to ward off the harsh African sun. Thus my approach was to design with Tunisian living in mind. In particular special consideration was given to the appropriation of room sizes very early on in the design process. This became the basis for the apartments in addition to the tweaking of the apartment layout and functionality prior to the later adoption of a shaded public space that would sit below the apartments

Vaginal Radical Trachelectomy for Early-Stage Cervical Cancer: Increased Recurrence Risk for Adenocarcinoma

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate consecutive vaginal radical trachelectomies (VRTs) in early-stage cervical cancer in the 2 main referral centers for fertility-preserving surgery in the Netherlands. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Oncology, fertility, and obstetrical data were recorded in a regional database of all VRTs without neoadjuvant chemotherapy performed in 2 major referral centers between 2000 and 2015. RESULTS: Most of the patients (91.7%) had stage IB1 disease. In 72.0%, squamous cell carcinoma was the histologic diagnosis; in 24.2%, adenocarcinoma; and in 3.8%, adenosquamous carcinoma. The median follow-up was 51 months.Nine (6.8%) recurrences occurred, 4 resulting in death of disease (death rate, 3.0%). Recurrence rates were 12.5% for adenocarcinoma, 20% for adenosquamous carcinoma, and 4.2% for squamous cell carcinoma (P < 0.01).From 117 women, data about fertility and obstetrical outcome were obtained. Almost 60% of women attempted to conceive after a VRT. Of these women, 40% needed fertility treatment. A total of 47 pregnancies were established, and a total of 37 children were born of which 30 (81.1%) were delivered after 32 weeks of gestational age. CONCLUSIONS: Nonsquamous cell histology and high-grade disease are associated with a significantly higher risk of recurrence in the univariate and multivariate analyses. Women with both these histology features should be counseled reticently for VRT.Pregnancies after VRT must be regarded as high-risk pregnancies with a high prematurity rate

A Concurrent Logical Framework: The Propositional Fragment

We present the propositional fragment CLF0 of the Concurrent Logical Framework (CLF). CLF extends the Linear Logical Framework to allow the natural representation of concurrent computations in an object language. The underlying type theory uses monadic types to segregate values from computations. This separation leads to a tractable notion of definitional equality that identifies computations di#ering only in the order of execution of independent steps. From a logical point of view our type theory can be seen as a novel combination of lax logic and dual intuitionistic linear logic. An encoding of a small Petri net exemplifies the representation methodology, which can be summarized as &quot;concurrent computations as monadic expressions &quot;