The Eikonal function: the common concept in ray optics and particle mechanics

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Krautter
Keyword(s):  
Ray Optics ◽  
Particle Mechanics ◽  
Eikonal Function ◽  
Common Concept ◽  
The Common

Reframing “building back better” for post-disaster housing design: a community perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yenny Rahmayati
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Housing Design ◽  
Disaster Survivors ◽  
Common Concept ◽  
The Common ◽  
Housing Reconstruction ◽  
Post Disaster

Purpose This study aims to reframe the common concept of post-disaster reconstruction “building back better”, especially in the context of post-disaster housing design. Design/methodology/approach An Aceh post-tsunami housing reconstruction project is used as a case study with qualitative methodology through in-depth interviews of selected respondents. Findings The study findings have shown that the term “building back better” is not a familiar term for housing recipients. Whichever different personal background post-disaster survivors come from, whether they are housewife, civil servant, fisherman, university student, businessman or a professional, none have ever heard this phrase. All found it hard to understand the term. This study argues that the “building back better” concept is good in policy but not working in practice. As a result, housing recipients not only were dissatisfied with their new houses but also found that the new housing configurations profoundly altered their traditional way of life. In light of these findings, the paper argues that the concept of “building back better” needs to be reframed to take account of the cultural individual and communal needs and wants of post-disaster survivors. Research limitations/implications This study discusses only one aspect of post-disaster reconstruction that is the design of housing reconstruction. Practical implications Results from this study provide a practical contribution for reconstruction actors especially designers, architects and planners. It helps them to reconsider the common concepts they have used for post-disaster reconstruction processes particularly in designing housing reconstruction projects. Originality/value This study focuses on the question of how tsunami survivors in Aceh reacted to the design of their new post-tsunami houses and what they had done themselves to make their homes a better and nicer place to live within their own cultural needs. This study also sought to understand what motivated the opinions the respondents had about the design of housing reconstruction after the tsunami in Aceh generally. In addition, the study investigated whether survivors knew the phrase and the credo of “building back better” in a post-disaster context.

What is Tarski's Common Concept of Consequence?

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Jané
Keyword(s):  
Logical Consequence ◽  
Rigorous Definition ◽  
Common Concept ◽  
The Common ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractIn 1936 Tarski sketched a rigorous definition of the concept of logical consequence which, he claimed, agreed quite well with common usage—or, as he also said, with the common concept of consequence. Commentators of Tarski's paper have usually been elusive as to what this common concept is. However, being clear on this issue is important to decide whether Tarski's definition failed (as Etchemendy has contended) or succeeded (as most commentators maintain). I argue that the common concept of consequence that Tarski tried to characterize is not some general, all-purpose notion of consequence, but a rather precise one, namely the concept of consequence at play in axiomatics. I identify this concept and show that Tarski's definition is fully adequate to it.

scholarly journals Persistent delusions of modern gastroenterology

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-54
Author(s):  
Y. S. Tsimmerman
Keyword(s):  
Gastric Cancer ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Helicobacter Pylori ◽  
Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders ◽  
Gastrointestinal Disorders ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Ulcer Disease ◽  
Common Concept ◽  
The Common

The author shares his thoughts about exaggerating the role of infection with Helicobacter pylori in etiology and pathogenesis of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, gastric cancer. Arguments against the common concept of functional gastrointestinal disorders, formulation of syndromic rather than nosological diagnosis are represented. Particular attention is paid to the moral and ethical aspects of the use of placebo in clinical trials. The shortcomings and errors of the terms that are used in modern gastroenterology are analyzed in detail.

scholarly journals Prefacio de las perspectivas del tiempo en el arte y la educación, por Adela Olmo Soto.

2020 ◽  
pp. 30-34
Author(s):  
Adela Olmo Soto
Keyword(s):  
Common Concept ◽  
The Common

We could say that time has stopped during this pandemic, thus giving us the possibility of perceiving both intrinsic and extrinsic aspects to us, which perhaps, until now, went unnoticed. The individuality that accompanies postmodernism implies substantially different experiences and opinions in this process of perception. It is this plurality that beats in the encounters between artists and, in turn, is what connects us. In the next chapters I write about the conferences and debates developed during the 32nd Encontro da APECV (Associação de Professores de Expressão e Comunicação Visual). Although the common concept of time united us all, the incredible variety of studies, proposals and reflections forces us to propose a structure for navigating information, linking concepts and proposing new and innovative ideas.

Factors Affecting the Surface Temperature of a Hypersonic Aircraft

1963 ◽  
Vol 67 (634) ◽  
pp. 672-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Sinnott
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Simple Relationship ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Wing Loading ◽  
Local Flow ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Hypersonic Aircraft ◽  
Common Concept ◽  
The Common ◽  
Layer Heating

SummaryIt is shown that by combining the dependence of boundary layer heating on local flow conditions with the lifting characteristics of hypersonic wings a simple relationship between wing loading and surface temperature can be derived. This replaces the common concept of an altitude/Mach number flight corridor through which hypersonic flight appears possible without exceeding an acceptable surface temperature, and indicates that flight beyond Mach 6 will in fact require considerable material or cooling developments.

scholarly journals CCD Imagers by Enhanced UV Sensitivity for Industrial and Scientific Applications

1995 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 323-324
Author(s):  
G. I. Vishnevsky ◽  
M. G. Vydrevich ◽  
L. Yu. Lazovsky ◽  
V. G. Kossov ◽  
S. S. Tatautshchikov
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Efficiency ◽  
Image Sensors ◽  
Fabrication Process ◽  
Scientific Applications ◽  
Uv Sensitivity ◽  
Ccd Array ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Common Concept ◽  
The Common ◽  
Photosensitive Cell

A family of virtual phase (VP) CCD array image sensors for various industrial and scientific applications has been designed, fabricated and tested. All share the common concept of a “2.5-phase” photosensitive cell, combining the advantages of known “1.5-phase” VP devices (increased quantum efficiency, especially in the UV, and radiation hardness) with the simpler fabrication process and extended functionality of three-phase devices.

scholarly journals ENHANCING TRUST OR REDUCING PERCEIVED RISK, WHAT MATTERS MORE WHEN LAUNCHING A NEW PRODUCT?

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 1450005 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANN-MARIE NIENABER ◽  
GERHARD SCHEWE
Keyword(s):  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Medical Engineering ◽  
New Product ◽  
Relationship Commitment ◽  
Business Partner ◽  
Common Concept ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Relationship

Using a collection of data among 490 participants from different companies in the field of medical engineering market, we contribute to the role of contact intensity by a business partner when launching new products by introducing trust as a mediator to the concept of perceived risk reduction to enhance the relationship commitment. The findings show that the common concept of risk reduction to enhance the relationship commitment is overrated. In detail, the results show first, that the influence of trust on the relationship commitment is decisive instead of reducing perceived risk by the customer. The contact intensity is only important to enhance trust which influences the relationship commitment in a positive way. Hence, managers should concentrate on the development of trust and not on the reduction of perceived risk of the customer. Second, our findings demonstrate that the attitude whether the customer is averse of affine towards innovations has no influence on the relationship between contact intensity and relationship commitment. This is obviously the opposite of the findings of most researchers in literature who usually state customers need different contacts of the seller to purchase a new product depending on their attitude towards innovations.

scholarly journals Judíos y cristianos: la apologética de la tolerancia en el «Llibre del gentil»

1998 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Sebastià TRÍAS MERCANT
Keyword(s):  
Common Concept ◽  
The Common

In order to understand Llullian apologetics of tolerance we must situate the Llibre del gentil (1274/76) within the context of the Mall orca of the three religions, that of the Judea-Christian disputes, of the JudeaMuslim sectarisms, of the schism and of the Christian heterodoxies. Only by taking all this into account, can we study in Llullian apologetics concepts such as "tolerance of benevolence" or "rational tolerance". Llullian apologetics doesn't try to change a belief by another but to lay the bridge of rational tolerance to understand the truth of faith in the search of the utopia of religious unity. The aim would be therefore, to look for a solution to the Judeo Christian conflict of messianism, by means, for example, of a rapprochement through the common concept of hope, even though respecting the semantic differences of both systems of thought.

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