scholarly journals Ernő Foerk and Gyula Sándy’s Tüköry Mansion in Dioš, Croatia: Genealogy of Architectural and Stylistic Features

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-51
Author(s):  
Boris Dundović
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Country House ◽  
Permanent Residence ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Stylistic Influences ◽  
Art And Architecture ◽  
The Mansion

Abstract Tüköry Mansion in Dioš (Diósszentpál), Croatia, was designed by architects Ernő Foerk and Gyula Sándy in 1904. It is situated near the Central Slavonian town of Končanica and in close proximity of Daruvar, on an estate that belonged to Tüköry family. The late-historicist country house was commissioned by Paula von Falkenberg, a widow of Alajos Tüköry de Algyest, as a permanent residence for her and her three children. It was built in the eclectic late-historicist style of fin-de-siècle Hungary, highly inspired by the late-mediaeval art and architecture of northern Italy. Those stylistic influences were strongly manifested in the architectural design of the mansion, but even more its great hall, the focal point of its layout, designed in 1904–05. Based on both archival and terrain research, this paper aims to determine the main factors of cultural and architectural identity of the mansion by elucidating its history and stylistic genealogy.

scholarly journals Neutralizing Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Titer and Reported Adverse Effects, in a Sample of Italian Nursing Home Personnel after Two Doses of the BNT162b2 Vaccine Administered Four Weeks Apart

Vaccines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 652
Author(s):  
Alberto Modenese ◽  
Stefania Paduano ◽  
Annalisa Bargellini ◽  
Rossana Bellucci ◽  
Simona Marchetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Antibody Titer ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Vaccination Campaign ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
High Antibody ◽  
Protective Level ◽  
High Antibody Titer ◽  
Main Factors

Background: The immunization of healthcare workers (HCWs) plays a recognized key role in prevention in the COVID-19 pandemic: in Italy, the vaccination campaign began at the end of December 2020. A better knowledge of the on-field immune response in HCWs, of adverse effects and of the main factors involved is fundamental. Methods: We performed a study on workers at a nursing home in Northern Italy, vaccinated in January–February 2021 with two doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine four weeks apart, instead of the three weeks provided for in the original manufacturer protocol. One month after the second dose, the serological titer of IgG-neutralizing anti-RBD antibodies of the subunit S1 of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 was determined. The socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the subjects and adverse effects of vaccination were collected by questionnaire. Results: In all of the workers, high antibody titer, ranging between 20 and 760 times the minimum protective level were observed. Titers were significantly higher in subjects with a previous COVID-19 diagnosis. Adverse effects after the vaccine were more frequent after the second dose, but no severe adverse effects were observed. Conclusions: The two doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine, even if administered four weeks apart, induced high titers of anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing IgG in all the operators included in the study.

The Palace of the Republic versus the Stadtschloss: The Dilemmas of Planning in the Heart of Berlin

2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Ledanff
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Holocaust Memorial ◽  
The Republic ◽  
German Bundestag ◽  
Historical Sites ◽  
Architectural Competitions ◽  
A Site ◽  
Art And Architecture ◽  
First Time

On 4 July 2002, the German Bundestag had to decide on the futureof one of the capital city’s principal historical sites: the square knownas the Schlossplatz, where the Hohenzollern Palace once stood butthat since 1976 had been the site of the German Democratic Republic’sflagship Palace of the Republic. It was not the first time thatGerman politicians had been called upon to decide issues relating toart and architecture. On previous occasions votes had been taken onthe wrapping of the Reichstag by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, SirNorman Foster’s dome, Hans Haacke’s artistic installation “DerBevölkerung” inside the Reichstag, and Peter Eisenman’s design forBerlin’s Holocaust memorial.1 Their decision to rebuild the historicalpalace, however, differed in that the politicians did not vote onan architectural design, “in eigener Sache.”2 That is, it was not abuilding or monument belonging to the governmental or politicalsphere of the capital city but rather a site likely to house culturalinstitutions. Parliamentarians, thus, were called upon to settle atwelve-year-old planning and architectural controversy after all othermeans, including architectural competitions, had failed.

scholarly journals A minimum indicator set for assessing fontanili (lowland springs) of the Lombardy Region in Italy

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Fumagalli ◽  
Giulio Senes ◽  
Paolo Stefano Ferrario ◽  
Alessandro Toccolini
Keyword(s):  
Water Availability ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Underground Water ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Agricultural Land Use ◽  
Indicator Values ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Lombardy Region ◽  
Regional Administration ◽  
Close Proximity

Abstract This paper reports on the issue of fontanili assessment. A fontanile is a lowland spring, excavated by humans for the use of underground water for irrigation. From the XII century on, fontanili have been dug to extend water availability throughout the year and increase agricultural land use in the lowlands of Northern Italy. Because water of the fontanile stays at temperature without great changes throughout the year (between 8 and 15°C), this environment is host to a vast variety of flora and fauna and has ecological and landscaping value. Because these springs are typical and unique landscape features of Northern Italy, there is not an international background on assessing methods of fontanili functions inside the countryside. The first goal has been to define a set of simple and consolidated indicators to evaluate watering, ecological and recreational function of 1160 fontanili of the Lombardy Region. The second one has been to identify homogenous areas with groups of fontanili in close proximity and with similar indicator values using interpolation tools. This classification can be used by Regional Administration to assign money to recover and maintain fontanili. The most important areas will be protected by regional and local planning instruments.

Experimental Research on Magnetic Treatment of Fuel Fluids before Burner for Increasing Thermal Efficiency and Reducing Emissions Resulting from the Burning Process

2015 ◽  
Vol 772 ◽  
pp. 526-530
Author(s):  
Robert Ciobanu ◽  
Maurizio Repetto ◽  
Octavian Donţu ◽  
Daniel Besnea ◽  
Alina Spanu
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Research ◽  
Permanent Magnets ◽  
Magnetic Treatment ◽  
Fuel Quality ◽  
Burning Process ◽  
Paramagnetic Behavior ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Innovative System ◽  
Main Factors

Through magnetic treatment of fuel before burner, the main factors influencing the burning process like fuel quality and spray quality undergoes changes, and the burning process is substantially improved. Acting on the fuel fluid with certain successive alternating polarity magnetic waves generated by permanent magnets, which is one of the innovative features of the system proposed in this paper, there is an intensification of the process of changing the stereochemistry of molecules, appearing fractionation, leading to increasing its magnetic moment and to their stronger ionization. These changes result in increased affinity of fuel molecules to other molecules and ions from close proximity, thus implicitly to oxygen molecules who have a strong paramagnetic behavior and the combustion of the fuel will take place in the upper parameters. In this paper is proposed, tested and validated by a series of experimental burning tests an innovative system used for magnetic treatment of combustible fluids before burner.

scholarly journals Tange and Kuma: Lessons of Symbol and Context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Residual Effects ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
New Public ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Architectural Tradition ◽  
Art And Architecture

<p><b>Aotearoa New Zealand’s architectural landscape has been said to rely on other nations as well as carrying the residual effects of colonisation within its built environment through the mimicking of European and Anglo-American styles (Bird, 1992). Despite the increasing profile of what has been a continuous Māori architectural tradition, since colonisation New Zealand’s indigenous Māori culture generally has had a diminished presence. There are successful examples of New Zealand’s bi-cultural heritage, but these instances are few. A large portion of the examples that do attempt to represent this bi-culturalism are usually watered down to iconographic representations of traditional art and architecture. </b></p> <p>This research explores ways in which New Zealand’s architectural identity can better reflect New Zealand’s own society, culture, materiality, and nationhood. In order to do this, the focus of this research takes a radical approach turning to a study of the career of Japanese architect Kenzo Tange (1913-1945) who has been able to successfully confront issues of tradition, society, and nationhood through architectural designs. The intent of this research is not to duplicate Tange’s style. It is rather that through a series of studies, Tange’s methodologies and processes related to issues of tradition, society, and nationhood are examined and applied. Tange’s modernist work drew from tradition to develop a renewed design sensibility in a contemporary Japanese idiom. His approach is examined to determine a strategy that could reinforce characteristics of New Zealand’s nationhood through architectural design. </p> <p>To extend the study beyond Tange’s career, the career of Japanese architect Kengo Kuma (b. 1954) is analysed for the contemporary perspective his work brings to some of the issues that Tange confronted. This approach is applied to the design for a new public library in Wellington, where the findings from this case study are implemented amongst issues pertaining to society, culture, and nationhood in order to continue the development of New Zealand’s architectural identity. </p> <p>This design is also used in an exploration to discover how a decolonised library building could be created in New Zealand. Libraries in their current form are mainly seen as repositories that accommodate access to physical and digital forms of information. This design considers alternative ways in which information can be shared and accessed that do not currently exist within New Zealand’s library models. The effectiveness of this process is then reflected upon and conclusions are drawn.</p>

scholarly journals Tange and Kuma: Lessons of Symbol and Context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Residual Effects ◽  
Current Form ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
New Public ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Architectural Tradition ◽  
Art And Architecture

<p><b>Aotearoa New Zealand’s architectural landscape has been said to rely on other nations as well as carrying the residual effects of colonisation within its built environment through the mimicking of European and Anglo-American styles (Bird, 1992). Despite the increasing profile of what has been a continuous Māori architectural tradition, since colonisation New Zealand’s indigenous Māori culture generally has had a diminished presence. There are successful examples of New Zealand’s bi-cultural heritage, but these instances are few. A large portion of the examples that do attempt to represent this bi-culturalism are usually watered down to iconographic representations of traditional art and architecture. </b></p> <p>This research explores ways in which New Zealand’s architectural identity can better reflect New Zealand’s own society, culture, materiality, and nationhood. In order to do this, the focus of this research takes a radical approach turning to a study of the career of Japanese architect Kenzo Tange (1913-1945) who has been able to successfully confront issues of tradition, society, and nationhood through architectural designs. The intent of this research is not to duplicate Tange’s style. It is rather that through a series of studies, Tange’s methodologies and processes related to issues of tradition, society, and nationhood are examined and applied. Tange’s modernist work drew from tradition to develop a renewed design sensibility in a contemporary Japanese idiom. His approach is examined to determine a strategy that could reinforce characteristics of New Zealand’s nationhood through architectural design. </p> <p>To extend the study beyond Tange’s career, the career of Japanese architect Kengo Kuma (b. 1954) is analysed for the contemporary perspective his work brings to some of the issues that Tange confronted. This approach is applied to the design for a new public library in Wellington, where the findings from this case study are implemented amongst issues pertaining to society, culture, and nationhood in order to continue the development of New Zealand’s architectural identity. </p> <p>This design is also used in an exploration to discover how a decolonised library building could be created in New Zealand. Libraries in their current form are mainly seen as repositories that accommodate access to physical and digital forms of information. This design considers alternative ways in which information can be shared and accessed that do not currently exist within New Zealand’s library models. The effectiveness of this process is then reflected upon and conclusions are drawn.</p>

Study the TOF Detector in RIBLL With GEANT4

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaxing Li ◽  
Denggao Zhang ◽  
Pingping Liu
Keyword(s):  
Time Resolution ◽  
Plastic Scintillator ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Collection Efficiency ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Beam Line ◽  
Radioactive Beam ◽  
Ellipsoidal Mirror ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Thin Plastic

We present here an ellipsoidal timing detector in Radioactive Ion Beam Line in Lanzhou (RIBLL). The photons induced by radioactive beam ions passing through a thin plastic-scintillator foil BC422, emit from the foil center corresponding to one focal point of an aluminum ellipsoidal mirror and are reflected to another focus point at which the cathode of a photomultiplier tube locates. A time resolution of about 115ps is achieved for 12N and the counting rate up to 108 pps is allowed. The simulation was carried out using GEANT4 Monte Carlo toolkit. The photons total collection efficiency following projectile from different position, photon collection efficiency and time resolution of photon to photocathode of 3 different cases were calculated. Also the main factors influencing the detector’s time resolution and some proposals are given.

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