Augmented reality (AR) allows the real and digital worlds to converge and overlap in a new way of observation and understanding. The architectural field can significantly benefit from AR applications, due to their systemic complexity in terms of knowledge and process management. Global interest and many research challenges are focused on this field, thanks to the conjunction of technological and algorithmic developments from one side, and the massive digitization of built data. A significant quantity of research in the AEC and educational fields describes this state of the art. Moreover, it is a very fragmented domain, in which specific advances or case studies are often described without considering the complexity of the whole development process. The article illustrates the entire AR pipeline development in architecture, from the conceptual phase to its application, highlighting each step's specific aspects. This storytelling aims to provide a general overview to a non-expert, deepening the topic and stimulating a democratization process. The aware and extended use of AR in multiple areas of application can lead a new way forward for environmental understanding, bridging the gap between real and virtual space in an innovative perception of architecture.
Das Internet ist kein rechtsfreier Raum. Neben vielen staatlichen Eingriffen wirken eine Vielzahl von Selbstregulierungsmechanismen auf das Internet ein. Hierzu zählen die Standardisierungsarbeiten der Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) oder des World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) sowie die Verwaltung des IP-Adressraumes und des Domain Name Systems (DNS). Die Arbeit setzt sich mit den einzelnen beteiligten Organisationen und deren Arbeitsweise auseinander und zeigt verschiedene Mißstände auf. Der Autor plädiert im Ergebnis, daß die einzelnen Staaten möglichst wenig in die historisch gewachsene Selbstregulierung des Internets eingreifen sollte, um die technische Entwicklung nicht unnötig zu behindern.
Das Internet ist kein rechtsfreier Raum. Neben vielen staatlichen Eingriffen wirken eine Vielzahl von Selbstregulierungsmechanismen auf das Internet ein. Hierzu zählen die Standardisierungsarbeiten der Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) oder des World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) sowie die Verwaltung des IP-Adressraumes und des Domain Name Systems (DNS). Die Arbeit setzt sich mit den einzelnen beteiligten Organisationen und deren Arbeitsweise auseinander und zeigt verschiedene Mißstände auf. Der Autor plädiert im Ergebnis, daß die einzelnen Staaten möglichst wenig in die historisch gewachsene Selbstregulierung des Internets eingreifen sollte, um die technische Entwicklung nicht unnötig zu behindern.
13 pages, 11 figures.-- PMCID: PMC1831684.-- Printed version published on Apr 2007. ; Phosphatidic acid (PA) is emerging as a key phospholipid in a wide range of biological processes such as signal transduction, secretion, or membrane fusion. In most cases, the biological functionality of PA is associated with the presence of micromolar to millimolar calcium concentrations. It has been argued that PA can create defects in the packing of lipids in membranes due to lateral phase separation by divalent ions, which in turn aggregate proteins with high affinity for PA. In this article, we present a detailed investigation of the properties of PA domains in the presence of divalent ions by a combination of molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical methods. Our results show that PA is extremely effective in binding divalent ions through its oxygen atoms, with a broad distribution of binding constants and exhibiting the phenomenon of charge inversion (a total number of bound counterion charges that exceeds the negative PA charge). We predict that a PA-rich domain undergoes a drastic reorganization when divalent cations reach micromolar concentrations (i.e., typical physiological conditions), as PA lipids become doubly charged by releasing their protons. We also present a detailed investigation of the properties of interfacial water, which determine the binding of proteins or other molecules. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our results in the context of recent experimental studies in model systems and in real cells. ; This work is supported by National Science Foundation grant DMR-0426597, the Spanish Government grant No. FIS2006-12296-C02-01, and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona grant EME2005-46, and is partially supported by the U.S. Department of Energy through the Ames Laboratory under contract No. W-7405-Eng-82. ; Peer reviewed
Actes du colloque, Néologismes euphémiques, Saint Jacques de Compostelle, 16 octobre 2015 Montserrat Lopez Diaz et Nuria Rodriguez Pedreira org. ; International audience ; Paradoxalement, les néologismes dont la nouveauté attire souvent l'attention sur eux peuvent avoir comme fonction d'euphémiser ce qu'ils dénomment. Sans que les procédés de création lexicale et les domaines des référents dénommés coïncident exactement, on constate des liens privilégiés entre les deux. Les périphrases lénifiantes abondent dans le politiquement correct pour dénommer des handicaps divers (déficient visuel…) ou des statuts ou professions dévalorisés (technicien de surface…) ; des innovations d'emploi ont une valeur apotropaïque pour évoquer des réalités déplaisantes ou effrayantes (les banlieues…) ; des emprunts disent l'origine étrangère et la mauvaise influence extérieure subie dans l'importation d'actes criminels (skimming, smash and grab…) ou de conduites déviantes ou à risque (balconing…). Mais l'usure guette ces néologismes euphémiques comme le montre le sens actuel de décéder signifiant étymologiquement « partir » et employé pour éviter mourir, dont il est devenu un synonyme.
Actes du colloque, Néologismes euphémiques, Saint Jacques de Compostelle, 16 octobre 2015 Montserrat Lopez Diaz et Nuria Rodriguez Pedreira org. ; International audience ; Paradoxalement, les néologismes dont la nouveauté attire souvent l'attention sur eux peuvent avoir comme fonction d'euphémiser ce qu'ils dénomment. Sans que les procédés de création lexicale et les domaines des référents dénommés coïncident exactement, on constate des liens privilégiés entre les deux. Les périphrases lénifiantes abondent dans le politiquement correct pour dénommer des handicaps divers (déficient visuel…) ou des statuts ou professions dévalorisés (technicien de surface…) ; des innovations d'emploi ont une valeur apotropaïque pour évoquer des réalités déplaisantes ou effrayantes (les banlieues…) ; des emprunts disent l'origine étrangère et la mauvaise influence extérieure subie dans l'importation d'actes criminels (skimming, smash and grab…) ou de conduites déviantes ou à risque (balconing…). Mais l'usure guette ces néologismes euphémiques comme le montre le sens actuel de décéder signifiant étymologiquement « partir » et employé pour éviter mourir, dont il est devenu un synonyme.
Actes du colloque, Néologismes euphémiques, Saint Jacques de Compostelle, 16 octobre 2015 Montserrat Lopez Diaz et Nuria Rodriguez Pedreira org. ; International audience ; Paradoxalement, les néologismes dont la nouveauté attire souvent l'attention sur eux peuvent avoir comme fonction d'euphémiser ce qu'ils dénomment. Sans que les procédés de création lexicale et les domaines des référents dénommés coïncident exactement, on constate des liens privilégiés entre les deux. Les périphrases lénifiantes abondent dans le politiquement correct pour dénommer des handicaps divers (déficient visuel…) ou des statuts ou professions dévalorisés (technicien de surface…) ; des innovations d'emploi ont une valeur apotropaïque pour évoquer des réalités déplaisantes ou effrayantes (les banlieues…) ; des emprunts disent l'origine étrangère et la mauvaise influence extérieure subie dans l'importation d'actes criminels (skimming, smash and grab…) ou de conduites déviantes ou à risque (balconing…). Mais l'usure guette ces néologismes euphémiques comme le montre le sens actuel de décéder signifiant étymologiquement « partir » et employé pour éviter mourir, dont il est devenu un synonyme.
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to validate the 15 items that were newly developed to measure youth lifestyle within the context of Malaysian society. It is indeed essential to examine the relevancy of the items from the scope of the Malaysian culture since most of the tools in measuring lifestyle originated from outside the context of Malaysian society. An exploratory factor analysis was applied in order to generate simpler and more explicitly defined constructs to classify the lifestyles of youth based on Malaysian respondents. The result shows that there were only 9 items of the scale used to measure youth lifestyle in Malaysia. The 6 items that were initially used were dropped from the total items due to the lower than expected score for communalities. There were five proposed initial domains which were reduced to three domains. The justification of the new dimensions and implications of the findings are discussed.
Abstract Neurological and behavioral findings indicate that atypical auditory processing characterizes autism. The present study tested the hypothesis that auditory processing is less domain‐specific in autism than in typical development. Participants with autism and controls completed a pitch sequence discrimination task in which same/different judgments of music and/or speech stimulus pairs were made. A signal detection analysis showed no difference in pitch sensitivity across conditions in the autism group, while controls exhibited significantly poorer performance in conditions incorporating speech. The results are largely consistent with perceptual theories of autism, which propose that a processing bias towards featural/low‐level information characterizes the disorder, as well as supporting the notion that such individuals exhibit selective attention to a limited number of simultaneously presented cues.
The big "cartulaire" of the Mas Déu and the existence of a "capbreu" written in 1264 allow to study the running of the Templars's possessions in Roussillon during the Xlllth century. Cereals, grown in the central plain, were mostly produced by lands cultivated by domestics and salaried employees; parcels of land rented to peasants represented a minimal part of the Templars's incomes. Templars have also, as they did in other countries, encouraged the growth of vineyards; but in this area, this product didn't become a speculative one. We can, at last, have some informations about the Templar's herd and the way it was runned, thanks to the notarial documents. The Templars seemed to have the habit to sell sheeps and wool to some craftsmen of Perpignan and, by this way, they took part of the development of cloth industry in this town. ; [fr] L'exploitation du vaste domaine constitué par les Templiers en Roussillon (sept maisons dépendent de la commanderie du Mas Déu; elles couvrent les terroirs de la plaine, du Gonflent, du Vallespir et du Fenouillèdes) peut être étudiée grâce au cartulaire des Templiers du Mas Déu, composé à la fin du XIIIᵉ siècle, ainsi qu'à un terrier (capbreu) daté de 1264. La plaine fournit à l'ordre des ressources céréalières (orge) provenant essentiellement de l'exploitation de terres en faire-valoir direct: la seigneurie templière est fondée sur la réserve, la rente tirée des tenures ne constituant qu'une ressource de complément. Le Temple, à la suite d'une politique de bonification des étangs de la plaine, encourage également la culture de la vigne, qui ne devient pas pour autant une culture spéculative. Les sources notariales permettent, enfin, de combler une lacune de la documentation templière: celle relative aux revenus de l'élevage. Le Temple a acquis de nombreux pâturages, il possède un troupeau composite, en grande partie ovin, qu'il exploite en vendant bêtes et laine à des artisans de Perpignan, contribuant ainsi à l'essor des activités txtiles dans cette région.
This paper deals with a theoretical description of the propagation of a finite amplitude acoustic waves. The theory based on the homogeneous Burgers equation of the second order of accuracy is presented here. This equation takes into account both nonlinear effects and dissipation. The method for solving this equation, using the well-known Cole-Hopf transformation, is presented. Two methods for numerical solution of these equations in the time domain are presented. The first is based on the simple Simpson method, which is suitable for smaller Goldberg numbers. The second uses the more advanced saddle point method, and is appropriate for large Goldberg numbers.
In the United States, workers' compensation law is state-specific, and employee benefits including health care costs are born primarily by the employer. In response to cost increases in medical treatment and absences due to illnesses and injuries occupational or non-occupational, the practice of Disability Management (DM) has continued to evolve. The purpose of Disability Management is to reduce the incidents of employee absences, whether due to illness, injury, or other causes. There is a distinct paucity of meaningful analyses of the history and emerging evidences in the DM field. As a more integrated approach to disability management, both a theoretical understanding and an evidence-based practice is sought by each stakeholder in order to structure the evolution of practice and to document consistent ROI metrics. Theoretical underpinnings, historical evolution of disability and absence management, and specific evidence-based trends emerging in the field form the foundation of these standards. This study is a workplace approach that begins to define standards of practice to integrate disability management, health and wellness, and absence management. The purpose of this study is to collect data to comprehend how employers perceive their own awareness, importance, and feelings of preparedness pertaining to the primary practice domains identified in DM. This data will be obtained through an electronic survey using rating scales with an online questionnaire which will include descriptive and ex post facto design components. The survey items were developed by these authors in collaboration with other colleagues known in the field of Disability Management. Descriptive statistics will be computed for the employer participants characteristics based upon the demographic portion of the online questionnaire. The population of interest in this study is national or international employer(s) that have deployed or interested to develop Disability Management program(s) at their worksite(s). The specific type of employees/partners with these employers include: Occupational Health Practitioners, Department Heads and Supervisors, Human Resources personnel and Risk Management/Safety Personnel. The findings from this study will help identify employer perceptions of recognized DM practice domains, identify potential training needs of employers, and assist in developing standards of practice approach to workplace disability, health/wellness, and absence management, and DM educational standards. In addition, employers will be able identify their position on the continuum of the model disability management that evolves to engage practices integrating health and wellness, absence management, and productivity management. Maturation benchmarks will place the employer in a continuous improvement mode towards a workplace with a healthier workforce in a healthier community. Information will also be beneficial to the literature, and capacity development of students and practitioners in the field of Disability Management.
Modal indefinites are existential determiners that trigger modal inferences. Some of them, which we can call 'random choice indefinites', indicate that an agent made an indiscriminate choice (Choi 2007, Choi & Romero 2008, Rivero 2011a,b, Alonso-Ovalle & Menéndez- Benito 2011, 2013, a.o.). Spanish "uno cualquiera" belongs to this class. The sentence "Juan cogió una carta cualquiera" ('Juan picked a random card') conveys that Juan picked a card and that he chose it indiscriminately — he could have picked any other card. The random choice interpretation can be embedded under modals: the sentence "Juan tiene que haber ido a ver una película cualquiera" ('Juan must have gone to see a random movie') can convey that Juan must have gone to see a movie that he picked randomly. Under some modals, another possibility arises: a harmonic reading, on which "uno cualquiera" introduces a distribution effect with respect to the worlds that the modal ranges over. For instance, "¡Coge una carta cualquiera!" ('take any random card!') can be interpreted as conveying that any card is a permitted option. However, this harmonic interpretation is not available with all kinds of modals (modal selectivity). This paper aims to derive the modal interaction pattern displayed by "uno cualquiera". Recent research on verbal modality (e.g., Hacquard 2006, Kratzer 2009) argues that modal domains are anchored to parts of the evaluation world (situations, events, individuals), rather than to whole worlds. Following Alonso-Ovalle & Menéndez-Benito 2013, we assume that the random choice component of "uno cualquiera" projects a modal domain from the decision taken by the agent. This interpretation is derived by positing that "uno cualquiera" is a nominal quantifier anchored to an event argument. On this proposal, we expect different interpretations (random choice vs. harmonic) depending on what event "uno cualquiera" takes as anchor. When the anchor is the event argument of the verb, we will get the random choice interpretation. When "uno cualquiera" shares its anchor with that of a higher modal, we will get the harmonic interpretation. This hypothesis gives us a way to address modal selectivity: we contend that "uno cualquiera" requires anchors of a particular type, and harmonic interpretations are only possible when the anchor of the modal satisfies this requirement. ; This research was supported by the following grants: a Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship (Modal Determiners, PIEF-GA-2013-622311) within the 7th European Community Framework Program (Paula Menéndez-Benito); a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Grant (Modality in the Nominal Domain,435-2013-0103, PI: Luis Alonso-Ovalle); and a Fonds de Recherche Sociéeté et Culture Québec grant (Variations entre langues dans la sémantique des groupes nominaux indéfinis: l'expression de l'ignorance et de l'indifference, 2013-NP-164823, PI: Luis Alonso-Ovalle). The financial support to GLiF (Formal Linguistics Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra) by the Government of Catalonia (AGAUR, 2014 SGR 698) is also gratefully acknowledged.
An "age-friendly environment," defined by the WHO as one that is open to all people regardless of their physical or mental abilities or limitations, that promotes health, engagement, and safety, has been recommended in order to keep older people active and engaged in society. According to WHO guidelines, active aging is linked to eight domains of the age-friendly environment: urban spaces and built environment, housing, transportation, social participation, civic participation and employment, respect and social inclusion, access to community support and health services, and communication and information. By the year 2035, Malaysia is expected to be an aging nation. Urban areas are expected to be home to a large proportion of the elderly in the future, making preparations for the aging population crucial for municipal and relevant government organizations. There is a paradigm shift from the individual to the community, focusing on the dynamic interactions between individuals and the environment in which they live. In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, we gathered data from 300 participants. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to perform the analysis. The findings indicated that supportive social environments such as a community with respect and social inclusion; improved transportation services, parking facilities, health care, and economic security by prolonging employment for the senior population are contributing factors towards achieving age-friendly nation status.
In: Kubin , E R & Brandt , M J 2020 , ' Identifying the domains of ideological similarities and differences in attitudes ' , Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology , vol. 4 , no. 1 , pp. 53-77 . https://doi.org/10.1080/23743603.2020.1756242
Liberals and conservatives disagree, but are there some domains where we are more or less likely to observe ideological differences? To map the types of attitudes where we may be more or less likely to observe ideological differences, we draw on two approaches, the elective affinities approach, which suggests individual differences explains differences between liberals and conservatives, and the divergent content approach, which posits the key distinction between ideologues are their value orientations. The goal of the current research was to explore when and why liberals and conservatives disagree. We tested whether ideological differences are more likely to emerge in attitudes characterized by threat, complexity, morality, political ideology, religious ideology, or harm (as compared to objects not characterized by these domains) using both explicit and implicit measures of 190 attitude objects. While all domains predicted ideological differences, the political domain was the only significant predictor of ideological differences when controlling for the other domains. This study provides insight into which attitudes we are most and least likely to find ideological differences. Keywords: ideological differences, attitudes, ideology, threat, complexity
