scholarly journals Singularidades en el diseño de soluciones de protección frente a gas radón = Singularities in the design of protection solutions against radon gas

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
B. Frutos ◽  
E. Muñoz ◽  
M. Olaya ◽  
C. Alonso ◽  
F. Martín Consuegra
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
The Other ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Radon Gas ◽  
Cáncer De Pulmón ◽  
Earth's Crust ◽  
The One ◽  
Grade One

Resumen El isótopo del radón Rn-222, aparece en la naturaleza como producto de la desintegración natural del radio-226, común en la corteza terrestre. El potencial de exhalación de un terreno viene definido, por un lado, por el contenido de radio del sustrato (por ejemplo, los graníticos), y por otro, por la permeabilidad del mismo que permite la movilidad a través de los poros (fracturados). El radón, como elemento gaseoso, posee una alta movilidad y puede penetrar en los edificios a través de fisuras o grietas por advección o por difusión a través de la propia permeabilidad de los materiales de la envolvente que estén en contacto con el terreno. La acumulación de este gas en los recintos cerrados puede elevar las concentraciones y constituir un riesgo para la salud de las personas que lo inhalen. La OMS advierte de sus efectos, situándolo como agente cancerígeno de grado uno, siendo la segunda causa de contracción de cáncer de pulmón (la primera sería el tabaco). En esta comunicación se ofrecen pautas de diseño, y las particularidades asociadas a las estrategias de actuación, basándose en los estudios llevados a cabo a través de proyectos de investigación. Abstract The isotope of radon Rn-222, appears in nature as a product of the natural disintegration of radio-226, common in the earth's crust. The exhalation potential of a terrain is defined, on the one hand, by the radio content of the substrate (for example granitic), and on the other, by the permeability of the same that allows mobility through the pores (fractured). Radon, as a gaseous element, has a high mobility and can penetrate buildings through fissures or cracks by advection or diffusion through the permeability of the materials of the envelope that are in contact with the ground. The accumulation of this gas in enclosed areas can increase concentrations and constitute a risk to the health of people who inhale it. The WHO warns of its effects, placing it as a carcinogen of grade one, being the second cause of lung cancer contraction (the first would be tobacco). This communication offers design guidelines, and the particularities associated with the strategies of action, based on the studies carried out through research projects.

CDIO-Based Simulation Practice Course of Civil Engineering

2011 ◽  
Vol 271-273 ◽  
pp. 1538-1541
Author(s):  
Gang Wei
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Teacher Research ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
The Other ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Spare Time ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Education Model ◽  
The One ◽  
Simulation Practice

‘Simulation of Civil Engineering’ is a ‘3+1’ special courses for the department of civil engineering, The students have difficulty in this study because of many related courses and lacking of time. The CDIO-based engineering education model uses the innovation practice base of construction as a platform, through the study of specific actual project and the organization of students’ teams in-depth study in their spare time. On the one hand, this project can string related courses together and sum up knowledge, on the other hand, this project can integrate teacher research projects, student research scheme, the course of simulation of civil engineering and graduation papers (design), to achieve the effect of multiple purposes.

Notices of the Volcanic Rocks and Geysirs of Iceland

The Geologist ◽  
1858 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 142-146
Author(s):  
J. E. Vaux
Keyword(s):  
Safety Valve ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
The Other ◽  
Earth’S Crust ◽  
High Latitudes ◽  
The World ◽  
Earth's Crust ◽  
The One

Of all the wondrous changes which nature has wrought on the earth's crust, there is scarcely anything that will bear comparison with those which meet the eye of the traveller in volcanic regions. Of the two great agents in. Geological transformation—water and fire, the one moves us with admiration at the delicacy of its operations, the other strikes us with awe at the mightiness of its influences, and the rapidity of its work.Few, if any, countries present ua with such remarkable or various manifestations of the potency of subterranean heat as Iceland. So much so, indeed, that it appears as though it were the acknowledged safety-valve, in this portion of our globe at least, through which the troubled contents of depths unknown may, on any emergency, find a ready vent.Interest more than ordinary appears to have been taken of late in this most remarkable region. No less than six parties of tourists having, during the year before last, investigated the natural marvels of the island. One of these adventurers, Lord Dufferin, in a most interesting and amusing book, has given to the world a record of his travels. From his “Letters from High Latitudes” we propose to quote his graphic picture of the result of volcanic action, in producing a very remarkable and very manifest change in the aspect of the large tract of country to which that portion of hiB narrative refers.But before we proceed to this, it may perhaps be useful to recal to the reader's recollection the two theories which have, up to the present time, been put forth with respect to the causes of internal heat, and hence to the origin of volcanic action in general.

scholarly journals Me and My Body: The Relevance of the Distinction for the Difference between Withdrawing Life Support and Euthanasia

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 671-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew McGee
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
First Case ◽  
Lethal Injection ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The One

In a paper that has recently attracted discussion, David Shaw has attempted to criticize the distinction the law has drawn between withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining measures on the one hand, and euthanasia on the other, by claiming that the body of a terminally ill patient should be seen as akin to life support. Shaw compares two cases that we might, at least at first, regard as distinct, and argues that they are not. In the first case, Adam, who is dying of lung cancer, is connected to a ventilator and requests to be disconnected. In the second case, Brian, also dying of cancer, is not connected to anything, and so he requests his doctor to provide him with a lethal injection. In the first case, Shaw contends, Adam is being kept alive by a ventilator. In the second case, Brian is being kept alive by his body.

scholarly journals Enfrentando la transnacionalización del cuidado: abuelas cuidadoras en un contexto de alta migración

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisela M. Bianchi Pernasilici ◽  
Yolanda González-Rábago ◽  
Gioia Piras
Keyword(s):  
High Mobility ◽  
The Other ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
The One ◽  
Empirical Material

Introducción: En la actualidad la realización de las tareas de cuidado desempeña un papel significativo en el desarrollo de los proyectos migratorios. Así, el objetivo de este artículo es analizar el rol de las abuelas cuidadoras en los países de origen de la migración, que se quedan a cargo de sus nietos y nietas tras la emigración de los progenitores a España, haciendo hincapié en las estrategias de afrontamiento emocional y operativo de la transnacionalización del cuidado.Método: A través de entrevistas semi-estructuradas se analizan las percepciones que las abuelas tienen sobre su situación actual para detectar cuáles son las posibles consecuencias de la transnacionalización de los cuidados en los países de origen de la migración.Resultados: Por una parte se evidencia el papel significativo que juegan las abuelas en la reorganización del cuidado a causa de la emigración y, por otra, se ponen de manifiesto los aspectos subjetivos, experimentados por las entrevistadas, relativos a las transformaciones de las tareas y responsabilidades del cuidado en el seno de sus hogares tras la emigración de uno de sus miembros a España.Discusión o Conclusión: Se destaca, por una parte, el protagonismo de las mujeres en general, y en este caso de las abuelas, en la responsabilidad del cuidado de las personas dependientes y, por otra, la aparición de sentimientos y valoraciones ambivalentes sobre sus propias situaciones. Introduction: In nowadays global context, the care work plays an important role to understand migrations flows. The aim of this article is to analyse the role of grandmothers in a high mobility context, who are taking care for their grandchildren, after their parents´ emigration to Spain. Our focus will be on the strategies developed by them in order to face emotionally and functionally to the transnationalization of caring.Method: We analyzed the grandmothers´ perception of their own situation through semi-structured interviews, and we detected some consequences of the transnationalization of care in the migration’s origin countries.Results: The empirical material shows, on the one hand, the important role of grandmothers within the reorganization of care after the emigration and, on the other hand, the subjective aspects, experienced by interviewees, concerning the transformations of tasks and responsibilities of care in their homes because of the emigration of one of its members to Spain.Discussion or Conclusion: In this article we highlight, first, the role of women in general, and in this case of grandmothers, regarding care responsibilities and, second, the appearance of ambivalent feelings about their own situations.

scholarly journals Keindahan Di Balik Tragedi

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Made Saryana
Keyword(s):  
High Mobility ◽  
The Other ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Human Suffering ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Visual Composition ◽  
Psychological Implication ◽  
The One ◽  
Car Accident

The use of transportation facilities represents the metaphor of “double-sides sword”; on the one hand it gives usefulness, on the other hand it gives destructiveness. An ideal dualism of modern culture achievement, and the tragedy inherently implied. While the comfort of traveling embodies the positive side, the pollution and car accident re- present the negative side. We have no other alternative, nevertheless, since the modern culture demanded such a high mobility that the use of modern transportation is unavoidable. Almost everyday we heard and read in mass media about various acci- dent of car crashes. Even in minor cases, the victims or damages are al- ways unavoidable. In a huge scale, the accident of transportation might take a great many victims and material damages. Consequently, the sur- vivors or the relatives of the casualties might experience mourning and sadness, even trauma. These are what we might call tragedies, the ones causing human suffering. Viewed as an event, accident left at least two realities: the one asso- ciated with mental/psychological implication and the other related to the factual objects that create automatically new “meaning”, even trans- formation to other “meaning”. In my opinion, the wrecked cars, or those with the paint peeled off, or the chassis detached, or the whole body burnt out, represent the factual reality of the objects undergone the transformation of “meaning”. A paradoxical reality of meaning: Between the one referring to the traumatic side, and the other that sig- nify the visually artistic side. It is on this paradoxical meaning that I based my creative exploration to create my photographic artworks. Observation might inspire an unexpected visual composition. By photographing the most unique and the most interesting of the bro- ken pieces of the wrecked cars using the close-up function, an artistic and aesthetical photographic artwork might be created. That is the reason for me to choose the title “Beauty behind Tragedy”.

scholarly journals Lessons from the South: Research Collaboration as an Educational Practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Danny Wildemeersch ◽  
Jan Masschelein
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The Other ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Close Collaboration ◽  
Critical Theories ◽  
The One

Between 1998 and 2011, we coordinated three consecutive research projects in three different provinces of Northern Vietnam. The projects aimed at improving the living conditions of various ethnic minorities in these areas. We focused on poverty alleviation, water management, and nature conservation. In all cases, there was a close collaboration between Vietnamese and Belgian researchers. The participation of the local population was an important ambition in the research. In this paper, we describe the three projects and analyze the relationships among the Belgian and Vietnamese researchers on the one hand, and between the researchers, the authorities, and the local population on the other hand. Furthermore, we examine the opportunities and obstacles to interdisciplinary and intercultural cooperation, with the help of critical theories on participation and decolonization. The three consecutive research projects can be considered as intensive learning processes for the researchers, the local communities, and the authorities. The paper begins with a fragment from the log of one of the participating researchers.

scholarly journals The Geology of the Sea

The Geologist ◽  
1860 ◽  
Vol 3 (07) ◽  
pp. 241-249
Author(s):  
S. J. Mackie
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Crystalline State ◽  
Internal Heat ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
The Other ◽  
Earth’S Crust ◽  
The Common ◽  
Earth's Crust ◽  
The One ◽  
Double Entry

No man is right at all times, says the common proverb, and Geologists are not always exceptions to the rule. Granite has been looked upon as the “back-bone” of the earth's crust, and fire or deeply-seated internal heat has been supposed to have fused an ancient unknown kind of rock into its present compact and crystalline state, while although now scarcely anything more than, at most, hot water will be allowed as an agent in the structural change. The older geologists invoked on all occasions when great effects were to be produced most terrible commotions and catastrophes, just as melodramatists bring in blue fire and demons. Nature is, however, a most methodical business personage. Sedate and steady, she takes quietly and methodically everything with which she has to do, and keeps her accounts properly by double entry. If you draw on her on the one hand, immediately she pays into her bankers on the other. Nothing goes down on the one side of her accounts but instantly she makes some entry on the other.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS: AIMS, TARGETS, DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Izabella Buniiatova
Keyword(s):  
Historical Linguistics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Linguistic Typology ◽  
Comparative Linguistics ◽  
University Professor ◽  
Contrastive Linguistics ◽  
Areal Linguistics ◽  
The One ◽  
Development Prospects

This is a survey of comparative linguistics viewed as a set of the related paradigms that embrace comparative historical linguistics, aerial linguistics, linguistic typology and contrastive linguistics. The treatment of the science in question is largely based on the author’s long-standing experience deduced from research projects and from teaching it as a University professor. Placing the aforementioned paradigms under the umbrella concept “comparative linguistics” seems relevant and appropriate due to their sharing the key tool of investigation, i.e., COMPARISON, also due to their providing each other with applicable procedures and principles, as in case of two seemingly closer pairs, comparative historical and aerial areal linguistics, on the one hand, linguistic typology and contrastive linguistics, on the other hand.

How Western Residents in Riyadh and Dubai Produce and Challenge Exceptionalism

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-79
Author(s):  
Amélie Le Renard
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
The Other ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
The One

This chapter discusses how exceptionalist discourses contribute to the production of distinctive Western subjectivities, and thus social groupings and hierarchies, in two cities of the Arabian Peninsula: Riyadh and Dubai. It considers two research projects. The first one, conducted in 2012, focused on nationalization policies in a multinational, joint-venture Saudi–French bank in Riyadh. It highlights Euro-North American managers' discourses on Saudi (male and female) employees. The second research project, conducted between 2012 and 2015, initially focused on Western residents in Dubai's professional organizations; however, lifestyles, domesticities, and sociability became a prominent part of the research. The chapter analyzes two prominent themes within the narratives collected among residents with French passports: backward sexism in Saudi Arabia, on the one hand, and slavery-like exploitation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on the other hand. These two tropes construct the widespread self-representation of Westerners as outsiders who are more advanced, both professionally and morally.

scholarly journals Persona in MMO Games: Constructing an identity through complex player/character relationships

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Oskar Milik
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
The Other ◽  
Online Interaction ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Economic Nature

<p>Studies of online interaction involving identity can be divided into two distinct categories. On the one hand, there is the study of the players, which often asks questions of a psychological or economic nature. On the other hand, there is the study of characters, which looks at issues of language or culture, and critical theory topics such as gender, class, and race online. While these two approaches have created a field of digital games research that provides many valuable resources and research projects, the separation between these topics is also limiting due to the complex and intertwined nature of online and offline interaction in the modern age. This paper presents a new definition of persona as an additional methodological concept that can be used to observe interaction in the online world, particularly as it applies to the presentation of an identity to others. This construct serves as a joint identity of character and player, combining these otherwise separate topics to allow for a greater depth of understanding of the actions and reasoning behind the characters and players of digital games. It is also applicable to other online contexts, such as social networking, livestreaming, and forum use.</p>

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