scholarly journals Designing a steel connection with a high degree of disassembly: a practice-based experience

2021 ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
Francesco Incelli ◽  
Luciano Cardellicchio
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Building Material ◽  
Interior Spaces ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Structural Frame ◽  
Steel Connection ◽  
Structural Connections ◽  
High Degree

This article is derived from a feasibility study for a single-story elevation at the Kent School of Architecture and Planning (KSAP) in the United Kingdom. This project embraced two fundamental principles of the circular economy: flexibility of interior spaces and Design for Disassembly (DfD). The goals were to reduce the risk of demolition and preserve the value of the building material to empower its later use. These principles formed the solution for the structural frame. For this paper, the engineering phase was carried out to improve the structural connections designed according to DfD principles and following generative design methods.

scholarly journals A Conceptual Framework Outlining Factors Affecting the Acceptance of Earth as a Sustainable Building Material in the United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 241
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sharif Zami
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Building Material ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Earth Construction ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk

Despite the fact that contemporary earth construction may open up new avenues to cutting down CO2 emissions, a review of literature reveals that there is sparse research to date identifying reasons behind why there may be resistance to earth construction as a sustainable construction material in the United Kingdom. The aim of this paper is to formulate a conceptual framework that facilitates a clearer understanding of factors affecting the acceptance of earth as a sustainable material in the UK. To achieve this aim, this study adopted a research methodological framework comprising of an extensive review of literature, the Delphi technique, and in-depth interviews. The conceptual framework provides insight into factors related to the UK context specifically including a lack of technological innovation, resources, well-established supply chain networks, training facilities in universities and building codes. These issues may be addressed through the promotion of earthen architecture as a method of cutting CO2 emissions and introducing earth construction modules in relevant degree programs. Keywords: conceptual framework, factors, building material, earth, environmental sustainability

scholarly journals Diagnosis of Mycobacterium microtiInfections among Humans by Using Novel Genetic Markers

1998 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 1840-1845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dick van Soolingen ◽  
Adri G. M. van der Zanden ◽  
Petra E. W. de Haas ◽  
Gerda T. Noordhoek ◽  
Albert Kiers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Dna Typing ◽  
Direct Repeat ◽  
Geographic Isolation ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Mycobacterium Microti ◽  
Degree Of Similarity

As a result of DNA typing of Mycobacterium microtiisolates from animals in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands, we diagnosed four human M. microti infections. These are the first M. microti infections among humans to be reported. Three of the patients were immunocompromised and suffered from generalized forms of tuberculosis. The fourth patient was a 34-year-old immunocompetent male with a persistent cough and undefined X-ray abnormalities. Two of the M. microti infections were recognized by their IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns, which showed a high degree of similarity with those of M. microti strains isolated from a pig and a ferret in The Netherlands. The two other humanM. microti infections were recognized by using the recently developed DNA fingerprinting method, “spoligotyping,” directly on clinical material. All M. microti isolates from the United Kingdom and The Netherlands were found to contain an exceptionally short genomic direct repeat region, resulting in identical two-spacer sequence reactions in spoligotyping. In contrast, the highly similar IS6110 RFLP patterns of the vole strains from the United Kingdom differed considerably from the RFLPs of all M. microti strains isolated in The Netherlands, suggesting that geographic isolation led to divergent strains in the United Kingdom and on the continent.

Retrospective Collection of Exposure Data from Industry: Results from a Feasibility Study in the United Kingdom

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Cherrie ◽  
C. Sewell ◽  
P. Ritchie ◽  
C. McIntosh ◽  
J. Tickner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Exposure Data

scholarly journals Microcleidus melusinae, a new plesiosaurian (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Toarcian of Luxembourg

2017 ◽  
Vol 156 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
PEGGY VINCENT ◽  
ROBERT WEIS ◽  
GUY KRONZ ◽  
DOMINIQUE DELSATE
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Early Jurassic ◽  
Sister Taxon ◽  
Morphological Disparity ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Preliminary Phylogenetic Analysis

AbstractMost of the known and most-complete Early Jurassic specimens of plesiosaurians were recovered from the United Kingdom and Germany, and few specimens from that age originate from other areas in Europe. This study describes a new plesiosaurian taxon from Toarcian deposits of Luxembourg,Microcleidus melusinae, represented by the most complete skeleton ever discovered from this country. A preliminary phylogenetic analysis placesMicrocleidus melusinaewithin Microcleididae, as a sister taxon of the species previously included in the genusMicrocleidus. The new specimen studied here contributes to our understanding of the palaeodiversity of Early Jurassic plesiosaurians and confirms their high degree of ‘endemism’ and low morphological disparity.

045 Is there scope to implement the evidence-based Walk With Ease programme more widely in the United Kingdom? A mixed-methods feasibility study

Rheumatology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn R Martin ◽  
Kevin Stelfox ◽  
Santosh Gaihre ◽  
Zoe J Morrison ◽  
Toby O Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The United Kingdom
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