scholarly journals Procedures and Techniques Used to Increase the Durability of Weak Masonries with Clay Mortars

2013 ◽  
Vol 8-9 ◽  
pp. 243-250
Author(s):  
Daniel Covatariu ◽  
Mihai Budescu ◽  
Nicolae Ţăranu ◽  
Irina Lungu ◽  
Ionut Ovidiu Toma
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
The Past ◽  
Structural Rehabilitation ◽  
Application Techniques ◽  
Low Strength ◽  
Design And Application

For the past decades the importance of structural rehabilitation of historical buildings, in order to preserve the cultural heritage, has increased considerably. The weak masonry (made from bricks and bounded with low-strength mortars) were created using mortars which, depending on different external factors, were degraded and there are necessary urgent rehabilitation interventions in order to assure the masonrys durability by protecting the joints with new, compatible and reversible materials and techniques (according to Venice charter requirements). In order to increase the durability characteristics of the weak masonry, the design and application techniques of some particular materials and solutions used will be considered in present paper. The used procedures are based on joints reinforcing using fibre reinforced mortar (fibres made of steel, carbon and glass). The test results have revealed a significant improvement of the structural response and a noticeable increased durability depending on the materials and techniques used.

scholarly journals Mapeamento colaborativo do patrimônio cultural de Princesa Isabel (PB) utilizando um smartphone

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (45) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Erickson Melo de Albuquerque ◽  
Israel Manoel da Silva ◽  
Henando Nunes da Silva ◽  
Everaldo Barbosa da Silva ◽  
Francisco De Assis da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Practical Solution ◽  
The Past ◽  
The People ◽  
Collaborative Mapping ◽  
Mapping Techniques ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Share Information

<p class="western" lang="en-US" align="justify">Princesa Isabel, a municipality located in the backwoods of Paraíba state, Brazil, has a vast historical wealth and carries an inheritance from the striking periods of the past, such as historical buildings, records of the 1930’s Revolt and the cultural traditions of its people. The rescue and preservation of its history strengthens the identity of the people in their own territory, however, the Paraíba state still needs investments in the sector to modernize the way of registration of its cultural heritage. Based on the technologies currently available, with emphasis to the geoprocessing, it is appropriate to use collaborative mapping techniques to record and share information, with a goal to the preservation and dissemination of history. Because it is a constantly evolving technology, a simple, free and practical solution is presented through the use of GIS Cloud and smartphone as equipment to collect geo-referenced data. Therefore, the objective of this work was to map the cultural heritage of Princesa Isabel (PB) using a smartphone and applications capable of executing the geoprocessing for collecting, storing, managing and sharing georeferenced data. The dynamic maps produced provide information synthesized in a user-friendly interface that makes navigation easier to any user. These maps are shared in Google My Maps. Thus, a secure record about the cultural heritage of the municipality was reached, whereby the technology employed proved to be timely, practical, cheap and accessible.</p>

Israeli love and its implications for heritage and archeological sites In Hebron governorate

2018 ◽  
Vol 226 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Dr.. Sami Mohammed Alqam
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Historical Legacy ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Past ◽  
Military Orders ◽  
The Right ◽  
Israeli Occupation

     The heritage sites in Hebron Governorate in all its details represent a historical history connected to the past and the present, Reflecting the heritage of the Palestinian people and its originality and roots in its land, and gives a precise picture of the features of successive civilizations that ruled the region, However, this historical legacy is threatened by destruction due to the policy of the Israeli occupation authorities to confiscate, demolish or Judaize buildings so that the occupation authorities strive to loot the goods of the Palestinian people and obliterate, destroy or confiscate their cultural heritage, And all that indicates the right to his land and sanctities; in an attempt to falsify historical facts; As a result of this policy occurred Palestinian architecture in Hebron, As a component of the Palestinian culture in the range of targeting the occupation authorities; they have confiscated many of the Palestinian historical buildings, whether residential or religious or archaeological sites, issuing a series of military orders backed by the army and the Israeli police, and pasted biblical accounts of these buildings; As well as resorting to the policy of theft and forgery.

scholarly journals SOGUT ERTUGRUL GAZI MUSEUM WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CONSERVATION OF RECONSTRUCTED CULTURAL HERITAGE

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (58) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Architectural Elements ◽  
Environmental Features ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

Today, developed societies consider it as a necessity to protect the buildings that are accepted as cultural heritage and represent the life and architectural technologies of the past years. Historical buildings that are transferred to future generations with new functions by keeping original values alive provide continuity both economically and culturally. According to this understanding, the building, which was used as a Winding House in the Ottoman Period in Sogut district of Bilecik Province, but lost its function in the process and served as a Tekel warehouse; it has been taken under protection in order to protect its historical, original and architectural elements and has been re-functionalized as the Sogut Museum today. The aim of the research is to reveal the location and history of the building, which was built as a dressing house, and the transformation process into Sogut Ertugrul Gazi Museum by re-functioning: space, environmental features, economic and socio-cultural aspects. In the qualitative research, the data were collected by observation, interview and document analysis. As a result of the evaluations made, the original spatial constructs of the building have adapted to the new function with little intervention without any change, the re-functionalized structure meets the spatial needs with the museum function, the museum has intense visitors outside the province and its location, bringing the life of the Ertugrul Gazi period to today. It has been observed that it sheds light on its values. Keywords: Re-Functioning, Sogut Ertugrul Gazi Museum, spatial analysis, environmental features, economical, social and cultural evaluation

ON THE NEED TO COLLECT, PRESERVE AND STUDY DISAPPEARED NAMES OF SETTLEMENTS

2020 ◽  
pp. 187-192
Author(s):  
S.A. Popov
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Local History ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
The Disappeared

The article deals with the problem of collecting, preserving and researching the disappeared names of localities in the subjects of the Russian Federation, which for centuries have become an integral part of the historical and cultural heritage of the peoples of our country. The author believes that only a comprehensive analysis of the past oikonyms in nominational, lexical-semantic, historical-cultural, historical-ethnographic, local history aspects will restore the linguistic and cultural systems of different time periods in different microareals of the Russian Federation. The author comes to the conclusion that in order to preserve the historical memory of the disappeared names of geographical objects, local researchers need the support of regional state authorities and local self-government.

scholarly journals Does the Law Determine What Heritage to Remember?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Sophie de Clippele
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Historical Knowledge ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Political Will ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Law ◽  
Ideological Manipulation

AbstractCultural heritage can offer tangible and intangible traces of the past. A past that shapes cultural identity, but also a past from which one sometimes wishes to detach oneself and which nevertheless needs to be remembered, even commemorated. These themes of memory, history and oblivion are examined by the philosopher Paul Ricoeur in his work La mémoire, l’histoire, l’oubli (2000). Inspired by these ideas, this paper analyses how they are closely linked to cultural heritage. Heritage serves as a support for memory, even if it can be mishandled, which in turn can affect heritage policies. Memory and heritage can be abused as a result of wounds from the past or for reasons of ideological manipulation or because of a political will to force people to remember. Furthermore, heritage, as a vehicule of memory, contributes to historical knowledge, but can remain marked by a certain form of subjectivism during the heritage and conservation operation, for which heritage professionals (representatives of the public authority or other experts) are responsible. Yet, the responsibility for conserving cultural heritage also implies the need to avoid any loss of heritage, and to fight against oblivion. Nonetheless, this struggle cannot become totalitarian, nor can it deprive the community of a sometimes salutary oblivion to its own identity construction. These theoretical and philosophical concepts shall be examined in the light of legal discourse, and in particular in Belgian legislation regarding cultural heritage. It is clear that the shift from monument to heritage broadens the legal scope and consequently raises the question of who gets to decide what is considered heritage according to the law, and whether there is something such as a collective human right to cultural heritage. Nonetheless, this broadening of the legislation extends the State intervention into cultural heritage, which in turn entails certain risks, as will be analysed with Belgium’s colonial heritage.

Modeling the Tensile Behaviour of a SiC/SiC Composite by Master Curves

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Shi
Keyword(s):  
Master Curve ◽  
Ceramic Matrix Composites ◽  
Test Material ◽  
Tensile Behaviour ◽  
Matrix Composites ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Master Curves ◽  
The Past ◽  
Test Parameters ◽  
Tensile Data

Scatter in test results is common for relatively brittle materials such as ceramic matrix composites. The scatter may come from differences in material processing conditions, specimen machining/handling and from variations in test parameters for nominally the same test material. Large scatter in test results makes material modeling difficult. In the past, master curve concepts have been proposed to reduce scatter in tensile data and to interpret fatigue/creep results. In this paper, one such concept is examined in detail by applying it to the recent tensile test results of a SiC/SiC composite. It was found that the way to construct master curves did not apply to the CMC studied and thus a new master curve was developed to better represent the tensile data. In addition, the test data were analysed statistically based on the new master curve.

scholarly journals Investigation of the Time Dependence of Wind-Induced Aeroelastic Response on a Scale Model of a High-Rise Building

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 3315
Author(s):  
Fabio Rizzo
Keyword(s):  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Time Dependence ◽  
Wind Tunnel Test ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Cumulative Distribution ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Acquisition Time ◽  
Test Results ◽  
High Rise ◽  
High Rise Building

Experimental wind tunnel test results are affected by acquisition times because extreme pressure peak statistics depend on the length of acquisition records. This is also true for dynamic tests on aeroelastic models where the structural response of the scale model is affected by aerodynamic damping and by random vortex shedding. This paper investigates the acquisition time dependence of linear transformation through singular value decomposition (SVD) and its correlation with floor accelerometric signals acquired during wind tunnel aeroelastic testing of a scale model high-rise building. Particular attention was given to the variability of eigenvectors, singular values and the correlation coefficient for two wind angles and thirteen different wind velocities. The cumulative distribution function of empirical magnitudes was fitted with numerical cumulative density function (CDF). Kolmogorov–Smirnov test results are also discussed.

scholarly journals The Study of Three-Dimensional Fingerprint Recognition in Cultural Heritage

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Dzemila Sero ◽  
Isabelle Garachon ◽  
Erma Hermens ◽  
Robert Van Liere ◽  
Kees Joost Batenburg
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Fingerprint Recognition ◽  
Person Identification ◽  
Imaging Technologies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Reconstruction Methods ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
Digital Fingerprint

Fingerprints play a central role in any field where person identification is required. In forensics and biometrics, three-dimensional fingerprint-based imaging technologies, and corresponding recognition methods, have been vastly investigated. In cultural heritage, preliminary studies provide evidence that the three-dimensional impressions left on objects from the past (ancient fingerprints) are of paramount relevance to understand the socio-cultural systems of former societies, to possibly identify a single producer of multiple potteries, and to authenticate the artist of a sculpture. These findings suggest that the study of ancient fingerprints can be further investigated and open new avenues of research. However, the potential for capturing and analyzing ancient fingerprints is still largely unexplored in the context of cultural heritage research. In fact, most of the existing studies have focused on plane fingerprint representations and commercial software for image processing. Our aim is to outline the opportunities and challenges of digital fingerprint recognition in answering a range of questions in cultural heritage research. Therefore, we summarize the fingerprint-based imaging technologies, reconstruction methods, and analyses used in biometrics that could be beneficial to the study of ancient fingerprints in cultural heritage. In addition, we analyze the works conducted on ancient fingerprints from potteries and ceramic/fired clay sculptures. We conclude with a discussion on the open challenges and future works that could initiate novel strategies for ancient fingerprint acquisition, digitization, and processing within the cultural heritage community.

scholarly journals THink: Inferring Cognitive Status from Subtle Behaviors

AI Magazine ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall Davis ◽  
David Libon ◽  
Roda Au ◽  
David Pitman ◽  
Dana Penney
Keyword(s):  
Neuropsychological Testing ◽  
Cognitive Status ◽  
Major Advance ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Clock Drawing Test ◽  
The Past ◽  
Drawing Test ◽  
Testing Technology ◽  
Opening Up

The digital clock drawing test is a fielded application that provides a major advance over existing neuropsychological testing technology. It captures and analyzes high precision information about both outcome and process, opening up the possibility of detecting subtle cognitive impairment even when test results appear superficially normal. We describe the design and development of the test, document the role of AI in its capabilities, and report on its use over the past seven years. We outline its potential implications for earlier detection and treatment of neurological disorders. We set the work in the larger context of the THink project, which is exploring multiple approaches to determining cognitive status through the detection and analysis of subtle behaviors.

An ‘Age of Commerce’ in Southeast Asian History

1990 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Reid
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Economic History ◽  
External Factors ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
World War ◽  
The Past ◽  
Increased Sensitivity ◽  
Asian History

Since the end of World War II the study of Southeast Asia has changed unrecognizably. The often bitter end of colonialism caused a sharp break with older scholarly traditions, and their tendency to see Southeast Asia as a receptacle for external influences—first Indian, Persian, Islamic or Chinese, later European. The greatest gain over the past forty years has probably been a much increased sensitivity to the cultural distinctiveness of Southeast Asia both as a whole and in its parts. If there has been a loss, on the other hand, it has been the failure of economic history to advance beyond the work of the generation of Furnivall, van Leur, Schrieke and Boeke. Perhaps because economic factors were difficult to disentangle from external factors they were seen by very few Southeast Asianists as the major challenge.

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