Postmortem Animal Interference in an Indigenous Burial (Lanzarote, Canary Islands)

This article addresses the study of an indigenous burial at Mina Mountain (Lanzarote), dating from cal A.D. 1300 to 1402. Pre-European funerary contexts in Lanzarote are scarce, resulting in a particular historical situation for a population that lived on the island for at least 1,400 years, whose dead people and burial sites are virtually unknown. We analyze the available data on mortuary practices of the native population, adding a new example to the limited existing evidence. This is the first archaeological study carried out on the island that focuses on a funerary context, providing clear evidence for canine scavenging on a corpse placed in a pit and the subsequent rearrangement of the disarticulated skeletal remains in a secondary hollow. The study advances bioanthropological description and specific taphonomic data of bone modifications as evidence of the events that took place at the site, providing data to interpret this singular burial. In addition, the chronological framework, together with the references of the narrative sources describing the Franco-Norman conquest of the island in 1402, allows us to propose a potential scenario explaining this unique site. Se aborda el estudio de un enterramiento indígena en Montaña Mina (Lanzarote), datado entre el 1300-1402 d. C. Los contextos funerarios en Lanzarote son escasos, reflejando una situación histórica peculiar en la que no se conocen donde están los muertos de una población que arraigó en la isla durante 1400 años. En este trabajo se analiza la información disponible sobre las prácticas funerarias indígenas, aportando un nuevo caso al limitado repertorio de sitios mortuorios. Se trata del primer estudio arqueológico sobre un contexto funerario con claras evidencias de carroñeo. El enterramiento corresponde a una fosa en la que el cadáver fue alterado por la intervención de perros, lo que provocó una reubicación posterior de los restos humanos dentro de la misma fosa. A partir del análisis bioantropológico y tafónomico de las evidencias óseas se establece la secuencia de los hechos que allí tuvieron lugar. Asimismo, atendiendo al marco cronológico del entierro y la información recogida en las crónicas de la conquista normanda de la isla en 1402, se propone un posible escenario para le explicación de este caso único.

Drawn to the Rhythm

<p>Rowing is one of New Zealand’s premier international sports, and our New Zealand rowers have won significant acclaim in Olympic and World Championship competitions. Most recently at the 2012 London Olympics, three of the six New Zealand gold medals and both of the silver medals were for rowing. The spirit, camaraderie, emotion, and atmosphere of a great sporting occasion are enhanced by a great venue; the sports stadium is not a passive backdrop but a theatre set that can only enhance the experience through its design and management. Yet unlike other premier sports in the country, such as cricket, netball and rugby, New Zealand has no permanent stadium wherein spectators can witness and celebrate rowing competitions and the training of these athletes. Typically the sport of rowing has always relied on boatshed architecture as its only relationship to the built environment. This thesis argues that the use of ‘boatshed’ architecture for rowing teams actively disconnects the sport from the public; but stadium architecture has its own distinct economic disadvantage, in that stadiums are empty more often than they are full. The thesis therefore proposes a new approach to a rowing stadium – integrating boatshed, stadium, gymnasium, and hospitality elements – to provide a new typology for rowing that remains activated throughout the year. Linda Pollak and Anita Berrizebeitia believe that our relationship to the built environment has increasingly isolated us from experiencing the landscape upon which it is sited. This thesis argues that a rowing facility provides an ideal opportunity to explore how critical boundaries separating waterfront architecture and the sea can be re-examined in order to re-enforce our experience of the waterfront built environment and its unique site, offering new ways to re-connect our experience of inside and outside. The site of this research investigation is Athfield Architects’ $100 million redevelopment of the Overseas Passenger Terminal into 76 high-end private waterfront apartments in Wellington. The Wellington waterfront is in particular need of public activation, yet this new development effectively privatises an important segment; the goals of developers and cities are often at odds with one another. The thesis argues that, when set within the context of a larger waterfront program, rowing can actually help activate that larger program and enhance its economic value in the same way that a gym adds value to a residential apartment complex and sea views add economic value to a restaurant. Our harbour cities depend on public activities along the waterfront that encourage visual as well as physical participation throughout the day. This thesis investigates how a permanent rowing facility can become a viable urban activator for both a city and a private development, while also enhancing the public’s relationship with this premier New Zealand sport. Creating the opportunity for the sport and its athletes to be celebrated in the eyes of the public is important to ensure the sport continues to thrive and receives the recognition that it deserves.</p>

Drawn to the Rhythm

<p>Rowing is one of New Zealand’s premier international sports, and our New Zealand rowers have won significant acclaim in Olympic and World Championship competitions. Most recently at the 2012 London Olympics, three of the six New Zealand gold medals and both of the silver medals were for rowing. The spirit, camaraderie, emotion, and atmosphere of a great sporting occasion are enhanced by a great venue; the sports stadium is not a passive backdrop but a theatre set that can only enhance the experience through its design and management. Yet unlike other premier sports in the country, such as cricket, netball and rugby, New Zealand has no permanent stadium wherein spectators can witness and celebrate rowing competitions and the training of these athletes. Typically the sport of rowing has always relied on boatshed architecture as its only relationship to the built environment. This thesis argues that the use of ‘boatshed’ architecture for rowing teams actively disconnects the sport from the public; but stadium architecture has its own distinct economic disadvantage, in that stadiums are empty more often than they are full. The thesis therefore proposes a new approach to a rowing stadium – integrating boatshed, stadium, gymnasium, and hospitality elements – to provide a new typology for rowing that remains activated throughout the year. Linda Pollak and Anita Berrizebeitia believe that our relationship to the built environment has increasingly isolated us from experiencing the landscape upon which it is sited. This thesis argues that a rowing facility provides an ideal opportunity to explore how critical boundaries separating waterfront architecture and the sea can be re-examined in order to re-enforce our experience of the waterfront built environment and its unique site, offering new ways to re-connect our experience of inside and outside. The site of this research investigation is Athfield Architects’ $100 million redevelopment of the Overseas Passenger Terminal into 76 high-end private waterfront apartments in Wellington. The Wellington waterfront is in particular need of public activation, yet this new development effectively privatises an important segment; the goals of developers and cities are often at odds with one another. The thesis argues that, when set within the context of a larger waterfront program, rowing can actually help activate that larger program and enhance its economic value in the same way that a gym adds value to a residential apartment complex and sea views add economic value to a restaurant. Our harbour cities depend on public activities along the waterfront that encourage visual as well as physical participation throughout the day. This thesis investigates how a permanent rowing facility can become a viable urban activator for both a city and a private development, while also enhancing the public’s relationship with this premier New Zealand sport. Creating the opportunity for the sport and its athletes to be celebrated in the eyes of the public is important to ensure the sport continues to thrive and receives the recognition that it deserves.</p>

Introduction

This chapter introduces the main issue to be investigated in this book: the question of how to understand the relationship between English and neoliberalism, and how subjectivity may serve as a potential answer to that question. It discusses the significance of this question in relation to previous research on the global spread of English, and presents an outline of what I mean by subjectivity and why it can be relevant to the study of language in political economy. It also introduces South Korea as a unique site for highlighting the importance of considering subjectivity as a key link that mediates English and neoliberalism. The chapter closes with an overview of the chapters to follow.

Off-Piste

<p><b>Mount Ruapehu is an apex for New Zealand’s North Island. Not only does the grand scale of the mountain captivate many, the geological features of this vast landscape are also part of the maungas charm and unique to this place.</b></p> <p>In 1887 this sacred landscape was gifted to the people by paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Heuheu Tukino IV. This gift lunched the creation of New Zealand’s first National Park. Overtime this place of significance has become commercialized. Hosting two ski fields which gathers hundreds of thousands of people every year and constantly growing.</p> <p>This thesis addresses the question, how do we engage visitors with such an extraordinary landscape, representing the unique place it is.</p> <p>Researching through design around key themes such as place, cultural landscapes, therapeutic landscapes and meaningful experience. Unraveling many key qualities of the site, merging a pathway of discovery, joining both cultural and physical needs into design.</p> <p>Design explorations take place at three quintessential sites of Ruapehu. The River. The Peak. The Summit Zone. Drawing from the elemental qualities that make up each site, atmosphere within each design and overall form strives to represent these natural properties. Each site works through four design phases investigating the possibilities of development amongst the landscape.</p> <p>Ruapehu is a unique site carrying the weight of a long history of cultural and geological significance. This thesis introduces a discussion about the future of tourism in our sacred landscapes. Exploring possibilities of how architecture can respect and enhance such a unique place.</p>

Off-Piste

<p><b>Mount Ruapehu is an apex for New Zealand’s North Island. Not only does the grand scale of the mountain captivate many, the geological features of this vast landscape are also part of the maungas charm and unique to this place.</b></p> <p>In 1887 this sacred landscape was gifted to the people by paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Heuheu Tukino IV. This gift lunched the creation of New Zealand’s first National Park. Overtime this place of significance has become commercialized. Hosting two ski fields which gathers hundreds of thousands of people every year and constantly growing.</p> <p>This thesis addresses the question, how do we engage visitors with such an extraordinary landscape, representing the unique place it is.</p> <p>Researching through design around key themes such as place, cultural landscapes, therapeutic landscapes and meaningful experience. Unraveling many key qualities of the site, merging a pathway of discovery, joining both cultural and physical needs into design.</p> <p>Design explorations take place at three quintessential sites of Ruapehu. The River. The Peak. The Summit Zone. Drawing from the elemental qualities that make up each site, atmosphere within each design and overall form strives to represent these natural properties. Each site works through four design phases investigating the possibilities of development amongst the landscape.</p> <p>Ruapehu is a unique site carrying the weight of a long history of cultural and geological significance. This thesis introduces a discussion about the future of tourism in our sacred landscapes. Exploring possibilities of how architecture can respect and enhance such a unique place.</p>

Ulcerative Lupus Vulgaris on the Wrist

We report a case of ulcerative lupus vulgaris (LV) in a unique site, which facilitated the detection of internal organ tuberculosis (TB). A 68-year-old Japanese man presented with a reddish ulcerated painless lesion on his right wrist that had initially appeared 4 weeks earlier as a nontender nodule. There was no recent history of fever, weight loss, or cough. The results of tissue culture, PCR, and contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography were consistent with the diagnosis of ulcerative LV with underlying pulmonary TB and tuberculous lymphadenitis. The patient was started on anti-TB therapy. After 1 month of therapy, epithelialization of the ulcer was noted.

Returning to Azeroth: Nostalgia, Sense of Place, and Social Presence in World of Warcraft Classic

World of Warcraft (WoW) Classic (released August 2019) allows players to return to the original game experience. This study considers how WoW players experience game content through media nostalgia and sense of place and investigates how social presence impacts these components of experience. Survey questions addressed 306 participants’ experiences in WoW, feelings of nostalgia and sense of place in Azeroth, and experiences with social presence in WoW; open-ended questions were asked about their motivations to play WoW. Prior overall WoW experience and higher sense of social presence increase personal nostalgia scores (replicating previous research). Sense of place scores increased with higher sense of social presence but were overall lower for current WoW Classic players. Social presence proved an important component of both personal nostalgia and sense of place. These findings expand and extend researchers’ understanding of the relationships between nostalgia, sense of place, and social presence within this unique site of study.

Site-specific recognition of SARS-CoV-2 nsp1 protein with a tailored titanium dioxide nanoparticle

The ongoing world-wide Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic shows the need for new sensing and therapeutic means against the CoV viruses. The SARS-CoV-2 nsp1 protein is important, both for replication and pathogenesis, making it an attractive target for intervention. In recent years nanoparticles have been shown to interact with peptides, ranging in size from single amino acids up to proteins. These nanoparticles can be tailor-made with specific functions and properties including bioavailability. To the best of our knowledge, in this study we show for the first time that a tailored titanium oxide nanoparticle interacts specifically with a unique site of the full-length SARS-CoV-2 nsp1 protein. This can be developed potentially into a tool for selective control of viral protein functions.