marcus vitruvius excerpts from the ten books on architecture

... these another pair of trees, resting on the ends of the former and at right angles with them These four trees enclose the space for the dwelling Then upon these they place sticks of timber, one ... according to the design of a drawing Theory, on the other hand, is the ability to demonstrate and explain the productions of dexterity on the principles of proportion It follows, therefore, that ... calculated from the thickness of a column, from a triglyph, or even from a module; in the ballista, from the hole or from what the Greeks call the περἱτρητος; in a ship, from the space between the tholepins...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 13:20

... distinguishes this clause, on the relation between the volumes, from the next one, on the relation between the surfaces In other words, the cylinder “itself ” is what we call the volume of the cylinder.” ... being taken, the straight between the points either all fall on the same side of the line, or some fall on the same side, and some on the line itself, but none on the other side /3/ ... at the end of the second volume of the second edition: On Polyhedra On the Measure of a Circle On Plynths and Cylinders On Surfaces and Irregular Bodies Mechanics Catoptrics On Sphere-Making On...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 11:00

... To that they had to listen and respond to the doubts and questions raised Instead of talking at one another, the members started talking with one another The members of the group were there as ... of the process Much of the work done by the WGIG on problem definition and deconstruction is contained in the Background Report rather than in the Main Report of the Group The Background Report ... of the WSIS, and to prepare the ground for the second phase in Tunis In doing so, they put a new issue on the agenda of international cooperation Hence, the negotiations focused on process rather...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... through the first few steps and then ask them to the rest of the exercise on their own at home Ask them to write down any questions or problems they have in the spaces provided and bring them to the ... information Clicking on the button next to the search box (or hitting the Enter key on the keyboard) will take you to a page where that information is located 24 Site Map  list of the contents on ... the first one on your list may be different from the one you see here.) Once you’ve clicked on the first item, read the page that appears Use the 10  Page Down key on your keyboard to move the...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 19:20

... Education National Endowment for Financial Education National Foundation for Consumer Credit National Futures Association National Institute for Consumer Education National Institute for Personal ... Association of Hispanic Publications National Association of Investors Corporation National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc National Association of State Treasurers National Council on Economic ... at work contribute to the plan.103 • Of these, however, only 65 percent know the maximum that they are allowed to contribute, and of these, less than one-half (48 percent) contribute the maximum.104...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20

... readers and provides researchers with timely update on various topics in this important field Conflict of Interest The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists http://www.medsci.org ... Coherence Tomography in ocular toxoplasmosis • Usefulness of vitrectomy in the treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis • Update on the treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis We hope that this special issue will ... American Journal of Ophthalmology: Delair E, Monnet D, Grabar S, Dupouy-Camet J, Yera H, Brézin AP Respective roles of acquired and congenital infections in presumed ocular toxoplasmosis Am J Ophthalmol...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:11

... twenty On the other hand, if you concentrate on link building alone, you run the risk of being judged solely by the company you keep If Chapter 17: Ten SEM and SEO Tips from the Pros you don’t ... for everyone involved Pure optimization, though, helps everyone: the Webmaster, the search engine, and the visitor The true values of optimization are clear content, coherent navigation, wide ... network Content-targeted ads: AdWords ads targeted to the information pages of the content network and distributed through Google’s AdSense program Control Center: The Control Center is the entire...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 08:20

... presentation from PSFK online when they come out, this one should be it The scope of the challenge he and his team at Austin based Frog Design took one was vast … but the solution they offered, and the ... share their interests more than anything else Sitting on a couch next to one another is the ultimate engagement (Joe Gebbia, AirBNB) The story of AirBNB is one of random unexpected connections, ... not money (David Deal, iCrossing & Jermaine Dupri, Global14) People connect with one another because of shared passion … and they click a button to become “friends” for far more trivial reasons...

Ngày tải lên: 09/02/2014, 20:13

... shall next consider the cases of six old Oars who have died since their rowing days—five of them from consumption, and one from heart disease How far they suffered from their labours on the river ... crew in the table is the first 1849 Cambridge crew Four of the men of which it consisted died young; (two of them from accidental causes, one only three years after the race, and the other only ... cent, to the remaining varieties of pulmonary affections I have looked over several Reports on the health of the navy, and find from them that among sailors the disorders of the chest occasion about...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... humidity on the indoor environment was studied to identify the influence on the psycho-physiologic condition of the occupants.40) Temperature The relationship between buildings-related symptoms and thermal ... that SHS and MCS as the same, because they have been confused by the media.29) A systemic literature review was conducted to confirm and extend the U.S.A case definition of MCS The results showed ... from old furniture might affect the health of residents The regulation of chemical emission from furniture and the education of residents are required COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... estimates the association between personal exposure and mortality concentrations, and evaluates the bias that is likely to occur in the air pollution±mortality relationships from using ambient concentration ... Hill's criterion of temporality, they have measured the acute health e€ects, focusing on the shorterterm variations in pollution and mortality by regressing mortality on pollution over the preceding ... particulate matter in the USA Critics of these studies have questioned the validity of the data sets used and the statistical techniques applied to them; the critics have noted inconsistencies in ®ndings...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 16:20

... It is the expressions of these components that convey the meanings they have in the interaction model and it is also the expressions that talk to me as I form an existential definition of the GUI ... communication when one end is open—to this, one might balance the tube in the palm of one’s hand The tube is connected when both ends are open—to this, one might balance the tube on the tip of one of one’s ... mere unintentional consequences of functionality rather than taken as the explicit aesthetical choices they are That the expressions of everyday things, such as the ones of mobile phones with...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 17:20

... consultation with the Comptroller of the Currency, the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration Board, and the ... provided by the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: U.S CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Washington, DC, September 8, 2008 Hon BARNEY ... XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives requires the Committee to list the record votes on the motion to report legislation and amendments thereto A motion by Mr Frank to report the bill,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 07:20

... oxidized conformation in the cytoplasm; this is consistent with the observed significant reduction of nif induction Taken together, these findings indicate strongly that the quinol/quinone ratio ... transcription under aerobic conditions [57] However, as the N2-fixing K pneumoniae strain contains only a single NADH oxidizing enzyme, one can expect a different regulation of the nuo-operon in K pneumoniae ... completely the possibility of an additional oxidoreductase system mediating electrons from the reduced quinone pool onto NifL The reduced conformation of the NifL– protein favours membrane association...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 10:20

... on the activity of the activated different foils From the absolute photon fluxes, we have constructed the bremsstrahlung energy spectrum based on the unfolding technique in combination with the ... electron beam up to energy of 15 MeV and produce intense bremsstrahlung and photoneutrons The accelerated electron beam hits the W-target to produce the bremsstrahlung The dimension of the W-target ... detection efficiencies at the photopeak energy The average activity of the activation foils served as photon flux to which the foils were exposed The relation between the average photon flux,...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 11:20

... titration experiments From the theoretical calculations of Kd for the ratios of sugar-free to sugarbound peak intensities as a function of sugar concentration, the protein concentration was lowered ... was in the intermediate exchange regime Thus, the configuration at the hemiacetal carbon of galactose may affect the dissociation constants By contrast, because chemical-shift changes upon the addition ... that the chemical exchange of the a sugar-binding site upon the addition of lactose or b-Me-Gal was in the slow exchange regime The STD effect for sugar arose from the contribution of both the...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:21

... ultracentrifugation (both sedimentation velocity and sedimentation equilibrium) and the results obtained are provided in Table These confirm the results of the gel filtration and are consistent with the dimeric ... The reaction was conducted in 100 mM sodium citrate buffer (pH 5) and the reaction was initiated by the addition of sBVR-A (5 lg) The concentrations of biliverdin-IXa are indicated and the concentrations ... [5] Questions on the possible function of BVR-A in cyanobacteria parallel a major re-evaluation of the function of BVR-A in mammals Once considered to play a role solely in the elimination of excess...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 05:22

... spreading on agar plates cells treated for h with different peptide concentrations The minimal lethal concentration was defined as the lowest peptide concentration capable of killing 99% of the cells ... assess the importance of the structure of the LK peptides Table [columns MDC (minimal deforming concentration)50 and MDC100] reveals that, consistent with the results of growth inhibition tests, the ... orientation should thus be considered the Ó FEBS 2003 most stable one for LK peptides, even if other orientations are possible (see below) As suggested by the ÔcarpetÕ model, aggregation on the membrane...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 17:21

... with their respective chemical shifts in the spectra of the corresponding nonsubstituted monosaccharides [26] These displacements were caused by the glycosylation effects on the linkage carbons ... all present in the pyranose form, were identified (Table 2) Having the D configuration, ara4dHex, FucI and FucII occur in the 4C1 conformation and L-Rha in the 1C4 conformation In the 1H NMR spectrum, ... and monosaccharides were converted conventionally into alditol acetates [15] and analysed by GLC-MS The content of ara4dHex was estimated by using the Cynkin–Ashwell method [16], the content...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 17:22

... components Section describes in detail the different entity validation and correction methods, and Section presents their experimental evaluation Section contains conclusions and directions for ... relations from the Web without human supervision Accordingly, the supervised input to the system is limited to the specifications of the target 602 relations A specification for a given relation consists ... appear in the corpus with a sufficient frequency The validation is based on the first observation, while the boundary fixing on the second Corpus-based entity validation There is a preparation stage,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 18:20