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A peculiar relationship developed in early modern Turin between the architectural cornice and the urban fabric. While it inevitably belongs to individual buildings, the cornice’s role is defined by its interaction with streets, crossroads, squares. Silhouetted against the sky, the cornice unfolds, leaping from building to building, turning corners ...
Edoardo Piccoli
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Wind Conditions for Snow Cornice Formation in a Wind Tunnel [PDF]
Snow cornices growing on the leeward side of mountain ridges are common in alpine and polar regions during snow seasons. These structures may crack and fall, leading to an increase in avalanche danger. Although cornice formation has been observed in wind
Ning Huang, Guang Li, Michael Lehning
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Quantifying Seasonal Cornice Dynamics Using a Terrestrial Laser Scanner in Svalbard, Norway [PDF]
Snow cornices develop along mountain ridges, edges of plateaus, and marked inflections in topography throughout regions with seasonal and permanent snow cover.
Jordy Hendrikx +2 more
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A series of automatic time-lapse cameras installed along the southwestern side of Tasiapik Valley, near the village of Umiujaq, Nunavik (northern Québec) documented several departure modes and types of snow involved in snow avalanches during winter 2017 ...
Najat Bhiry +2 more
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Cornice and Cornice: Italian Debates around Picture Frames
Flavia Crisciotti
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Trash from a temple: a deposit next to the Isis Temple at Berenike (Egypt) [PDF]
The article discusses the stratigraphy and chronological phasing of a late antique trash deposit discovered just outside the north wall of the Isis Temple courtyard.
Szymon Popławski +3 more
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Cornice dynamics and meteorological control at Gruvefjellet, Central Svalbard [PDF]
Cornice fall avalanches endanger life and infrastructure in Nybyen, a part of Svalbard's main settlement Longyearbyen, located at 78° N in the High Arctic.
S. Vogel +2 more
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Carte d’identità letterarie dei narratori decameroniani
The essay aims to reconstruct the inner story of the Decameron’s storytellers, whose literary identities for the first time come to light with clear outlines.
Igor Candido
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