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Abstract Africa is recognized as the final frontier for urbanization and capitalism. Following a long wave of massive loans to promote state‐led developments, small private foreign and local developers are transforming the urban landscape on the outskirts of Luanda, forging partnerships with Angola's national and local governments and developing an ...
Higor Carvalho
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Enlightened Romanticism: Mary Gartside’s colour theory in the age of Moses Harris, Goethe and George Field [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the work of Mary Gartside, a British female colour theorist, active in London between 1781 and 1808. She published three books between 1805 and 1808.
Loske, Alexandra
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The Forking Paths revisited: experimenting on interactive film [PDF]
Based on the triad film-interactivity-experimentation, the applied research project The Forking Paths, developed at the Centre for Research in Arts and Communication (CIAC), endeavours to find alternative narrative forms in the field of Cinema and ...
António, Rui +3 more
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Strategies for building pathology reports in an urban rehabilitation process: Project of the Old City Centre of Coimbra [PDF]
The increasing interest on architectural heritage associated to the recognised building value, at economic, social and cultural levels have stimulated, in the recent decades, the urban rehabilitation and renovation o several cities in Europe.
Silva, J. A. R. Mendes da +2 more
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Exploring symmetry through portuguese tiles in historical monuments
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Rita, Paula, Bastos, Nuno, Hall, Andreia
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ABSTRACT This paper examines transport amphorae of Greek/Aegean types from the 7th–4th c. BCE imported to the Phoenician coastal settlement of Tell el‐Burak, Lebanon. We present a selection of 58 pieces analyzed by typological, chemical (NAA), and petrographic approaches.
Maximilian Rönnberg +3 more
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Portuguese ceramic tile (azulejo) production has evolved significantly since its beginnings in the 16th century. While historic tiles reflect well-established traditional techniques and styles, modern and contemporary works began to explore new aesthetic
Rafaela Schenkel +3 more
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Materials and techniques of Art Nouveau architecture in Italy and Portugal: a first insight for an European route to consistent restoration [PDF]
The results of the investigations on building materials and techniques of Casa Major Pessoa, a typical Art Nouveau construction in Aveiro (Portugal), and two coeval Art Nouveau buildings in Bologna (Italy) are presented as a methodological contribution
Dell’Acqua, A. C. +3 more
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Advantages of using raw materials in ancient and recent buildings [PDF]
Many of the existing buildings constructed mostly with natural raw materials, in European sites, are frequently lacking proper maintenance and, there-fore, a high degree of degradation is verified in these buildings compromising their integrity and ...
Murta, A., Pinto, J., Varum, H.
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Blood‐Based Epigenetic Signatures in Brazilian Males With Alcohol Use Disorder
This study represents the first epigenome‐wide association analysis of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in a genetically and culturally diverse Brazilian cohort. Genome‐wide DNA methylation profiling revealed hypomethylation in genes and pathways related to neuronal development, synaptic organization, intracellular signaling and cellular stress responses in ...
Laís da Silva Pereira‐Rufino +15 more
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