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Ancient Egyptian arches and vaults

, 2020
At all periods of ancient Egyptian construction history, from the 1st Dynasty (c. 3000 BC) to Roman times, vaults were applied successfully with mud-brick, burnt brick, stone, and also in rock-cut tombs. However, there were little practical variations in
Pablo Navarro-Camallonga, Ana López-Mozo, Andrea Giordano, Marco Vitali, José Calvo-López, Roberta Spallone, Carlo Bianchini   +6 more
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Masons, nobles and viceroys. Building techniques in ancien régime Sicily. Catalan vaults in Poggioreale

, 2023
The new towns founded in Sicily between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries – more than 150, with a climax in the first half of the seventeenth century – allow us to reflect on the construction history in ancien régime Sicily and specifically on the ...
Finocchiaro, Renata, Tocci, Cesare
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Castles in the Air: Sectarian Puritanism, the Revolutionary Caribbean and the Forgotten Colony of New Warwick, Trinidad

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines an overlooked attempt to colonize the island of Trinidad during the English Revolution of the 1640s. This project was engineered by a consortium of radical puritans, seeking to create a protected enclave in the New World for separatists, anabaptists and other sectaries.
DAVID R. COMO
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Load bearing capacity of support zones of selected brick vaults [PDF]

, 2018
W wielu budynkach historycznych podstawowymi konstrukcjami stropów i przekryć są sklepienia ceglane, które ze względu na walory dekoracyjne stanowią jedno z ważniejszych osiągnięć architektury gotyckiej.
Nowak, R., Orłowicz, R.
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Real estate agents’ collaboration and housing outcomes

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how collaboration between listing and selling agents influences housing market outcomes and how these effects differ across the institutional environments of conventional and foreclosure (real estate owned [REO]) transactions.
Lu Fang, Darren K. Hayunga, Henry J. Munneke   +2 more
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Honey password vaults tolerating leakage of both personally identifiable information and passwords

Cybersecurity
Honey vaults are useful tools for password management. A vault usually contains usernames for each domain, and the corresponding passwords, encrypted with a master password chosen by the owner.
Chao An, YuTing Xiao, HaiHang Liu, Han Wu, Rui Zhang   +4 more
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Dura mater‐preserving technique for fetal brain extraction after intrauterine death with prolonged retention

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Examination of the fetal brain represents a crucial step in the diagnostic assessment of fetal death in utero, particularly in cases of unexplained intrauterine fetal death (IUFD). Prolonged intrauterine retention, advanced autolysis, and the intrinsic structural immaturity of the fetal brain frequently compromise tissue integrity, limiting ...
Ezio Fulcheri, Francesca Buffelli, Sharon Duzioni, Francesco Lupariello, Francesca Pesce, Valerio Gaetano Vellone, Alessandro Bonsignore   +6 more
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Forensically significant microbial community responses to aboveground cadaver decomposition in Southeast Texas soils

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract During vertebrate decomposition, a purge of nutrient‐rich fluids enters the surrounding soil producing a localized nutrient hotspot. The composition of microbial communities at the soil surface is known to predictably change in response to this influx of decomposition fluids over time.
Victoria Nieciecki, Elizabeth Edwards, Valerie A. Seitz, Alexandra L. Emmons, Aeriel Belk, Zachary M. Burcham, Heather Deel, Rob Knight, Sibyl Bucheli, Aaron Lynne, Jessica L. Metcalf   +10 more
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Geographic Patterns of Head Morphology in Syngnathus typhle Across Marine Regions

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Morphometric analysis of Syngnathus typhle head shape shows distinct geographic patterns across Baltic, North, Atlantic, and Mediterranean marine regions, driven by variation in snout length, head depth, and eye position. Findings provide a non‐invasive baseline for conservation monitoring.
Miriam Ravisato, Glenn Le Floch, Cataldo Pierri, Vincent Bels, José J. Castro‐Hernandez, Raphael Cornette, Luca Giannattasio, Michele Gristina, Airam Guerra, Charlotta Kvarnemo, Tamara Lazic, Patrick Louisy, Nuno Monteiro, Bruno Serranito, Marco Spoto, Beatriz Taboada, Eric Feunteun   +16 more
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Prefabricated Vaults Strengthened with Ties

, 2015
This paper describes the design of prefabricated low-rise barrel vaults strengthened with ties This paper describes the design of prefabricated low-rise barrel vaults strengthened with ties.
Kamerling, M.W. (author)
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