The Influence of New Annex's Development on Historic Urban Spaces; an Example of Louver Museum Square

With the emergence of modernism, the main objective of promotion and protection of the historical urban areas according to the existing historic context, new context had presented a disaster through the modern years. The notion of development and protection has prepared the necessity to make a connection between the historical usages of space and provide a new annex usage. This study will focus on the new usages of historical spaces for the purpose of designing the new annex constructions. The main objective of the present study is to explore what occurs in historic space when annex extension is outdistancing historical boundaries? For this aim, the study will measure the Louver Museum square as the case study. The methodology of the present research is situated on a qualitative method regarding the literature review and available maps and photography analysis.

Tradicionalne in molekularne metode za determinacijo ščitkarjev (Aleyrodidae)

<p>Whiteflies (Aleyrodidae) is small group of insects (Insecta) that comprises around 1500 species from 160 genera. Whiteflies damage important cultivated and ornamental plants by sucking plants juice. Most of the species are from tropical area, in our region they are the most common in greenhouses. Because worldwide transport, whiteflies become invasive all around the world. The identification of whiteflies species in adult stage is problematic. Morphological differentiation of pupae is one of the better methods for determining identity of species, but it may vary depending on the host plant on which they develop which can lead to misidentifications and erroneous naming of new species. The application of genetic diagnostics under the umbrella of classical taxonomy was imperative for successful development and delivery of the biological control program, phylogenetics and plans for biological control. The most common modern techniques for whiteflies determination are computer programs for photography analysis, molecular methods with DNA isolation and sequencing.</p>

STRUKTUR KOMUNITAS DAN PERSENTASE PENUTUPAN KANOPI MANGROVE PULAU SALAWATI KABUPATEN KEPULAUAN RAJA AMPAT PROVINSI PAPUA BARAT

Mangrove adalah salah satu ekosistem penting yang berada dipulau kecil, perubahan kondisi pada ekosistem ini akan mempengaruhi produktivitas dari ekosistem terkait lainnya seperti padang lamun dan terumbu karang. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa struktur komunitas mangrove dan persentase penutupan kanopi yang ada di Pulau Salawati Kabupaten Kepulauan Raja Ampat, Provinsi Papua Barat. Penelitian ini dilakukan secara berkala dari tahun 2016-2017, monitoring dari struktur komunitas dan persentase penutupan untuk mengetahui pertumbuhan dan tingkat degradasi dari ekosistem mangrove. Metode yang digunakan dalam kajian ini adalah analisa struktur komunitas mangrove dan hemisperichal photography analysis. Pulau Salawati memiliki empat jenis mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata, R. apiculata, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Sonneratia alba) dengan kerapatan rata-rata 1254,3 ind/ha, persentase penutupan mangrove rata-rata sebesar 84,14% tahun 2016 dan 84,73% tahun 2017 atau meningkat 0,59%. Jenis mangrove yang mendominasi adalah jenis Rhizophora apiculata yang memiliki indeks nilai penting tertinggi. Stasiun 1 di Kampung Wamega mengalami penurunan persentase kanopi mangrove sebesar 8,62%, yang diakibatkan oleh penebangan pohon mangrove disekitar daerah penelitian. Kajian ini penting dilanjutkan secara berkala untuk memonitoring kondisi mangrove yang ada di Pulau Salawati dan pulau lainnya yang memiliki ekosistem mangrove.

Fruit maturation stage on the physiological quality of maroon cucumber seeds

ABSTRACT To obtain seeds of high physiological quality, it is of paramount importance to define the ideal harvest moment, which oftentimes corresponds to the period when the physiological maturity is reached. This experiment aimed to study the maturation process and determine the best harvest season of maroon cucumber fruits (Liso Gibão cultivar), in order to reach the maximum physiological seed quality. The flowers were labeled during the anthesis and the fruits harvested at 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49 and 56 days after the anthesis (DAA). The fruits had their visual aspects registered by photography analysis and, later, the seeds were extracted for physical (water and dry matter contents) and physiological (germination, seedling emergence, emergence speed index, accelerated aging and electrical conductivity) analyses. It was observed that the seeds reach the maximum dry mass (8.08 mg seed-1) between 47 and 49 DAA. However, the seed physiological maturity, characterized by a maximum germination (70 %) and vigor, occurs at 56 DDA. The best season to harvest seeds with a higher physiological quality takes place from 49 to 56 DDA, when the fruits present a yellowish color.

REACTIONS TO ARCHITECTURAL GLOBALIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY CAIRO

The impact of global forces on architecture has been discussed thoroughly in the literature. Key issues relevant to cultural, economic, environmental, as well as morphological factors have always been drivers of the discourse. However, the interaction between them has been seen intellectually as an imperative that should govern reactions to globalization. In light of the key points raised in the literature, this paper traces key reactions to architectural globalization by the professional community in Cairo. Methodologically, this is based on adopting two approaches. The first is an attitude survey that captures views on globalization as conception, its tools, and the understanding of cultural change. The second is a case study that critically analyzes the impacts of globalization in relation to three projects located in Cairo on the basis of a number of factors: technological, morphological, cultural, and environmental. These projects are the American University in Cairo (AUC), Futures University (Futures), and Smart Village. The study relies on a number of sources of data including field visits where field observations and analytical descriptions are formulated, information from the clients regarding their requirements and the original architectural designs, site photography. Analysis and discussions are centred on establishing links between globalization as a concept with the experience of local architects and practitioners so as to develop a holistic understanding of architecture in contemporary Cairo within the context of globalization, thereby encouraging architects in to continuously assess the current realities of architectural practice.

Histopathological Breast Cancer Image Classification by Deep Neural Network Techniques Guided by Local Clustering

Breast Cancer is a serious threat and one of the largest causes of death of women throughout the world. The identification of cancer largely depends on digital biomedical photography analysis such as histopathological images by doctors and physicians. Analyzing histopathological images is a nontrivial task, and decisions from investigation of these kinds of images always require specialised knowledge. However, Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) techniques can help the doctor make more reliable decisions. The state-of-the-art Deep Neural Network (DNN) has been recently introduced for biomedical image analysis. Normally each image contains structural and statistical information. This paper classifies a set of biomedical breast cancer images (BreakHis dataset) using novel DNN techniques guided by structural and statistical information derived from the images. Specifically a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), a Long-Short-Term-Memory (LSTM), and a combination of CNN and LSTM are proposed for breast cancer image classification. Softmax and Support Vector Machine (SVM) layers have been used for the decision-making stage after extracting features utilising the proposed novel DNN models. In this experiment the best Accuracy value of 91.00% is achieved on the 200x dataset, the best Precision value 96.00% is achieved on the 40x dataset, and the best F-Measure value is achieved on both the 40x and 100x datasets.

Visual Analysis as a tool for Urban Intervention Comparative Studies

In the past few years’ urban design development has been a topic that in some of Latin America cities such as Medellin, Mexico City and Córdoba, has been evolving under the shadow no longer far from concepts as social innovation and social urbanism, a situation that generates new perspectives and concerns about the impacts that this transformations bring to the cities and its communities. The aim of the collaborative research project was to acknowledge the impacts of urban transformations on five different cities and comparing them to find similarities and differences. A comparative analysis of multiple cases was proposed, along with a methodological triangulation that contained observation, photography analysis and the production of graphics accompanied by interviews in order to arouse an approach to the perceptions of the community residing the space and their affective bonds with it. Inquiring about this process and impacts, and the inhabitants’ relation with their newly transformed space, researchers used graphic research methods that allowed collecting, evaluating and establishing comparative criteria and identifying reiterating impacts caused by urban interventions. Different graphic and visual tools such as drawings, photography and graphic reconstruction were used as a tools to identify the urban and architectural strategies through which a connection between urban space and its inhabitants in each city in order to compare with the other four cities. These tools where used in order to define a recurrent method creating an effect of distance, which increases the effect of designation and shows urban dynamics to articulate submerged realities in opposition with the images created through the visual tools, so a closer relationship between research and representation is made.