Library space: Main principles and characteristics. <i>(Sociocultural aspects). </i>Part two

Vibration characteristics and equivalent Young’s modulus of the Northern Library and the main tower, Bayon, Cambodia

We have studied vibration characteristics of the main tower and the sub-towers in the Bayon temple since 2003 and have found that the continuum equivalent Young’s modulus for these tower-like dry-masonry structures is 1/10 to 1/20 of the typical value for the constituent rock blocks. In 2006, we measured microtremors at the Northern Library and the Southern Library in the Bayon temple. They are...

Aspects of productivity,morphological characteristics and nutritive value of two native and four introduced cultivars of alfalfa

Space and Place – Two Aspects of the Human - landscape

Studies of the “human dimension” of landscapes have become increasingly important in landscape also as a “place” with its meanings and contributions to societal identity. In this chapter, we present some of the key theories of landscape experience and empirical research related to those theories. They are grouped around three concepts: First, we survey theories dealing with landscapes perceived...

JInterval Library: Principles, Development, and Perspectives

This paper presents a Java library for interval computations. The design of the bottom layers of the library follows the structure prescribed in the IEEE P1788 Interval Standard draft. The library provides a user with the possibility to choose interval flavor (classic, set-based, Kaucher), interval bounds representation (extended rational, IEEE 754-2008 floating point) and associated rounding p...

Main Characteristics of LCA

Life cycle assessment (LCA) has a number of defining characteristics that enables it to address questions that no other assessment tools can address. This chapter begins by demonstrating how the use of LCA in the late 2000s led to a drastic shift in the dominant perception that biofuels were “green”, “sustainable” or “carbon neutral”, which led to a change in biofuel policies. This is followed ...