the controversial theories of modern physics created a remarkable revolution in twentieth-century literature. the progressive novelists of the century, inspired by the concepts in quantum mechanics, expressed the concerns of living in the modern world in the form of non-linear, heterogeneous writing based on doubt. in his autobiographical work, entitled w or the childhood memory, george perec p...

Reviewing photographs of the past influences our memories, but there is minimal research examining influence viewpoint during photographic review memories. In current study, we examined how reviewing from first-person versus third-person perspectives visual and spatial perspective in subsequent Participants formed memories for mini-events performed lab, reviewed these events one week later pers...

The Commission on Preservation and Access, a program of the Council on Library and Information Resources, supports the efforts of libraries and archives to save endangered portions of their paper-based collections and to meet the new preservation challenges of the digital environment. Working with institutions around the world, CLIR disseminates knowledge of best preservation practices and prom...

Many of the important African heritage sites are not well known, in a bad state of repair and poorly documented. Very few are declared World Heritage Sites and even some of those under UNESCO protection are poorly maintained, such as the WHS of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara in Tanzania. The population of Africa is largely unaware of the significance of these sites and generally not in a positi...

Preservative treatment of wood has a long history in the United States and throughout the world. Even the early settlers to the New World in the 17th century used wood preservatives to protect homes and other structures. The treated wood industry in the United States is evolving as new products emerge, technology advances, and environmental concerns increase. Recently, chromated copper arsenate...

I n recent decades, the core processes of organisations, companies, governments and individuals have become increasingly dependent on digital objects of all kinds—including documents, images, videos, sound files, spreadsheets, datasets (such as patient records), executable programs and integrated combinations thereof. But the pace of technological change and the nature of digital objects make t...

Previous research suggests that our prospections rely, in part, upon our memories. However, less is known about the ways in which the content of memories and prospections are similar (or dissimilar) and whether this similarity varies by emotion. In the present study, we coded the content and style of participants’ (n = 109) positive, negative, and neutral memory and prospection narratives. Emot...