developing an integrated model, establishing a balance between conservation and revitalization objectives in the historic environment, has always been a controversial issue in many countries; however, they sometimes have a type of symbiotic relationship with each other. in this regard, the main aim of this paper is to answer this question: is it possible to provide an appropriate model for “int...

in spite of continuous changes in different era, historic and old cities with their unique attraction can be considered as a best place for tourism activities. sanandaj as a capital of kurdistan, with its’ compressed and labyrinth old texture which during the time according the physical, social and natural features had been made, because fascinating historic architecture, unique cultural and ar...

Matching modern to historical images requires a special effort in the sense of dealing with historical photos. While there are many robust matching techniques which are vectoror binary-based that perform effectively on modern images, they are not accurate on historic photos. Photos of different landmarks were gathered for a long timeline taken in different conditions of illuminations, position,...

What are the requirements for building a historic deep map using literary data? This is the question we sought to address as part of an exploratory prototype in Lancaster Universitys Geospatial Innovation in the Digital Humanities: A Deep Map of the English Lake District project. We created a prototype deep map based on Thomas Wests A guide to the Lakes, and a historic map of Derwent Water Lake...

The 19th century witnessed many advances in scientific enzymology and microbiology that laid the foundations for modern biotechnological industries. In the current study, we analyze the content of original lager beer samples from the 1880s, 1890s and 1900s with emphasis on the carbohydrate content and composition. The historic samples include the oldest samples brewed with pure Saccharomyces ca...

Historic urban sites are set by cultural and social diversities, generating multiple activities and use and access to these sites should be available to all people including those with disabilities. Taking into consideration that using the same methodology that was used in different historic sites researches with positive results facilitates replication, we aimed to develop methodological proce...

The early history in experimental phonetics and speech technology is featured by numerous sophisticated devices which we can study today in a number of historic collections which are located mainly at universities. In many cases, however, it is not easy to understand how these devices have been applied in an optimal way. Illustrations and historic photographs are especially helpful. The histori...

Fatal entanglement in fishing gear is the leading cause of population decline for albatross globally, a consequence of attraction to bait and fishery discards of commercial fishing operations. We investigated foraging strategies of Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), as inferred from nitrogen and carbon isotope values of primary feathers, to determine breeding-related, seasonal, and his...