Information access survey: Western Visayas, Philippines

The aim of this report is to provide brief profiles of the main stakeholders within the aquatic resources and fisheries sectors in Western Visayas, to describe their access to information, and the communication between and within stakeholder groups, organizations and institutions within the sector. The report goes on to identify current needs and key action points which might maximize efficient communication. (PDF contains 68 pages

Juxtaposing Chinese and Western Representational Principles: New Design Methods for Information Graphics in the Field of Intercultural Communication.

This article examines knowledge graphics from the Chinese and Western cultures, which, in the course of globalization, are being increasingly loosened from their original cultural references. If it is assumed that at most pictographs, but not complex graphics, are universally understandable, “visual translations” must be developed for knowledge graphics if we are to transfer them into another cultural reference system. Using the example of a widespread graphic form-the tree diagram-the research presented here will explain specific representational principles and the cultural concepts on which they are based. Here, on the visible surface, formal correlations can indeed be observed. However, if we ask what conceptual structures the graphics are based on, we encounter two fundamentally different representational systems. The article focuses on the question of which design methods are capable of making the diverse relationships between these representational systems comprehensible

On the Cultural Anchorings of Knowledge Visualization.

This article concerns knowledge graphics from Chinese culture. These graphics are linked to specific designs based on concepts anchored in their own culture and time. The major question behind our research was: What kinds of special qualities do traditional Chinese diagrams have, as regards to their cultural framework and their specific design? At the heart of the research is the conception and creative development of “visual translations.” By redesigning existing knowledge graphics, the research team was able to perceive the cultural implications of the Chinese graphics

Microplastics in freshwater systems: origin, fate and impact : a methodological research work

Microplastics are separated from environmental samples based on their electrostatic behavior. They were taken with a continuous flow centrifuge and by sediment cores. The effects of different plastics on Lumbriculus variegatus were determined and whether the plastic types dissolve poisonous additives in the water phase. The results of a sediment contact test show that PVC had a negative effect on mortality with an LC 50 of 1.7 mg/g dw. The glycogen content of the surviving worms show that only the increasing concentration of PVC causes a negative effect. Additives were leached of the plastics

Re-Imagining the Collection of the Kreis Family

Drawing on the idea of family photography as objects of knowledge and the theory of sensory in the communicative power of photographs, this article explores how the Kreis Family Collection (1850–1980) can be presented visually and acoustically on an archival platform and how it generates new knowledge in this process. Our central result is a virtual image-sound installation that allows the same photographs to be re-imagined in three contrasting acoustic ‘moods’, based on the argument that family photography’s ‘show and tell’ is an open-ended performance, in which the user of an archival platform is asked to participate

Researching Visual Application Respectful of Cultural Diversity.

The general intention of this paper is to provide insight into a problematic area, that of visual application respectful of cultural diversity, and to demonstrate the relevance of graphic design research in a societal environment. The paper presents methods and results from two completed research projects in the field of intercultural visual communication. The key findings of Research Project 1 are methods of multilingual typography communicated by type specimens and text samples, annotations on books, visual examples from Chinese designers and texts. The most important results of Research Project 2 are visually communicated by 120 newly drawn infographics. In addition, a new research plan will be discussed, namely the development of visual identities for public institutions that implement cultural and social diversity policies. The proposed design methods in all three projects respond to the complexity of changing social requirements and forms of communication. They have been developed through visual applications of design that focus on the approach called “research through design.” The fundamental research goal is to practice sovereign interaction, also with visual differences, and thus counters the tendency of globalization and commercialization to equalize differences

Das Buch als Hypertext: Zur medialen Prägung von Bildkonstellationen.

Der Beitrag untersucht das Verhältnis von Bildgefügen und medialem Kontext am Beispiel des Ausstellungskatalogs und Künstlerbuchs Constantin. Er fragt nach theoretischen Möglichkeiten, Bildgefüge in Bezug zu ihrem spezifischen medialen Zusammenhang zu beschreiben. Auf welche Weisen werden Bezüge zwischen Bildern hergestellt und inwiefern prägt das buchmediale Bezugssystem diese Bildgefüge? Im Anschluss an Nelson Goodmans Symboltheorie werden unterschiedliche Bezugnahmepraktiken erläutert. Goodmans Begriff der Bezugnahme ist so weit gefasst, dass sich über ihn sowohl die Interaktion zwischen den Bildern als auch das Verhältnis von Bildgefüge und Buchmedium bestimmen lässt. So etwa über den Begriff der ‚Anspielung‘, der ‚Variation‘ und über ‚Multiple und komplexe Bezugnahmen‘. Über die Exemplifikation buchspezifischer Merkmale nehmen die Bilder Bezug auf den medialen Kontext. Constantin präsentiert die gleichnamige Installation von Olaf Nicolai, die er für den Kunstraum Dornbirn, Österreich entwickelt hat und die dort von August bis November 2006 gezeigt wurde. Das Zentrum des Katalogs bildet ein ganzseitiges, gerahmtes Installationsfoto, das die Installation, eine Leichtwindanlage in der Montagehalle zeigt. Um dieses Foto in der Mitte des Katalogs spannt sich ein Kräftefeld, das aus drei untereinander korrespondierenden Teilkomplexen – ‚Figur – geometrisch‘, ‚Constantin‘ und ‚In space‘ – montiert wurde. Diese Konstellation eröffnet die unterschiedlichsten Interpretationsmöglichkeiten, denn sie ist, wie Felix Thürlemann unter dem Begriff Hyperimage erläutert, „aus autonomen Einzelwerken zusammengesetzt“. Wie entstehen dennoch Bezüge innerhalb der Bildgefüge und welche Rolle spielt dabei das Buchmedium? Schafft es nicht gerade Festigkeit, Abgeschlossenheit und Begrenztheit und damit einen Gegenpol zum offenen Interpretationsraum? Druck, Bindung und Seitenfolge fixieren und stabilisieren die Auswahl der Themenaspekte, ihre spezifische Anordnungslogik und die damit getroffenen bildlichen Aussagen. Dieser Finalisierung arbeiten die multiplen und komplexen intertextuellen Bezugnahmen in Constantin jedoch konsequent entgegen. Die Bezüge erzeugen Offenheit und Mehrdeutigkeit, sie halten die bildlichen Aussagen in der Schwebe. Die kontinuierlichen Bedeutungsverschiebungen werden dabei von unterschiedlichen Darstellungsmodalitäten (technischen Zeichnungen, Filmstills und Fotografien) unterstützt

Iron(II) complexes of 4-sulfanyl-, 4-sulfinyl- and 4-sulfonyl-2,6-dipyrazolylpyridine ligands. A subtle interplay between spin-crossover and crystallographic phase changes.

Oxidation of 4-(methylsulfanyl)-2,6-di(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine (LSMe) with hydrogen peroxide or mCPBA yields 4-(methylsulfinyl)-2,6-di(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine (LSOMe) and 4-(methylsulfonyl)-2,6-di(pyrazol-1-yl)-pyridine (LSO2Me), respectively. Solid [Fe(LSMe)2][ClO4]2 (1[ClO4]2) is high-spin at room temperature, and exhibits an abrupt spin-transition at T1/2 = 256 K. A shoulder on the cooling side of the χMT vs. T curve is associated with a hysteretic crystallographic phase change, occurring around T↓ = 245 K and T↑ = 258 K. The phase change involves a 180° rotation of around half the methylsulfanyl substituents in the crystal. This contrasts with the previously reported BF4 − salt of the same compound, which is isostructural to 1[ClO4]2 at room temperature but transforms to a different crystal phase in its low-spin state. Solid [Fe(LSOMe)2][BF4]2 (2[BF4]2) and [Fe(LSO2Me)2][BF4]2 (3[BF4]2) both exhibit gradual spin-crossover equilibria centred significantly above room temperature. Solution measurements show that the oxidised sulphur centers in 2[BF4]2 and 3[BF4]2 stabilise the low spin states of those complexes