DESIGN TOOLS FOR LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS AND DURABILITY EVALUATION OF BUILDING SYSTEMS: A RESEARCH ON THE BUILDING ENVELOPE

The behavior and service life prediction of building systems requires to develop tools to assist the designer. The paper is focused on a research carried out in the Department of Architecture and Design with the Department of Mathematical Sciences of the Politecnico di Torino. The goal is to develop a design tool to forecast the building subsystem durability and to help the designer in design options. The method is based on FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) developed in a qualitative way as well as in a probabilistic way. The analyst assess the functional models, the failures and the consequent predicted service life of components. The designer will select materials defining the risk coming from environmental agents, design, materials and workmanship. The estimated service life has been assessed by Monte Carlo method. The external walls was the example tested using data by investigations in the area of northern Italy and from literature

Practical Experimental Microbiology: Laboratory Manual

2025 Microbiology, especially the laboratory component, is a highly practical and useful course for students pursuing many career options. While a number of excellent microbiology laboratory manuals are available, many are more suitable for a full-year course in microbiology or for more advanced studies. Microbiology Experimental Laboratory Manual is comprehensive in teaching students basic microbiological techniques, i.e., how to grow and stain bacteria, how to identify bacteria and fungi, and means of identifying different species of bacteria microscopically. Further experiments enable students to identify the most effective soap/detergent from those readily available; to discover which spices have the most anti-bacterial activity; to identify which sources of milk provide \u27good\u27 vs. \u27bad\u27 bacteria; and grow common micro-organisms from samples of soil, raw meat, and milk products. In addition, the lab course is designed to help students think scientifically and develop independent thinking skills by designing their own microbiological experiments to carry out during the course of the semester. The present manual is suitable for students pursuing paramedical professions, and is adaptable for those in a distance-learning course with limited access to laboratory resources.https://touroscholar.touro.edu/opentextbooks/1011/thumbnail.jp

Spin Relaxation Resonances Due to the Spin-Axis Interaction in Dense Rubidium and Cesium Vapor

Resonances in the magnetic decoupling curves for the spin relaxation of dense alkali-metal vapors prove that much of the relaxation is due to the spin-axis interaction in triplet dimers. Initial estimates of the spin-axis coupling coefficients for the dimers are 290 MHz for Rb; 2500 MHz for Cs.Comment: submitted to Physical Review Letters, text + 3 figure

Nicole Gonthier, Le châtiment du crime au Moyen Âge (xiie-xvie siècles), Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 1998 (coll. Histoire), 215 p.

Les travaux de Nicole Gonthier sont centrés sur deux questions importantes : l’histoire de la criminalité au Moyen Âge et au début de l’époque moderne, ainsi que les phénomènes d’exclusion, auxquels s’est consacré un colloque qui s’est tenu à l’université Jean-Moulin (Lyon‑III) en 2005. Le châtiment du crime au Moyen Âge prolonge une étude précédente, consacrée à la violence urbaine, et qui abordait déjà les peines infligées aux criminels sur la place publique. L’ouvrage comprend quatre chapi..

Intus et foris. Une catégorie de la pensée médiévale ? éd. Manuel Guay, Marie-Pascale Halary et Patrick Moran

Intus et foris (désormais IF) recueille les actes de deux journées d’étude organisées les 12 et 13 juin 2009 par le groupe Questes. Fondé en 2001 par des étudiants de l’université de Paris-Sorbonne, ce groupe se caractérise par son ouverture disciplinaire et son activité. Outre la tenue d’un séminaire annuel consacré à l’examen de trois thèmes, il a organisé six journées d’étude entre 2003 et 2013, une septième devant avoir lieu en juin 2015. IF est la quatrième de ces rencontres dont les act..