CONTEMPORARY TWO-STOREY CHURCHES – ACOUSTIC INVESTIGATIONS

Acoustic energy relations in Mudejar-Gothic churches.

Extensive objective energy-based parameters have been measured in 12 Mudejar-Gothic churches in the south of Spain. Measurements took place in unoccupied churches according to the ISO-3382 standard. Monoaural objective measures in the 125-4000 Hz frequency range and in their spatial distributions were obtained. Acoustic parameters: clarity C80, definition D50, sound strength G and center time T...

Optimal Acoustic Reverberation Evaluation of Byzantine Chanting in Churches

Byzantine chants constitute a form of monophonic vocal music characterized by lengthy phrases and by musical scales with intervals smaller than the western music semitones. Byzantine churches have extremely long Reverberation Time and their acoustics is dominated by the contributions of the diffuse sound field. Thus, the sound character of Byzantine chanting is closely linked to the acoustic re...

Ginny Storey.

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Contemporary Digital Methods for the Geometric Documentation of Churches in Cyprus

Preventing Fraud in Churches

Despite the existence of fraud in churches, little research has been done regarding the level of internal control implementation in these entities. Internal controls, particularly the basic control of duty segregation, allow an organization to protect itself from employee theft and fraud. This study attempts to determine the level of segregation of duties implemented in churches, as well as the...