Painted wall plaster

Strengthening Plaster Wall Systems

A Portland cement plaster wall system has many positive features, but one of the physical properties that it does not possess is flexural strength. It is because of the inability of the Portland cement plaster membrane to bend or flex that glass fiber strands were used in Portland cementbased plaster. There are various types of synthetic fibers on the market that will provide flexural strength ...

The effect of wall plaster on a domestic population of Triatoma infestans.

Thorough wall-plastering of a house infested with the Chagas’ disease vector Triatoma infestans substantially reduced the vector population in that dwelling for a year. These results suggest that plastering with inexpensive local4 available materials can markedly reduce infestation levels sf the plastering is thorough and complete, and sf litter and other objects capable of providing hiding pla...

A Re-Painted Amazon

This paper describes an ongoing project to digitally record, reconstruct and repaint a 2000-year-old painted Roman statue from Herculaneum, Italy. The paper considers the archaeological potential for extremely detailed laser scanning and digital recreation of Roman statuary, and visualisation within a physically accurate context. It focuses on the archaeological significance of the emerging tec...

Painted Aperture for Portraits

Photographers often wish to control the depth of field. In particular, for portrait photography, a shallow depth of field can have dramatic effects on the composition and the feel of the picture. For example, a shallow depth of field can help direct attention to the subject by blurring out objects too close or too far from the camera, such as distracting objects or faces. Also, focusing on an o...

The Tobruk plaster.