Roland Barthes by Andy Stafford

Elements of Semiology by Roland Barthes

In his Course in General Linguistics, first published in 1916, Saussure postulated the existence of a general science of signs, or Semiology, of which linguistics would form only one part. Semiology therefore aims to take in any system of signs, whatever their substance and limits; images, gestures, musical sounds, objects, and the complex associations of all these, which form the content of ri...

by ROLAND

Lessons from Stafford.

A Public Inquiry into deficiencies at an acute hospital trust revealed not only many experiences of appalling care suffered by patients. Although it had been claimed that there were no warning signs of the poor state of affairs prevalent at the trust the Inquiry found evidence that staff, whistle-blowers and external bodies had been raising concerns the impact on patients of which were ignored ...

Stafford Leak Warren (1896?1981)

Stafford Leak Warren studied nuclear medicine in the United States during the twentieth century. He used radiation [3] to make images of the body for diagnosis or treatment and developed the mammogram, a breast imaging technique that uses low-energy X-rays to produce an image of breasts. Mammograms allow doctors to diagnose breast cancer in its early and most treatable stages. Warren was also a...

Andy C Pratt

The aim of this paper is to examine which factors in energy systems and the built environment could influence the future of work. In addition, it looks at trends in relation to corporate demands for space and its specifications, and considers what the scope is for integrating business and industry within the dwelling landscape. It seeks to consider these questions on a 50-year time horizon. The...