Chipping away at the old block

Chipping Away at the Perception/Production Interface

A Key to the Utilization of the Total Tree

to resaws. As the chipping headrig operator adjusts the cutterheads for a really ~lose shave, the rounded surface of the log is chipped away, leaving a log-length square timber. The whiskers are the chips. Instead of ntaking sawdust as conventional sawing techniques would, the chipping headrig makes chips, a valuable commodity to anyone who happens to own a paper mill. The chipping headrig kiss...

Chipping away at antibiotic resistance, hideous hospital gowns, and other health care woes.

Sessions on antibiotics at a pharmacists' convention help put a 14-year-old case of strep throat in perspective, showing what has changed, what hasn't, and what should. But there's hope on the horizon (for antibiotics and for those gowns, too).

Smoothing a rock by chipping.

We investigate an idealized model for the size reduction and smoothing of a polygonal rock due to repeated chipping at corners. Each chip is sufficiently small so that only a single corner and a fraction of its two adjacent sides are cut from the object in a single chipping event. After many chips have been cut away, the resulting shape of the rock is generally anisotropic, with facet lengths a...

Approaches of Gentrification Model to Gentrify and Rehabilitate Urban Old Context

The present paper is a case study on one of the old areas in the city of Ardabil with an approach of gentrification model to gentrify and rehabilitate the old urban context. Besides the library studies, this study includes local observations and questionnaires which deal with the opinions of residents on the problems and shortcomings. It also includes the ways of satisfying the residents to kee...