A new software architectural model for the archival of slide-based presentations on the Internet is proposed. This architecture is based on the concept of the " lecture object, " a persistent format, independent of the lecture production and viewing technology. The work has been undertaken in the context of the Web Lecture Archive Project, a collaboration of the CERN HR Division Training and De...

Although there are plenty of AutoCAD books available for architects, interior designers, and engineers, it has been difficult for the author to find an appropriate textbook for students who major in interior design while teaching AutoCAD, especially 3-D AutoCAD at the sophomore level. Most existing 3-D AutoCAD textbooks are more engineering oriented. Industrial machine components such as bolts ...

Multifunctional materials and devices found in nature serve as inspiration for advanced synthetic materials, structures, and robotics. Here, we elucidate the structural mechanics and unusual deformation mechanisms discovered in seahorses that provide them prehension and protection against predators. The seahorse tail is composed of subdermal bony plates arranged in articulating ring-like segmen...

Pseudomonas putida colonies were examined by scanning electron microscope. A variety of cell morphologies, multicellular arrangements, and extracellular materials were observed in the fixed material. Different regions of a single colony showed characteristic organizations of these architectural elements. In some cases, the detailed microstructure of the fixed colony surfaces observed by scannin...

Despite being dwarfed by “The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements” in both size and influence, “The Transcendental Doctrine of Method” is officially the second main part of the Critique of Pure Reason. It starts with an architectural metaphor: in the first part of the book, Kant says, we “made an estimate of the building materials and determined for what sort of edifice, with what height and st...

Although there are plenty of AutoCAD books available for architects, interior designers, and engineers, it has been difficult for the author to find an appropriate textbook for students who major in interior design while teaching AutoCAD, especially 3-D AutoCAD at the sophomore level. Most existing 3-D AutoCAD textbooks are more engineering oriented. Industrial machine components such as bolts ...

This paper presents an approach for improving final software system usability by designing for usability, in particular by addressing usability issues in the software architecture. This approach differs from the traditional idea of measuring and improving usability once the system is complete. The work presented in this paper is part of the research conducted within the European Union IST STATU...

In this paper we develop a technique of constructing bent– negabent Boolean functions by using complete mapping polynomials. Using this technique we demonstrate that for each ` ≥ 2 there exits bent– negabent functions on n = 12` variables with algebraic degree n 4 + 1 = 3`+ 1. It is also demonstrated that there exist bent–negabent functions on 8 variables with algebraic degrees 2, 3 and 4.

This paper introduces a reflective perspective on the role of computing in architectural design over the generations of computer aided architectural designs. Paradigms of the design process and computational models of designing are discussed. The evolution of computer aided architectural design is investigated. Both deadly sins and arguable virtues of computing in architecture and their implica...