Substance Abuse, Report to the Board of Corrections, 2006

This report, however, goes beyond documentation of the problem. It describes how the Iowa Department of Corrections is addressing substance abuse among the offender population through the provision of treatment, and monitoring for current drug and alcohol usage. All information was obtained from the Iowa Corrections Offender Network (ICON) with many of the reports obtained via the Iowa Justice Data Warehouse.

Drug Court Evaluation Documents Program's Success, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections, August 2009

The Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning (CJJP) recently released its study of Iowa’s six adult drug courts, all of which are administered by community corrections agencies. Making heavy use of DOC’s ICON data base, CJJP examined completion rates, recidivism and substance abuse treatment. CJJP also compared drug court results with those of a group of offenders who were screened and declined or were rejected by drug court in 2003 (referred) and a sample of offenders starting probation in 2003 (probationers). CJJP tracked the offenders for approximately three years.

Iowa Private Sector Prison Employment Works, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections, November 2006

This issue of the ICON Data Download describes highlights from the findings for the Iowa sample, which tracked 1,091 inmates who worked in private sector prison industries jobs and were released from prison between 1999 and 2001, and compared their results with similar offenders who had worked in either traditional prison industries, or other institutional jobs. All offenders were tracked through mid-2003. This results in a follow-up period of slightly less than two years up to four and one-half years.

LSI-R Assessment is Valid for Iowa Offenders, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections, September 2006

Welcome to the first issue of the ICON Data Download, a periodic report intended to communicate findings relevant to those who work directly with offenders, as well as those involved in planning, policy and budgeting. This issue highlights work conducted by research partner Christopher Lowenkamp, Ph.D., of the University of Cincinnati and his research associate, Kristin Bechtel, M.S. Data for this analysis was provided from the Iowa Justice Data Warehouse – and takes advantage of the link between ICON and ICIS (the court database) to readily track offender recidivism.

Risk Mitigation Strategies for Operations and Maintenance Activities, Final Report, April 2012

The objective of this research was to investigate the application of integrated risk modeling to operations and maintenance activities, specifically moving operations, such as pavement testing, pavement marking, painting, snow removal, shoulder work, mowing, and so forth. The ultimate goal is to reduce the frequency and intensity of loss events (property damage, personal injury, and fatality) during operations and maintenance activities. This report includes a literature review that identifies the current and common practices adopted by different state departments of transportation (DOTs) and other transportation agencies for safe and efficient highway operations and maintenance (O/M) activities. The final appendix to the report includes information for eight innovative O/M risk mitigation technologies/equipment and covers the following for these technologies/equipment: Appropriate conditions for deployment Performance/effectiveness, depending on hazard/activity Cost to purchase Cost to operate and maintain Availability (resources and references)

Una experiencia didáctica con el collage

El punto de partida que Joan Miró estableció para realizar las dieciocho Pintures segons collage de 1933 nos sirven hoy para hacer una propuesta que permita pensar en algunas de las claves de la pintura contemporánea. Términos como la apropiación, la autoría o la subjetividad del artista se ponen en juego cuando se activa el dispositivo del collage como modelo. Aquí se plantea una actividad de aprendizaje que confronta el trabajo individual con el colectivo y que tiene como objetivo principal la reflexión sobre el lenguaje pictórico.

Pintura, una materia interdisciplinar. Metodologías docentes

El grado de Bellas Artes permite revisar las asignaturas vinculadas a los talleres de creación y mejorar las metodologías docentes. Pintura pasará a compartir espacio con las materias de Dibujo, Escultura y más adelante Imagen. Así pues, lo que se impone es un aprendizaje basado en la interdisciplinariedad que puede llegar a proporcionar una mayor flexibilidad del conocimiento. El artículo presenta una serie de reflexiones sobre la docencia en los talleres de Pintura, de los dos primeros cursos del grado, y un conjunto de propuestas metodológicas para mejorarla.

La conservació del revers Criteris de restauració del suport de tela de la pintura catalana moderna com a testimoni històric i artístic

Cada quadre conté diferents tipus d’informació. El missatge estètic, materialitzat en la sevacapa pictòrica, és el que acostuma a ser objecte de valoració, crítica o simplement gaudi,però no és l’únic. Existeixen altres elements que poden donar-nos coneixement i que se situen al darrera d’aquest estrat pictòric. El suport de la pintura n’és un d’ells, i el revers, és la superfície d’aquesta matèria...

Assessing the pH and DP of canvasses with NIR spectroscopy

The canvas support in easel paintings is composed mainly of cellulose. One of the maindegradation paths of cellulose is acid-catalysed hydrolysis, which means that in an acidic environment (low pH), its degradation proceeds at a faster rate (Strlič et al., 2005).The main effect of acid-catalysed hydrolysis is the breaking up of the polymer chains,measured by the “Degree of Polymerisation” (DP). The lowering of the DP value impliesa lower mechanical strength of the textile (Scicolone, 1993), and thus this parameter canbe used to monitor degradation. Knowing these two parameters can, therefore, be veryinformative regarding the condition of the canvas support.

Figura zoomorfa de Montbarbat

Presentem una figura d'animal fragmentada, realitzada amb fang, trobada al poblat iberic de Montbarbat (LLoret de Mar -Maçanet de la Selva, La Selva). 1 estudiem també diverses figures d'animals --exemptes o formant part de vasos-que provenen d'altres jaciments de Catalunya.

Les pintures murals de la basílica de "Es Cap des Port" (Fornells, Menorca): materials i tècniques

El present treball ofereix una revisió de les pintures murals de la basílica de «Es Cap des Port» (Fornells, Menorca), així com un estudi de caracterització arqueometrica deIs materials i tecniques per microscopia optica, tant amb lupa binocular com amb micro scopi petrografic mitjanliant ¡¡lmina prima, difracció de raigs X i microscopia electronica de rastreig. Els resultats han permes identificar els pigments emprats, així com la seva tecnica d'aplicació. Igua!ment, han permes caracteritzar els morters i han desvelat l' existencia de dos tipus diferents de suporto Malgrat aquestes diferencies en els morters, els pigments són sempre els mateixos per a tots els conjunts pictorics caracteritzats.

Iowa Byways: The Official Guide to Iowa Byways, 2013

Browse through this guide and you’ll find the distinct flavor of what is available along each byway. Discover recreational, historic, cultural and scenic attractions using the maps and lists provided in the guide. You’ll find numbered attractions for each byway in or near the town listed. For a comprehensive list of byway features, visit www.iowabyways.org. Friendly local contacts are provided to help you along the way. Iowa Transportation Maps clearly tracking all the Iowa byways with red dotted lines are available at Iowa’s official welcome centers. Traveling Iowa’s byways you will experience small town America, while enjoying diverse landscapes and unique landforms that have been shaped over thousands of years. Iowa’s cultural heritage also plays a major role across all 11 byways, boasting hundreds of historic sites, national landmarks and interpretive centers, each telling Iowa’s stories from the first Native Americans through European immigrants to modern times. Glaciers once covered much of Iowa, shaping the broad flat plains of the prairie. These massive sheets of ice missed the northeast corner of the state, leaving the land along the Driftless Area Byway rugged and hilly with rock outcroppings, springs and cold water trout streams. Rivers coursed their way through the land, carving deep furrows in some places and leaving gently rolling hills in others. In western Iowa, wind has shaped fine sand into the impressive Loess Hills, a rare land form found in only one other place on earth. Iowa’s two national scenic byways and nine state byways offer unique varieties of scenic features, and more for you to see and do. View three states from atop a Mississippi River bluff, stop at a modern art museum and then tour a working farm. Explore a historic mill, visit a national aquarium, take a boat ride in a cave, purchase locally crafted pottery and wares from local artisans or trace the footsteps of Lewis and Clark. Experience the actual wagon ruts of the Mormon Trail, ride your bike 13 stories high, canoe a water trail, star gaze under Iowa’s darkest sky, and marvel at mounds built by prehistoric cultures. Agriculture wraps Iowa’s byways with an abundance of farmland vistas and fills Iowa lands with ever-changing crops and activities for you to “harvest.” You’ll see croplands on the vast flat plains and farmsteads sprinkled across rolling hills reminiscent of a Grant Wood painting. Along the way, you might wander in a corn maze, rest at a bed and breakfast, study farming in museums, discover the Iowa barn quilt collection or visit a working Amish farm. When you are ready to step outside your vehicle, you’ll find much more to do and see. Prairie, forests, rivers and public lands are abundant along Iowa’s byways; providing opportunities for you to stop and play in the outdoors with hiking, biking, kayaking and trout fishing. Classic hometowns with pride for their unique lore and offerings are found all along the byways. They invite you to taste local food, enjoy their architecture, and immerse yourself in the rich history and culture that defines them. Why not plan your next journey off the beaten path? No matter how you choose to make the most of every moment, we know that time spent along Iowa’s byways is sure to grow your love for Iowa’s diverse, beautiful vistas and authentic communities. Happy driving!

Pieces of Iowa’s Past, February 15, 2012

Pieces of Iowa’s Past, published by the Iowa State Capitol Tour Guides weekly during the legislative session, features historical facts about Iowa, the Capitol, and the early workings of state government. All historical publications are reproduced here with the actual spelling, punctuation, and grammar retained. February 15, 2012 THIS WEEK: Iowa State Capitol WPA Painting Project

Les natures mortes de Paul Gauguin: une production picturale méconnue

Gauguin's first attempts at still-life painting, around 1875, followed the Dutch tradition, influenced mainly by Manet's palette. But he did take occasional liberties in depicting flowers with more fluid colour and dynamic backgrounds. From 1879 his style shows the influence of the Impressionists: Pissarro in the landscapes and Degas in the composition of his still-lifes. He was also open to the new trends which were developing among artists in Paris and applied them in his paintings, using still-lifes as his main means for testing them. He did not escape the contemporary fascination with Japonism, and even experimented briefly with Pointillism in Still Life with Horse's Head. His stays in Britain between 1886 and 1890 correspond to an extremely rich and innovative period for him, in which still-lifes served for increasing experimentation. "Fête Gloanec" and Three Puppies reflect his preoccupations: rejection of perspective, use of areas of flat colour, and mixed styles. These pictures amount to an aesthetic manifesto; many of them are also imbued with strong symbolism, as in the Portrait of Meyer de Haan, which is a melancholic reflection on the fall of man. In Still-Life with Japanese Print, frail blue flowers seem to come out of the head of the artist-martyr, a pure product of the painter's "restless imagination". Thus Gauguin showed that art is an "abstraction" through a genre which was reputed to lend itself with difficulty to anything other than mimesis. Although he moved away from still-life after 1890, Gauguin is one of the first artists to radically renew its role and the status of still-life at the end of the 19th century, well before the Fauvists and Cubists.

Caracterizacion quimica de la vidriera historica de Sant Pere i Sant Jaume (segundo cuarto del s. XIV, Monestir de Pedralbes, Barcelona)

Se han caracterizado químicamente diferentes tipos de vidrios arquitectónicos originales de la iglesia del Monestir de Pedralbes, Barcelona (realizados hacia 1330). Esta nota expone los resultados obtenidos mediante el empleo de microsonda electrónica en vidrios de varios colores (blanco, verde, rosado, azul, amarillo, rojo) de la vidriera de Sant Pere y Sant Jaume. Corresponden esencialmente a vidrios sódicos (dentro del rango 13-19 % de Na2O) de coloración y composición homogénea, con elementos que actúan como colorante (p.e., CuO en rango 1.6-6 % en los vidrios verdes). El vidrio rojo, potásico, es una excepción notable (16.5 % K2O, 14 % CaO), tecnológicamente diferente (vidrio"plaqué" blanco con una intercalación roja de composición análoga pero sensiblemente más rica en CuO). Los vidrios sódicos no aparecen substancialmente dañados, los vidrios potásicos presentan corrosiones (moderadas) y pérdida parcial de transparencia. El predominio en esta vidriera de vidrios sódicos (inusuales para la época por lo que conocemos) ha permitido una excelente conservación. La composición química es una característica que permite diagnosticar precozmente el estado de deterioro y evaluar los costes de restauración en una vidriera, independientemente de los recubrimientos, pátinas y morteros que ésta presente.