What is your name?

Bi-lingual full length play for 6 performers written by Paul Carter, translated by the cast members, workshopped and produced with the assistance of the English Department of the Free University Berlin.

Vorschlag zur Ergänzung der Bewertung des sommerlichen Wärmeschutzes nach DIN 4108-2 bei Verwaltungsgebäuden: Korrekturwerte für den zulässigen Höchstwert des Sonneneintragskennwertes Szul

In DIN 4108-2 ist ein Nachweis zum sommerlichen Wrmeschutz in Gebuden enthalten, der seit Inkrafttreten der Energieeinsparverordnung (EnEV) 2002 gesetzlich vorgeschrieben ist. Dabei handelt es sich um ein einfaches, parametrisiertes Verfahren, bei dem ein Sonneneintragskennwert S_vorh berechnet und mit dem maximal zulssigen Wert S_zul verglichen wird. Diese Formulierung ist im Ansatz sehr gut, allerdings offensichtlich für Wohngebude entwickelt worden. Im Nichtwohngebudebereich sind dagegen höhere Wrmeeintrge und verminderte Lüftungsmöglichkeiten zu erwarten. Aus diesem Grund ist eine Korrektur des Sonneneintragskennwertes S_zul für Verwaltungsgebude notwendig, die Ermittlung von entsprechenden Korrekturwerten ist Inhalt dieser Veröffentlichung.

The role of religiosity as a coping resource for relatives of critically ill patients in Greece

Critical care hospitalisation is emotionally overwhelming for the relatives of patients. Research has shown that religiosity is an effective coping resource for people with health related problems and has been correlated with better health outcomes. However the processes by which religiosity is utilized and its ejfocts on relatives of critically ill patients have not been adequately explored. This article presents relatives' experiences and processes of religiosity; it is part of a wider grounded theory study on the experiences of critically ill patients'relatives in Greece. T wenty-jive relatives of patients in the intensive care units of three public general district hospitals in Athens, Greece, participated in 19 interviews. Religiosity was found tv be the main source of hope, strength and courage for relatives and was expressed with church/monastery attendance, belief in God, praying. and performing religious rituals. Health care professionals should pay attention and understand these aspects of coping.

A mystery to the medical world : Florence Nightingale, Rosendo Salvado and the risk of civilisation

In 1860 Florence Nightingale conducted a study on the mortality rates of indigenous children attending native colonial schools across the British Empire. Her study was driven by the question: ‘Can we civilise the natives without killing them?’ One colonial school that participated in the survey was New Norcia Benedictine mission in Western Australia. When Rosendo Salvado, the mission’s superintendent, responded, he drew on his daily encounters with the Yuat people, his statistics on the mission residents and his Benedictine philosophy of civilisation and conversion of colonised peoples. The correspondence between Salvado and Nightingale took place in the climate of intense debates about Aboriginal health, colonisation and extinction in Britain and the colonies. While many settlers and colonial observers understood Aboriginal depopulation to be the result of either the vices and diseases of unprincipled Europeans or an unstoppable destiny, whether Divine Providence or natural selection, Nightingale and Salvado shared a belief in practical solutions to what they understood to be a practical problem. Their collaboration is an example of the humanitarian opposition to the racial pessimism of Social Darwinism. They both sought to use the recently influential intellectual discipline of social statistics to support their conviction that Aborigines, if patiently and carefully handled, would survive the admittedly risky process of civilisation.

Factors impeding the offsite production of housing construction in China: an investigation of current practice

The promotion of offsite production is a possible future strategic direction for the construction industry as it provides economic, environmental and social benefits. However, in China, the uptake of offsite production, particularly in the housing sector, is relatively low and few studies have identified and examined the reasons behind this trend. This research gap is addressed and factors that inhibit the wider use of offsite production in China’s housing construction industry are investigated. A questionnaire survey was carried out, examining the views of 110 construction professionals in China including developers, designers, contractors, manufacturers and suppliers. Factor analysis of 21 separate variables was undertaken which extracted six principal factors, namely: ‘constructability implementation’, ‘social climate and attitudes’, ‘architectural performance’, ‘costing’, ‘supply chain’ and ‘preparatory stage’. The findings identify both barriers and challenges to increasing the uptake of offsite production in China. This provides a rare insight about the housing construction industry in China with possible implications for other developing countries that are seeking to identify and overcome barriers to the wider uptake of offsite production.

Bearing e.g. connecting rod bearing, mounting method for reciprocating piston engine of motor vehicle, involves fixedly connecting bearing housing parts by welding process, where welding of parts is performed in defined external region

The method involves dividing a bearing housing into bearing housing parts (4A, 4B) by fracture-splitting. Bearing half-shells (5) are inserted into the parts. The parts are combined to a bearing that encloses a shaft, and are fixedly connected with each other by a welding process such as resistance welding, ultrasonic welding or cold pressure welding process. The welding of the parts is performed in a defined external region. An insulation material is applied between the half-shells and/or the shaft and the housing parts before welding. The parts are pressed on each other during welding.

Elastisch ausknickende Federstange

Federstange (1), mit mindestens einem schlanken Schaft (4) dessen Länge des ein Mehrfaches des Produktes aus seiner Breite (BS) und seiner Dicke (DS) beträgt und mindestens einem Stützträger (6, 7) der mit den Anschlagenden (8, 9) einen Spalt (11) bildet, der im Ruhezustand eine maximale Länge (L) hat und im Belastungszustand eine kleinere Länge (L1) hat dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der schlanke Schaft (4) und der Stützträger (6, 7) im verlaufen und der schlanke Schaft (4) durch Beaufschlagung einer bestimmten in Richtung der Stangenmittelachse (X) wirkenden Druckkraft (F) seitlich elastisch ausknickt, so dass sich die Stangenenden (2, 3) aufeinander zu bewegen und sich der Abstand zwischen den Anschlagenden (8, 9) verringert und ein plastisches Ausknicken des Schaftes (4) durch den Stützträger (6, 7) vermieden wird, indem sich die Anschlagenden (8, 9); berühren und die Dicke (D) des Stützträgers (7) deutlich grösser ist als seine Breite (B).