The Advantages of Parametric Modeling for the Reconstruction of Historic Buildings

Consecrated in 1297 as the monastery church of the four years earlier founded St. Catherine’s monastery, the Gothic Church of St. Catherine was largely destroyed in a devastating bombing raid on January 2nd 1945. To counteract the process of disintegration, the departments of geo-information and lower monument protection authority of the City of Nuremburg decided to getting done a three dimensional building model of the Church of St. Catherine’s. A heterogeneous set of data was used for preparation of a parametric architectural model. In effect the modeling of historic buildings can profit from the so called BIM method (Building Information Modeling), as the necessary structuring of the basic data renders it into very sustainable information. The resulting model is perfectly suited to deliver a vivid impression of the interior and exterior of this former mendicant orders’ church to present observers.

Yield prediction and inbreeding of maize synthetics generated with lines and single crosses : classic probability

reduce costs and labor associated with predicting the genotypic mean (GM) of a synthetic variety (SV) of maize (Zea mays L.), breeders can develop SVs from L lines and s single crosses (SynL,SC) instead of L+2s lines (SynL). The objective of this work was to derive and study formulae for the inbreeding coefficient (IC) and GM of SynL,SC, SynL, and the SV derived from (L+2s)/2 single crosses (SynSC). All SVs were derived from the same L+2s unrelated lines whose IC is FL, and each parent of a SV was represented by m plants. An a priori probability equation for the IC was used. Important results were: 1) the largest and smallest GMs correspond to SynL and SynL,SC, respectively; 2) the GM predictors with the largest and intermediate precision are those for SynL and SynL,SC, respectively; 3) only when FL=1, or m is large, SynL and SynSC are the same population, but only with SynSC prediction costs and labor undergo the maximum decrease, although its prediction precision is the lowest. To determine the SV to be developed, breeders should also consider the availability of lines, single crosses, manpower and land area; besides budget, target farmers, target environments, etc.

Thomas à Kempis and the Brothers of common life.

Mode of access: Internet.

The coming of the Friars, and other historic essays,

"These essays have appeared at various times in "The Nineteenth century," and are now printed with some alterations, corrections, and additions."

Charterhouse in London; monastery, mansion, hospital, school,

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Historia del Real Monasterio de Sahagún : sacada de la que dexó escrita el padre maestro fr. Joseph Perez... /

Palau

The monastery /

Sequel: The abbot.

[The novels and poems of Sir Walter Scott]

Ed. by Andrew Lang.

The abbot, being the sequel to the monastery /

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The monastery /

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Triptych, open, Virgin and Child Enthroned, Scenes from the Life of the Virgin

Painting, Crusader, 13th century; 22-23/64 x 18-25/32 in. (center); 21-9/64 x 8-35/64 in. (each wing); tempera, gold and silver on wood

The monastery : a romance.

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The abbott : being a sequel to The monastery.

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Recollections of an excursion to the monasteries of Alcobac̜a and Batalha /

Original journal dated, 1794. 1st published ed. London, R. Bentley, 1835.

The abbot, being the sequel to The monastery. With the author's last notes and additions.

Half title: Collection of ancient and modern British novels and romances. v. XX.