Search results for "work"

Andalusian hauberk identifiers. A new example

2019

El trabajo está dedicado a una nueva pequeña chapa circular de metal con inscripción incisa en árabe. Aporta la lectura y traducción de su texto y sitúa el objeto en un grupo especial dentro de la metalística medieval islámica. Es el quinto ejemplo que se conoce. Eran piezas que iban sujetas a cotas de malla del ejército cordobés con la función de identificarlas para reintegrarlas al arsenal después de que fueran usadas. Es de la época del califato de Hišām II. The article deals with a new small metal disk with an Arabic inscription incised on it. The study gives the reading and translation of its text and places the object in the Islamic medieval metalwork group it belongs to. It is the fi…

Family Reciprocity and Caring Relationships in Ageing Societies

2010

An integrated program of geophysical survey, coring, and test excavations to study a 4th millennium bc-cal ditch at Alt del Punxó (Muro de L’alcoi, A…

2008

The potentially long and interesting archaeological sequence revealed by systematic survey at the site of Alt Del Punxó (Muro de l’Alcoi, Alacant) was the basis for initiating a study of the locality’s subsurface structures using new methods of remote sensing. Geophysical survey (magnetometry and tomography) and systematic augering revealed buried structures, including monumental earthworks, and guided subsequent excavations to collect more detailed data about the nature and age of these prehistoric features. The information recovered, including new radiocarbon dates, offers a new perspective on the organization of prehistoric populations in this region of south-central Valencia since the b…

The Vuelo Ruiz de Alda (1929-30): an exceptional cartographic document. Again about Ilici

2015

Se presenta en este artículo una primera valoración de las posibilidades que para la arqueología, y más concretamente para la estratigrafía del paisaje, encierra un soberbio documento como es la serie fotográfica conocida como Vuelo Ruiz de Alda (1929-30), una vez que los fotogramas han sido ampliamente puestos al alcance de la investigación. Para ello se ponen a prueba las imágenes aplicándolas a dos establecimientos de época ibérica antigua (El Oral y El Molar). Igualmente, se ha retomado una línea de investigación a propósito de la red caminera que afecta al enclave de La Alcudia-Ilici, lo que lleva implícitamente a tratar sobre su catastro romano y la trama parcelaria de todo su entorno…

Deep learning to detect built cultural heritage from satellite imagery. - Spatial distribution and size of vernacular houses in Sumba, Indonesia -

2021

Abstract In Sumba Island – Indonesia, the implantation of vernacular houses, inside and outside traditional villages, is considered to be an efficient proxy for the on-going complex cultural transformations resulting from globalization. This study presents an easily reproducible workflow allowing buildings to be automatically detected from satellite imagery, demonstrating how modern computer vision methods based on deep learning can help in this task, which would be far too time-consuming when undertaken by hand. Eight deep learning architectures based on convolutional neural networks were compared in terms of ability to identify and locate precisely traditional houses from satellite images…

BIM Modelling of Ancient Buildings

2018

In the last years, new procedures on design and management of constructions, based on 3D standardised models of building elements, have been proposed. It’s the case of Building Information Modelling (BIM) applications, that, differently from CAD ones, allow to work with libraries of 3D parametrical objects (smart objects) describing geometric, structural and material properties of building elements. This methodology is based on the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) model, that represents a global standard for the building data exchange. Initially used for the design of new architectures, BIM methodology has been even more considered also for the management and the conservation of historical…

Artificial neural network decision support tool for assessment of the energy performance and the refurbishment actions for the non-residential buildi…

2017

The public buildings sector represents one of the most intensive items of EU energy consumption; the application of retrofit solutions in existing buildings is a crucial way to reduce its impact. To facilitate the knowledge of the energy performance of existing non-residential buildings and the choice of the more adequate actions, Public Administrations (PA) should have the availability of proper tools. Within the Italian project "POI 2007-13", a database and a decision support tool, for easy use, even to a non-technical user, have been developed. A large set of data, obtained from the energy audits of 151 existing public buildings located in four regions of South Italy have been analysed, …

Is the NZEB Benchmarking Approach Suitable for Assessing Energy Retrofit Design?

2013

Currently, many effort have been done to enable energy saving issues in building design and many definitions have been introduced for most performing constructions based on energy balance between energy demand and supply. Recently, the Net Zero Energy Building theory has bypassed old Passive House concept but many questions still remain open. Present work aims to estimate how NZEB requirements matching could be affected by the choice of their definition and the choice of weighting factor system, to be count in the energy balance. NZEB concept is mainly referred to new buildings design. Its application to existing buildings is for sure an hard task provided the architecture and physical cons…

Environmentally Assessing Buildings Characterized by Complex Shape and Innovative Materials

2013

This paper addresses the emerging problem consisting in a correct energy and environmental evaluation of buildings belonging to the new architectural tendency. In fact, innovative buildings are often characterized by new materials that, not rarely, are not contemplated in current environmental databases. Moreover, unconventional shapes of these buildings could require further manufacturing processes that involve additional energy consumption not included in the commercial environmental database. Through the work a spotlighting of the problem is presented with reference to a real innovative building.

People comfort and artwork saving in museums: comparing indoor requisites

2009

In museums, environmental indoor conditions should, contemporaneously, preserve the exhibited works of art and ensure the comfort conditions for people. Unfortunately, human and artworks requirements are characterised by different values of the physical indoor parameters that, occasionally, could become conflicting. In the paper, these problems are addressed by means of a literature analysis, with a specific attention to thermal comfort conditions of people. The possibility of finding common ranges of values for both requisites is finally discussed. Some recent technical recommendations on the matter have also been considered for indicating some HVAC equipment and appliances to be adopted i…