cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Evaluation of Novel Druggable Targets and Mechanism of Action in Breast and Prostate Cancer
Creators: name: Garlapati, Chakravarthy
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2021

description: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive breast cancer subtype lacking estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2. This lack of expression of therapeutic targets renders the treatment of TNBC challenging. In addition to high aggressiveness and tumor heterogeneity, TNBC displays profound racial disparities, with African American (AA) women experiencing worse outcomes than European American (EA) women. The molecular mechanisms underlying racial disparities in TNBC remain largely unknown, and their elucidation may pinpoint druggable targets to improve treatment outcomes in AAs with TNBC. In this study, I used different in vitro and in vivo preclinical models to identify and validate novel therapeutic targets to treat TNBC using small molecule kinase inhibitors. Survivin, an antiapoptotic protein encoded by BIRC5, was identified as a critical driver of racial disparities in TNBC. Notably, the extent of phosphorylation of survivin by the kinases PLK1 and AURKB was found to be a key determinant of TNBC disparity. Inhibition of PLK1 and AURKB using volasertib and barasertib, respectively, strongly inhibited TNBC cell proliferation. The non-essential kinesin motor protein KIFC1 (also known as HSET) was identified as another critical driver of racial disparities in TNBC. Specifically, KIFC1 was found to interact with MYH9 to promote proliferation and metastasis in AA TNBC. KIFC1 inhibition using CW069 strongly suppressed the metastatic potential of TNBC cells. Similar to breast cancer, prostate cancer (PCa) is characterized by high tumor heterogeneity and extensive metabolic rewiring. In this study, the lipid-based drug monoethanolamine (Etn) was found to alter membrane dynamics and GLUT1 membrane trafficking, thereby decreasing glucose uptake. This intracellular glucose deprivation and mitochondrial dysfunction induced metabolic stress and promoted apoptosis in PCa cells. The findings of this study strongly suggest that i) survivin phosphorylation is an essential post-translational modification promoting proliferation in AA TNBC cells, ii) KIFC1 is a critical player in TNBC metastasis, and iii) Etn-induced GLUT1 recycling impairment and glucose deprivation promotes apoptosis in PCa cells. These findings collectively reveal novel strategies to optimize targeted therapies and precision medicine approaches in breast cancer and PCa.
The rise and the fall of Chthamalus southwardi
Creators: name: Simon-Blecher, Noa
name: Motro, Uzi
name: Achituv, Yair
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Morphological study and molecular analysis reveal that the population of chthamalids from Seychelles Islands belongs to the species Tetrachthamalus obliterratus. Previously, this population was regarded as Chthamalus southwardi. Thus, our study leads to the conclusion that Chthamalus southwardi is a junior synonym of Tetrachthamalus oblitteratus and should be abandoned. The molecular comparison between the population of Seychelles and that of Elat (on the Red Sea), using three markers – COI, 12S rRNA, and NaKA – suggests that these populations present two distinct clades of Tetrachthamalus oblitteratus.
Supplementary document for A handheld wide-field fluorescence lifetime imaging system based on a distally mounted SPAD array - 6376420.pdf
Creators: name: Matheson, Andrew
name: Erdogan, Ahmet
name: Hopkinson, Charlotte
name: Borrowman, Sam
name: Loake, Gary
name: Tanner, Michael
name: Henderson, Robert
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biomedical Engineering not elsewhere classified
Biomedical Instrumentation

description: SI showing baseline lifetimes taken with Flimera camera, along endocam, for 3D printed targets
title: Paper: "Major Impacts from Recent Applications of Interactive Management (April 1983-July 1988)"
Creators: name: Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Warfield, John N.
subject: Center for Interactive Management (CIM)
subject: George Mason University

description: Manuscript: typescript with handwritten comments and corrections, 6 pgs. 8.5 x 11" (21.6 cm x 29.7 cm)
description: This document lists out 33 case studies of the Interactive Management process conducted by the Center for Interactive Management at George Mason University between 1983 and 1988. It provides a descriptive "major impact" for each study. John N. Warfield Collection 30.25
Rutting performance of asphalt pavements
Creators: name: Farzaneh, Azadeh
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Civil engineering
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Asphalt
subject: cold recycled
subject: Pavement
subject: permanent deformation
subject: Rutting
subject: Structural properties

description: Cold in-place recycling (CIR) and cold central plant recycling (CCPR) of asphalt concrete (AC) and/or full-depth reclamation (FDR) of AC and aggregate base are faster and less costly rehabilitation alternatives to conventional reconstruction for structurally distressed pavements. This study examines 26 different rehabilitation projects across the USA and Canada. Field cores from these projects were tested for dynamic modulus and repeated load permanent deformation. These structural characteristics are compared to reference values for hot mix asphalt (HMA).  A rutting sensitivity analysis was performed on two rehabilitation scenarios with recycled and conventional HMA structural overlays in different climatic conditions using the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design (MEPDG). The cold-recycled scenarios exhibited performance similar to that of HMA overlays for most cases. The exceptions were the cases with thin HMA wearing courses and/or very poor cold-recycled material quality. The overall conclusion is that properly designed CIR/FDR/CCPR cold-recycled materials are a viable alternative to virgin HMA materials.
Who’s Buying? Competition for Export Destinations and International Conflict
Creators: name: Campbell, Michael
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: trade
subject: conflict
subject: militarized interstate disputes
subject: international security
subject: dyadic conflict
subject: export competition
subject: economic competition

description: Bilateral trade, even peace-promoting trade, is not without observable externalities that harm other states, yet most of the trade-conflict literature has ignored these concerns. Some of these externalities arise when domestic exporters compete with exporters from foreign nations for markets in other countries, and I hypothesize that leaders react to this competition in venues beyond the trade negotiating table which can even include the battleground. Specifically, I argue that countries find themselves in competition with not only the countries that export similar goods to the world but also and especially those countries that export to similar markets. Analyzing robust data on bilateral commodity-level trade and militarized interstate disputes, my analysis shows that countries which share more similar portfolios of export destinations for their goods are more likely to come into conflict and that varying this export destination similarity score raises the likelihood of conflict substantially.
title: Using Autoregressive Moving Average Model to Investigate the Stability of Dimensions of Emotional Support
Creators: name: Hamdan, Noora
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Autoregressive
subject: Moving average
subject: Teacher emotional support
subject: Stability
subject: Rater effects

description: This study investigated the minute-to-minute stability of dimensions of teacher Emotional Support in pre-kindergarten classrooms. Developmental theory states that the proximal processes, in this case, the teachers’ Emotional Supportive interactions, occur in the moment-to-moment interactions between a person and their environment and drive development. The present study examined the stability of those interactions, on the time scale in which they take place, to appropriately align our analytical methods with our theory of development. That is, how stable are minute-to-minute classroom Emotional Supports over time? Furthermore, when conducting observations of a lesson, raters may increasingly determine that a score on a dimension for a teacher fits as opposed to actually making independent ratings at each time point. In this way, ratings of teachers’ Emotional Support may become more stable over time as raters increasingly make up their minds. Then the question is not only how stable are the ratings but also, to what degree are ratings stabilizing over a lesson? In combination, we can better understand the experiences of children during a lesson. Participants were randomly selected from publically-funded pre-kindergarten programs where the majority of children were eligible to enter kindergarten the following school year. Data were coded from videotapes of teachers using an adaptation of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) (Pianta, La Paro, & Hamre, 2008), whereby dimensions of Emotional Support (positive climate, negative climate, teacher sensitivity, and regard for student perspectives) were coded once every minute during a language arts lesson. To address the research questions, autoregressive moving average (ARMA) models were fit to each dimension of Emotional Support. ARMA modeling is based on the notion that repeated measurements are correlated across time and may be expressed as an autocorrelation function. The autoregressive portion of the model answers the question of how stable Emotional Support dimensions are. The correlations between error variances were examined to determine if the correlations are negative which suggests that raters were increasingly making up their minds about a given rating. Findings showed that overall Emotional Support and all individual Emotional Support dimensions showed low levels of stability. Results showed that raters are becoming more consistent in their ratings of Average Emotional Support and its dimensions over time. These findings allow for a better understanding of rater effects in classroom observations. With the recent emphasis by federal agencies on the use of observation, understanding the extent of rater effects has large policy implications.
A Transformative Olympic Village: The Washington 2024 Post-Games Legacy
Creators: name: Schroeder, Evan` Michael
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Sustainability
subject: Urban planning
subject: Games
subject: Legacy
subject: Olympics
subject: Post
subject: Village
subject: Washington DC

description: This thesis explores the Modern Olympic Games to strategically design an Olympic Village for Washington D.C. that plans not just to house athletes, but to provide a vision for the post-Games city. Through discovery of the spirit and meaning behind one of the world’s biggest events and analysis of various post-Games Villages, the proposed Olympic Village will innovate the future of Washington D.C.’s Southeast region. Study of existing mixed-use architecture, urban planning, and adaptation will help formulate an Olympic Village design. It is the intention that the Olympic Village, much like its athletes, will emulate the Olympic motto “Citius, Altius, Fortius,” meaning “Faster, Higher, Stronger.” The objective is to establish a village that allows for a faster turnaround in post-Olympic design, utilizes higher standards, and uses stronger applications to building a more sustainable city.
Rebuilding a Better Response
Creators: name: Law, Olivia
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Natural Disasters
subject: Recovery and Response
subject: Relief Shelter

description: What is one thing in the world that we have little control over? Mother Nature. We as humans have tried to alter our natural environment countless times, and she has fought back twice as strong, leaving trails of devastation behind. The number of natural disasters has drastically increased, especially in the Southeast Asian region. The aftermath of a tsunami has left a large number of people homeless and lives forever changed. The current recovery process is chaotic and leaves affected individuals stranded without the means of rebuilding for long periods of time. This thesis aims to re-evaluate the recovery relief procedures and provide a better means of rebuilding their lives and community.
Community Involvement in Grenada: Aquaponics and Biocultural Sustainability
Creators: name: Gloe, Marilee K.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cultural sustainability -- Capstone (Graduate)

description: Adverse conditions to coral reefs are shown to reduce fish habitats, negatively affecting the culture of an island community that depends on coastal resources as a daily food resource. People sustain or harm their local environment by practices embedded in their culture. Focus on environmental sustainability or economic opportunity alone misses the human component that is in relationship with nature in specific practice. The acknowledgment of community ownership is examined in the context of project development, community response over time, and the effect of, and local perception of, power loss and marginalized voice, which through their own use of inter-community voice can affect the project’s future. This four year research project examines the integration of cultural sustainability practices during the launch of an ecologically sustainable small-scale aquaponics program designed as a vehicle to bridge the scientific community and the local grassroots community in efforts to reduce coral reef degradation and build food security resiliency.
QAROQOLPOGISTONDA PAXTA SANOATNING RIVOJLANSH TARIXI
Creators: name: Abatov, Aydos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqolada Qoraqalpog‘iston Respublikasida sanoatning shakllanishi va rivojlanish tarixi tahlil qilinadi. Sanoatning dastlabki bosqichlari, sovet davridagi sanoatlashtirish jarayonlari, mustaqillikdan keyingi modernizatsiya ishlari va bugungi kun holati yoritiladi. Shuningdek, hududning iqtisodiy rivojlanishiga sanoatning ta’siri, asosiy tarmoqlarning o‘sish dinamikasi ham ko‘rib chiqiladi. Tadqiqotda ekologik muammolar, sanoatning innovatsion yo‘nalishlari va kelajakdagi istiqbollar ham tahlil etiladi.
NODES_Tincare_Z13_Biennale Tecnologia - Politecnico Aperto - The bio engineering experience - Toccare con mano l'innovazione
Creators: name: Caruso, Marco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Spoke 5 - Industry for Health and Silver Economy
TINCARE Project
Digital care innovation
ECS00000036
Fall risk prevention
dissemination
public event
inertial sensors
public engagement
ventilation device
non-invasive ventilation
CPAP therapy
homecare

description: Poster presented at Biennale Tecnologia - Politecnico Aperto - 19th April, 2024
The Indistinct Edge: Reconnecting Experience in Nature and Architecture
Creators: name: Bender, Matthew David
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Architecture
subject: Blended
subject: Edge
subject: Georgetown
subject: Nature
subject: Waterfront

description: This thesis explores how architectures sense of place is rooted in the natural environment. The built environment has been constructed to protect and sustain human culture from the weathering of nature. Separating experience from the natural environment removes a sense of place and belonging in the natural and reinforces architectural dominance. This separation distinguishes the natural world as an article of spectacle and gives the human experience an unnatural voyeurship to natural changes. By examining the fusion of architectural and natural edges this thesis analyzes how the human experience can reconnect with a naturalistic sense of place through architecture, blending the finite edge where architecture maintains nature, and adapting buildings to the cycles of the environment. Removing dominance of man-made spaces and replacing them with the cohabitation of the edge between built and natural forms.
Supplementary document for Fibre-Optic Hydrophone For Detection of High-Intensity Ultrasound Waves - 6376841.pdf
Creators: name: Kipergil, Esra Aytac
name: Martin, Eleanor
name: Mathews, Sunish
name: Papakonstantinou, Ioannis
name: Alles, Erwin
name: Desjardins, Adrien
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary document with figures
The Portuguese statues, on display awaiting a museum, in the fort of Cacheu
Creators: name: Cabeça, Paulo Tiago
Publisher: name: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching
Year: 2025

description: Sunday, November 12, 2023 we traveled in two all-terrain vehicles from the capital Bissau to Cacheu, on the way to the Slavery and Slave Trade Memorial at 9 am. In one of them was all the material that accompanied us for the three-day stay, namely a fan, a Data Show, digital camera, and a huge load of bottles and bags (photo 1) of drinking water, for consumption since there is no basic sanitation or running water on site. We were also accompanied by several diesel jerricans because there is no electricity at the memorial and the supply would thus be guaranteed and rationed with a generator that they turn on between 7 pm and 6 am either for the operation of the fans to ward off mosquitoes or for charging mobile phones. In the other car, in addition to the project coordinator, a nurse, on a mission in Guinea-Bissau, an obstetrician and a doctoral student in medicine, who were also on a mission in Bissau and thus intended to visit, on that Sunday, the city of Cacheu. The temperature in the morning exceeds 30ºC and the humidity is always above 80%. Which makes it only comfortable to be either indoors or in the car with air conditioning on. Otherwise, we are constantly sweating and any walk or physical effort, no matter how small, becomes quite painful. The distance from Bissau to Cacheu is about 120km, approximately two hours, and the roads just after leaving the vicinity of Bissau are pieces of tar full of huge craters, eaten by the rains, sometimes several kilometers on dirt, which do not allow us to move safely above 60/70 km/h, reducing almost to immobility to cross some of the biggest holes. Cars often cross the wrong way as everyone dodges these obstacles as they can.
description: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching, Vol 5 No 1 (2024): Dialogs: Spaces and Memories
Development of Novel Coatings and Processes for Cadmium Replacement
Creators: name: G. Malik, Nigar
Publisher: name: University of Leicester
Year: 2025

description: In surface finishing processes, electrodeposition is typically used due to versatility of the process and its cost-effectiveness. This research investigates the electrodeposition of Zn-Ni alloys as potential replacements for toxic cadmium coatings. The study focuses on the influence of current density on the morphology, phase composition, and corrosion resistance of Zn-Ni coatings, deposited from both alkaline and acid electrolytes. The electrodeposition has been achieved in the Hull cell for deposition of Zn-Ni alloys on mild steel substrates. The findings revealed that coatings electrodeposited from alkaline bath exhibited a highly porous and rough morphology whereas the coatings deposited from acid bath revealed a significantly smoother morphology particularly at lower current densities. The phase composition analysis of all coatings exhibited the γ- phase which is essential for providing optimum corrosion resistance in Zn-Ni alloys. However, the impact of varying current densities on the properties of the alloy coatings was ambiguous. For this purpose, a novel digital Hull cell was developed to directly measure current densities in mixed-metal systems, overcoming limitations of the traditional Hull cell which is accurate only for single metal systems. The digital Hull cell provided more reliable measurements, especially at larger inter-electrode distances, where the conventional Hull cell becomes less accurate. The digital cell’s efficacy was investigated first in single metal system and consequently in multi-metal systems, i.e., Zn-Ni alloys. The morphology, thickness and phase composition of Zn-Ni alloys deposited in the digital cell was compared to that of analogous coatings deposited in the conventional cell.
Interview with Giulia ‘BLocal’ Riva about: "As Seen on the Streets of Paris"
Creators: name: Neves, Pedro Soares
Publisher: name: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching
Year: 2024

description: Paris, November 22nd — Writer and street art expert Giulia ‘BLocal’ Riva announces the release of her new book, As Seen on the Streets of Paris. The first in the series "As Seen on the Streets of...", this book seamlessly combines the depth of a travel guide with the visual splendor of an art photography collection. Offering a unique perspective on Paris' street art culture, it reveals why this city occupies a pivotal role in the European urban art scene.

Featuring over 250 striking photographs by Paolo Giannotti and insights from 13 Parisian street artists, As Seen on the Streets of Paris invites readers to embark on a journey through the French capital’s urban art landscape.

The series "As Seen on the Streets of..." will continue in 2025 with new editions focusing on other major street art capitals, including London, Athens, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, and Berlin. Each book will celebrate the distinctive urban art scenes of these cities, blending local perspectives with captivating visual storytelling.

True to the ethos of “Be Local”, the guiding principle behind Giulia’s travel and street art blog “BLocal” (a respected voice in the field since 2011), this book reflects not only the author’s perspective but also the voices of the Parisian street artists she interviewed. Their contributions infuse the guide with authentic local flavor, leading readers to both iconic landmarks and hidden gems—offering a richer, non-touristy glimpse into the life of the city.
description: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching, Vol 5 No 2 (2024): Ubiquity: Shifting Memories
Canadian Pacific Railway Company B.C. Coast Steamship Service stationery
Creators: name: Canadian Pacific Railway. British Columbia Coast Steamship Service
name: Crawford, Lawrence
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: 19 sheets. Image of the triangle route from Victoria to Vancouver to Seattle on the verso. Assembled by Lawrence Crawford, orchestra leader on the Canadian Pacific second Empress of Japan, Princess Louise, and Princess Alice.
Dark Heritage and its Sociological Conservation
Creators: name: Andrade, Pedro
Publisher: name: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching
Year: 2024

description: Purpose. The present text intends to critically articulate Urban and Cultural Studies to sociological theories and methods, that partially use both human interpretation and Artificial Intelligence, for research on urban cultural heritage. A case study here shown is about the Aljube Resistance and Freedom Museum. This political museum may be considered as a dark museum within the context of dark heritage, where a dark tourism takes place.
Method. Three modes of interpretation within sociological conservation of dark heritage are underlined: (1) human understanding via dialectical critique; (2) interpretation using concepts coded via artificial intelligence on the Museu de Aljube’s ‘Home Page’ and inside the ‘About Page’ of the EGEAC Cultura em Lisboa site; (3) semi-automatic codification, using both human comprehension and A.I..
Results. Within such lens, the following points were examined: studies on dark heritage via a web of ‘resistance dark museums’; memories, reflections and theories about socio-political heritage conservation using sociological methods; sociological preservation actions, their results and applications; their social and scientific impact on the urban socio-cultural fabric. The respective empirical fieldwork was made at the exhibition ‘Ato Descolonial’, occurred on jan-jun 2022. Within this concrete museum space and visiting times, it is possible to extract social and political networks, such as the Salazarism panoptic carceral arena and its worldwide political prison web.
Conclusion. The essay may contribute to define the Aljube socio-cultural space and time as an object of studies by a Sociological Museum / Interpretation Centre, using a Sociological conservation methodology.
description: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching, Vol 5 No 2 (2024): Ubiquity: Shifting Memories
Bıcycle Parkıng Desıgn Rules
Creators: name: Guliyev, Senan
Publisher: name: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching
Year: 2024

description: This study examines the design rules of bicycle racks in depth and addresses the various stages and challenges encountered in this process. First, it starts with a needs analysis for bicycle parking spaces. This stage includes research to understand users' needs and expectations. Next, the site selection process is detailed; In this process, emphasis is placed on how parking spaces should be strategically positioned. Site selection aims to ensure safe and easy access for cyclists. In determining the capacity of bicycle parking spaces, the study conducts capacity planning based on current bicycle usage rates and future usage forecasts. This study aims to be a valuable resource for urban planners, architects and other relevant stakeholders by providing a comprehensive guide to the design of bicycle racks.
description: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching, Vol 5 No 2 (2024): Ubiquity: Shifting Memories
On buffing
Creators: name: Malhotra, Shriya
Publisher: name: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching
Year: 2024

description: In the world of street art, the antithesis to graffiti writing is buffing. This painted equivalent of censorship signals not just municipal or federal authority / jurisdiction, but also constitutes its own form of abstract art. Over time, buffing becomes a game of tag, a tussle between people and authorities. And with it, the fine line of vandalism and censorship is easily blurred and conveniently crossed.

In this photo essay, I have collected and captioned several photographs which make the walls on streets analogous to the facebook wall - open to writing, layered with posts and a form of contemporary decoupage. With the increased overlap of street art and advertising as a result of the spread of digital fonts and printing, we must consider contemporary formats of spam, and scam, as well as situated them within the broader context of capitalism. When the digital becomes offline and vice versa in the global south, what defines pollution?
description: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching, Vol 5 No 2 (2024): Ubiquity: Shifting Memories
Street Art In Post-War Bosnia and Croatia
Creators: name: Greenberg, Dina
Publisher: name: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching
Year: 2024

description: As a life-long “creative” I find inspiration everywhere. My mind toggles freely between visual images and words on the page or the screen. And when it comes time for me to synthesize thought, research, experience, and emotion into a cohesive narrative, I often feel compelled to choose between “words” and “images” to convey a compelling story. In recent times, though, I find myself leaning into a more natural inclination to combine the two. I love the freedom this choice affords me. Street art—in its infinite array of styles and content—is emblematic of this hybridized creative medium. I’m not surprised to find myself drawn to these works like a bee to pollen.
description: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching, Vol 5 No 2 (2024): Ubiquity: Shifting Memories
FOOD FOR THE CITY: CULTIVATING COMMUNITY IN BALTIMORE CITY
Creators: name: Kang, MinSoo
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Social research
subject: Agriculture
subject: Baltmore
subject: Community
subject: Food desert
subject: Hub
subject: Hydroponic
subject: Inclusive

description: One in four residents of Baltimore City live in a food desert. Food desert disproportionately affects the low income neighborhoods more than the neighborhoods with financial stability. Throughout history, food became a commodity that depends on and dictates the market force. Food sources were being eliminated in the inner city while the suburbs saw rising development of grocery stores. Without grocery stores and other food retailers, communities are missing gathering and commercial hubs that make neighborhoods livable and help the local economy sustain and thrive. This thesis studies why food was further displaced from suffering communities and how an inclusive sustainable urban food system can help create a hub of neighborhood revitalization and promote health, social, safety, stability, and economic well-being of the community.
Editorial
Creators: name: Neves, Pedro Soares
Publisher: name: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching
Year: 2024

description: The concept of ubiquity invites us to consider the widespread presence of artistic interventions and urban phenomena—marking landscapes, evoking memories, and challenging spatial boundaries. This issue of the Black Book Drawing and Sketching Journal (BBDS) explores how art, design, and critical inquiry unfold across diverse settings, from post-war cities and contested urban spaces to the quiet persistence of structures like bicycle parks.
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Place in Time: The Role of Architecture in Establishing an Emotional Connection between Man and Time
Creators: name: Kuentzel, Robert Dunn
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Architecture
subject: Detail
subject: Memory
subject: Pritzker
subject: Time

description: This thesis explores the role of architecture as a means of reconnecting humans to the passage of time. A neglect of the temporal in our built environment obscures understanding of the human condition in all of its sensory aspects.

The exploration and design of a series of ritual engagements, both culturally, and architecturally, begin to offer a venue through which designers can engage human senses. Rituals act as a means of demarcating the passage of time. It is through the engagement with these moments that people can begin to gain a richer understanding of the ephemeral nature of their own existence.

The Pritzker Architecture Prize serves as the selected ritual of exploration because of its celebration of humanity and the art of architecture. However, the notion of ritual is explored down to the level of detail of engagement with handrails and door handles.
From Hill to Harbor: Serving Water and People on Baltimore's Civic Waterfront
Creators: name: Konig, Sean
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Baltimore
subject: Federal
subject: Field
subject: Harbor
subject: Hill
subject: Rash

description: People and cities alike derive their life from water. Water is consequently influenced by the actions of people and cities. This crucial relationship deserves to be commemorated, and also analyzed as further human development, sea level rise, and ecological remediation efforts influence its form. This thesis seeks to remember the past condition, recognize the current, and positively influence the future of this relationship in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor through a waterfront park and harbor history museum. How can a building and a site work together to improve the health of local hydrology while still effectively serving its human community? This thesis weaves these opportunities together to create a responsible redesign of Rash Field and Federal Hill on the south side of the Inner Harbor in Baltimore.
From Marquês to Rua do Monte Cativo
Creators: name: Prikule, Laura
Publisher: name: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching
Year: 2024

description: This visual essay is largely based on the images and writings the author sampled in the streets of Porto (Portugal) during a walk from Marquês subway station to Rua do Monte Cativo, and later translated from Portuguese into English. The work is part of a larger creative research project PORTOSCRIPT, focussing on the development of experimental ideas based on the linguistic landscape studies of the area. The essay aims to blend the voices of many narrators into a single, unified, subjectively objective experience, where small details add up to a larger picture, constituting an entry point to an enhanced, semi-fictional and hypertextual reality where meanings mix, meld together and change.

The form of an essay was chosen to further experiment with blending newly written text, translated text taken from images, photographic images, painted images within photographic images and the hybrid types of perceptual experience and associations the final image-text may create. Based on the author’s interest in Street Art and Graffiti as a manifest form of collective consciousness, and an imprint of a certain era and mindset on the surrounding architectural structures, as well, this work aims to capture the depth of a fleeting moment in time.
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Monuments and Memory
Creators: name: Lobo, Bruna
name: Gastal, Susana De Araújo
Publisher: name: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching
Year: 2024

description: This study aims to analyse the practices of iconoclasm and urbanfallism as forms of intervention in cultural heritage, with a view to questioning traditional notions of memory and identity. By demolishing or modifying monuments, artists and activists contest prevailing historical narratives and the underlying power relations, proposing alternative frameworks for understanding the past and the present. The objective of this research is to gain insight into the ways in which these practices, despite their controversial nature, contribute to the reconfiguration of urban space and the construction of alternative memories. The practice of iconoclasm, with historical roots in religion and politics, has increased in frequency in recent decades, driven by various social, political and cultural factors. The demolition of monuments, frequently linked to acts of protest and resistance, challenges the conventional notion of heritage, which is based on the preservation of memory and cultural identity. The concept of urbanfallism, in turn, serves to expand the discussion on the relationship between art, activism and urban space. By appropriating monuments and transforming them into platforms for expression, artists and activists call into question the authority of institutions and official narratives, proposing new ways of inhabiting and signifying public space. The research presents a critical analysis of these concepts, discussing their impact on memory and notions of cultural heritage. The research presents a critical analysis of the ways in which art and activism can transform monuments into spaces for debate and the construction of new identities, challenging official interpretations of history. Through case studies in Brazil and the Iberian Peninsula, it demonstrates how artists and activists can contribute to the construction of a more plural and inclusive memory by questioning the authority of institutions and dominant narratives. However, it is essential that the discussion of these practices is accompanied by a reflection on the limits of intervention in cultural heritage, seeking a balance between preservation and transformation.
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title: Imaging features in connective tissue disorder-associated usual interstitial pneumonia
Creators: name: Deba Ayarza, Iñigo
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Chest imaging
subject: Lung
subject: Thorax
subject: CT
subject: CT-High Resolution
subject: Connective tissue disorders
subject: Clinical Case

description: Clinical History: A 68-year-old former smoker with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and hypothyroidism consulted for progressive exertional dyspnoea. Pulmonary function tests showed a restrictive pattern and reduced diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO).

description: 68 years, female
Esperienze recenti di formazione iniziale  degli insegnanti e prospettive per quella  futura  a cura di Aurelio Bruzzo
Creators: name: Bruzzo, Aurelio
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di ferrara
Year: 2012

description: Nella prima parte della presentazione di Aurelio Bruzzo si espongono alcune valutazioni dell’autore in merito alla figura e alla funzione del supervisore di tirocinio così come prevalentemente riscontrate nell’ambito della
Scuola di Specializzazione per l’Insegnamento Superiore dell’Università di
Ferrara durante il suo non breve periodo di attività. Nella seconda parte, invece, vengono sinteticamente presentati i contributi riportati in questo numero degli Annali con i quali alcuni supervisori di vari Indirizzi o Classi della
SSIS cercano di evidenziare gli aspetti ritenuti più rilevanti dell’esperienza
da loro vissuta in questo contesto

In the first part of the presentation, some of the author’s assessments on the
figure of the role and the function of the training supervisor are exposed as
predominantly found within the School of Specialization for Higher Education at the University of Ferrara during his long period activity. However in
the second part of the article, the contributions reported in this issue of the
Annals with which some supervisors of various courses and classes or SSIS
seek to highlight the most relevant aspects of their lived experience in this
context, are synthetically presented.
description: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, Vol 3, N° 2 (2011): Esperienze recenti di formazione iniziale degli insegnanti e prospettive per quella futura
A Role of International and National Subcontinents in the Evolution of Street Art in India
Creators: name: Bhardwaj, Shikha
Publisher: name: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching
Year: 2024

description: The term "street art" refers to a kind of artistic expression that is both dynamic and evolving. It has gained significance in urban settings all over the world, providing as a forum for social commentary, cultural expression, and political activity. Over the course of the past several years, street art in India has undergone a substantial transformation, which is a reflection of both international inspirations and indigenous artistic traditions. The purpose of this research was to investigate the development of street art in India from the point of view of worldwide influences as well as the distinctive socio-cultural setting of the Indian subcontinent.
description: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching, Vol 5 No 1 (2024): Dialogs: Spaces and Memories
La SSIS “rapita”: la formazione docente nel guado
Creators: name: Bellatalla, Luciana
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di ferrara
Year: 2012

description: Seminario di studi
Ferrara
11 Novembre 2008
a cura di Luciana Bellatalla
coordinatore della SSIS – Sede di Ferrara
description: Annali online della Didattica e della Formazione Docente, Vol 1 (2009): La SSIS "rapita": la formazione docente nel guado
Investigating the role of illustrations/visual elements on adult reading habits and literary attraction
Creators: name: Vaze, Amrita Mayuresh
name: Pawar, Ganesh
name: Rajwade, Pallavi
Publisher: name: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching
Year: 2024

description: Illustration is a thing that it can show things that a pictures are not able to show . Illustration can be considered as visual representation of the text . Illustration may have positive as well as negative effects on the reader like it makes easy for the reader to understand the concept easily and sometimes the presence of illustration can be disturbing to some people . The research aims to look for the role which illustration plays in adult’s literature and reading habits and their literary attraction . The method used is a survey method. Survey was conducted by circulating a google form .The sample population is from the age group 18 to 65 from Pune city. Most of the participants preferred books with illustrations and with specific illustration styles. Participants also agreed that illustration play a crucial role in influencing the readers literary attraction.
description: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching, Vol 5 No 1 (2024): Dialogs: Spaces and Memories
Designing Happiness: Architecture and urban design for joy and well-being
Creators: name: Habtour, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Urban planning
subject: Land use planning
subject: Architecture
subject: Happiness
subject: Interactive
subject: Planning
subject: Restorative
subject: Urban Design

description: Scientific studies exploring the environmental and experiential elements that help boost human happiness have become a significant and expanding body of work.  Some urban designers, architects and planners are looking to apply this knowledge through policy decisions and design, but there is a great deal of room for further study and exploration.  This paper looks at definitions of happiness and happiness measurements used in research.  The paper goes on to introduce six environmental factors identified in a literature review that have design implications relating to happiness: Nature, Light, Surprise, Access, Identity, and Sociality.  Architectural precedents are examined and design strategies are proposed for each factor, which are then applied to a test case site and building in Baltimore, Maryland. It is anticipated that these factors and strategies will be useful to architects, urban designers and planners as they endeavor to design positive user experiences and set city shaping policy.
title: Invitation: George Mason University School of Law Graduation, August 23, 1980
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 1980
Subjects: subject: George Mason University School of Law
subject: Graduation

description: Invitation: 1pg. typescript 4" X 6" (10.2cm X 15.2cm)
description: Invitation to the first graduation of the George Mason University School of Law. George Mason University Archives, Papers of the Presidents, Box 100, Folder 8.
Hand-made Temporalities
Creators: name: Rennie, James Julian
Publisher: name: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching
Year: 2024

description: We all store photos from our past – often in shoe boxes tucked away up in the attic. I store my dad’s hand-drawn cards - addressed to me (and later to me and / or my partner). This paper proposes the idea that my dad’s personal card drawings (and associated texts) are a visual memory vault for me from various moments of my early life. Because the cards are almost always dated, they allow a type of memory time travel backwards into that exact temporality. The written text topics vary: my father may be thanking me for a phone call to my Mum; or thanking me for a gift to him; or notification of a death of some local person his town; or simply describing the weather of that weekend; or a fatherly rebuke to do something that I had forgotten to do! The rediscovery of these artifacts is a visual signpost to exactly what was happening at date in time. As we all know, this can happen in association with a particular scent or a certain song, our memories and emotions flood back to that special moment with a few moments of intense nostalgia. This paper will unpack some of my shoe boxes and present a few of my Father’s cards to the reader showing the humility and grace of his early morning hand-made doodles that have lain dormant for years. Will we do the same with the myriads of emails or text messages that bombarde our current uber-paced lives?
description: BBDS - Black Book: Drawing and Sketching, Vol 5 No 1 (2024): Dialogs: Spaces and Memories
A MORE COMPLETE STREET  A STREET FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY, NORTH EAST STREET, FREDERICK, MARYLAND  – A DESIGN INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENT STREET DESIGN THEORIES
Creators: name: Jiang, Jun
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Landscape architecture
subject: Frederick
subject: streetscape
subject: urban design

description: This design-research thesis suggests that the improvement of North East Street performances by using Complete Streets, Green Street, Place Making and Context Sensitive Solution principles and practices.   Heavily used by a variety of users, often conflicting with one another, University of Maryland Campus Drive would benefit from a major planning and design amelioration to meet the increasing demands of serving as a city main street. The goal of this thesis project is to prioritize the benefits for pedestrians in the right-of-way and improve the pedestrian experience. This goal also responds to the recent North East Street Extension Phrase I of economic renaissances. The goal of this design-research thesis will be achieved focusing on four aspects. First, the plans and designs will suggest to building mixed use blocks,  increase the diversity of street economic types and convenience of people’s living. Second, design and plans will propose bike lanes, separate driving lanes from sidewalks and bike lanes by street tree planters, and narrow driving lanes to reduce vehicular traffic volume and speed in order to reduce pedestrian and vehicle conflicts. Third, plans and designs will introduce bioswales, living walls and raingardens to treat and reuse rain water. Finally, the plans and designs will seek to preserve local culture and history by adding murals and farmers market.

The outcome of the design-research thesis project is expected to serve as an example of implementing Complete Streets, Green Street, Place Making and Context Sensitive Solution principles and practices in urban landscape, where transportation, environment and social needs interact with each other.