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Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering is a top institution among the higher education institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan in fields of Architecture, Design, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Economics and Management in Construction.

Departments and colleges

 Department of Architecture
 Department of Design
 Department of Civil Engineering
 Department of Civil Engineering Technology, Infrastructure and Management
 Department of General Humanitarian Training
 Department of General Natural and Scientific Training
 College of Architecture
 College of Civil Engineering

UIA accreditation 

The most important achievement and visible proof of international significance for the academy was accreditation of the study program of Architecture at KazGASA by UNESCO UIA Charter for Architectural Education. The certificate was awarded on 9 November 2007 and received by the academy in May 2008. It is the first higher education institution in the world accredited on "Architecture" major by UNIESCO UIA commission.

External links 

(KazGASA official website)

Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union
Universities in Kazakhstan
Education in the Soviet Union
Engineering universities and colleges
Archimede construction systems. Archimede construction systems are construction techniques achieving rhombic dodecahedral shapes, a space-filling geometry. In America, most of these systems generate building envelopes made up of as little as two panel shapes and sizes, this feature allowing for maximum industrialization. These panels are generally pressure injected with a rigid structural insulating foam like polyurethane. In Europe and Asia, post and beam structure often create a dodecahedral shape that is later filled with different cladding materials. Although the basic geometry sometimes contains an entire house, most applications of the system are an agglomeration of cells each forming a rhombic dodecahedral living space that can be a room or a larger living area when combined with adjacent dodecahedral modules.

History  
The peculiar three-dimensional structure of the honey bee comb has intrigued for thousands of years. It is quite possible that some isolated construction project used a scaled-up version of this zonohedron, however a largely visible use of these shapes only appeared in the early 1980s. 
Les Systèmes Archimede Inc. of Tring Junction QC started to produce applying US4462191, a patent owned by J. Poirier who also co-founded the manufacturing firm with Placide Poulin  .

References

External links
 High-Tech Housing, Popular Science Magazine
 Why Rhombic Dodecahedral shells are so strong, text and illustrations by J.B. Poirier,arch.
 Arctic Refuges on Stilts, Forbes Magazine
 Housing Industry Takes Some Tips From The Bees, The Montreal Gazette
 Prefabs Doing Well, The Montreal Gazette

Architecture
Prefabricated buildings
Ralph G. Anderson. Ralph G. Anderson (July 19, 1923 – February 13, 2010) was an American engineer, farmer, and the founder of Belcan, one of America's largest engineering firms. He was also a well-known philanthropist.

Early life and education
Anderson was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1923. He served as a B-29 flight engineer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1950.

Professional life
After earning his degree, Anderson began work as an engineer for General Electric, General Motors, and the Kett Corporation. He founded Belcan, an engineering services corporation, in October 1958.

Personal life
Ruth and Ralph Anderson had one daughter, Candace McCaw of Cincinnati. They had three grandchildren. When away from Belcan, Anderson spent much of his time curating Anderson Circle Farm, an Angus cattle farm in Mercer County, Kentucky.

Philanthropy
Anderson was an ardent supporter of engineering education. In addition to donating funds for the Ralph G. Anderson Mechanical Engineering Building at the University of Kentucky, he was also a perennial sponsor of the University of Kentucky Solar Car Team, and provided a scholarship for engineering students at the University of Cincinnati.
Mr. Anderson also contributed significantly to his home community of Harrodsburg, Ky., including state park development, historic building renovations, community development, and upgrading site knowledge of  an important Shaker village including satellite mapping.

Death
On February 13, 2010, Anderson died in Cincinnati, OH at the age of 86.

References

External links
   Ralph G. Anderson's 19 Points

1923 births
People from Harrodsburg, Kentucky
2010 deaths
Engineers from Kentucky
United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
20th-century American engineers
United States Army Air Forces soldiers
University of Kentucky College of Engineering alumni
Tris(tert-butoxy)silanethiol. Tris(tert-butoxy)silanethiol is a silicon compound containing three tert-butoxy groups and a rare Si–S–H functional group.  This colourless compound  serves as an hydrogen donor in radical chain reactions.  It was first prepared by alcoholysis of silicon disulfide and purified by distillation:
3 (CH3)3COH  +  SiS2    →    [(CH3)3CO]3SiSH  +  H2S

Since 1962 it was thoroughly studied including its acid-base properties and coordination chemistry with metal ions. It coordinates to metal ions via the sulfur and oxygen donor atoms.

References

Hydrogen compounds
Silicon compounds
Tert-butyl compounds
Reagents for organic chemistry
Edis. Edis, EDIS or Ediz may also refer to:

 Edis (name)
 Electronic Distributorless Ignition System
 Ford EDIS
 European Defence Industrial Strategy
 Emergency Disaster Information Service, a global natural disaster tracking service in Hungary
 Emergency Digital Information Service, a public information system run by the State of California
 Emily Dickinson International Society, society to study the American poet
 Environmental Data and Information Service
 European Deposit Insurance Scheme, proposed part of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union

See also 
 Edisa, a settlement in South Ossetia, Georgia
Thomas Turner (metallurgist). Thomas Turner Sc., A.R.S.M., F.R.I.C. (Birmingham, 1861–1951) was the first Professor of Metallurgy in Britain, at the University of Birmingham. The University was created in 1900 and the department founded in 1902. He was instrumental in the early development of the sclerometer for testing hardness of metals. He retired in 1926. He was also a leading member of the Christadelphian church.

Turner was born in Ladywood, Birmingham in 1861. He married Christian Smith of Edinburgh in 1887 and had two sons and two daughters. He studied metallurgy at the Royal School of Mines in London, and won the annual De la Beche medal awarded in memory of the school's founder. Turner was demonstrator at Mason Science College from 1883, then 1887 lecturer in metallurgy, a new science that "was to develop greatly under his guidance during the next forty years." From 1894-1902 he was Director of Technical Instruction to Staffordshire County Council, but in 1902 was chosen as the first Professor of Metallurgy in the newly established University of Birmingham. He retired in 1926 but continued to publish and lecture.

His most notable work was seminal research in the influence of silicon in cast iron. He was a founder member of, and later president of the Institute of Metals, vice president of the Iron and Steel Institute, and on the Advisory Committee of the Imperial Institute. On 13th December 1916, he was among three members of the Institute of Metals (alongside Sir George Beilby and Professor Alfred Kirby Huntington) to propose the election of Georgina Elizabeth Kermode. Kermode became the first female member of the Institute of Metals. He was awarded the Bessemer Gold Medal of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1925.

Turner was active in the Christadelphian movement and for many years was first assistant editor, with Joseph Hadley, then editor of the Fraternal Visitor magazine of the Suffolk Street ecclesia. In this function he was also involved in support of the Gemeinde in Germany, corresponding with Albert Maier and Ludwig von Gerdtell. As a hymn writer he contributed to his church's hymnal.

Works
 The Metallurgy of Iron and Steel (1895)
 Practical Metallurgy: an introductory course for general students (1919)

See also
 Sclerometer, an instrument invented in 1896 by Thomas Turner to measure the scratch hardness of metallic alloys and other materials.

References

1861 births
1951 deaths
English metallurgists
Academics of the University of Birmingham
Christadelphians
English Christians
Bessemer Gold Medal
Fellows of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
People from Ladywood
Kouppas. Kouppas, also spelled in English as Couppas or Coupas (Μηχανοποιείον Αχιλλέας Κούππας Α.Ε., Achilleas Kouppas Machine Manufacturing A.E.), has historically been the most famous Greek industrial machinery and equipment manufacturer, founded in Piraeus in 1882. 

Kouppas is mostly known for equipping factories throughout Greece as well as ventures in the Middle East, undertaking design and construction of specialized heavy machinery. Areas of specialization included oil refinery equipment (utilized in ventures in Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia and Congo-Brazzaville) and boilers (its best known commercial product).  In 1972 it introduced a 14-tonne road roller model, powered by a Skoda Diesel engine.

Kouppas was one of the companies most seriously affected by the 1980s crisis in Greek industry. After serious financial trouble, it ceased operations in 1987 (105 years after its foundation), becoming one more historic Greek company to go out of business. In 1995 its facilities were acquired by BIEX Metal Constructions A.E. and Procter & Gamble Hellas A.E.

References 
 L.S. Skartsis and G.A. Avramidis, "Made in Greece", Typorama, Patras, Greece (2003)  (republished by the University of Patras Science Park, 2007)
L.S. Skartsis, "Greek Vehicle & Machine Manufacturers 1800 to present: A Pictorial History", Marathon (2012)  (eBook)
 E. Roupa and E. Hekimoglou, "I istoria tou aftokinitou stin Ellada (History of automobile in Greece)", Kerkyra - Economia publishing, Athens (2009) 
 Βιομηχανική Επιθεώρησις (Industrial Review) magazine, November 1972 issue

External links 
Historic olive processing plant in Lesvos, equipped by Kouppas

Construction equipment manufacturers of Greece
Engineering companies of Greece
Greek companies established in the 19th century
1987 disestablishments in Greece
Defunct manufacturing companies of Greece
Viscous liquid. In condensed matter physics and physical chemistry, the terms viscous liquid, supercooled liquid, and glass forming liquid are often used interchangeably to designate liquids that are at the same time highly viscous (see Viscosity of amorphous materials), can be or are supercooled, and able to form a glass.

Working points in glass processing 

The mechanical properties of glass-forming liquids depend primarily on the viscosity. Therefore, the following working points are defined in terms of viscosity. The temperature is indicated for industrial soda lime glass:

Fragile-strong classification 

In a widespread classification, due to chemist Austen Angell, a glass-forming liquid is called strong if its viscosity approximately obeys an Arrhenius law (log η is linear in 1/T ). In the opposite case of clearly non-Arrhenius behaviour the liquid is called fragile. This classification has no direct relation with the common usage of the word "fragility" to mean brittleness.
Viscous flow in amorphous materials is characterised by deviations from the Arrhenius-type behaviour: the activation energy of viscosity Q changes from a high value QH at low temperatures (in the glassy state) to a low value QL at high temperatures (in the liquid state). Amorphous materials are classified accordingly to the deviation from Arrhenius type behaviour of their viscosities as either strong when  or fragile when QH-QL≥QL. The fragility of amorphous materials is numerically characterized by the Doremus’ fragility ratio RD=QH/QL .   Strong melts are those with (RD-1) < 1, whereas fragile melts are those with (RD-1) ≥ 1.  Fragility is related to materials bond breaking processes caused by thermal fluctuations. Bond breaking modifies the properties of an amorphous material so that the higher the concentration of broken bonds termed configurons the lower the viscosity. Materials with a higher enthalpy of configuron formation compared with their enthalpy of motion have a higher Doremus fragility ratio, conversely melts with a relatively lower enthalpy of configuron formation have a lower fragility.
More recently, the fragility has been quantitatively related to the details of the interatomic or intermolecular potential, and it has  been shown that steeper interatomic potentials lead to more fragile liquids.

Mode-coupling theory 

The microscopic dynamics at low to moderate viscosities is addressed by a mode-coupling theory, developed by Wolfgang Götze and collaborators since the 1980s. This theory describes a slowing down of structural relaxation on cooling towards a critical temperature Tc, typically located 20% above Tg.

Notes and sources

Textbooks 

Götze,W (2009): Complex Dynamics of glass forming liquids. A mode-coupling theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zarzycki,J (1982): Les Verres et l'état vitreux. Paris: Masson. Also available in English translations.

References 

Glass physics
Glassforming liquids and melts
Construction barrel. Construction barrels (coloqually known as "drums" in the United States) are traffic control devices used to channel motor vehicle traffic through construction sites or to warn motorists of construction activity near the roadway. They are used primarily in the United States, but are occasionally used in Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica. They are an alternative to traffic cones which are smaller and easily hit by vehicles. Drums tend to command more respect from drivers than cones as they are larger, more visible, and give the appearance of being formidable obstacles.

Construction barrels are typically bright orange and have four alternating white and orange reflective bands. However some regions, such as the province of Ontario, Canada, use black barrels with orange stripes. Most have a rubber base that prevents the barrel from tipping over during high winds. Construction barrels have a handle at the top so they can be easily picked up and carried. The handle also allows crews to install barricade lights to increase visibility. The product makes up a $90 million industry in the United States.

Until the late 1980s, construction crews typically used 55-gallon steel drums to guide traffic through construction areas. They were painted orange and white and filled with sand or water to keep them in place. Because the drums were steel and weighed down with sand or water, extensive damage would occur to vehicles striking them, and they were dangerous to workers if propelled into work areas by vehicles. Plastic barrels that are commonly seen on American roadways today began emerging in the late 1970s and 1980s; steel 55-gallon drums were largely phased out by the 1990s, with an outright prohibition on using metal drums appearing in the third revision of the 1988 Edition of the MUTCD, published in September 1993.

By 1981, the drums were mainly a two-piece plastic design that included the top piece of the drum and a base that was filled with sandbags. The same year, an updated version of the invention was released by PSS; it included a flange to allow sandbag placement on the outside of the drum which made it easier to maneuver. In 1985, PSS released the modern-day version of the construction barrel, the LifeGard® drum. The LifeGard® utilized the sidewall of a recycled truck tire at its base to keep the drum securely in place on the roadway. This design is the most common one in use today.

See also
 Bollard
 Road traffic control
 Traffic cone

References

External links
 Stabilized barrel-like traffic control element by Jack H. Kulp et al., a 1993 improved version of the traffic barrel, on Google Patents
 

Road construction
Road safety
Road traffic management
Safety equipment
Streetworks
Traffic signs
Hack.lu. hack.lu (also written as HACKLU) is a yearly computer security conference held in Luxembourg that brings together a variety of people interested in information security. It's organized by the Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg (CIRCL), the country's CERT for the private sector, communes and non-governmental entities.

History

The first conference was organized in 2005, and held its 10th edition in 2014. In the scope of European information security conferences, hack.lu is one of the oldest conferences running.

Content and organisation
Where other conferences often provide day-long training sessions, Hack.lu chooses a different model by filling its first few days with workshops, enforcing a strong focus on practical things. The aim of the convention is to make a bridge of the various actors in the computer security world, by discussing and presenting on topics like computer security, privacy, information technology and its cultural/technical implication on society.

CTF

Since the first conference, a capture the flag event has been organized.
In recent years FluxFingers from Ruhr-University Bochum are the event organizers, for the 5th time in 2014. The event usually lasts 48h, with the possibility to participate remotely. But only teams who have one person physically present will be able to claim for prize. More than 400 people participated in 2013.

References

External links
 hack.lu official website

Computer security conferences
Annual events in Luxembourg
Lincoln Industries. Lincoln Industries Corp., also known as Progress Rail Services Corporation - Signals Division, manufactures railroad signal products sold to customers throughout North America. Founded in 1985, Lincoln Industries has been part of Caterpillar Inc. as a subsidiary of Progress Rail Services Corporation since January 8, 1998 and is organized under Progress Rail's Engineering and Track Services (ETS) group. Lincoln Industries maintains a headquarters and manufacturing facility in Louisville, Kentucky, a manufacturing facility in Jacksonville, Florida and has access to Progress Rail facilities throughout North America for staging materials.

Products
Lincoln Industries manufactures railroad/highway grade crossing safety warning devices, various signaling devices, and railroad right-of-way maintenance and rail-handling equipment.

Services
Lincoln Industries repairs and leases railroad right-of-way maintenance and rail-handling equipment.

References

External links
, Lincoln Industries website
Progress Rail Services Signals Division

Caterpillar Inc. subsidiaries
Manufacturing companies based in Louisville, Kentucky
Railway signalling manufacturers
Manufacturing companies established in 1985
American companies established in 1985
1985 establishments in Kentucky
Applied Technology Council. The Applied Technology Council is a nonprofit research organization based in California which studies the effects of natural hazards on the built environment and how to mitigate these effects, particularly earthquakes. It was founded through the efforts of the Structural Engineers Association of California in 1973. It does not develop building codes but does develop manuals which summarize information for engineers, and this information is sometimes used in codes, standards, and specifications.

References

External links 
 

Organizations established in 1973
Engineering research institutes
Organizations based in California
Companies based in Redwood Shores, California
Edgware Way Grassland. Edgware Way Grassland or Edgware Way Rough is a  Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation in Edgware in the London Borough of Barnet. It is traversed by Edgwarebury Brook and contains traces of a planned railway viaduct and embankment. This was part of a planned extension of the Northern line from Edgware to Bushey, which was cancelled when the introduction of the Green Belt after the Second World War led to the cancellation of the developments which the railway was to serve. Part of the site is the Environment Agency's Edgwarebury Park Flood Storage Area. 

The reserve is typical unimproved London Clay grassland. Damp, herb rich areas have uncommon plants characteristic of old meadows such as great burnet, sneezewort and devil's bit scabious. The brook is lined by sedges and water-cress, while breeding birds include yellowhammer and spotted flycatcher.

The reserve adjoins Edgwarebury Park. It is private land, but is crossed by a public footpath from Edgware Way which starts just west of the junction with Spur Road.

See also

 Nature reserves in Barnet
 Brockley Hill tube station

References

Further reading

Nature reserves in the London Borough of Barnet
Edgware
USS Ameera. USS Ameera (SP-453) was a United States Navy Section patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Ameera was built as an express cruiser in 1917 by the Mathis Yacht Building Company at Camden, New Jersey from Bowes and Mower designs for Alexander Sellers of Ardmore, Pennsylvania. The cruiser was Mathis hull number 63 and, upon registration, was assigned official number 214866 and signal letters LGTM.

Contemporary Navy data shows the vessel had a 1,000 gallon fuel capacity for a cruising range of 400 nautical miles at a cruising speed of  powered by two Dusenberg six cylinder engines driving two propellers.

On 23 July 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased Ameera for $31,000 for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Ameera (SP-453) on 11 August 1917

Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Ameera carried out patrol duties there for the remainder of World War I. After the war ended on 11 November 1918, she performed dispatch boat and port duties at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, until she was placed in reduced commission at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in June 1919. On 24 July 1919, Ameera was ordered to be sold. She was decommissioned in September 1919 and sold at auction on 27 April 1920 to Mr. T. E. Mitten.

On the night of 28 May 1920 a major fire at the Essington Shipbuilding Company lying just south of Philadelphia destroyed buildings and numerous boats, including almost total destruction of Ameera.

Footnotes

References

External links
NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Ameera (SP 453)

Patrol vessels of the United States Navy
World War I patrol vessels of the United States
Ships built by the Mathis Yacht Building Company
1917 ships