Main Floor Research Articles

Retired Amenity-Oriented Movers: What Do They Consider When Choosing Homes and Neighborhoods in Their New Location?

Mixed methods were used with 60 retirees (mean age = 74) who had moved to a southern coastal region from another state. We explored their relocation neighborhood and home choices to determine whether they considered age-friendly home design, what they were seeking in their neighborhoods, and what they found. Three major neighborhood-related themes emerged related to choices: (1) advantages of moving into a new neighborhood; (2) intergenerational vs age 55+ decision; and (3) desirable characteristics. Respondents also found a prevalence of out-of-state neighbors and some neighborhoods are evolving into naturally occurring retirement communities. Most errands required a car. Respondents were mixed in considering age-friendly home design; half the homes had all three “vistability” features: no-step entry, bathroom on main floor, and wide doorways.

Disentangling the influence of female directors in the banking industry

Objective - This study examined the effect of female directors and their banking expertise on corporate reputation in Nigeria. Methodology/Technique – This study employs ordinary least square regression on sample data from 2009 to 2018. The sample consists of 11 banks from 2009 to 2018, which resulted in 110 observations of the listed banks from the main floor of the NSE market. The data used in the study were extracted from Bloomberg DataStream. Findings—In line with our hypothesis, we documented that female directors on the board and female directors with banking expertise are positively related to corporate reputation, suggesting that female directors on the board and with banking expertise led to a higher corporate reputation. Novelty - Our findings add to the existing body of literature on gender and corporate reputation. as well as resource dependency theory. The findings also corroborate the existing CBN policy on gender diversity. Hence, the study's findings offer additional awareness to the corporate stakeholders. Type of Paper: Empirical JEL Classification: M14, M19. Keywords: Female directors, female directors' banking expertise, and corporate reputation. Reference to this paper should be referred to as follows: Adamu, I.A; Tyasari, I; Abubakar, A.H. (2024). Disentangling the influence of female directors in the banking industry, Acc. Fin. Review, 8(4), 11 – 22. https://doi.org/10.35609/afr.2024.8.4(2)

PERANCANGAN SISTEM INFORMASI QUALITY CONTROL PRODUK PADA PT. JOOMBRE INDONESIA

PT. Joombre indonesia is a company engaged in the field of cable utilization. Wiring harness which is a collection of one or more wires with several parts to conduct electric current also has a diversity of materials, so it is very diverse in the processing process. Each of these companies helps produce products for the purposes of the automotive world such as engine harness, instrument panel, main engine room, door harness, roof harness, floor harness, front harness, rear harness and others. In the course of its production, one of the main tasks that largely determines the process of Quality Control of products that have been approved before being marketed to consumers in order to minimize receiving errors or malfunctions of these products. For that the company needs an application that can repair the damaged production process from Quality Control directly to the production department. Company owners will be able to directly control their production directly. The system is made using a website by collecting research using a waterfall. While the analysis is done by interviewing and surveying the system that is run to get the information needed. The results obtained from this study are that the process reported from failed production from the Quality Control division to the production division becomes faster and is well approved by the company which can directly control and analyze the production as an indicator of production effectiveness and improve the quality control staff according to the product QR Code generated is made differently on each product so as to minimize the recording of existing damage data

Designing Reading Material Based On Graha Bunda Maria Annai Velangkanni

Graha Bunda Maria Annai Velangkanni is a spiritual tourist attraction where researchers carry out observations or research to obtain accurate information regarding the description of the building. This research at Graha Bunda Maria Annai Velangkanni aims to attract the reading interest of every reader, especially students, in terms of reading and understanding a text. This unique building object was used as a descriptive reading text that describes the unique shape, color or motif of the Graha Bunda Maria Annai Velangkanni building. The research method used in this research is qualitative descriptive, the aim is for readers to focus on observations made directly at Mother Annai Velangkanni's house. This research was carried out for three days and went through three stages, namely going around looking at the building, observing details of the shape of the building, and finally conducting interviews with sources, in order to get information about the building. Researchers found that the Graha Bunda Maria Annai Velangkani building is a unique and large building. The design combines Hinduism and Islam. In total there are two main floors of this building. Initially the purpose of this building was as a place for Catholics to pray in peace, but it turns out that all groups from various religions and languages can visit this building while still upholding a sense of tolerance between religious communities. From the results of research conducted by researchers, it can be concluded that reading materials based on Graha Bunda Maria Annai Velangkanni can increase interest in reading for many people, especially students

The Effects of Pregnancy and Childbirth on Women's Health-Related Quality of Life: A Scoping Review

Context: Although pregnancy and childbearing are the most natural processes for women, it is accompanied by significant life changes for the mother, who needs to adjust to parenting. Hormonal variables cause these changes, resulting in physiological and emotional consequences. Although the changes that pregnant women experience are only transitory, they might affect their quality of life.
 Aim: This scoping review highlight the effect of pregnancy and childbearing on women’s health-related quality of life.
 Methods: A scoping review was completed by searching data converging about pregnancy and childbirth's effects on women's health-related quality of life utilizing databases from 2015-2022 papers. The review was done via different database engines. The research selection procedure uses Mesh keywords to find the most relevant papers, and the PRISMA flowchart helped pick research papers. The search engines were picked from the Saudi digital library and Google Scholar. Three main themes and three subthemes were created in this scoping review. A total of 82 articles were initially retrieved. Twenty-four duplications were removed. Thirty-four articles that did not meet the aim were excluded. The remaining 26 were screened; the non-English, outdated articles, text articles, and more reasons were counted, so another ten articles were removed. So, 14 studies met the criteria and were eligible to be included in this review.
 Results: revealed a correlation between delayed first birth and better health-related quality of life. It is highlighted that physical quality of life-related to maternal age, gestational age, BMI before 12 weeks of pregnancy, mother's education and work, and spouse's education (p<0.05). Psychological quality of life-related to gestational age, mother's education and occupation, and spouse's education. The main characteristics related to greater quality of life were mean maternal age, primiparity, early gestational age, the lack of social and economic issues, having family and friends, exercising, being happy to be pregnant, and being hopeful. Early second-trimester pregnant women had the best health-related quality of life drops in the third trimester. More than half of the participants in the reviewed studies had urinary incontinence as a main pelvic floor disorder. Mothers showed lower gray matter (GM) volumes and higher white matter (WM) volumes in empathy and reward networks. Those who gave birth vaginally reported the highest HRQoL, whereas those who underwent cesareans reported the lowest.
 Conclusion: The study elucidates the fluctuations in quality of life throughout pregnancy, showing its dependence on various demographic and health-related aspects. The nuanced variations and pathological features emerging during pregnancy encompass the impact of morning sickness, sleep patterns, and pelvic floor disorders. The influence of the mode of delivery on women's health-related quality of life emphasizes differences in pain, physical functioning, and mental health between those who undergo cesarean sections and those who have vaginal births. Collectively, these findings underscore the complexity of the maternal experience, calling for a holistic approach to healthcare that addresses the diverse challenges women face during this pivotal life stage.

Field Study on Impact of Mechanical Pressurization on Pressure Distribution in High-Rise Buildings

In high-rise buildings, the excessive pressure differences cause various problems, and architectural and mechanical measures are always applied. In this study, pressure measurements on a 67-story high-rise building were conducted to evaluate the effect of mechanical pressurization on the pressure distribution. Absolute pressure measurement devices were installed at 28 points on 10 floors, a full-scale pressure profile of the test building was derived, and the pressure distributions on the main floors were reviewed. Four pressurization modes for the test building were considered, and the variation in the pressure distribution for each mode was analyzed. The results showed that mechanical pressurization reduced the pressure difference on the lobby floor by approximately 18%. Although it did not exert an apparent impact on the pressure difference due to the stack effect, pressurizing the entire floor serves as the most effective way of reducing the excessive pressure difference.

Design and integration of acoustic treatment to the Former Stock Exchange—Cathedral Room

The Gothic Bank Cathedral Room within the Former Stock Exchange located in Melbourne is architecturally significant and largely original displaying ornate features for a historical public business arena. The Cathedral Room was the main trading floor for the Stock Exchange and was designed to represent the interior of a church, highlighted by the vaulted roof, columns, and the stained-glass windows. Through the guidance of Heritage Council Victoria, the Cathedral Room was granted permission to be converted into a commercial dining room. This paper details the methodology adopted to reality capture the interiors of the Cathedral Room by deploying LiDAR laser scanning, to develop a room acoustics model, and to investigate mitigation options. Furthermore, it explores the link between applying appropriate acoustic targets, guiding stakeholders, and delivering the project, which is essential to operate a successful commercial business to meet the expectations of their cliental. Arup developed an Odeon model, which allowed for the placement of speech sources and receivers and with integrated mitigation options. The modeling was presented to stakeholders in Arup’s SoundLab, an ambisonic sound studio, allowing the stakeholders to listen to the untreated space and compare it to various levels of mitigation prior to progressing to detail design phase.

Knowledge of different Health Professionals about pelvic floor dysfunctions

Background: Pelvic floor dysfunctions are problems that arise when your muscles do not work properly, including urinary tract and sexual function disorders, resulting in quality of life. Aims: To analyze the knowledge of health professionals about pelvic floor disorders. Method: Cross-sectional, observational study. Data were collected through a questionnaire prepared by the researchers. Results: Of the 116 professionals who answered the questionnaire, most were female (78.4%), the most common academic title was specialization (59.4%). Among the professions, the physician obtained the highest number of correct answers (15.08±1.5) and it was possible to notice a statistically significant correlation associating a higher academic level with a higher number of correct answers. Conclusion: Health professionals have limitations regarding knowledge of the signs and symptoms and treatment options for the main pelvic floor disorders. Education level was correlated with recognition.

A Geological Site Selection Method of a Coal Mine Underground Reservoir and Its Application

The selection of a suitable location is a crucial prerequisite for the construction of an underground reservoir in water-scarce coal-mining regions, while there are few reports related. In this research, the geological influencing factors of water storage capacity of an underground reservoir were investigated. Caved sandstone provides effective storage space for mine water and mudstone in the floor prevents the mine water in the goaf from leaking downward. The water storage capacity of coal mine underground reservoir is positively correlated with the coal thickness, sandstone ratio of the roof, water storage coefficient, and effective safety thickness, and is negatively correlated with the elevation of the main coal floor and sandstone ratio of the floor. A mathematical model of water storage coefficient was established and a geological site selection method of a coal mine underground reservoir was proposed based on an entropy weight method. With a HJT coal mine in the Shendong coal mining area of China as a case study, the implementation of this method was elaborated. For an existing underground reservoir, located in the goaf of No. 12301 fully mechanized long wall mining face of No. 1−2 coal seam in the HJT mine field, the water storage coefficient (Q) and the site selection suitability index (SI) were 0.2194 (Q) and 0.544 (SI, at a good level). The estimated values were consistent with the actual situation, which may verify the accuracy and reliability of this method to some extent. SI was estimated for No. 2−2 coal seams and the suitable locations for the construction of underground reservoirs were predicted in this mine field.

Glacier–rock glacier interactions in the eastern Hindu Kush, Nuristan, Afghanistan [35.92,71.13] in the period 1976–2019

ABSTRACT Landsystem relationships between glaciers and rock debris supply in a mountain landscape domain, (), are described. Decimal latitude-longitude [dLL] geolocations are used to identify features and transects in an information landscape. Geo-located features are coded, enabling transects between a 1976 expedition and 2019 Google Earth imagery to be compared. Rock debris is progressively added to 1-3 km long glaciers which become debris-covered. Cirque glaciers eventually assume rock glacier (RG) forms when supraglacial debris loads are high. Some rock glacier snouts reach main valley floors and still advance over meadows. This behaviour is attributed to high geomorphic activity producing rock detritus and transport to glaciers in the early Little Ice Age. The advances of rock glacier snouts are a consequence of thinning; low-angle glaciers still moving beneath debris-covered glaciers (GLd) covers. Persistent melt pools continue to develop within the surface debris cover of glaciers and rock glaciers and expose glacier ice. All the rock glaciers are below the regional snowline and permafrost can be discounted for rock glacier formation. Scree slope (SS) development may ultimately be sufficient to cover bare glacier ice moving from a glacier (GL) to debris-covered glacier (GLd) to rock glacier (RG). Reverse slopes in the debris at the foot of screes mark the mass continuum of glacier flow below the debris cover, not the ‘rooting zone’ of a permafrost-derived RG. Scree slopes themselves show no evidence of rock glacier-like flow. A simple glacier ice-debris transport continuum model is sufficient and necessary for rock glacier formation and flow.

Energy Retrofitting Technologies of Buildings: A Review-Based Assessment

Demand for energy and resources is increasing day by day. The construction industry plays a major role in the consumption of energy and resources. Buildings that were built before energy-efficient sustainable practices became popular consume a larger portion of energy as compared to the new buildings. As a result, enhancing energy performance through retrofitting of those old buildings is a major concern in the construction industry. In the modern built environment, there are many technologies available in the market to enhance the energy performance of such buildings. However, the body of knowledge regarding energy retrofitting technologies is still scattered. Therefore, in this study, a review-based assessment was undertaken to identify energy retrofitting technologies that could enhance energy performance in existing buildings. The Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol was followed during the article screening and selection for this study. Following a systematic filtering process, a total of 149 out of 643 research contributions have been considered for in-depth analysis of energy retrofitting classification and respective energy retrofitting technologies. According to the review, energy retrofitting technologies are categorized into three main aspects; building envelope retrofitting, building system retrofitting, and renewable energy. The study found thirty-seven (37) energy-related retrofitting technologies in the current context. Further, 25 possible energy retrofitting technologies were identified under the six main subcategories, including façade, roof floor, window, door, and orientation. In terms of building system retrofitting, 10 possible energy retrofitting technologies were identified under the HVAC system and lighting system. The remaining two technologies identified under the renewable energy category were solar and wind technology. The review further confirms that the application of energy-related retrofitting technologies has the highest contribution in terms of energy and cost saving of existing buildings. It is expected that this outcome would better guide stakeholders in decision-making with regard to the selection of energy retrofitting technologies in a given context.

La Cantatrice Chauve (The Bald Soprano); La Leçon (The Lesson); Les Chaises (The Chairs)

La Cantatrice Chauve (The Bald Soprano); La Leçon (The Lesson); Les Chaises (The Chairs)

Le Misanthrope by Molière, and: Le Malade Imaginaire by Molière, and: Le Tartuffe ou L’hypocrite by Molière, and: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Molière, and: L’avare by Molière (review)

Reviewed by: Le Misanthrope by Molière, and: Le Malade Imaginaire by Molière, and: Le Tartuffe ou L’hypocrite by Molière, and: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Molière, and: L’avare by Molière Nancy C. Jones LE MISANTHROPE. By Molière. Directed by Clément Hervieu-Léger. Comédie-Française, Paris. March 12, 2022. LE MALADE IMAGINAIRE. By Molière. Directed by Claude Stratz. Comédie-Française, Paris. March 14, 2022. LE TARTUFFE OU L’HYPOCRITE. By Molière. Directed by Ivo van Hove. Comédie-Française at Epidaurus Festival, Athens. June 18, 2022. LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME. By Molière. Directed by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq. Comédie-Française, Paris. June 23, 2022. L’AVARE. By Molière. Directed by Lilo Baur. Comédie-Française, Paris. June 25, 2022. LES FOURBERRIES DE SCAPIN. By Molière. Directed by Denis Podalydès. Comédie-Française, Paris. June 26, 2022. The Comédie-Française celebrated Molière’s 400th birthday in 2022 with a season devoted solely to his plays. Acquiring a “Carte Molière” allowed for early purchase of tickets to the Ivo van Hove Tartuffe and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme starring Christian Hecq, which both sold out within minutes of their public offering. I attended those and four other Molière classics between March and June 2022 during this extraordinary theatrical event. A year of classic comedy and a roomful of laughter was the ideal theatrical medicine: a perfectly timed and vital response to the incessant tragedies and hardships of the world today. The Comédie-Française sits on Paris’s rive droite just steps from the Musée du Louvre. One enters via the Place Colette through a foyer with a marble statue of Molière bearing witness. The main floor lobby houses a glass enclosed leather chair: the infamous set piece from Le Malade Imaginaire that Molière performed in before his tragic death. This theatrical relic sits in a place of honor, paying hauntological homage to the great playwright whose spirit inhabits the institution. Le Misanthrope, a play that Molière wrote while licking his artistic wounds in 1664 after Tartuffe was banned, reveals his struggles with depression and frustration amid the repressive and hypocritical atmosphere of court society. Eric Ruf designed the mise en scène for the 2022 Misanthrope as an expansive yet run down courtyard of a Hôtel Particulier undergoing renovation. As the curtain rose on this world in flux, a flurry of activity brought the stage to life: a maid entered to raise the elaborate glass chandelier; muslin-covered chairs littering the stage were arranged in new configurations; enormous, shuttered windows were opened; an upright piano tucked against the wall was partially uncovered. Each visual choice was a palimpsestic marriage of old and new. Caroline de Vivaise’s contemporary costumes echoed the somber palette, with men in perfectly tailored suits, juxtaposed with the bright red jewel tone of Célèmine’s exquisitely cut dress and heels. This visual blend of the past with the present is a trademark of the Comédie-Française and highlights their commitment to giving new life to canonical texts. The acting in The Misanthrope had power, resonance, and assurance. Loïc Corbery’s passionate and dejected Alceste at one point played a soulful tune on the abandoned piano, reflecting his brooding attempt to modify an imperfect society through his relentless honesty. Adeline d’Hermy as Célèmine juggled the weight of multiple suitors’ attention and Molière’s criticism of social pretense with feline allure and polished refinement. Director Clément Hervieu-Léger (who also played Acaste, the egotistical, velvet-clad marquis, as Molière himself did) created striking tableaux that used the totality of the massive stage, simultaneously elaborating on a society trapped by the hypocrisy of its social [End Page 104] rules and conventions. There is no happy marriage at the end of this play as Alceste is abandoned by Célèmine and seeks “un edroit écarté” where he can be a man of honor. The production ended with each character slowly exiting the stage in...

Performance of a CO2-based demand controlled dual core energy recovery ventilation system for northern housing experiencing varying occupancy

Indoor air quality and health are major areas of concern in northern and remote communities where homes experience varying occupancy, often overcrowding and are influenced by ventilation. Heat/energy recovery ventilators installed in the north are selected to provide required minimum ventilation rate set by ventilation standards (ASHRAE 62.2, etc.). Northern overcrowded homes become under-ventilated, leading to deteriorated IAQ, mold and health-related problems. This paper present results from a side-by-side testing of a CO2-based demand-controlled ERV versus a constant air flows ERV, using twin houses with simulated occupancies. The control strategy was based on the difference in CO2-concentration between exhaust/return air from the house and outdoor air. The implemented strategy based on a CO2 sensor network connected with an ERV continuously exhausting stale air from kitchen and bathrooms was simple and efficient in adjusting ventilation rate based on occupancy rate. The CO2-based demand-controlled ERV provided a much better control of indoor CO2 concentrations in the main floor and master bedroom, and with lower CO2 concentrations in bedrooms during night time, compared to the reference house with concentrations exceeding 2000 ppm. However, the CO2-based demand-controlled ERV had higher power consumption than conventional ERV with constant air flows.

At the Edges of Sleep

At the Edges of Sleep

Geodetic deformation measurement and analysis of the ATLAS experimental cavern at CERN

Caverns for large physics detectors, such as the one for the Large Hadron Collider experiments, sit nearly 100 m underground and measure several tens of meters in length, width and height. The deformation of the cavern base slab over decades has a direct influence on the relative alignment of detectors with respect to the accelerator. The expected long-term movements are larger than the fine adjustment of detectors and accelerators. In this paper, the measured deformations of the ATLAS experiment's main cavern floor and lateral walls over nearly 20 years have been analysed. The measurement series have been performed in various time intervals getting down to half a year. The used measurement techniques, such as the polar method (total station and laser tracker) and precise levelling, allow to obtain sub-millimetre precision. Even if the deformations are significantly (four times) lower compared to the predictions of the civil engineering consultants at the moment of the cavern construction, the measured ones reach values up to 5.0 mm for the base slab and up to 14.7 mm for the lateral walls.

Sexually Induced Orgasm to Improve Postpartum Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength and Sexual Function in Primiparous Women After Vaginal Delivery: A Prospective Randomized Two-Arm Study

BackgroundPostpartum pelvic floor dysfunction is known to affect the quality of life of women and the methods to treat it are more complex with majority requiring training under supervision. AimTo compare the efficacy of sexually induced orgasm along with Kegels exercises versus Kegels exercises alone as a treatment method to enhance postpartum pelvic floor muscle strength and sexual function in primiparous women undergoing uncomplicated vaginal deliveries. MethodsThe prospective randomized two-arm study was conducted on sexually active primiparous women who had undergone uncomplicated vaginal deliveries. Those with risk factors for female sexual dysfunction and pelvic floor muscle dysfunction were excluded. Participants in Group 1 were advised daily Kegel's exercises, whereas, those in Group 2 were advised to initiate self-initiated/partnered sexual activity-induced orgasms along with daily Kegel's exercises. Their pelvic floor muscle strength on voluntary contraction, ability to relax pelvic floor voluntarily, and sexual function (using FSFI-6) were assessed monthly for 6 months and the analysis was done using G* Power software (© 2021 Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany). Main Outcome MeasurePostpartum pelvic floor strength and sexual function in 2 groups of women under study. ResultsThe study period was from January 2020 to December 2020. The Group 1 had 26 participants (mean age 29.69 ± 2.2 years) and Group 2 had 29 participants (mean age 30.07 ± 2.57 years). The sexual function as well as ability to relax pelvic floor were significantly better in Group 2 compared to Group 1 at each monthly intervals whereas strength of pelvic floor muscles during voluntary contraction was significantly higher in Group 2 compared to Group 1 at the end of 6 months and it was statistically significant at a P value of .05. Clinical ImplicationsNovel method of using naturally occurring sexually induced orgasms for postpartum pelvic floor rehabilitation can revolutionize postpartum pelvic floor training in women, as it can be practiced at home with ease, along with easily performable Kegel's exercises. Strengths and LimitationsUse of prospective randomization and minimization of confounding factors is the strength of the study. The small sample size is the limitation of the study. ConclusionsPostpartum pelvic floor muscle strength and sexual function in primiparous women who have undergone uncomplicated vaginal deliveries can be significantly improved with the addition of sexually induced orgasm as a therapeutic tool along with physical exercises such as Kegels exercises in these women.Bhat GS, Shastry A. Sexually Induced Orgasm to Improve Postpartum Pelvic Floor Muscle Strength and Sexual Function in Primiparous Women After Vaginal Delivery: A Prospective Randomized Two-Arm Study. J Sex Med 2022;19:1634–1643.

Do age and size of companies affect female directors on boardrooms?

Gender diversity on boards is one of the attributes of good corporate governance practices. Male directors over the years have continued to dominate boards of corporate bodies. Our study is aimed at exploring the impact of older and matured companies on female directors on the boards. The study employs data of companies listed on the main floor of the Nigerian Stock Market from 2012-2016. The study segregated the sampling period into pre and post mandatory periods of the SEC code. Findings from the study revealed that throughout the periods, age of company is positive and significant. In the pre mandatory period, size of company is negatively significant. During the post mandatory and the entire sample period, size of company was found to be positively associated with female directors. This implies that fear of greater liabilities from the oversight body and public outrage have encouraged larger companies to have divergent boards in terms of gender.

Black Joy/White Fragility by Joy Mariama Smith

Reviewed by: Black Joy/White Fragility by Joy Mariama Smith Megan Hoetger BLACK JOY/WHITE FRAGILITY. By Joy Mariama Smith. Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. October 21, 2021. Occupying a small but central gallery on the main exhibition floor of Rotterdam’s Kunstinstituut Melly, Joy Mariama Smith’s provocatively titled Black Joy/White Fragility brought a queer urban nightlife edge to the institution’s fall 2021 program. As a movement artist, educator, and activist, Smith has spent the last decades cultivating a practice rooted in radical Black traditions of refusal and care, which sits at the intersections of art, pedagogy, performance, design, and club culture. In Black Joy/White Fragility, these elements come together as a performance installation that unsettles the general stasis of the arts institution. In the installation, the props and lighting of a club environment merged with the pedestals and spatial arrangements of an art gallery: crystals and natural oils took their places atop stands as a mixing board, speakers, and subwoofer stood below the gallery’s monumental arched window. In the back corner, a simple neon sign shone in fuchsia pink with the words: “Black Joy.” The soft curves of the cursive lettering and the glittering refraction of the disco ball suspended in the center of the room stood in contrast to the hard shadows of the window’s wrought iron details, counteracting the sharp points of the metalwork with an ephemeral sparkle and a nominal reminder of Black joy. Together with a few strategically placed color LED stage lights, these light-and-shadow plays created a flickering cinematic effect that pulsed with the creeping (sub-)bass of Smith’s techno music playlist (featuring Seven Angels, KILLA, Sophie Ruston, and DJ NEON QUEEN). Literally shaking the bean bags in painter Iris Kensmil’s adjacent gallery of portraiture with deep sonic pulsations, Smith’s installation was something that could be felt before it was legible as something “to be heard.” Starting from a place of resonances, then, Black Joy/White Fragility worked through vibrations, which cut across visual, architectural, and other boundaries. The artist described this in conversation with me as “trying to heal, trying to vibrate the building.” The link between healing and vibrating says much about the dramaturgy of the performance that activated Smith’s installation. On four days throughout the month-long run of their project, the installation was closed to museumgoers and reserved for a community of QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Color) performers, including Sharlan Adams, Esther Arribas, Ieva Barsauskaite, Carly Rose Bedford, Mohamed Boujarra, Devika Chotoe, Dandelion Eghosa, Antonella Fittipaldi, G, Ahmed El Gendy, Ciro Goudsmit, Annick Kleizen, Isabel Kwarteng, Parisa Madani, Mini Maxwell, Anthony Nestel, Emanuel Oladokun, Auro Orso, Ada M. Patterson, Roberto Perez Gayo, Estrellx Supernova, June Yuen Ting, and Michael Ludwig Tsouloukidse. The performers could dance, rest, or converse with one another as they pleased. In this occupation otherwise, the installation took on a double presence: it was an architecturally scaled social sculpture and a site of convening. Working in and against the spatial cues of white (cube) space, it moved beyond contained abstract notions of language and action, and into the infrastructures of the building where it inverted patterns of racial segregation, confusing both the directionality of the gaze (who was seeing whom?) and exclusionary door policies (visitors and allied white performers could only encounter “the club” from outside the doors of the gallery). And within this expanded social sculpture, a site of convening was carved out, holding space open for the community of performers to gather and share time. What “gathering” meant remained an open invitation: performers could dance together in the installation or dance autonomously with wireless headphones. They could also leave the gallery and move through the art center’s circulation spaces (entryway, bookshop, [End Page 368] halls, stairways, and elevator) with their wireless headphones. Donning oversized and often hand-altered neon T-shirts designed by Smith with inscriptions like “Hard Femme,” “Stop Acting White,” or “Queer Energetic Household,” they were immediately recognizable as a community of performers, but without an expected precondition of always acting together. Click for larger view View full resolution Performance documentation of Joy Mariama Smith, Black Joy...

Planning Designing and Analysis of Civil Engineering Department Block at EKCTC

Abstract: The project's goal is to create a civil engineering department building at the technical campus of Eranad in Manjeri. The IS codes, Kerala Panchayat Building Rules, and AICTE Building Rules are all taken into consideration when creating the design. Layout of the building or structure is always the first step in any construction project, followed by design and structural analysis. Using AutoCAD 2017, a layout plan for the proposed building is created. The building has a main floor and two further storeys. Planning is done in accordance with Indian standard code requirements. STAAD Pro V8i is utilised to analyse the structure. The soil condition is used as the medium for the foundation's isolated footing design