DK公司陈列式办公室

来自俄罗斯的Megabudka建筑事务所为一家名为＂DK＂、专业从事家具和灯具制造的公司设计了新的办公室。＂办公室是一个矛盾空间,既充满了对于活力和创造性充满渴望,也时常不得不为各种标准与规范而最终妥协。但是在办公室中,改变也是能够存在的,尤其是当你愿意去接近这种变化时。＂在介绍这间位于莫斯科的现代化陈列式多功能办公空间时,来自Megabudka的设计师们引用了这段法国设计师Ronan＆Erwan Bouroullec兄弟的话,一语道破了这个办公空间设计的灵感来源。     

Verbal Dichotic Listening and Manual Performance in Children With Congenital Unilateral Brain Lesions.

The authors assessed manual performance and verbal dichotic listening performance in 16 epilepsy-free children with congenital unilateral brain lesions and normal IQ to investigate cerebral reorganization. In all children, the paretic hand had fair grip function, but reaction times were impaired, and cerebral reorganization of hand function in those with right hemiplegia was shown by the high incidence of pathological left-handedness. The dichotic listening results showed that most children with left lesions had a left ear advantage significantly related to the extent of brain damage. This finding suggests that extent of cortical damage and presence of thalamic involvement, irrespective of neuropathology, are the primary factors inducing rightward cerebral language reorganization in children with unilateral congenital brain lesions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Sonochemical formation of metal sponges

A novel sonochemical method for formation of mesoporous metal sponges is developed. Systematic investigation of ultrasound effects on various types of metal particles reveals the cavitation-induced oxidation of metal surface and etching of metal matrix as main factors in the ultrasound-driven metal modification. Beyond the specific examples, the findings provide guidelines for expansion of the concept towards a broad variety of metal systems and allow development of the sonochemical approaches to manipulation of the metal surface and inner structure.     

Monitoring the Technical Condition of Dams of Hydroelectric Power Plants with an Automated Monitoring and Earthquake Registration System

An approach is described that has been developed for auxiliary monitoring of technical condition of hydropower plant dams. It is based on analysis of changes in dynamic characteristics of dams obtained by an automated monitoring and earthquake registration system that records microseismic vibrations of structures. The configuration of the system as well as the results of seismometric monitoring of the dam of Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric power plant are described. To study behavior of the dam under normal and extreme loads it was proposed to develop a model of the dam with the use of the finite element method.