Metastable patterns in one- and two-component dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates

In this paper we study metastable states in single- and two-component dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates. We show that this system supports a rich variety of states that are remarkably stable despite not being ground states. In a parameter region where striped phases are ground states, we find such metastable states that are energetically...

No Europe without Brussels: The Berlaymont Building and the Development of the Léopold Area

Europe and Brussels had a mutual dependency from the founding of the European Communities. This article explores the historic relation between local urban and the transnational development of post-war Europe. It ultimately raises the question to what extent there exists a dialogue between various actors involved to actively design and build the...

Brasília oder London?: Regierungsarchitekturen zwischen Ordnung und Konflikt

Mediating politics and architecture: The European Parliament from television to the digital age

The Architecture of Global Governance: Paths of Approach

International organisations and global governance studies typically refer to “architecture” as the structures of decision-making, power distribution, or financial flows. This position paper challenges this conventional understanding by delving into its primary meaning—the built environment. It charts ways in which architectural design,...

Cedric Price’s Pop-Up Parliament: A Role Model for Media Architecture and Data Politics

The digital era has supposedly had a drastic impact on contemporary forms of political debate. Live-tweets, podcasts, and posts have become the main channels for politics, polemics, and populism alike. But these tendencies are not only an acceleration of the politics of media brought about by the logics behind television, cybernetics, and...

Uranium Exposed at Expo 58: The Colonial Agenda behind the Peaceful Atom

This research focuses on the staged contrast between atomic modernity and colonial backwardness at Expo 58 in Brussels, as a strategic promise of the peaceful nuclear, powered by Congolese uranium. I analyze the management of nuclear power – ranging from household technologies to European (post)colonial infrastructures of uranium resources and...

The impact of climate change and glacier mass loss on the hydrology in the Mont-Blanc massif

The Mont-Blanc massif, being iconic with its large glaciers and peaks of over 4,000 m, will experience a sharp increase in summer temperatures during the twenty-first century. By 2100, the impact of climate change on the cryosphere and hydrosphere in the Alps is expected to lead to a decrease in annual river discharge. In this work, we...

A Classification of Clay-Rich Subaqueous Density Flow Structures

This study presents a classification for subaqueous clay-laden sediment gravity flows. A series of laboratory flume experiments were performed using 9%, 15%, and 21% sediment mixture concentrations composed of sand, silt, clay, and tap water, on varying bed slopes of 6°, 8°, and 9.5°, and with discharge rates of 10 and 15 m³/hr. In...

Streamflow modelling by remote sensing: A contribution to digital earth

Remote sensing contributes valuable information to streamflow estimates. This paper discusses its relevance to the digital earth concept. The authors categorize the role of remote sensing in streamflow modelling and estimation. This paper emphasizes the applications and challenges of satellite-based products in streamflow modelling. Importance...

Influence of wind and current on wave-run up and wave overtopping

The investigations of FlowDike 1 and FlowDike 2 on the effects of onshore wind and longshore current on wave run-up and wave overtopping for perpendicular and oblique wave attack. These variables were two of the missing effects in freeboard design and therefore a main interest for design purposes. Model tests were carried out in the shallow...

Die bemessung der Außenböschung von Seedeichen unter Anzats des festigkeitssteigernden Einflusses der Grasnarbe

Describes relation between wave impact and damage to grass layers.

Die Bemessung der Kleiabdeckung von Deichaußsenböschungen

Describes a relation between wave impact and clay strength.

Feasibility Demonstration of a Mechanically Pumped Two-Phase CO2 Cooling Loop for the AMS-2 Tracker Experiment

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-2, planned for a five years mission as attached payload on the International Space Station ISS, is an international experiment searching for anti-matter, dark matter, and missing matter. AMS-2, an improved version of AMS-1 flown on STS 91, consists of various particle detector systems, one of these being the ...

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