![]() ![]() This Topsfield, Massachusetts, house with a concave curved roof retains. Natural and recycled teak is used for the bathroom and kitchen fixed furniture respectively, giving a rustic nautical feel. The project is located near the city center, next to a neighborhood of stand-alone houses and the entrance to the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. One-story mansard houses pop up periodically, but certainly not in large numbers. The metal roof reflects the sky, and softens the presence of the house. ![]() Clover windows and natural stone give a timeless feeling to the front. Burmese teak compliments the ivory travertine, adding a homely warmth to the spaces. The front elevation makes use of many traditional cottage elements, combining steep roof lines with graceful curves. A soft off white palette is selected for the exterior and interior of the house, with texture was added to the surfaces of the wall and ceiling to articulate the natural light. On the lake side, the wave roof form unfolds to open up the views of the pool, lake, golf course and South China Sea beyond. A hole was cut into the curved roof for a large tree to protrude from the bathroom courtyard of the first floor. ![]() The integration of planting on roof gardens on the first floor and the attic level helps nestle the house into the surrounding landscape. The family room surrounded by glass for maximum views is on the first floor, while the attic houses the master bedroom with a private study, a large roof garden off its bathroom, and a roof terrace for sunbathing. The ground floor houses the communal spaces with an open plan kitchen and dining area overlooking the 30m infinity pool and lake/golf course beyond. The basement levels contains staff quarters, auxiliary and storage spaces, a parking area for 10 cars and a reflective pond which links to the entrance through a triple height space, covered by the wave form roof. All doors slide away to open up the rooms to the sea breezes and cool the spaces down. Internally, private zones are created to allow family members to retreat and enjoy time together when they are not entertaining. To reduce the massing of the house, the architects sloped the roof down so the lowest point faces the road, the curve of the roof helping to further soften the impact of the building. The open-plan dining room and kitchen include two different dining options, as well as a bar area, while porcelain tile flooring has been installed to sit flush with the rear patio pavers.The house in Sentosa Cove, Singapore, sits on a plot with a wide road frontage, therefore the articulation of the front elevation was critical. The structure’s swirling design is matched by a curvilinear staircase. 224 likes, 1 comments - keralahousedesign on December 27, 2022: modern curved roof house rendering Square feet details Ground floor area : 1700 Sq.Ft. Inside, there’s the living room that has large sliding glass doors that connect to the outdoor space and pool at the front of the home.įurther into the house and the exposed rafters clad with red oak veneer continue the roof’s dynamic shape. ![]() The front courtyard has a small deck and a swimming pool. The facade of the home features Ipe and brick, which help to establish a contemporary palette that compliments the neighboring stone, brick, and wood homes. The handcrafted twisted zinc snow guards prevent falling snow. The bird’s-eye view illustrates how the house hugs the front courtyard, which is hidden from view at street level by a line of mature cedar trees.Ī closeup look at the roof reveals that it’s clad with hand-laid, diamond-shaped zinc shingles that both recall a shimmering reptilian while also drawing connections with neighboring slate roofs. Using Grasshopper architectural modeling software, the architects created a Bézier curve, giving the roof an organic feeling that softens the overall form of the building. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I know it may seem a little bit niche, but each of us has different tastes and I personally love a good literary program. “Literatura Agora” (Literature Now)Īlso produced by RTP, “Literatura Agora” is exactly what its name implies: a literature show. It portrays the lives of many different characters who face everyday problems, share laughs, make love, go on holidays… A perfect tele-series if you want to improve your vocabulary on day-to-day topics and learn conversational Portuguese.īesides, the show deals with many topics and situations that reflect Portugal’s society and its social/political/economic issues, so you will feel like you are actually living in the country and getting immersed at the same time. If you like soap operas or are a fan of telenovelas (soap opera), you will definitely enjoy this show. RTP (Rádio e Televisão de Portugal - Radio and Television of Portugal), the national public Portuguese broadcaster, allows you to watch all 310 episodes of “Os Nossos Dias” on its webpage for free! This web series may not be the best to start with if your level of Portuguese is A1, but if you love dramas and are ready to watch 45-minute episodes filled with Brazilian Portuguese slang and expressions, do not hesitate to watch this amazing series.ĭo you think you would have what it takes to make it to the other side? 2. There are already three seasons of the show available, and I must confess I cannot wait for the fourth and final one. Imagine you only have a 3% chance of making it to the better side of a dystopian world where devastation and progress clash together to make your life almost impossible.Īctually, you do not have to imagine it anymore, because Netflix allows you to witness it firsthand thanks to this Brazilian production that expertly mixes sci-fi, thriller and drama. (Download) 20 Portuguese TV Shows for Language Learners 1. This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that youĬlick here to get a copy. “Morangos com Açúcar” (Strawberries with Sugar) “Bem-vindos a Beirais” (Welcome to Beirais) “Salvador Martinha: Na Ponta da Língua” (Salvador Martinha: Tip of the Tongue) ![]() “Na Cozinha com Henrique Sá Pessoa” (In the Kitchen with Henrique Sá Pessoa) 20 Portuguese TV Shows for Language Learners.I’ve gathered 20 amazing Portuguese TV shows that will give you hours upon hours of viewing time that will help you learn Portuguese in an easy, natural, immersive way. If you answered “yes,” then this post is perfect for you! Aug20 Portuguese TV Shows to Boost Your Language Skills With EaseĪre you a Portuguese learner looking for your next show to binge on? ![]() ![]() For instance, studies have shown that levels of plasma metabolites are associated with cognitive function and dementia.Ĭharacterizing metabolites associated with cognitive function can help researchers understand the mechanisms underlying the development of dementia. Technological advances have made it possible to profile hundreds of metabolites at once and identify metabolites associated with a diseased state. Share on Pinterest Metabolites from healthier diets may help protect brain health, according to new research. Sofer added that “There is still work to do to make these steps happen, but this is a good start, especially because the results held up in a few different studies, so the findings are very reliable.” ![]() While there are clinical trials showing that diet can influence cognitive function, identifying specific metabolites can help identify specific mechanism, specific components of diet that are more important than others, and biomarkers to measure success of dietary changes.” “We identified a few metabolites (small molecules) in blood that their levels are correlated with cognitive function, and they are all related to diet. Tamar Sofer, a professor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard University, said: Speaking to Medical News Today, the study’s corresponding author Dr. A recent study published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia found that the levels of six plasma metabolites were associated with lower cognitive function across all racial/ethnic groups, and the levels of most of these blood metabolites were associated with adherence to a Mediterranean diet. ![]() ![]() Numista does not buy or sell coins or banknotes. They serve as an indication only they are not intended to be relied upon for buying, selling or exchanging. 1,305. These silver coins contain 1 troy ounce of silver and are given a face value of 2. They are based on evaluations by Numista users and sales realized on Internet platforms. The Royal Mint has been producing the Silver British Britannia since 1997. Values in the table above are expressed in UAH. Please sign in or create an account to manage your collection.
![]() ![]() I will come back and give an install order so everything works properly without conflicting files for music and sounds. You may get banned from public spaces or even disowned by your parents if you download all of these. Its not supposed to be safe for anyone to view all of this content, so please download at your own risk. The hero of Terraria awakes alone in a clearing, but they are not alone for long.This pack aims to be Stupid, Funny, and Inappropriate. There's something about him that doesn't want to be perceived." ![]() For all the staring I've done, I'm not even sure what he really looks like. Look, your friend- I don't know what to make of him. and would like to explore the whole fact of him being the vessel of an abomination.sort of a character study on the guide i guess?.Language: English Words: 5,263 Chapters: 1/1 Kudos: 38 Bookmarks: 5 Hits: 2,316 Things get heated, clothes are removed, and seeds get planted. When she asks the hero to take her back home, however. The Dryad attempts to make wine for the party, but accidentally makes it really strong, bringing everyone into a drunken stupor. dryad and player get drunk off their asses and bangĪfter the hero defeats Golem and comes back with a ton of good loot, the townsfolk of the village decide to throw a party for him.it 's terraria it 's not like those are anything new lmao Language: English Words: 556 Chapters: 2/? Comments: 1 Kudos: 13 Hits: 300 Teen+ for swearing and some potential dirty jokes. I 'm in a bad mood i need npcs having fun it is 1 am i am in a terrible mood i need to write something.Language: English Words: 2,839 Chapters: 2/? Comments: 2 Kudos: 7 Bookmarks: 1 Hits: 171 As enemies are forgiven and drama ensues, the entities come closer, reaching down. When The Hero comes running down towards the little village he had constructed, the last thing Andrew the Guide would have expected would be a hoard of unstoppable zombies, but that's exactly what has seemed to have happened.Įveryone has to be contained in an underground bunker created by some dynamite and weak pickaxes. After Chapter One he's a Complete Background Character.Language: English Words: 4,905 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 8 Kudos: 18 Bookmarks: 1 Hits: 166 Part 5 of local terrarian suffers greatly Or: local terrarian experiences plantera blind (and fights duke fishron high as a kite) Series The petals fly off the plant, and you realize-oh. You shrug it off, shooting your crossbow one more time. It seems anti-climatic, almost? You’re not sure if you like this kind of beast or if you really hate it, because you’re itching for a fight. You just have to walk away, pretty much, which is far less dangerous than anything else you’ve had to fight. You touch the ground, and pause to take a breath, wondering why its not very dangerous. truffle worms have intense psychotropic properties.Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death. ![]() It's as they say, if you want more of your favorite tags, just make it yourself.Ĭhapter 1: Mechanic/Zoologist Chapter 2: Baphomet/OC (Furry) Chapter 3: Baiken/Ramlethal Valentine Language: English Words: 12,345 Chapters: 4/? Comments: 4 Kudos: 15 Bookmarks: 1 Hits: 1,557 It's a bunch of fics about various pairings of women from various different fandoms having sex with some good ol lactation on the side. The impulse to make this came from a desire to see women be gay, a desire to see breasts and nipples be played with and a 'logical' conclusion of said play in M I L K.
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The institute in Timbuktu has about 10,000 of them. While an estimated 4,203 works were destroyed during the occupation, 300,000 of them are still kept in Bamako, waiting for the security situation to stabilize in the north. “Those who saved the manuscripts took all the risks.” “There have been a few miracles," says Mohamed Diagayete. The insolent were punished, and many cultural and heritage assets were lost. That's why there have been so many efforts to save them.Īt the time, the threat was an entirely different one: that of heavily-armed fighters aboard pickup trucks flying the Ansar Dine and al-Qaeda in the Maghreb flags. The manuscripts don't belong to Timbuktu, they belong to the whole world. Alkhamiss, head of the conservation laboratory. “Some were hidden in the neighborhoods, others left for Bamako on carts, on donkeys, on dugout canoes, in trucks," says Mr. In 2012, many works, still preserved in Timbuktu, left the north of the country in extraordinary conditions under the occupation of jihadist groups. Marked by the passage of dust, insects and bad weather, the manuscripts must again be saved. At the time, the precious codices were piled up between Timbuktu and Bamako. Long left to the mercy of time and wear, these relics have been the subject of a safeguarding plan since 2015, under the impetus of several international partners such as UNESCO. This ethnocentric version is contradicted by hundreds of thousands of pages of travelogs, poems and scientific treaties. The precious works, which date back to the 9th century, provide a historical correction to the redundant narrative that has always reduced Africa to just oral traditions, denying the continent its rich written history. It is extremely important that these manuscripts, witnesses of this glorious history, be revalued and adapted to the current context," says Boubacar Ould Hamadi, president of the interim authority of the Timbuktu region. "Timbuktu has shone brightly in history, and the crisis it has been going through for several years has caused it to fall far behind. The manuscripts belong to the whole world The manuscripts, whose origins trace from Niger to Mauritania through Algeria, are witnesses of the past greatness of the region. The thousand-year-old city, which was a crossroads of trade and knowledge in medieval times, has seen an influx of researchers and apprentices from all over the world who have come for training. Since 2019, Diagayete has directed the training of codicologists, curators, librarians and those leading digitization efforts who will be responsible for making this heritage live on in the future. They are wells of science and knowledge, dealing with astronomy, medicine, arithmetic, theology or law.” Beyond saving these manuscripts, it is a question of highlighting the history they tell. ![]() Mohamed Diagayete, director general of the Ahmed-Baba Institute, says of the unique role of the city in central Mali: "In Timbuktu, we find manuscripts from all over the region, witnesses of the richness of the exchanges that took place here at one time. There are about 30 of them, coming from all over the country to be part of the second class of book and ancient manuscript professionals within this emblematic establishment in Timbuktu. As the dust and the sound of brushes on paper float by, six students hold in their hands one of the most precious heritages of the region.Ĭeremoniously, they repeat the same gestures: lifting the pages, one by one, with the tip of a thin wooden spatula, then, with the flat of the brush, ridding the inks and the centuries-old papers of dust. TIMBUKTU - In the workroom of the Ahmed-Baba Institute of Higher Studies and Islamic Research, time seems to have slowed down. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For the regular hexagon, these triangles are equilateral triangles. If you don't remember the formula, you can always think about the 6-sided polygon as a collection of 6 triangles. Alternatively, one can also think about the apothem as the distance between the center, and any side of the hexagon since the Euclidean distance is defined using a perpendicular line. You can view it as the height of the equilateral triangle formed by taking one side and two radii of the hexagon (each of the colored areas in the image above). Just as a reminder, the apothem is the distance between the midpoint of any side and the center. The formula for the area of a polygon is always the same no matter how many sides it has as long as it is a regular polygon: For those who want to know how to do this by hand, we will explain how to find the area of a regular hexagon with and without the hexagon area formula. The easiest way is to use our hexagon calculator, which includes a built-in area conversion tool. Each new shape will tessellate because the interior angles around the vertex will always add up to 360°.We will now take a look at how to find the area of a hexagon using different tricks. Although these shapes have been altered, the interior angles will still add up to 360° (for the shape based on a square) and 720° (for the shape based on a hexagon). The interior angles of a square add up to 360°, and the interior angles of a hexagon add up to 720°, which is two times 360°. Teeters (Palo Alto, CA: Creative Publications, 1977). Another useful resource book for teachers is Creating Escher-type Drawings by E. Escher (London: Pan/Ballantine, 1961), and in posters and calendars. These are available in a number of books, such as The Compiling a collection of Escher designs for students to examine would be worthwhile. He designed an amazing collection of interesting shapes that fit together to cover a plane. The best known creator of such tessellations is M. The students may find that the way in which they have coloured their patterns alters the order of rotational symmetry. Therefore the pattern will have rotational symmetry of order 6. Why does the equilateral triangle tessellate to a pattern with rotational symmetry of order 6? The internal angle of the equilateral triangle is 60°.Ħ x 60 = 360, so it takes six equilateral triangles to make up 360° at the point where the vertices meet. If the shape is then used to tessellate the plane, the pattern created has rotational symmetry of order 6. This gives a shape that has rotational symmetry of order 3, that is, the shape matches onto itself exactly three times during one complete turn. Get the students to start with a regular shape, such as an equilateral triangle, and cut and paste it as shown in the illustrations. The example on the following page is a good starting point. It is important that they do this because it may be only through discussion that they find that they have created the tessellation by using rotations, reflections, or translations.Įncourage the students to examine their tessellations for symmetries. In question 2b, the students discuss with a classmate why their shapes tessellate. Using contrasting colours for adjacent tiles can be an effective technique. They can experiment with tessellating their shape and using colour to complete the By adding lines, marks, and colours, they can develop the artistic aspect of their tessellation and add an individual flavour to their patterns. If they have difficulty imagining an interesting animal or object, they could discuss their shapes with classmates to get ideas. The students can alter all the sides of the polygon differently. This method for creating tessellations is restricted to equilateral triangles, squares, and regular hexagons. ![]() ![]() ![]() Furthermore, the presence of estrogen-response-elements (EREs) on the promoter region of the β-subunit of the LH gene has been reported, implying that estrogen regulation of LH secretion occurs directly at the level of the LHβ gene. For example, E2 treatment of a mouse gonadotroph cell line (LβT2) increased LH secretion and, following co-incubation with GnRH, increased LHβ mRNA levels. There is conclusive evidence showing that ERα and ERβ are present in several hypothalamic nuclei and in pituitary gonadotropes, indicating that estrogen regulates the hypothalamus-pituitary axis. In contrast, ERs have a more diversified pattern of expression. Indeed, FSH receptors are expressed only in Sertoli cells, and Leydig cells are the only binding sites for LH in the testis. ![]() FSH and LH are the primary tropic hormones that regulate testicular function. Gonadal steroids act on the hypothalamus to affect GnRH pulses, and at the pituitary level to regulate gonadotropin (FSH and LH) secretion. Īlthough the present review is focused on direct estrogen action in the testis, estrogen regulation may occur indirectly by changes caused in the hypothalamus and pituitary. In consonance with localization studies, mice which have targeted deletion of the aromatase gene, ERα and/or ERβ showed altered testicular morphology and derangements of spermatogenesis, and exposures of laboratory species and wildlife to estrogenic chemicals were found to cause abnormalities of the reproductive tract. Evidence from several studies indicates that aromatase, ERα and ERβ are encoded by separate genes but are co-expressed with androgen receptors in the male reproductive tract. The serum levels of E2 measure about 40 pg/mL in male rats, and ranges between 20 and 40 pg/mL in men. The aromatization of C19 androgens, i.e., testosterone and androstenedione, is a key step in estrogen (E2) biosynthesis and is catalyzed by the aromatase enzyme, which is a product of the CYP19 gene. Growing public concerns that exposures to environmental chemicals with estrogenic activity may impact human reproductive health have focused attention on the role of estrogen in male reproductive health. However, recent observations challenge the dogma that the male phenotype is maintained solely by testosterone binding to its protein target, i.e., the androgen receptor. Leydig cells are the predominant source of the male sex steroid hormone testosterone. The interstitium consists of loose connective tissue, blood and lymphatic vessels, and various cell types, including Leydig cells, fibroblasts, macrophages and leukocytes. Seminiferous tubules are lined by layers of germ cells in various stages of development (spermatogonia, spermatocytes, spermatids, spermatozoa) and supporting Sertoli cells. The testis consists of two compartments: seminiferous tubules and intertubular tissue, which forms the interstitium. Use of tissue-specific knockout animals and administration of antiestrogens and/or aromatase inhibitors in vivo may generate additional data to advance our understanding of estrogen and estrogen receptor biology in the developing and mature testis. However, studies of estrogen action are confounded by a number of factors, including the inability to dissociate estrogen-induced activity in the hypothalamus and pituitary from action occurring directly in the testis and expression of more than one ER subtype in estrogen-sensitive tissues. ![]() ![]() Moreover, several chemicals that are present in the environment, designated xenoestrogens because they have the ability to bind and activate ERs, are known to affect testicular gene expression. Estrogen is thought to have a regulatory role in the testis because estrogen biosynthesis occurs in testicular cells and the absence of ERs caused adverse effects on spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis. These studies fall into three categories: i) localization of aromatase and the target protein for estrogen (ER-alpha and ER-beta) in tissues of the reproductive tract ii) analysis of testicular phenotypes in transgenic mice deficient in aromatase, ER-alpha and/or ER-beta gene and, iii) investigation of the effects of environmental chemicals on male reproduction. Evidence supporting a role for estrogen in male reproductive tract development and function has been collected from rodents and humans. ![]() ![]() Vos amies sont arrivées - Elles étaient en avance. 'Your friends have arrived - they were early.' Note: plural masculine ils used if group has men and women b. Vos amis sont arrivés - Ils étaient en avance. feminine her is not used to refer to a person of unknown sexĮxample of collective masculine: French (6) a. masculine him used to refer to a person of unknown sexī. This leads to sentences such as (5a) in English, and (6a) in French.Įxample of gender-neutral masculine: English (5) a. This collective masculine is also the case in ancient languages, like Classical Greek and Biblical Hebrew and have influenced the modern forms. In English and many other languages, the masculine form has sometimes served as the default or unmarked form that is, masculine pronouns have been used in cases where the referent or referents are not known to be (all) female. Issues concerning gender and pronoun usage commonly arise in situations where it is necessary to choose between gender-specific pronouns, even though the sex of the person or persons being referred to is not known, not specified, or (for plurals) mixed. Issues concerning gender and pronoun usage (4) John j came in and he j was wearing a hat. Įxample of agreement in English (3) Mary i described Bill j to herself i. Instead, the choice of anaphoric pronouns is controlled by referential gender or social gender. ![]() This means that the relation between pronouns and nouns is no longer syntactically motivated in the system at large. In English, a general system of noun gender has been lost, but gender distinctions are preserved in the third-person singular pronouns. ![]() (Fronseca-Greber 2000:338, cited by Gelderen, 2022, p. 33) Gender distinctions only in third-person pronouns Ī grammatical gender system can erode as observed in languages such as Odia (formerly Oriya), English and Persian. (Lambrecht 1981:40, cited by Gelderen, 2022, p. 33) (2) C'est que chacun, il a sa manière de. 'The tomatoes, they are still green.' FP, Įxample of agreement in a language with grammatical gender (1) Les tomates, elles sont encore vert es. (See Grammatical gender § Grammatical gender can be realized on pronouns.) There are both direct and indirect options for nonbinary referents, although the use of some forms is contested. Thus in French, for example, the first- and second-person personal pronouns may behave as either masculine or feminine depending on the sex of the referent and indefinite pronouns such as quelqu'un ('someone') and personne ('no one') are treated conventionally as masculine, even though personne as a noun ('person') is only feminine regardless of the sex of the referent. In languages with grammatical gender, even pronouns which are semantically gender-neutral may be required to take a gender for such purposes as grammatical agreement. This feature commonly co-exists with a full system of grammatical gender, where all nouns are assigned to classes such as masculine, feminine and neuter. In other languages – including most Indo-European and Afro-Asiatic languages – third-person personal pronouns (at least those used to refer to people) intrinsically distinguish male from female. See also: Grammatical gender § Contextual determination of gender, and Gender neutrality in languages with grammatical gender Overview of grammar patterns in languages No gender distinctions in personal pronouns ![]() Different solutions to this issue have been proposed and used in various languages. In languages with pronominal gender, problems of usage may arise in contexts where a person of unspecified or unknown social gender is being referred to but commonly available pronouns are gender-specific. Other languages, including most Austronesian languages, lack gender distinctions in personal pronouns entirely, as well as any system of grammatical gender. A few languages with gender-specific pronouns, such as English, Afrikaans, Defaka, Khmu, Malayalam, Tamil, and Yazgulyam, lack grammatical gender in such languages, gender usually adheres to " natural gender", which is often based on biological sex. Some languages with gender-specific pronouns have them as part of a grammatical gender system, a system of agreement where most or all nouns have a value for this grammatical category. For other uses, see He and She (disambiguation).Ī third-person pronoun is a pronoun that refers to an entity other than the speaker or listener. ![]() |
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