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Tamás Nótári - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • verba carminis on a Cardinal Point of archaic roman law
    Acta Juridica Hungarica, 2008
    Co-Authors: Tamás Nótári
    Abstract:

    Beginning with the well-known fact that one lost a lawsuit if he made even a single verbal mistake in his speech during the process of the legis actio (Gai. inst. 4, 11. 30), we have to examine through some examples the power of verbality in ius sacrum. (I.) We study the development of the concept of fatum (II.), a narration of Plinius maior concerning the dedicatio of the templum of Ops Opifera (III.), another narration based on a source of Plinius related to a special interpretation of prodigium (IV.), as well as parallels that can be discovered between “fruges excantare” and the ceremony of the evocatio (V.). From thes one could gain a picture of connection between Roman religion and jurisprudence of the Archaic Age and the spoken word.

  • Verba carminis — On a Cardinal Point of Archaic Roman law
    Acta Juridica Hungarica, 2008
    Co-Authors: Tamás Nótári
    Abstract:

    Beginning with the well-known fact that one lost a lawsuit if he made even a single verbal mistake in his speech during the process of the legis actio (Gai. inst. 4, 11. 30), we have to examine through some examples the power of verbality in ius sacrum. (I.) We study the development of the concept of fatum (II.), a narration of Plinius maior concerning the dedicatio of the templum of Ops Opifera (III.), another narration based on a source of Plinius related to a special interpretation of prodigium (IV.), as well as parallels that can be discovered between “fruges excantare” and the ceremony of the evocatio (V.). From thes one could gain a picture of connection between Roman religion and jurisprudence of the Archaic Age and the spoken word.

Jeffrey M. Gordon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Improved analytic modeling and experimental validation for brackish-water reverse-osmosis desalination
    Desalination, 2016
    Co-Authors: Naum Fraidenraich, Olga De Castro Vilela, Milton Santos Viana, Jeffrey M. Gordon
    Abstract:

    Abstract We derive an expanded analytical model for the performance of brackish-water reverse-osmosis desalination systems, and conduct extensive measurements on a modest-sized laboratory system, over broad ranges of feedwater salinity and system driving pressure toward establishing good agreement between theory and experiment. The model has no adjustable parameters, captures the essential physics, casts the analysis in terms of the system's natural physically-transparent variables, and accounts for how permeate flow rate and permeate concentration vary with the principal control parameters: system driving pressure, feedwater flow rate and feedwater salinity. By explicitly and analytically incorporating salt diffusion across the membrane into the model, we show how accurate performance predictions can be made with no more input information than is commonly provided in manufacturer specifications. The predictive capabilities of the improved model are also elaborated — a Cardinal Point being the ability to predict permeate concentration rather than having to assume it as a known input parameter.

Tiantong Tang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Karolos J. Kontoleon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Influence of orientation, glazing proportion and zone aspect ratio on the thermal performance of buildings during the winter period
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018
    Co-Authors: Dimitrios G. Zenginis, Karolos J. Kontoleon
    Abstract:

    The objective of this study is to assess the effect of orientation, glazing proportion and aspect ratio of building zones on heat fluxes through their surfaces, under specific environmental conditions. The investigation is carried out for thermally-insulated building zones with a varying facade orientation corresponding to each Cardinal Point, during the winter period in the northern Greek region. For this purpose, three glazing-to-facade ratios ( GR ) are taken into account; along with the glazing ratio the influence of the glazing U value is also considered. Regarding the impact of the fenestration layout geometry, five different building aspect ratio profiles are examined. Thermal fluxes are assessed for two different indoor temperature settings, while the operation of the heating unit is assumed to be continuous. The transient thermal analysis with its mathematical formulation and solution are based on the thermal-network modelling approach, while the solar heat gain through glazing relies on the sunlit-pattern approach; in this way, the stricken by the solar rays glazing area is projected onto any interior surfaces to form the so called “sunlit” areas. As the orientation, glazing proportion and aspect ratio of the building zone vary, so do the sizes and shapes of the illuminated “sunlit” areas. Accordingly, the delivered into the zone direct solar energy and its diffused and ground reflected components can be determined. The adopted methodology provides a more accurate determination of solar heat gain with respect to glazing proportion and orientation as well as zone aspect ratio. With regard to surface orientation, glazing proportion and aspect ratio, computer results demonstrate the improvement of the thermal performance for a building zone with a south oriented glazing surface, as well as the deterioration for the other surface orientations; relative increases/decreases in the energy fluxes of a rectangular shaped building zone compared to a square-shaped building zone can reach up to 50%/100%.

Liu Zhu-qin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.