JEAN RHYS: THE WRITINGS OF A WOMAN TOUCHED BY THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Jean Rhys: the Writings of a Woman Touched by the British Empire

The starting point of this essay is the assumption that The British Empire, while it lasted, but also after its collapse, produced literature extolling its virtues and faults, which influenced some English authors in favour of or against colonialism.Along with these authors it is necessary to consider those born in the British colonies.Some of whom

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Influence of Different Alkali Sulfates on the Shrinkage, Hydration, Pore Structure, Fractal Dimension and Microstructure of Low-Heat Portland Cement, Medium-Heat Portland Cement and Ordinary Portland Cement

In cement-based materials, alkalis mainly exist in the form of different alkali sulfates.In this LED Camping Light study, the impacts of different alkali sulfates on the shrinkage, hydration, pore structure, fractal dimension and microstructure of low-heat Portland cement (LHPC), medium-heat Portland cement (MHPC) and ordinary Portland cement (OPC)

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Comparative and Sensitivity Analysis of Numerical Methods for the Discretization of Opaque Structures and Parameters of Glass Components for EN ISO 52016-1

TV/Tablet The EN ISO 52016-1:2017 standard introduced a new methodology for the hourly calculation of energy needs that allows the study of the dynamic energy performance of buildings.In this study, a comparative analysis was carried out between two heat transfer models for opaque building elements: the one described in the new standard EN ISO 5201

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