Three-Dimensional Integrated Survey for Building Investigations

The study shows the results of a survey aimed to represent a building collapse and the feasibility of the modellation as a support of structure analysis. An integrated survey using topographic, photogrammetric, and terrestrial laser techniques was carried out to obtain a three-dimensional (3D) model of the building, plans and prospects, and the particulars of the collapsed area. Authors acquired, by a photogrammetric survey, information about regular parties of the structure; while using laser scanner data they reconstructed a set of more interesting architectural details and areas with higher surface curvature. Specifically, the process of texture provided a detailed 3D structure of the areas under investigation. The analysis of the data acquired resulted to be very useful both in identifying the causes of the disaster and also in helping the reconstruction of the collapsed corner showing the contribution that the integrated surveys can give in preserving architectural and historic heritage.     

Thiamylal: review of the literature and report of a suicide

A 28-year-old white male medical student was found hanging by the neck from the bathroom closet of a hotel room. An intravenous infusion line leading from a bottle of thiamylal sodium (an ultrashort-acting barbiturate) was inserted into the antecubital vein of the left arm. Blood was analyzed for alcohol and other volatiles and for acidic, basic, and neutral drugs. Only thiamylal was detected. Thiamylal was quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection, and its presence was confirmed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The tissue distribution of thiamylal was 29 mg/L in blood, 1.4 mg/L in urine, 16 mg/L in bile, 135 mg/kg in liver, 25 mg/kg in kidney, and 0.4 mg in the stomach contents. The uptake and distribution of thiamylal is similar to thiopental. The distribution of the drug in this case was compared to that of other fatalities involving ultrashort-acting barbiturates.     

The Role of Risk in Improving Goal Setting in Performance Management Practices within Public Sector: An Explorative Research in Courts Offices in Italy

The study investigates whether the adoption of a risk-based approach that allows public managers to take into account the context and external not-controllable factors during goal setting may contribute to overcome unintended managerial side effects of performance management (PM) practices that hamper their success within public organizations. An explorative research is carried out on court officials of Italian public administration. The results from this study show that the adoption of a risk-based approach could enhance goal setting within the PM process and provide interesting insights to policy-makers invested of the responsibility to improve the effectiveness of current PM procedures.     

Politics and culture in a Diva's diversion: The body of Astrid Hadad in performance

Performance

Song of Lawino. Directed by Valeria Vazilevski and choreographed by Ja‐wole Willa Jo Zollar. Aaron Davis Hall, City University of New York, New York, January 5–8, 1989.

Abingdon Square. Directed by Irene Fornes. American Place Theatre, New York, 1988.

The Kathy &; Mo Show: Parallel Lives. Written and produced by Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney. Westside Arts Theatre, 1989.

Annulla, An Autobiography. Written and Directed by Emily Mann, performed by Linda Hunt. TNT (The New Theatre of Brooklyn), New York, October‐November, 1988.

The Warrior Ant. Written and directed by Lee Breuer; music composed by Bob Telson. Brooklyn Academy of Music, Next Wave Festival, October 19–30, 1988.

Go Between Gettysburg. Written, directed and designed by Linda Mussmann, in collaboration with Claudia Bruce and composer Semih Firincioglu. Theatre of the Riverside Church, New York City, November 10–20, 1988.

Mary Surratt. Written, directed, and designed by Linda Mussmann, in collaboration with Claudia Bruce; music by Semih Firincioglu. Time &; Space Limited production. New York, 1988.

Elizabeth Streb. Dance Chance series, Dance Theatre Workshop, New York, January 4–8 and 11–13, 1989.

Books

Dance, Sex and Gender: Signs of ‘Identity, Dominance, Defiance and Desire, by Judith Lynne Hanna. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988 ($15.95 paper).

The public forum

Sexist Images in Women's Performance. Performances by Jerri Allyn, Ellen Fisher and Dancenoise, and Panel moderated by Peggy Shaw. Movement Research, New York, December 19, 1988.

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1988.

Plenty Money, by Pat Kaufman; Men, Women and Margaret Fuller, by Laurie James; “An Evening of Dance: Karen Bernard, Jean Churchill and Joanna Zubaty”; “Readings by Sonia Taitz,” Women &; Performance Events Series, produced by Katheryn Kovalcik‐White. Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, June‐December, 1988.     

Blood versus bone marrow pentobarbital concentrations

Postmortem pentobarbital levels in rabbit heart blood and bone marrow were determined and compared. The average ratio of femur marrow/blood pentobarbital concentrations in 24 rabbits was 1.06 +/- 0.05. The average percent difference between actual plasma pentobarbital concentrations and calculated plasma pentobarbital concentrations was 5.82 +/- 1.96. Concentrations were determined by gas chromatography of extracted, derivatized pentobarbital.