THEMATIC SEARCH IN NATIONAL LIBRARIES CATALOGS: EXPERIENCE OF BALTIC STATES



The page as monument: epigraphical transposition in the runica manuscripta tradition of early Medieval England

Most surviving runic inscriptions from early medieval England were produced in an ecclesiastical context, and the influence of manuscript writing practices on the runic tradition can clearly be discerned.The manuscript record of runes or runica manuscripta that flourished particularly in the context of Anglo-Saxon missionary activity to the Contine

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Cyclic Loading Test Conducted on the Bottom Joints of a Hybrid Precast Utility Tunnel Composed of Double-Skin Sidewalls and a Precast Bottom Slab

Four full-scale specimens were constructed, including two hybrid precast specimens with a haunch (height: 150 mm, PUT-H) and without a haunch (PUT).Additionally, two cast-in-place (CIP) comparative specimens (referred to as RUT-H and RUT) were included, all of which underwent reversed cyclic loading.The results showed that the four specimens suffer

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Ecological toxicity through the life cycle of building materials

Introduction.At the present stage it is becoming important to take into account the category of environmental toxicity (ecotoxicity) in the life cycle assessment of building materials in accordance with the methodology of international standards ISO 14000 series.Among the methods of ecotoxicity assessment, two groups can be distinguished.The first

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