Das Erdwerk von Carvin " La Gare d’Eau" gehört in den mittelneolithischen Kulturraum der Spiere-Gruppe. Es befindet sich unweit der Deule und umgibt mit seinen konzentrischen Gräben und Palisaden eine in Feuchtzonen gelegene Anhöhe. Die nach einem genauen Gestaltungsprinzip errichteten Grabenzüge sind regelmäßig unterbrochen, um Durchgänge zwischen den Innen-und Außenbereichen der Anlage zu schaffen. In der umfriedeten Fläche wurden neben Speicherstrukturen zwei Gebäude identifiziert. Diese Strukturen haben eine große Menge an Fundmaterial, insbesondere Keramik, geliefert.

Understanding novel actuating materials which respond to a variety of stimuli is key in the development of micro/nanoscale robotics. In this work, the mechanism of actuation in nickel hydroxide/oxyhydroxide actuators by the intercalation/deintercalation of water is examined. This effect is studied under the stimuli of visible light, photoactuation, and by increased environmental temperature, thermoactuation. The photoactuation is modelled using a mechanical model, and it is demonstrated that the experimentally observed intrinsic strain can be achieved with a low deintercalation of water, around 1%. This low level of water exchange is supported by structural changes observed during heating using thin film X‐ray diffraction (XRD), as well as time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF‐SIMS) by isotopic exchange using D2O. These results show the water intercalation hypothesis is both possible and measurable. Future development must take this mechanism into account when designing materials for improved actuation performance.

Lolita is an ambiguous object of desire, whose "twofold nature," halfway between woman and child, constantly escapes Humbert's attempts to "fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets." Trying to fix the unfixable in words, Humbert develops different strategies to articulate his desire. Unable to provide a complete and stable picture of his beloved, he relies highly on metonymy, rehearsing body fragments and playing on ellipses. The nymphet's body is even semiotized, as Humbert repeatedly focuses on signs, markings inscribed onto her flesh. These signs dot her body and establish it as a text in an utterly original manner: Lolita and Lolita are indeed the same.

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Abstract. The EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) Dome C (EDC) ice core drilling in East Antarctica reaches a depth of 3260 m. The reference EDC chronology (AICC2012) provides an age vs depth relationship covering the last 800 kyr (thousands of years) with an absolute uncertainty rising up to 8,000 years at the bottom of the ice core. The origins of this relatively large uncertainty are threefold: (1) the δ18Oatm, δO2/N2 and total air content (TAC) records are poorly resolved and discontinuous over the last 800 kyr, (2) the three orbital tools are not used simultaneously and (3) large uncertainties are associated with their orbital targets. Here, we present new highly resolved δ18Oatm, δO2/N2 and δ15N measurements for EDC ice core covering the last five glacial – interglacial transitions as well as novel absolute 81Kr ages. We have compiled chronological and glaciological information including novel orbital age markers from new data on EDC ice core as well as accurate firn modeling estimates in a Bayesian dating tool to construct the new AICC2023 chronology. The average uncertainty of the ice chronology is reduced from 2,500 years to 1,800 years in AICC2023 over the last 800 kyr. The new timescale diverges from AICC2012 and suggests age shifts reaching 3,800 years towards older ages over Marine Isotopes Stages (MIS) 5, 11 and 19. But, the coherency between the new AICC2023 timescale and independent chronologies of other archives (Italian Lacustrine succession from Sulmona Basin, Dome Fuji ice core and northern Alpine speleothems) is improved by 1,000 to 2,000 years over these time intervals.