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    Greek Stoas and Roman Basilicas are two different phrases that are almost of identical meaning. Both of Greek Stoas and Roman Basilicas have few things in common, but on the other hand they have a lot of major differences. They are constructed according to the cultures they are found in and the time period they were built in. During that time period, both cultures’ religions had great impact on everything they built. These two cultures believed to have a god for everything existed on earth. Their

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    Byzantine architecture is directly related to imperial traditions, to the Christian life and culture of the Romans. A typical feature of Byzantium is the diverse ethnic composition that includes Greeks, Thracians, Armenians, Syrians, Copts, Jews, Avars, Slavs and many others. This diversity of peoples and cultures influences the overall development of Byzantine architecture. Christianity is an important element shaping the overall appearance of the Byzantine culture. The light enters through the

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    Sacred Heart Church

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    Sacred Heart Church is the second oldest church located 1307 14th Street SW in Downtown Westside in Calgary, Canada. It is founded in 1910. There are two main complexes in this architecture, the older complex that is constructed in 1910 and an additional edition in 1930. Throughout the years, the Sacred Heart Church has constantly been adding additional architectural structures and expanding its size. Both complexes in the Sacred Heart Church are rectangular in plan. They both are red brick structure

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    From their craftsmanship to their symbolism, both Byzantine and Western Medieval architecture have similarities and differences that helped shape the period. Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture most often has a large dome near the center before the apse. This dome is usually decorated in mosaics and usually depicts Christ and His apostles. The domes are usually paired with squinches that are also decorated with scenes of the Bible or of Saints. This is very prominent in the Hosios Loukas Katholikon

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    The Six Circus Basilica

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    (Prudentius, 319). One reading this would assume that this building is just another church in Rome. In fact, the building that is described in this quote is the basilica of S Lorenzo fuori le mura; one of the six, so far discovered basilicas that are apse-ended. Apart from this similarity, they all also have a lot of the dead buried within, under and around them, and are usually situated around catacombs. The reason these basilicas are so controversial is because scholars disagree

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    Third Journal Entry – A Glimpse at 3 Additional Qualititave Approaches Stemming from the humanities, narrative research is considered adequate to understand the meanings with which people make up the world (Creswell, 2018). In this sense, the study of stories allows us to understand the meanings that are expressed, organized and created in them. Another reason that justifies this type of research is that the narratives allow to illuminate to a large extent the personal thing. In fact, stories that

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    is able to protect the aphids it infects by killing the wasps before their development is complete. H. defensa is frequently infected by the bacteriophage known as A. pisum secondary endosymbiont (APSE), which has been linked to the H. defensa protective phenotype. It is therefore hypothesized that APSE and the toxins it produces when it infects H. defensa contribute to aphid protection. In order to separate the effects of the phage,

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    received APSE Approved Partner Ø* Lloyd Status. ( Through this partnership, APSE hopes to ensure that local councils are able to take advantage of Stirling Lloyd’s innovative and forward-thinking approach to maintaining buildings and street works. Working closely with our building maintenance and roads service areas, our growing network of councils will be able to gain new ideas and insights from Stirling Lloyd’s 40 years of expertise. Speaking about their new Approved Partner status, APSE Principal

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    showcase their talents in churches. The apse titled Christ in Majesty with Symbols of the Four Evangelists in the church of Santa Maria de Mur displays the representation of divinity through its subject matter, technique, and style. In the apse, the main subjects revolve around scenes from the Old and New Testament with Christ as the focal point. For technique, the artist employed fresco painting instead of mosaics to show the images. The style of the apse avoids a sense of realism by hiding the

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    Celestial Mechanics

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    maneuvers. This is true for high-thrust rockets with burn times short compared with the coasting of the spacecraft. Orbital Maneuvers - 2 Hohmann Transfer - Definition The Hohmann transfer is an elliptical orbit tangent to both circles at its apse line. The periapse and apoapse of the transfer ellipse are the radii of the inner and outer circles. The Hohmann transfer is the most

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