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    arrangements (Chandrashekar‚ Naveen Kumar‚ Prashanth & Kasthuri‚ 2010). Mental illness is one of the largest contributors to disability worldwide‚ with mental illnesses accounting for 25% of total disability and 16% of total burden (WHO‚ 2001). Five of the ten leading causes of disability are in the category of mental illnesses: major depression‚ alcohol dependence‚ schizophrenia‚ bipolar affective disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder (WHO‚ 2001). Mental and

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    Introduction: Architecture The art and science of designing and erecting buildings and other physical structures. In relation to buildings‚ architecture has to do with the planning‚ designing and constructing form‚ space and ambience that reflect functional‚ technical‚ social‚ environmental‚ and aesthetic considerations. It requires the creative manipulation and coordination of material‚ technology‚ light and shadow. Architecture also encompasses the pragmatic aspects of realizing buildings

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    refers to a computer that has multi-tier client server architecture which the end user (client) do not use any hard disk and the programs run and display via browser. The program is actual execute from main server and not from desktop pc. The client which operates as terminal needs to continuously communicate with the server. Thick or Fat client is a technology whereby it also refers to a computer with multi-tier client server architecture which the end user (client) using its own resources and

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    ‘how network architecture has changed over the decade’. In this report‚ I’d be talking about different network architecture that has been adopted over the past years. I would as well put light upon early network architecture and the advantages and disadvantages of former and why and how latter architecture were needed and adopted. Network architecture is the design of communication network. It is the complete framework of computer network. The diagram of the network architecture provides a full

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    structural vocabulary: the rectangular-bay system‚ the four-part rib vault‚ and a buttressing system that permitted almost complete dissolution of heavy masses and thick weight-bearing walls. At Amiens‚ the concept of a self-sustaining skeletal architecture reached full maturity. The remaining stretches of wall seem to serve no purpose other than to provide a weather screen for the interior. Amiens Cathedral is one of the most impressive examples of the French Gothic obsession with constructing ever

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    The future of the small architecture practice Is the architecture practice as we know it having a turning point? How will practices be in the nearly future? Will be small and medium sized practices sustainable? Nowadays it is clear that the profession is undergoing a significant change: the high competence between colleagues‚ the small amount of projects and contracts‚ underpaid or even unpaid jobs‚ the specialization of a firm or to be multifunctional‚ the new technologies and BIM‚ the called

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    architectural concepts are still being used today in some of the most influential buildings of our time. In this paper‚ I will argue that the art of architecture is Greco-Roman at its heart. Ancient Greece came about before

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    Presentation architecture in Renaissance and Baroque All aspects of Renaissance culture‚ from art and architecture to philosophy‚ were influenced and inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Generally‚ architecture in the Renaissance can be described as symmetrical‚ harmonious and sober. Many buildings that were built in the Renaissance are perfect symmetrical‚ if you would draw a line through the middle of the building‚ it would have two exact same halves. Because it is so symmetrical

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    Painting and architecture are so intimately combined that it is sometimes difficult to perceive where one begins and the other ends. There are literally no frames to confine or define the painting form the architecture Architectural painting (also Architecture painting) is a form of genre painting where the predominant focus lies on architecture‚ both outdoors views and interiors. While architecture was present in many of the earliest paintings and illuminations‚ it was mainly used as background

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    from France dating back to the 1137-44. One of the first types of Gothic architectural is the Interior of Saint-Denis. Stained glass windows covered the back as sculpted delicate columns and rib vaults stand in front of the windows. Each type of architecture style has a different aspect. For example‚ rib vaults as they are used to replace barrel vaults from Romanesque period. Next are the piers used for support for the vaults? Flying buttresses are very thin half arch ways due to help support the wall

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