Dr. Mervat El-Shafie Dr. Mervat El-Shafie‚ Assistant Professor of Architecture‚ is the Chair of the Architecture Department in the College of Engineering‚ Effat University. Dr El-Shafie received her Ph.D. in Built-Environment from Lincoln University‚ New Zealand in 1999. Her thesis entitled “Phenomenology of Built-Environment” deals with the interrelationships between people and their land‚ houses and places and how this is being affected by the processes of Modernization and Globalization. Dr
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Ever wondered why some people never try new things? Quite a few people in today’s world are staying in their comfort zones not wanting to be put themselves in unfamiliar citations. With people staying in comfortable situations that are not risky or different‚ is causing them to miss out on tons of new and exciting opportunities. Maggie Peikon says in her article “Why You Should Try New Things” that “The act of leaving our comfort zone puts us in a vulnerable position‚ and leaves us with an onslaught
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Network Architecture to Identify Spatial Knowledge for Epidemic (An application of datamining) Abstract: Recent developments in information technology have enabled collection and processing of vast amounts of personal data‚ business data and spatial data. It has been widely recognized that spatial data analysis capabilities have not kept up with the need for analyzing the increasingly large volumes of geographic data of various themes that are currently being collected and
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Why you should never use Internet Explorer‚ Ever With internet explorer dominating for years web designers were restricted to a not only slow browser but a browser that was and still is a limited on its styling. Luckily over the years we have seen a sharp drop in users of internet explorer and now average of 48.5 % of people using the more sophisticated and devolved Google chrome. However the extinction of internet explorer is not complete as there as still users with IE5. The development of css
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What type of methodology is generally used for financial research and why? There are two different methodologies that can be used to conduct research – a quantitative as well as a qualitative one. In order to find a response to which of these methodologies is most likely to be used in financial research‚ it is important to first gain a broader understanding of the context in which they appear in theory. Also‚ it is necessary to specify important assumptions underlying those theories in order to
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availability of time and your goals in teaching the payroll accounting course‚ you may use the Payroll Project in one of several ways: 1. Assign only the preparation of payroll registers and posting to employees’ earnings records. 2. Assign (1) plus recording the entries in the general journal and posting to the general ledger. 3. Assign (1) and (2) plus completion of the quarterly tax reports. 4. Assign the complete project. 5. Appendix A uses the same practice set with the computer-assisted
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Architecture and the Environment Paper Most often‚ the quality of life and one’s health is attributed to factors such a healthy diet‚ one’s activity level‚ lifestyle‚ and even genetic predisposition. Seldom mentioned is architecture as responsible for one’s well-being. However‚ herein lies a mistake because how and where one lives does affect the way one feels and behaves. Architecture is something surrounding the human population every day. Be it at home‚ at work‚ or anywhere else‚ architecture
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Romans architecture played a major role during the rise of Rome. They made many different building and structures like the bridges‚ houses‚ aqueducts and many more. These architecture helped the romans survive and win against many wars. Roman architecture protected the romans‚ and allowed them to have clean water and made traveling easier. The Rome invented many different creations‚ they all came from basic materials‚ one of them were concrete. You might think it was just some normal concrete‚ but
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Vernacular architecture Ronald Brunskill defined it accurately in saying: “A building designed by an amateur without any training in design; the individual will have been guided by a series of conventions built up in his locality‚ paying little attention to what may be fashionable. The function of the building would be the dominant factor‚ aesthetic considerations‚ though present to some small degree‚ being quite minimal. Local materials would be used as a matter of course‚ other materials being
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Deon Brown Professor Wilard Writing Composition 6 October 2012 Architectural Solar Systems Present day architecture has advanced in many ways. A style of architecture which could prove to be very beneficial to Earth and its people in the future is solar energy architecture; the use of sun to channel energy and maintain a household. Solar energy still seems a mysterious subject to many people. According to Roy Erving in The Architectural Handbook‚ they make it seem as complicated as “putting
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