abstract a basic aim of low energy architecture is to create a thermally comfortable internal environment for building occupants whilst consuming the least possible amount of energy. in desert countries this aim is more difficult to achieve since high ambient air temperatures create a barrier to comfort. traditional building types of these countries, such as courtyard building, have evolved to ...

This paper presents a new methodology based on Genetic Programming that aims to create novel mathematical expressions that could improve local descriptors algorithms. We introduce the RDGPILLUM descriptor operator that was learned with two image pairs considering rotation, scale and illumination changes during the training stage. Such descriptor operator has a similar performance to our previou...

1.introduction this study is going to explore the effects of cultural tourism. it emphasizes on the rich cultural heritage of rural areas, like shaikh kolini in fashafouieh. also, this research explores the domination of cultural tourism in this area beside other types of tourism and also tourism effects on rural areas is going to be discussed. 2.theortical framework primarily, places have vari...

in recent decades, the theory of sustainable development has been introduced to several strands of science. this theory and its special view to communities (sustainable community development) as the cell of urban life, demonstrates the solution to urban problems by highlighting the meaning of city neighborhoods. in the local scale, it is essential to use a collaborative process of development, ...

Paper present possibility of creation a neuromatrix in the form crossbar architecture on silicon substrate is shown. Crossbar set nanosized conductors, between which there layer titanium oxide, capable changing its conductivity under action applied voltage, it proposed to using method local anodic oxidation. The results study technological parameters oxidation and for implementation elements th...

Knowledge workers tailor collaborative business processes to local conditions. They own (i.e., create and maintain) representations of these local processes (such as checklists) to guide the work. Our goal is to design tools to support the ownership of collaborative local processes by enabling workers to flexibly adapt process representations to work situations. This paper focuses on how worker...

Emerging pervasive sensing technology provides new ways to create persuasive systems that can help people improve their health. Much persuasive computing research has involved the exploration of researchers’ hypotheses about the ways that such ubicomp sensing can improve health. Our work aims to enable individual users to test their personal hypotheses about how their actions, as tracked by ubi...

This editorial introduces a series of case studies that together highlight the use of health market interventions to improve access to medicines in low-and-middle income countries (LMICs). It underscores the added value of using a systems approach for a holistic understanding of how these interventions interact with the rest of the health system and the intended and unintended consequences that...