This article compares two case studies: that of Anna O., whose hysteria helped found psychoanalysis, with possessed Wolof priestess Khady Fall. Questioning the psychic separation modern subject, I contend cultures a spirit idiom are potentially more sensitive to complexities interpersonal relationships. In both cases, paternal influence wreaks havoc, but where ritual, myth, and magic empower be...

This paper presents a structured, generically applicable, method for using building performance simulation to aid the development of comfort-driven solar shading controls by mapping predicted occupant comfort conditions sensor measurements. The uses confusion matrices as statistical classification approach facilitate (i) selection deployment strategies that offer beneficial trade-offs consideri...

Solar control strategies are essential for the glare and decreasing cooling needs or overheating risks (in absence of active system), however, they come with their own embodied energy. With carbon neutrality objective looking at 2050 horizon, life-cycle assessment (LCA) approach is needed to evaluate impact decisions made on different building components, including solar shading systems. To tha...

Exterior louver blinds are one of the most common shading devices attached to building façade, which will not only screen solar radiation but also affect flow around and change convective heat exchange at façade. To better understand how different wind directions properties louvered façades, this paper conducted a CFD simulation with validation previous wind-tunnel experiments. A total 63 cases...