Cultural factors in Libya (and other Muslim countries) require female privacy to be maintained. Outside the home, females must wear clothing that reveals only face and hands. When inside home located near windows, a similar degree of cover or window treatment is required. This reduces exposure natural daylight, with resultant reduction health benefits daylight. We are therefore investigating wh...

Currently, embedded and real time systems are used in wide range of a related human applications to improve the quality of our lives such as embedded systems for communication ( Mobile, satellite, and avionics systems), and control systems such as (microwaves, refrigerators and embedded system in vehicles). Nevertheless, embedded and real time systems are still immature. The application of thes...

An accurate evaluation of daylight distribution through advanced fenestration systems (complex glazing, solar shading systems) requires the knowledge of their Bi-directional light Transmission Distribution Function (BTDF). An innovative equipment for the experimental assessment of these bi-directional functions has been developed, based on a digital imaging detection system. An extensive set of...

This paper describes the RAMPE system for the mobility and autonomy of blind people in public transports. It is intended to equip bus or tramway stops or to be installed in poles of transport interactions. In the system, the user carries a smart handheld device (PDA) that communicates by a wireless WiFi connection with fixed equipment in the bus or tram stations. A special care has been given t...

Abstract This essay examines two readings of Hegel, namely Robyn Marasco’s The Highway Despair: Critical Theory After Hegel and Stephen Houlgate’s On Being to construct a Hegelian political theory. From radically different perspectives, both books ask what it means be “critical.” Some interpret being critical as implying avoiding ontological claims. Against this, I argue that Marxists should gu...

Abstract The analysis is based on the results of computer simulation by using DesignBUILDER software. In multi dwelling house assessed. There are standard building constructions used like as brick wall with polystyrene thermal insulation, Windows plastic frame and double glazing flat roof insulation from without gravel layer. this considered so called green walls, that localized at eastern, sou...

Occupant behaviors are one of the most dominant factors that influence building energy use. Understanding influences from occupants can promote development energy–efficient buildings. This paper quantifies impact different occupant behavior information on model (BEM) multiple perspectives. For this purpose, an uses agent–based modeling (ABM) approach is implemented via co-simulation with a BEM ...

This paper describes the construction and initial usage of a digital library collection of historical newspapers written in the Maori language. The newspapers (Niupepa in Maori) total over 17000 individual pages from 35 separate periodicals, and were published in New Zealand during the period 1842 to 1933. They not only form a large and much needed source of Maori language text, but also provid...