Minbar is one of the most important additional architectural elements of any mosque. Its importance in emphasizing the Qiblah direction as well as the position of Imam in order to deliver sermon (khutba) leads to the flourish and interference of a fairly large number of handicrafts like wooden decorations and related features specific to the mosque architecture like tile works and stucco design...

some formation, such as " single column," or " double column," or " column of fours," according as the width of the road, and nature of the ground permitted. Any one who has been on active service with Indian Field Hospitals and Bearer Columns, must have observed the want of order that prevails, and how the men straggle all over the line of march. I think that all the men of the A. H. N. C. sho...

In recent years, wooden houses may be required higher seismic performance than before. Installing isolation system can considered as one of the solution, whereas its cost prevents promotion. This study presents a new without steel framed foundation by using continued columns and steels shaped like dish; formed in recess shape at center which generates force putting structure back to there. pape...

The fibre-reinforced soil-cement columns are used as remediation measure against earthquake induced soil-liquefaction associated large settlements in liquefiable loose surface layer of sand. This sand was overlying on the non-liquefiable dense bottom 1-g physical modelling shallow foundation carried out using shaking table. There were four models constructed for testing and two types improvemen...

The Delaware Building was constructed shortly after the Chicago Fire of 1871 using pre-cast concrete panels on the outside. Originally six stories in height, the Italianate-style office building received an additional two floors around 1890 that were faced with sheet metal to resemble the appearance of the facade below. The lower two floors were originally dressed with ornamental cast iron arch...

In this study, the behavior of tannin-modified and pre-heat treated wooden beams in different climatic conditions were determined. For purpose; Samples prepared according to TS EN 386 standards from Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), oak (Quercus petraea L.) chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) woods impregnated with acorn tannin pre-heated for 2 hours at 150°C 160°C. After samples conditioned 20°C ...

The present study investigates how advice writers employ move sequences and modal verbs to achieve intended discourse functions. This paper aims to testify two research hypotheses: 1. Advice writers of different topics employ different moves and modal verbs to achieve discourse function, and 2. The differences may imply writers’ intentions, emotion and expectancy of effects on the readers to in...