The paper provides a computer-aided means of ensurin 0 that a proposed multiple-floor building is shaped so that the time that people need to move around inside the building is minimized. The metric that captures this is the mean trip time. This is lower, for example, on a square floor than on an elongated floor of the same area. Spreadsheet formulae are provided to identify the number and shap...

Nine trailer loads of horses (n = 306) transported to slaughter facilities with distances ranging 596 to 2,496 km were studied to characterize the type of horses used in commercial markets and the physiological responses and number of injuries due to transportation under summer environmental conditions. Slaughter horse candidates were middle-aged (11.4+/-.4 yr), possessed moderately fleshy body...

conclusions our results showed that only 17% of the measured points in the oil drilling rig floor were in safe area; 39% were in caution area and 44% were in danger area. in the camp facilities area, 51% of the points were in safe area, 38% were in caution area and 11% in danger area. the main sources of noise exposure in the rig floor area were power generators. materials and methods this was ...

planning of cities in order to respond to considerable needs of urban population, is one of the most important concerns of urban managers and authorities. urban development plans which have been provided to respond to these issues, have different objectives and characteristics. hence different plans are developed to plan and organize cities. most of these plans are being prepared without consid...

Air pollution, such as particulate matter (PM), and extreme weather are causing increasingly complex problems socioeconomic damage in urban environments year-round. This study predicts air pollution changes that occur street canyons the basic data necessary for research on energy conservation. Changes PM microclimate elements based change floor area ratio analyzed. In addition, effects of distr...