The subject matter of this article is the conversion post-industrial architecture for residential usage. Lofts (or loft apartments) are typical such conversions. Definitions type architectural building determine their specificity. aim research was to answer question Do modern-day adaptations buildings usage in Poland meet criteria definition lofts? first section introduces origins and evolution...

Bed bugs are hematophagous insects responsible for a re-emerging and challenging indoor pest in many countries. Bed bugs infestations may have health consequences including nuisance biting, cutaneous and systemic reactions. This resurgence can probably be attributed to factors such as increased international travel and development of resistance against insecticides. Resistance against pyrethroi...

This paper reports the result of an investigation on the potential energy saving of the lighting systems at selected buildings of the Universiti Tenaga Nasional. The scope of this project includes evaluation of the lighting system in the Library, Admin Building, College of Engineering, College of Information Technology, Apartments, and COE Food court of the university. The main objectives of th...

in this paper, seismic behavior of the existing buildings equipped by friction dampers is studied. seismic performance of6-story, 9-story and 12-story steel buildings with damper and without damper were studied. the finite element modeling technique (sap2000 software) is used for analysis. time history analyzing was done to achieve this purpose. for nonlinear dynamic analysis, the responses of ...

The article examines the problems of designing mass housing for post-war reconstruction Ukraine. One these is changes in regulatory documents field construction and architecture, which were developed before start Russia's large-scale aggression approved after its start, significantly increase estimated cost new housing. As a result analysis experience Ukraine’s World War II, it was found that p...

AIMS An evaluation was made of the prevalence of Legionella species in hot water distribution systems in the city of Bologna (Italy) and their possible association with bacterial contamination (total counts and Pseudomonadaceae) and the chemical characteristics of the water (pH, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn and Total Organic Carbon, TOC). METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 137 hot water samples were an...

BACKGROUND Falls from balconies and windows are an important cause of childhood injury. This study investigated the circumstances around such falls and attempted to identify possible measures for their prevention. POPULATION Children <15 years living in Dallas County, Texas. METHODS Each child treated because of a fall from a building in 1997-99 had information about the injury collected, a...

Let V and V ′ be 2n-dimensional vector spaces over fields F and F ′. Let also : V × V → F and ′: V ′ × V ′ → F ′ be non-degenerate symplectic forms. Denote by and ′ the associated (2n − 1)-dimensional projective spaces. The sets of kdimensional totally isotropic subspaces of and ′ will be denoted by Gk and G ′ k , respectively. Apartments of the associated buildings intersect Gk and G ′ k by so...

Most of the existing seismic design codes are based on the empirical knowledge accumulated through systematic earthquake damage data collection and their analysis. Required levels of protection and seismic design forces gradually are increased after each series of catastrophic earthquakes particularly in developed countries. Many efforts have been made through experimental and analytical studie...