negotiating is the process of communicating back and forth for the purpose of reaching a joint agreement about differing needs or ideas. for successful negotiations, both parties should come to the negotiating table with having done some serious thinking about the barriers to and complexities of cross- cultural communications. there are four phases in negotiations: relationship building, inform...

This study investigates different cases to obtain optimal Window-to-Wall ratio (WWR) in seven climate conditions based on the Köppen–Geiger classification. The WWR was decided minimum amount of total energy use (total cooling, heating, and lighting use) a building model during complete year. impact overhang automatic blinds were assessed optimization for with integrated control. Moreover, three...

The primary purpose of this study was to determine if the thermal comfort of subjects working at a moderate level of activity (2.3 MET) was improved or adversely affected by air motion. second purpose of the study was to compare experimental results with the predicted responses given by the Fanger thermal comfort model and the Azer thermal response model. Tests were conducted with subjects wear...

and status with the quality and comfort they deliver. Customers have become highly brand conscious presently. Hence, brand image is a significant factor in choosing the product or brand to buy. Driven by the competitive environment in fashion business, marketers have realized that creating a favorable brand image is a key to win larger market share in its market niche. An understanding of brand...

In classrooms, several variables may affect students’ thermal comfort, and hence health, well-being, learning performance. particular, the type of activity play a role in comfort. However, most previous research has mainly investigated comfort students ordinary while less attention been paid to classrooms with particular activities, such as architecture design studios, where spend long time per...

nationalism fi rst, including Republican candidate for the US presidency, Donald Trump, and the leader of the French Front National (FN), Marine Le Pen. Like the Leave campaign in the UK, both are offering simplistic pseudosolutions to the complex problems of today’s world, thus offering comfort to voters who may feel left behind by the rapid changes of modern times. If Trump were to be elected...