this paper classifies green envelopes as green roofs and green walls according to effective factors, which were derived from literature to compare the green envelopes’ thermal and energy performance in a more effective way. for this purpose, an extensive literature review was carried out by searching keywords in databases and studying related journal papers and articles. the research method for...

We find the gravitational field of a ‘nested’ domain wall living entirely within a brane-universe, or, a localised vortex within a wall. For a vortex living on a critical Randall-Sundrum brane universe, we show that the induced gravitational field on the brane is identical to that of an (n−1)-dimensional vacuum domain wall. We also describe how to set-up a nested Randall-Sundrum scenario using ...

Living walls (LWs) are a climate change adaptation strategy for cities, as they have cooling effect. Previous studies of the effect LWs were carried out in different climatic zones. These differed their experimental design, or simulated data via models. Plants’ capacity is explained by shading and transpiration, depends on physical plant parameters, environmental factors, system-related influen...

We consider N = 2 supersymmetric quantum electrodynamics (SQED) with 2 flavors, the Fayet–Iliopoulos parameter, and a mass term β which breaks the extended supersymmetry down to N = 1. The bulk theory has two vacua; at β = 0 the BPS-saturated domain wall interpolating between them has a moduli space parameterized by a U(1) phase σ which can be promoted to a scalar field in the effective low-ene...

Hydatid disease (HD) is an infectious disease caused by echinococcosis. Hydatid cyst (HC) most commonly invades the liver (60-70%) and the lungs (20-25%). However, other parts of the body and even unusual locations can be infected, mimicking a benign lesion that could be easily missed. Primary HC of the chest wall is extremely rare, even in countries where echinococcosis is endemic. We he...

despite the rapid growth of engineering science especially in the modern structural engineering and application of new materials in civil engineering, a significant percentage of world population in different countries are living in adobe buildings made from mud-bricks. in this paper, by performing experimental study on scaled mud-brick walls under monotonic load, in-plane behavior of the walls...