scholarly journals Radiation map for King Abdulaziz University campus and surrounding areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 260-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Essam Aboud ◽  
Faisal Alqahtani ◽  
Helmy Osman Aboelnaga
Keyword(s):  
University Campus ◽  
King Abdulaziz University ◽  
Surrounding Areas

Design quality assessment of campus facilities through post occupancy evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad A. Hassanain ◽  
Muizz O. Sanni-Anibire ◽  
Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Post Occupancy Evaluation ◽  
Air Ventilation ◽  
Academic Buildings ◽  
Surrounding Areas

PurposeThis study aims to present the design quality assessment of facilities on a university campus in Saudi Arabia.Design/methodology/approachForty-nine standardized design quality indicators (DQIs) have been adopted for the study. These were classified into relevant categories including: “Indoor Environment, Safety and Maintenance,” “Furniture, Utilities and Spaces” and “Privacy, Appearance and Surrounding Areas.” A web-based survey was used to obtain responses from 207 respondents. The survey was designed based on a Likert scale of satisfaction and was analyzed to obtain the satisfaction indices (SI) as well as Design Quality Scores (DQS).FindingsOccupants were dissatisfied the “level of noise generated from within the space,” “amount of natural light from daylighting systems” and “ease of control of air ventilation systems” among others. The DQS revealed that residential buildings had the highest design quality in terms of “Indoor Environment, Safety, and Maintenance” and “Privacy, Appearance and Surrounding Areas.” Administrative buildings had the best design quality in terms of “furniture, utilities and spaces.” Academic buildings had the lowest design quality in terms of “Indoor Environment, Safety and Maintenance” and “Privacy, Appearance and Surrounding Areas.”Originality/valueUltimately, the study demonstrated how the adoption of a standard set of DQIs could facilitate the standardization of design quality evaluation in the property sector as well as identify best practices through comparison and benchmarking.

scholarly journals Ecological Architecture Concept in Campus Building in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 04004
Author(s):  
Jarwa Prasetya Sih Handoko
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Building Design ◽  
General Description ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Natural Conditions ◽  
Environmental Aspect ◽  
Ecological Architecture ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
The University ◽  
Campus Building

Sustainability is the development concept that meets condition of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own requirements on social, environmental and economical aspect. Ecological architecture is the concept of sustainable development emphasizes on environmental aspect that emphasize harmony between the built environment and the natural conditions in the surrounding areas such as waste and recycling, energy efficiency, water resource, building design, carbon emission, and aims to eliminate negative environmental impact while continuing to be completely sustainable. The university campus is one of the buildings used by the public. In keeping with his character university campus used by many people that require large energy consumption. So that was included in the building that need to be controlled levels of energy consumption. The campus building should consider harmony with the natural conditions around the building. Therefore, it is necessary to have a study that evaluates the application of ecological architecture concept in university campus in Indonesia. This study is a comparative study conducted descriptive methods related to the characteristics of the application of the ecological architecture concept in the design of university campus in Indonesia. This study takes a case study three university campuses in Indonesia which is included in the green campus in Indonesia. With this paper is expected to provide a general description of the application of the ecological architecture concept in the university campus design in Indonesia. The conclusion from this study that the university campus in Indonesia have applied the concept of ecological architecture in several aspects. There are some similarities and differences in the application of some aspects. Recommendations from this study is that a university campus building design should be able to optimize the application of the concept of ecological architecture on all aspects of the design.

The Introduction, Evaluation, Escape from Cultivation, and Ongoing Range Expansion of Ligustrum spp. On and Around the Texas A&M University Campus

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 493e-493
Author(s):  
Edward McWilliams ◽  
Gretchen Rector
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Ornamental Plant ◽  
Lag Phase ◽  
Sapium Sebiferum ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Plant Introductions ◽  
Ligustrum Lucidum ◽  
Ulmus Parvifolia ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
Native Invasive

For decades, the Texas A&M Univ. campus has been a center for USDA ornamental plant introductions. Historically, horticultural nurseries on the Texas A&M Univ. campus have served as foci from which exotic plants have dispersed and colonized surrounding areas. Pistachia chinensis, Ulmus parvifolia, Ligustrum quihoui, Ligustrum lucidum, and Sapium sebiferum have all established themselves on or near the campus and can be traced back to early introductions. Many Ligustrum taxa including selections of L. quihoui were screened at Texas A&M College in the 1930s. Clones of this species varied greatly in their ability to naturalize. The invasion lag phase and range of expansion varied with both clone and species. It is suggested that potential exotic ornamental plant introductions be carefully evaluated for their potential to become non-native invasive species as well as for their ornamental characteristics.

scholarly journals Lived Experience, Coping Strategies and Social Network of Street-working Children

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-34
Author(s):  
Ashfaq Ferdous ◽  
Sabiha Mahfuz Nila
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Continuous Change ◽  
Working Children ◽  
Form Of Life ◽  
Surrounding Areas

Background: Street children are exposed to the harshest of living experience. They start experiencing the cruelest form of life from an age when they are supposed to be raised amidst nothing but care and love. Aims: This study attempts to understand the lived experience of street-working children, the daily challenges they face, their coping strategies, and the social network they maintain for a living. Methodology: Using a quantitative, and to some extent, ethnographic method, a sample of 110 street-working children aged 5-15 years was drawn from Dhaka University campus and surrounding areas: Shahbag, New Market, Chankharpool and Ramna in Dhaka city. A structured questionnaire with a series of close-ended questions was used for interview schedules. Results: Analysis of data revealed that most of the children came to Dhaka in pursuit of a better living standard. They are mostly engaged in flower, water or chocolate-selling. The amount of their daily earnings is very low and is hardly enough to manage three meals a day. Most of them sleep on the pavements and those places are not even fixed. They keep changing places depending on wherever they find a place. Sleeping on filthy places under open sky, no wonder they suffer from different skin diseases and are vulnerable to various other diseases. They live through continuous change of coping strategies. Their parents, siblings, relatives and peer groups are at the center of their social network relying on which they survive in the city. Conclusion: To put it simply, sufferings of street-working children know no bounds. They fight much more hardship than we can even imagine from the outside.

scholarly journals Reviewer Acknowledgements

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Robert Smith
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Long Island ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
State University ◽  
University Campus ◽  
King Abdulaziz University ◽  
University Of Massachusetts ◽  
And Training

Journal of Education and Training Studies (JETS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JETS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue. Reviewers for Volume 6, Number 9Ajda Şenol Sakin, Uludag Univesity, TurkeyAvni Yildiz, Bülent Ecevit University, TurkeyBünyamin Aydin, Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversity, TurkeyChosang Tendhar, Long Island University (LIU), USAEmel Funda Türkmen, Afyon Kocatepe Univesity, TurkeyEmel Funda Türkmen, Afyon Kocatepe Univesity, TurkeyEsin Sahin Pekmez, Agean University, TurkeyGözde Ersöz, Namık Kemal University, TurkeyGülsüm Yuca, Aksaray University, TurkeyIntakhab Khan, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi ArabiaIoannis Syrmpas, University of Thessaly, GreeceJeyavel Sundaramoorthy, Gulbarga University Campus, IndiaJohn Bosco Azigwe, Bolgatanga Polytechnic, GhanaJon S. Turner, Missouri State University, USAKatya De Giovanni, University of Malta, MaltaKerim Gündogdu, Adnan Menderes University, TurkeyKerim Sözbir, Abant İzzet Baysal University, TurkeyMassimiliano Barattucci, Ecampus University, ItalyMehmet Aydin, Dicle University, TurkeyMehmet Inan, Marmara University, TurkeyMichail Kalogiannakis, University of Crete, GreeceMurat Taş, Manisa Celalbayar University, TurkeyNevzat Dinçer, University of Batman, TurkeyÖnder Şemşek, Abant İzzet Baysal University, TurkeyOzgur Demirtas, Inonu University, TurkeyOzkan Kırmızı, Karabuk University, TurkeySenem Seda Şahenk Erkan, Marmara University, TurkeySerdal Baltaci, Ahi Evran University, TurkeyŞirin Akbulut Demirci, Uludag Univesity, TurkeyTorok Marianna, University of Massachusetts Boston, USAYerlan Seisenbekov, Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan                             Robert SmithEditorial AssistantOn behalf of,The Editorial Board of Journal of Education and Training StudiesRedfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USAURL: http://jets.redfame.com

Potential of integrating power generation with solar thermal cooling to improve the energy efficiency in a university campus in Saudi Arabia

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohannad Bayoumi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Total System ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
University Campus ◽  
King Abdulaziz University ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Solar Thermal Cooling ◽  
Thermal Cooling

Along with the rapid ongoing developments and expansions of the King Abdulaziz University campus, it is sensible to rethink the way electrical and cooling energy is generated and to explore methods to increase energy efficiency in the academic facilities. A conceptual energy master plan for the entire campus has been developed to achieve feasible results which require a substantial reduction in energy demand in the first place. It combines strategies at the master plan level and the micro level (case study: a single building). Establishing a correlating link between the macro and the micro level is imperative to improve the efficiency of the total system. Therefore, possibilities for centralized and decentralized (building related) energy generation have also been investigated to improve the efficiency of the total system. After outlining the general strategies for renewable energy generation on the master plan level in the university campus of King Abdulaziz University, this study explores the potential of increasing the energy efficiency of an individual building. Key energy saving actions have been simulated using IDA-ICE to assess the possibility to release the load on the shared existing and future energy infrastructure. Besides roof-integrated solar panels, the capacity of carport incorporated energy generation has also been analyzed. The results of the study indicate possible substantial savings on the current consumption of non-renewable energy resources and a combined generation of electrical energy and solar thermal cooling can lead to high coverage fraction.

MicroGravity mapping for King Abdulaziz University campus: imaging subsurface

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
Essam Aboud ◽  
Nabil El‐Masry ◽  
Sabahuddin Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
University Campus ◽  
King Abdulaziz University

scholarly journals Prevalence of mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) in and around Bangladesh Agricultural University campus of Mymensingh in Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-66
Author(s):  
N Alam ◽  
T Farjana ◽  
TF Khanom ◽  
SS Labony ◽  
KR Islam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rice Field ◽  
Mosquito Species ◽  
Dairy Farm ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
Adult Mosquito ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Anopheles Species ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
Residential Quarters ◽  
Almost All

Mosquitoes are the small insects belonging to the order diptera. They are familiar parasitic vectors of a number of transmissible and life menacing diseases. The study was conducted at the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) campus and its surrounding areas in Mymensingh, Bangladesh from January to June, 2013 detect adult mosquito species and their status. Adult mosquitoes were collected using light traps (LTs), insect collecting nets, and human bait (HB) from households, cattle sheds, rice field, botanical garden, dairy farm and poultry farm and staff residential quarters. A total of 2,750 adult mosquitoes were collected from these places. Ten species of mosquitoes under two genera were identified. Among the two genera Culex (84.3%) was the leading group dominated over Anopheles (15.7%) in all areas. In case of Culex species, the most prevalent mosquito species was the Cx. quinquefasciatus (39%) followed by Cx. fuscocephala (23.7%), Cx. tritaeniorhynchus (15.8%), Cx. gelidus (4.0%), Cx. whitmorei (1.2%), Cx. vishnui (0.3%) and Cx. whitei (0.3%). On the other hand, among Anopheles species, An. bengalensis (11.1%) was found in the highest percentage followed by An. vagus (3.8%) and An. jayporiensis (0.8%). Among the studied areas, the highest prevalence of mosquitoes were collected from cattle sheds (40.7%), followed by households of Balashpur (16.2%), Boyra (14.9%) and Kewatkhali (12.4%). Though Culex species was found as dominant species in all areas, the highest percentage (96.7%) was found in staff residential area in BAU campus, whereas, the highest prevalence of Anopheles species (28.7%) was found in cattle shed. We found that two genera were prevalent together in almost all areas, however, though Culex was the dominant one. In conclusion, our survey provided useful information on the prevalence of mosquito species regarding the distribution and diseases control.Progressive Agriculture 26:60-66, 2015

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