Design guidelines for female Muslim prayer facilities in public buildings

Facilities ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 252-267
Author(s):  
Ahmed Hanafi Mokhtar
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Shopping Mall ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Facilities Design ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
Recommended Guidelines ◽  
Reception Area

Purpose Practicing Muslims pray five times a day during specified periods. Hence, public buildings in many Muslim-majority countries tend to have prayer facilities. These facilities are typically gender-segregated. Unfortunately, for a long time, the main focus for the design of these facilities has been on the male facilities. As a result, many female users suffer from using facilities that are not safe, hygienic or comfortable. Part of the reason is the lack of guidelines that help designers provide a facility that satisfies the needs of female users. This paper aims to address this problem with a focus on prayer facilities that are in public buildings and not in mosques. Design/methodology/approach The paper offers design guidelines that are based on interviews with female users, analysis of well-designed female prayer facilities, observations of users’ behavior, feedback from users on previously developed guidelines that are shared with male prayer facilities, and relevant religious rulings. Findings The guidelines address the location of the facility, the zoning and circulation and the design considerations for the prayer space, as well as the reception area and the ablution space. It also recommends a design for an ablution unit that better fits female users. Finally, the paper analyzes an existing design for a female prayer facility in a shopping mall and shows how a change in the design based on this paper’s recommended guidelines can achieve better safety, hygiene and comfort for female users. Originality/value The paper focus is new and should trigger the discussion on this aspect of facilities design where needed.

Revisiting Islamic education: the case of Indonesia

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Roslan Mohd Nor ◽  
Maksum Malim
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Muslim Majority

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to attempt to examine the aims and objectives outlined in the formation of Islamic education in Indonesia. This study also looks at the development of Islamic education in general and the various approaches taken by the Indonesian Government. Design/methodology/approach – This study has mainly used a library research methodology. The data relevant to the study were collected and analysed by using an analytical approach. Findings – The study found that there is a significant contribution from the Ministry in formulation of Islamic Education policy in Indonesia. Originality/value – Indonesia is the largest Muslim majority country in the world. Islamic education in Indonesia has been around for a long time. In modern days, many have tried to study on Islamic education in terms of philosophy and objectives to be achieved. This study addresses the Islamic education in Indonesia; hence, it provides values for readers, researchers and those who are involved in future studies of this country.

Novel games can come from novice game makers

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 250-252
Author(s):  
Mark Chen
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Content Type

Purpose This paper aims to describe how a novice to game design pushed theory about what makes a good game. Design/methodology/approach The game in question was developed in Twine for an introductory undergraduate course in interactive media. Findings It featured very little player agency, which ironically served to give players a richer experience. Originality/value That a novice could create something deeply personal that butted against conventional game design guidelines highlights the importance of opening game design up to as broad an audience as possible.

Do Twitter phenomena check-in popular venues on Foursquare too?

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-146
Author(s):  
Aysun Bozanta ◽  
Birgul Kutlu
Keyword(s):  
Clustering Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Shopping Mall ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Different Characteristics

Purpose The purpose of this study is to figure out the visiting behaviors of the users who have different characteristics on Twitter. Design/methodology/approach The visit history of users who share their Foursquare check-ins on Twitter and the characteristics of visited venues (category, check-in count, tip count, like count, rating, and price tier) was collected with Foursquare API. In addition, the number of followers, friends, tweets and favorite-count were collected via Twitter API. First, users were clustered according to their Twitter related attributes. After that, profiling was applied on clusters according to the characteristics of the venues that were visited by the users. Findings Clustering analysis generated three clusters, namely, ordinary, talkative and popular. For each cluster, the visited venues were investigated according to the price classification, check-in, like, tip counts and the categories. The users in ordinary class prefer cheaper venues rather than talkative and popular users. On the other hand, popular users prefer the venues with the highest average number of check-ins, likes and tip counts. The top two categories for all clusters are cafe and shopping mall. Originality/value This study differentiates from the other studies in the literature by examining the data from Twitter with clustering and profiling these clusters with Foursquare data to understand venue preferences of Twitter users having various characteristics. The findings of this study will provide new insights for business owners to understand the customers more comprehensively and design better marketing strategies.

Advances in the smart materials applications in the aerospace industries

2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (7) ◽  
pp. 1027-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Al Arsh Basheer
Keyword(s):  
Smart Materials ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Extensive Study ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Intelligent Materials ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Working Principle ◽  
Online Library

Purpose Smart materials also called intelligent materials are gaining importance continuously in many industries including aerospace one. It is because of the unique features of these materials such as self-sensing, self-adaptability, memory capabilities and manifold functions. For a long time, there is no review of smart materials. Therefore, it is considered worthwhile to write a review on this subject. Design/methodology/approach A thorough search of the literature was carried out through SciFinder, ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, Wiley Online Library and reputed and peer-reviewed journals. The literature was critically analyzed and a review was written. Findings This study describes the advances in smart materials concerning their applications in aerospace industries. The classification, working principle and recent developments (nano-smart materials) of smart materials are discussed. Besides, the future perspectives of these materials are also highlighted. Much research has not been done in this area, which needs more extensive study. Originality/value Certainly, this study will be highly useful for academicians, researchers and technocrats working in aerospace industries.

The changing pattern of UK strikes, 1964-2014

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 733-745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Lyddon
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Strike Activity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Third ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the changing strike activity in the UK over the last 50 years. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on a wide literature on UK strikes and an extensive trawl of newspaper sources. It is divided into four main sections. The first two summarise, in turn, the changing amount and locus of strike activity between 1964 and 2014. The third discusses the changing relationship and balance between official and unofficial strikes. The last covers the role of the courts and legislation on strikes, highlighting some key moments in this turbulent history. Findings – The period 1964-2014 can be divided into three sub-periods: high-strike activity until 1979; a transition period of “coercive pacification” in the 1980s; and unprecedentedly low-strike activity since the early 1990s. Unions were more combative against the legislative changes of the 1980s than they are normally given credit for. Research limitations/implications – Given its broad scope, this paper cannot claim to be comprehensive. Originality/value – This is a rare study of the changing nature of UK strikes over such a long time period.

Implementing a multi-tiered framework for building NDLTD-Taiwan

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 329-344
Author(s):  
Chia-Ning Chiang ◽  
Hung-Te Wang ◽  
An-Chi Lin
Keyword(s):  
Task Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the multi-tiered framework supported by the NDLTD-Taiwan systems to achieve the collaboration and cooperation with universities and colleges in building electronic theses collection in Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes the outcomes of multi-tiered framework, its user roles, tasks, and thesis-specific workflow, as well as the function for simulating user roles. Findings – The framework is the result of supporting both the two-tiered and the three-tiered frameworks on the NDLTD-Taiwan systems platform. The design guidelines emerged out of the outcomes of task analysis. Practical implications – The multi-tiered design not only accommodates graduation procedures for member universities and colleges, but also supports bibliographic control and collections building. Originality/value – The paper shows that the multi-tiered design, which emerged out of the existing theses processes of member institutions, is inclusive. The framework allows member universities and colleges to choose an appropriate framework, either two-tiered or three-tiered, for managing their e-theses processes. In addition, role simulation allows the NCL administrator to reproduce problems encountered by the users to help troubleshooting.

Fast copper loss calculation in coil winding of motor by zooming method

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 1626-1634
Author(s):  
Hirokatsu Katagiri ◽  
Semba Kazuki ◽  
Hiroyuki Sano ◽  
Takashi Yamada
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Computation Time ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Speed Increase ◽  
Copper Loss ◽  
Loss Calculation ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Coil Winding ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose It takes long time for estimating a copper loss in the coil winding of the motor by using the finite element method (FEM). The purpose of this paper is to calculate fast the copper loss by zooming method. Design/methodology/approach The authors adopt the “zooming method” to FEM. The authors compare the accuracy and the calculation time with zooming method and normal FEM. Findings The zooming method contributes to speeding up and the high accuracy of calculation. In the results, the 43-fold speed increase is achieved in the calculation of synchronous motor compared to usual FEM. Practical implications The AC copper loss calculation of 3D motor analysis can be calculated in practical computation time. Originality/value The main advantage of employment of zooming method is significantly reduction of the computation time in the loss calculation of the coil winding.

scholarly journals Cash waqf from the millennials' perspective: a case of Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaled Nour Aldeen ◽  
Inayah Swasti Ratih ◽  
Risa Sari Pertiwi
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Indonesian Population ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
Fact Finding ◽  
High Level ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the awareness and willingness level of millennials in Indonesia toward cash waqf (cash endowment). Cash waqf has gained huge attention in Indonesia because of its flexibility, especially after officially announcing that cash waqf practices are sharia-compliant in 2002 in the country. Millennials comprise 33.75% of the total Indonesian population. Therefore, it is vital to analyze cash waqf from an Indonesian perspective. This study provides vital information for all institutions that are concerned with the enhancement of the cash waqf contributions in Indonesia.Design/methodology/approachSelf-structured questionnaires were distributed in Java Island to collect the data. The data were examined by employing suitable statistical tools. Besides, post-interview fact-finding was conducted with cash waqf experts from different related institutions in Indonesia to reach a more in-depth understanding about cash waqf issues.FindingsThe results depict a high level of awareness about cash waqf among millennials in Indonesia. The results further reveal a lower willingness level to contribute to cash waqf of the sample population as compared to their level of awareness about cash waqf. Moreover, cash waqf promotions must focus on delivering a deeper understanding about the concept and how it differs from other types of Islamic philanthropy. The results suggest that waqf trustees in the country must be more transparent. Moreover, the Indonesian Waqf Board should implement stricter rules to monitor waqf trustees.Research limitations/implicationsThis research concerns the willingness and awareness toward cash waqf among Indonesian Muslims who were born between 1980 and 2000.Practical implicationsAs a Muslim-majority country, one would expect Indonesia to make much progress in cash waqf. By providing an explanatory understanding of willingness and awareness of cash waqf among Indonesians, this research can be helpful in designing proper educative marketing campaigns for future endowers to cash waqf activities to ensure cash waqf institutions provide efficient services. It is advisable to emphasize the transparency of waqf organizations. This will add to the nazhir's (waqf trustee) reputation, thereby boosting waqf's national shares by ensuring a proper allocation of cash waqf. The regulator should be more strict in monitoring nazhir’s practices. For instance, it could include a periodic assessment of waqf entities.Originality/valueThis study is original in nature; there is no previous study that addresses the millennial’s perspective toward cash waqf in Indonesia. Hence, this study presents precious information for policy makers, practitioners and researchers.

scholarly journals Increasing online shop revenues with web scraping: a case study for the wine sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 122 (11) ◽  
pp. 3383-3401
Author(s):  
Oriol Jorge ◽  
Adria Pons ◽  
Josep Rius ◽  
Carla Vintró ◽  
Jordi Mateo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Price Policy ◽  
Comparison Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Time Value ◽  
Price Comparison ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Wine Sector ◽  
Account Information

PurposeWine has been produced for thousands of years and nowadays we have seen a spread in the wine culture. E-commerce sales of wine have increased considerably and online customer's satisfaction is influenced by quality and price. This paper presents a case study of the company “QuieroVinos, S.L.”, an online wine shop founded in 2015 that sells Spanish wines in two main marketplaces.Design/methodology/approachWith the final target of increasing the company profits it has been designed and developed an application to track the prices of competitors for a set of products. This information will be used to set the product prices in order to offer the products both competitively and profitably in each Marketplace. This application must check, by tacking into account information such as the product cost or the minimum product margin, if it is possible to decrease the price in order to reach the top cheapest position and as a consequence, increase the sales.FindingsThe application improved in a notorious way the company's results in terms of sales and shipping costs. It must be said that without the use of the presented application, performing the price comparison process within each one of the marketplaces would have taken a long time. Moreover, as prices change very frequently, the obtained information has a very limited time value, and the competitors prices should be analyzed daily in order to take accurate decisions regarding the company's price policy.Originality/valueAlthough the application has been designed for the wine sector and the two named marketplace, it could be exported to other sectors. For that, it should be implemented new modules to collect information regarding the competitor's price of the products selling on each corresponding marketplace.

Explaining the measurement and evaluation stasis

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Nothhaft ◽  
Hanna Stensson
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Principal Agent Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Constructive Dialogue ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the “evaluation deadlock” or “stasis” diagnosed by many authors. The explanation relies on a thought experiment. Design/methodology/approach The paper is conceptual and builds on a thought experiment inspired by qualitative research such as interviews with communication consultants in Sweden. It makes use of principal–agent theory and Akerlof’s theory of lemon markets. Findings A plausible explanation for the evaluation stasis requires consideration of practitioners’ self-interest as businesspeople. The deadlock is explained by an anomaly in practitioner populations and passive or active but covert resistance. If the long-time neglect of measurement and evaluation has led to expectation inflation and overpromising, even well-performing actors might shy away from rigorous measurement and evaluation practices in their own mandates, since they fear being measured against promotional, not realistic standards. At the same time, on the level of industry discourse, these practitioners would still advocate for measurement and evaluation in principle, so as to avoid the suspicion of underperformance. Research limitations/implications The paper suggests an explanation for further empirical investigation. It does not attempt to demonstrate anything else than that the suggestion is plausible and that it warrants further investigation. Practical implications The scientific community engaged in the measurement and evaluation debate appears puzzled by the discrepancy between practitioners’ words and actions. The authors hope that the paper contributes to a more realistic and thus more constructive dialogue between practitioners and academics in the measurement and evaluation debate. Originality/value Inspired by Alvesson and Spicer’s concept of functional stupidity, the paper argues that attempts to explain the evaluation stasis have been marked by circumspection and narrowness. At present, explanations for the evaluation stasis tend to focus on lack of knowledge or inadequate systems or frameworks. The paper offers a more comprehensive explanation.

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