Re-Designing Contemporary City Blocks: Designing In Favour Of Energy Conservation For A City In Desert: Kerman, Iran

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.32920/ryerson.14663529.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Paria Sajadpour

Keyword(s):

Energy Conservation ◽

Building Design ◽

High Energy ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Traditional Architecture ◽

Architectural Practice ◽

Hot Arid Climate ◽

Neighbourhood Scale

In Iran, urban block morphology has changed as a result of the architectural focus shifting away from traditional concerns such as climate-and-energy sensitivity onto issues such as land use, transportation and finance. Current architectural practice while has completely overlooked the architecture of the past, failed to improve the quality of life. The hot, arid climate in combination with non-responsive urban building design has resulted in high energy consumption to keep occupants comfortable. Although it is possible to overcome many of the negative effects of an inefficient design by the use of mechanical systems, this thesis through an architectural response, explores the role of climate sensitive strategies, practiced in the traditional architecture, in recognizing the importance of energy conservation. While it is only at the urban scale that energy-saving strategies could effectively tackle problems, the applicability of these principles will be studied at a neighbourhood scale.

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Re-Designing Contemporary City Blocks: Designing In Favour Of Energy Conservation For A City In Desert: Kerman, Iran

10.32920/ryerson.14663529 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Paria Sajadpour

Keyword(s):

Energy Conservation ◽

Building Design ◽

High Energy ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Traditional Architecture ◽

Architectural Practice ◽

Hot Arid Climate ◽

Neighbourhood Scale

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Can trust become a factor of economic growth? Dynamic changes in the level of trust of Russian youth

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2020-7-92-107 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 92-107 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A. I. Bakhtigaraeva ◽

A. A. Stavinskaya

Keyword(s):

Institutional Environment ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Dynamic Changes ◽

Generalized Trust ◽

Level Of Education ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

The Future ◽

Analysis Of Dynamics

The article considers the role of trust in the economy, the mechanisms of its accumulation and the possibility of using it as one of the growth factors in the future. The advantages and disadvantages of measuring the level of generalized trust using two alternative questions — about trusting people in general and trusting strangers — are analyzed. The results of the analysis of dynamics of the level of generalized trust among Russian youth, obtained within the study of the Institute for National Projects in 10 regions of Russia, are presented. It is shown that there are no significant changes in trust in people in general during the study at university. At the same time, the level of trust in strangers falls, which can negatively affect the level of trust in the country as a whole, and as a result have negative effects on the development of the economy in the future. Possible causes of the observed trends and the role of universities are discussed. Also the question about the connection between the level of education and generalized trust in countries with different quality of the institutional environment is raised.

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A soundscape analysis for selected parks in Bydgoszcz

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/20184500097 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 45 ◽

pp. 00097

Author(s):

Małgorzata Sztubecka

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Sound Level ◽

Green Spaces ◽

Future Generations ◽

Subjective Perception ◽

Negative Effects ◽

City Center ◽

The City

Areas that are considered human-friendly are green spaces. The existing urban parks are designed to fulfill the role of relaxation, recreation, and entertainment. However, in many cases, these are historic places, which at the time didn't have much of an impact on external factors. Sustainable development issues are related to the quality of life and the usage of the environment and its resources by present and future generations. Noise and noise protection is an issue that is part of sustainable development. The inadequate implementation of the principles of sustainable development and non-inclusion of noise can noticeably lead to negative effects now and in the future. The aim of the paper is to analyze the soundscapes of two Bydgoszcz parks located in the city center. The values of the equivalent sound level for these areas were obtained from the existing Bydgoszcz acoustic plan. Subsequently, the resulting distribution of noise was compared with the results of subjective perception of sounds by visitors. On this basis, conclusions can be drawn regarding the ways of shaping such areas while taking into account the perception of visitors.

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Role of exogenous folic acid in alleviation of morphological and anatomical inhibition on salinity-induced stress in barley

Italian Journal of Agronomy ◽

10.4081/ija.2016.777 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 246 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Semra Kilic ◽

Hatice Tuğba Aca

Keyword(s):

Folic Acid ◽

Seedling Growth ◽

Growth Stages ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Salt Treatment ◽

Yield And Quality ◽

Agriculture Sustainability ◽

Vigour Index

Soil salinity is a serious threat to agricultural ecological environment and agriculture sustainability. Ever increasing salinity negatively affects processes such as plant growth and development, ultimately causing diminished economic yield and quality of production, and it might cause a worldwide famine in the future. Thus, helping plants adapt to saline soils and increasing their yield and quality is a must. Our study focused on the enhancing role of exogenously applied folic acid (FA) in mitigation of toxicity caused by salt (NaCl). Barley seeds were pre-treated with 50 <span>µ</span>M FA for 24 h and then exposed to salt. Morphological and anatomical changes in seed germination and seedling growth stages were compared between different treatments of salt in laboratory conditions. Adverse effects of salt in both germination and seedling growth stages depended on the concentration of salt treatment (0.0, 0.25, 0.275, 0.30, 0.325 and 0.35 M). It was shown that the application of FA effectively alleviated the salt-induced inhibition, and reduced the negative effects of salt on germination (germination index and vigour index), seedling growth (radicle and coleoptile lengths, fresh weight) and leaf (stomata and epidermis number, stomatal index, stomata sizes of adaxial and abaxial surfaces) parameters. Moreover, FA elevated all examined parameters of barley also under non-stress conditions. Especially, germination and vigour indices were significantly higher than the control. Our results suggest that exogenous FA is involved in the resistance of barley to salt-stress.

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Biophilia in modern architectural practice: recommendations for Serbia

Facta universitatis - series Architecture and Civil Engineering ◽

10.2298/fuace190316007s ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 133-143

Author(s):

Danica Stankovic ◽

Aleksandra Cvetanovic ◽

Aleksandra Rancic ◽

Vojislav Nikolic ◽

Bojan Stankovic

Keyword(s):

Rapid Development ◽

Technological Innovations ◽

Main Theme ◽

Indoor Space ◽

Architectural Practice ◽

Practice Recommendations ◽

History Of ◽

Quality Of Living

Architecture and its natural environment have always been inextricably intertwined throughout the centuries-old history of civil engineering development. Nowadays, when rapid development and accelerated technological innovations take place and the planet becomes everyday endangered as the result of human activities, nature is a main theme and support, in the focus of architectural creation more than ever. Biophilia in architecture represents an innovational method of architectural designing, in which the accent is on the role of nature in the quality of living and working in built areas. An architecture created based on this principle represents the architecture of the future. This architecture is imagined and created as a healthy and productive environment for a modern man, both in terms of indoor space and in the planning of local communities as active and sociable neighborhoods. By using an analytical descriptive methodology and research references, this paper focuses on contemporary experiences and analyzes selected case studies, in order to establish the elements of a possible model for architectural practice in Serbia.

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Relationship between Information System and Information Overload. A Preliminary Analysis

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ◽

10.24297/ijmit.v11i5.5669 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 3040-3050

Author(s):

Carlo Caserio ◽

Sara Trucco

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Information Processing ◽

Information Overload ◽

Processing Capacity ◽

Technical Equipment ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Information Processing Capacity ◽

A Company

The aim of this research is to investigate the role of information system in supporting companies to face with information overload. Specifically, the study provides an empirical analysis aimed to examine whether the quality of information systems is able to abate the negative effects of information overload/underload inside a company. Through a survey we assess the managerial feelings about the information overload (and underload) and the managerial assessment of the Information System (IS) quality. Preliminary empirical findings of our survey confirm, by performing a factor analysis, previous literature and suggest the items to be monitored for assessing the information underload and information overload phenomena and the dimensions to take into account for evaluating the IS quality, namely, information processing capacity, technical equipment and communication. Furthermore, results show that when the information underload increases, the information processing capacity of IS decreases and vice versa. This relation suggests that the IS quality could affect the information overload/underload phenomena.

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Humanities Backgrounds of British Civil Servants: The Use of a Common Language

Public Voices ◽

10.22140/pv.447 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Candace Hetzner

Keyword(s):

Public Administration ◽

Civil Servants ◽

Common Language ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Industrialized Democracies

This essay undertakes an examination of the role of Oxford and Cambridge and the imparting of the humanities--or what the English call "arts"--to future civil servants. The essay begins by laying out the historical reasons for the centrality of the humanities in the recruitment of the top levels of the bureaucracy--a phenomenon unknown in other Western industrialized democracies. The author then assesses the contributions such education has made to the character of and quality of British public administration primarily in terms of its positive, but not to the exclusion of its negative, effects.

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The Effect of Excessive Use of Virtual Social Networks on the Academic Performance of Bamyan University Students: The Mediating Role of Qualityof Sleep

International Journal of Social Science and Human Research ◽

10.47191/ijsshr/v4-i4-21 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 04 (04) ◽

Author(s):

Ali Akbar Ebrahimi ◽

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Social Networks ◽

Academic Performance ◽

University Students ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Quality Of Sleep ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Mediating Role

Background: The social networks are used today as one of the important tools in establishing communication between people. In addition to the advantages, it can also have several disadvantages and problems, the negative effects of which can be seen on the academic performance of students. Objective: This study was designed to investigate the role of excessive use of virtual social networks on the academic performance of Bamyan University students with a mediating role of quality of sleep. Methodology: The present study has a descriptive-correlational design. A total of 180 Bamyan University students (90 male and 90 female) were selected by convenience sampling method and responded to the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire (Buysee et al., 1989), Yang Internet and Social Network Addiction Questionnaire, Demographic Questions, and GPA of last semester. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test and hierarchical regression analysis by means of SPSS-24. Results: The results showed that the excessive use of social networks had a significant negative correlation with academic performance and predicts it inversely (T = -9.338, ß = - 730) and There is also a significant relationship between excessive use of social networks and quality of sleep (T = 15.726, ß = .763). There was a significant relationship between social and sleep quality (T = 15.726, ß = .763). But sleep quality could not play a mediating role between excessive use of social networks and students' academic achievement and showed that this relationship is not significant (T = -. 174, ß = -. 014). Conclusion: Excessive use of social networks has negative effects on students' academic achievement and quality of sleep. For this purpose, it is necessary to manage the use of social networks for optimal use in order to achieve high academic achievement and good quality of sleep.

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Influence of Family Violence on the Marital Quality in Pakistani Muslims: Role of Personal Factors

Religions ◽

10.3390/rel11090470 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 470 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Aisha Perveen ◽

Sadia Malik

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Family Violence ◽

Marital Quality ◽

Marital Relationships ◽

Personal Factors ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Violent Relationships ◽

Self Compassion

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of self-compassion and religiosity in marital quality among married Pakistani Muslims in abusive or violent relationships. The study aimed at exploring religion and self-kindness as protective factors that could save and strengthen marital relationships despite family violence. Four standardized scales, Family Violence Scale, Self-Compassion Questionnaire, Centrality of Religiosity Questionnaire and Marital Quality Questionnaire were used for data collection from married Muslims of Punjab (N = 600). Analysis was carried out with PROCESS macro for SPSS which revealed that religiosity moderated between family violence and marital quality and buffered its negative effects. Furthermore, self-compassion mediated family violence and marital quality influencing its quality. These findings would benefit researchers, and other practitioners who work with married adults helping them work out their abusive differences improving marital quality of life.

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