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The housing development process: green homes in Malaysia

The housing development process: green homes in Malaysia

Author(s): Ilias Said,Fazdliel Aswad Ibrahim,Abdelnasser Omran,Wira Mohd Shafiei Mohd / Language(s): English / Issue: 16/2012

Keywords: Sustainable; Green Homes; Product Development; Building Industry

Green building has been adopted and became an accepted norm in the developed countries like USA, UK, Canada and Australia. Despite the good efforts shown by the developed countries on how to build green building, the developing and less developed countries inclusive Malaysia seem lag behind in this aspect. The issue of sustainable approach in building industry in Malaysia is still new and there are a little of housing projects are meeting the criteria of green buildings. The housing developers are exposed to the risk of uncertainty demand from the house buyers if they are interested to develop green homes. This paper discuss the development of concept and design of green homes by using product development process model in the manufacturing and building industry in order to assist the housing developers to reduce the risk associated with this new product such this green homes.

TYPOGRAPHY SERVING IDEOLOGY TYPOGRAPHY IN THE ROMANIAN NEWSPAPERS BEFORE AND AFTER THE COMMUNIST TAKEOVER

TYPOGRAPHY SERVING IDEOLOGY TYPOGRAPHY IN THE ROMANIAN NEWSPAPERS BEFORE AND AFTER THE COMMUNIST TAKEOVER

Author(s): Arina Stoenescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2008

Between the two world wars the typography of the Romanian newspapers followed the general development and the use of serif typefaces for the body type. The concern for the typography of the newspaper was rather conservative and worked a lot with the same kind of typography used for the fiction literature. After the communist take over in 1943 the typography of the newspapers followed the standards imposed by the propagandistic concerns, which followed the rule to use only sans serifs for the body type. The serif typefaces of the newspapers were put together and melted down as a demonstrative act of rupture with the bourgeois words and an entrance in to a new era of revolutionary thinking.

Hungarians at Bauhaus

Hungarians at Bauhaus

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English / Issue: 200/2010

Sándor Bortnyik: The New Adam, 1924, oil on canvas, 48 × 36 cm Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest Sándor Bortnyik: The New Eve, 1924, oil on canvas, 48 × 35 cm Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest Walter Gropius–Alfréd Forbát: Detached Houses, 1922, model, reconstruction by Margit Pelényi & Miklós Szabó, 2009 Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs Alfréd Forbát: Design for a Semi-detached House, perspective, 1923, crayon on paper, 172 × 312 mm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Marcel Breuer: Dresser with mirror, 1923, Stiftung Bauhaus, Dessau Interior Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs Marcel Breuer: Steel tubular chairs, B1, B9, B11, 1926–1930 Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest Farkas Molnár: Italia (Fiorentia), Italia portfolio I, 1922, hand-coloured lithography on paper, 439 × 336 mm Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest Farkas Molnár: Lovers, 1923, Dry point on paper, 245 × 195 mm Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs Farkas Molnár: Boy with Air Toy (Kite-flyer), 1923, Dry point on paper, crayon, 200 × 150 mm Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs Farkas Molnár: The Mechanical Man Seduces the Woman, 1923, Dry point on paper, 198 × 148 mm Private property Farkas Molnár: KURI collage with self-portrait, 1929, collage, oil on paper, 33 × 50 cm Kassák Museum of the Peto˝fi Museum of Literature, Budapest Farkas Molnár: Red Cube House Model, 1922–23, reconstruction by Margit Pelényi & Miklós Szabó, 2009 Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs Andor Weininger: Mechanical Stage – Abstract Revue, after 1923, pencil on paper, watercolour, 290 × 361 mm Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest Andor Weininger: Globe Theatre Design, 1926, model, 177.5 × 177 cm, reconstruction by Margit Pelényi & Miklós Szabó, 2009 Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs László Moholy-Nagy: Bauhaus book covers: Malerei, Photographie, Film, 1925; Bauhausbücher 14, leaflet, 1929; Walter Gropius: Bauhaus bauten Dessau, 1930 Lajos Kassák: Design for the cover of MA Ungarische Gruppe by Lajos Kassák–Erno˝ Kállai, Bauhausbücher 18, 1924, paper, 295 × 210 mm.

Using the Project Approach in IS Education

Using the Project Approach in IS Education

Author(s): Kalinka Kaloyanova / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2012

Keywords: IS curriculum; DB design; IS analysis and design; project management; project based approach;

In this paper we describe an application of the project approach to support student’s education in Information Systems (IS) programs. We illustrate how a set of projects can support several courses in the IS curriculum and integrates theoretical knowledge and practical skills as well as team work.

EXPLORATION AND PRACTICE OF SCHOOL-ENTERPRISE COOPERATION IN PRACTICAL EDUCATION BASED ON “OUTSTANDING PROJECT”

EXPLORATION AND PRACTICE OF SCHOOL-ENTERPRISE COOPERATION IN PRACTICAL EDUCATION BASED ON “OUTSTANDING PROJECT”

Author(s): Li Hong-Mei,Han Dan,Feng Zi-Ming,Li Qiang / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2013

Keywords: outstanding project; school - enterprise cooperation; Innovative Research; the ability to conduct engineering practice;

There will be difficulties in moving forward the project for educating and cultivating outstanding engineers, therefore, based on the outstanding project, it’s crucial to come up with an efficient method to deal with the issues in the practice of school-enterprise cooperation engineering. This thesis is going to deliver the discussions in the following aspects: a. The forms and contents of how to build the school-enterprise cooperation practice; How do we conduct engineering practice; c. How do we make sure enough teachers and working places for engineering practice are provided; d. How do we guarantee the quality of engineering practice and build its related valuation system.

Magda Stănculescu – Architecture of the theatre’s spaces. Potential foreshadowing at the beginning of the XXI century, EUIM, 2015, ISBN 978-606-638-115-4

Magda Stănculescu – Architecture of the theatre’s spaces. Potential foreshadowing at the beginning of the XXI century, EUIM, 2015, ISBN 978-606-638-115-4

Author(s): Marina Mihaila / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017

Keywords: architecture; theatre; book; Magda Stănculescu

No abstract available. This is a book review.

WTC. A discussion on built space regeneration

WTC. A discussion on built space regeneration

Author(s): Marina Mihaila,Cristian Bănică / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2013

Keywords: architecture; competition; trends; memory; urbanity

Before 9/11 WTC was an international landmark. The definition of the two high-rise buildings identity, their tourist, social, visual and economic significance, disappeared with the destruction of their materiality. As a result, the contemplative visual and unwritten discourse of the Lower Manhattan disappeared together with the architectural, urban, technological essence and also with the philosophy of stability and equilibrium of a prosperous society. At the social-mental level this event triggers a crisis in personal and collective consciences (of the American Nation but also of the Nations), and a crisis of humanity. The architectural - urban and ideas competition organized to select the best urban-social-architectural concept proved to be a difficult task. Not only it had to “fill” a particular place on earth, but it also needed to configure a philosophy of place that would ‘heal” the wounds of the local and international communities, namely the lack of security and prosperity brought on by a no longer hidden technology of aggression bringing cities and communities under threats never experienced before at times of peace. In its first part the article discusses the competition, proposals and the finalized urban project. The particular challenges related to the selection of design in the case of WTC are doubled by a certain complexity related to the institutional arrangements common to most large urban development projects. It is also clear that there is interdependency between the project governance and the project results. These aspects are discussed in the second part of the article.

The Use of e-Learning Techniques in PR Training

The Use of e-Learning Techniques in PR Training

Author(s): Mirela Ioniță,Veronica PĂSTAE / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/2019

Keywords: PR Training; Accessibility: content strategy; design thinking;

The PR (public relations) domain requires complex skills nowadays. This professional environment has deeply changed after digital media were added to traditional media. Multimedia have imposed a different approach to PR and generated new jobs on the labor market. Today, a PR graduate should be familiar with the online environment, should be skilled at managing social media accounts, at web design, since multimedia production has become a hiring condition in this field. A PR specialist should develop linguistic, discursive and digital skills. Besides these, a professional must also acquire specific knowledge from the field so as to be able to produce effective messages. However, the training of PR specialists is usually centered around the development of discursive skills. In the present article, nonetheless, we advocate for the importance of developing digital competencies in PR and we argue that this training segment can be made more efficient by using e-learning methods. Yet, the article draws attention to the fact that there are PR training segments that cannot be carried out through e-learning. PR specialists must be able to offer a memorable user experience to their target audience. In order to fulfill this purpose, it is necessary to develop multiple skills needed to create both the content and the form of the conveyed messages. Accessibility, content strategy, design thinking, information architecture, interaction design, multidevice design should be major concerns in the training of competitive PR specialists. Online platforms devoted to PR training are part of blended learning strategies and offer users the possibility to interact with current information through nonlinear learning methods, and enhance the development of creativity through interactive applications.

Knowledge worker tasks in system architecture

Zadania pracownika wiedzy w architekturze systemowej

Author(s): Małgorzata Pańkowska / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2019

Keywords: system architecture; cyber-ethnography; ArchiMate; Design Science Research; BPMN; CMMN;

In this paper, knowledge workers are assumed to actively realize knowledge management tasks. They are involved in the gathering, analysis, storage and dissemination of knowledge in a way that is focused on its improvement. Therefore main goal is to present system architecture models for knowledge management in information science domain. In that domain, Design Science Research (DSR) is discussed as being very useful and adopted in this paper for knowledge management. The author applied the ArchiMate modelling language and supplemented it with the process approach and Business Process Model & Notation (BPMN) for knowledge management process presentation, as well as by the case management approach and Case Management Model & Notation (CMMN). These notations are consistent and complementary, although they have different objectives of usage.

A Study on Designing Online Learning Activity

A Study on Designing Online Learning Activity

Author(s): Song Li / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2018

Keywords: Quality in Online Learning

How to enhance the quality of online learning? The curriculum design is the most important part among all and the learning activity is the key to high quality delivery. In the meanwhile, the design of content and learning activities have to meet the needs of different target groups. The study is based on interviews of 105 e-Learning courses in consideration of online learning activity and current situation, etc. The purpose of the study is to design an online program with higher quality and it will be able to motivate the target groups’ willingness to learning, for instance, what are their interests, how are they learning and ways they prefer to, etc. The study provides five kinds of online learning activities which fit for the learners and provide the methods and tools of designing. Online learning achieves its objective by e-Learning courses. Online learning activities are the basic elements of e-Learning (Chao, 2012). The advantages and disadvantages of online learning are the key factors affecting the quality of the e-Learning. The Distance-Teaching Academic (DTC) has been running for 20 years, but the quality of education has been questioned and its efficiency has not been proved as planned. The reasons for this are as follows: • Online learning needs much more motivation and determination than that of normal learning (Illeris, 2007). Online learning also requires the individual learner for much more motivation to self-learning. • Learners of the DTC have been unable to maintain high level of motivation and they have very poor self-learning skills. • The majority of the courses rely on the resources of the DTC and usually provide learners with a variety of tools including literal texts, photographs, animation, videos, and etc. The learners are required to complete the study tasks but it is difficult to ensure that the study has been undertaken as expected. How to design online learning activities to motivate the learners? This is the key point affecting the outcome of e-Learning. This essay will analyse the current situation in e-Learning in China and learners’ motivation to undertake modern distance higher education in China. It will attempt to design online learning activities, which could motivate the learners; outline the design concepts for online activities, and provide a framework for increasing the quality and efficiency of online learning.

Learning Effectiveness and Students’ Perceptions in a Flexible Learning Course

Learning Effectiveness and Students’ Perceptions in a Flexible Learning Course

Author(s): Claude Muller,Michael Stahl,Mark Alder,Maximilian Müller / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2018

Keywords: flexible learning; learning effectiveness; blended learning; post-only design

With flexible learning, students gain access and flexibility with regard to at least one of the following dimensions: time, place, pace, learning style, content, assessment or learning path. Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) has launched a new flexible learning study format called FLEX, a blended learning design allowing students to be more flexible as to when and where they study. It reduces classroom learning time, replacing some of it with an e learning environment for self-study that includes instructional videos. In a pilot phase, we conducted a semi-experimental study on the learning effectiveness of FLEX. Students’ perceptions of the new study format FLEX were found to be positive. In addition, the final test results of students in the FLEX programme were similar to those of other students, despite classroom learning time was reduced by about half.

IoT Architecture based on Information Flow Diagram for Vermiculture Smart Farming Kit

IoT Architecture based on Information Flow Diagram for Vermiculture Smart Farming Kit

Author(s): Meennapa Rukhiran,Paniti Netinant / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2020

Keywords: Smart agriculture; Smart farming kit; IoT; Architecture; Information flow diagram;

IoT technology is widely applied to many areas, including agriculture. The smart farming design and implementation deal with farm operations and management effectively. The aim of this research enables supporting a vermiculture smart farming kit based on IoT technology. The layered architecture design is represented to support the deployment of sensors, networks, monitoring systems, data collections, and watering decision system. Information flow diagram is proposed to improve how the web application of our smart kit system can implement based on the system requirements. The evaluations of the smart kit are investigated to deal with consistency and effectiveness comparing between a traditional and the smart kit of earthworm vermicomposting. The gaps of farmers' needs can be satisfied to advance the better solutions of the smart farming kit.

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS: Evaluating innovation capabilities of real estate firms: A combined fuzzy Delphi and DEMATEL approach

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS: Evaluating innovation capabilities of real estate firms: A combined fuzzy Delphi and DEMATEL approach

Author(s): Anil Kumar,Mohamad Amin Kaviani,Ashkan Hafezalkotob,Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2017

Keywords: Supplementary materials;

Supplementary materials: Evaluating innovation capabilities of real estate firms: A combined fuzzy Delphi and DEMATEL approach

IAȘI ART RESIDENCY INTERNATIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM. AMERICAN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE JOHN DILLARD

IAȘI ART RESIDENCY INTERNATIONAL ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM. AMERICAN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE JOHN DILLARD

Author(s): Ioana Palamar / Language(s): English / Issue: 22/2021

Keywords: residency; international; collaboration; culture; art;

Iași Art Residency is an artistic residency program that takes place in Iasi and involves the monthly invitation of an international visual artist, in order to materialize a specific art project related to the experience lived in the cultural space of Iasi. The program aims to connect the students of the Faculty of Visual Arts and Design within “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași with the invited artists, in order to exchange artistic experiences. This article will briefly present the activity of the American resident artist John Dillard whuch took place here, in Iasi, in January and February 2019

DATABASE FOR POST-OPERATIVE BRA TYPE PRODUCT PATTERN CONSTRUCTION CALCULATING

DATABASE FOR POST-OPERATIVE BRA TYPE PRODUCT PATTERN CONSTRUCTION CALCULATING

Author(s): Aliona Raru,Elena Florea-Burduja,Daniela Farima,Marcela Irovan,Iuliana Lupu / Language(s): English / Issue: 03/2021

Keywords: database; data lists; construction algorithm; postoperative bra; construction calculations;

The learning process of construction by using this tool (which can be accessed in the virtual location http://moodle.utm.md/course/view.php?id=140), is destined to the students of the Faculty of Textiles and Polygraphy of the Technical University of Moldova, within the discipline "Applied Information Technologies", for the students of the bachelor's degree program "Technology and design of textile garments", as well as within the discipline "Functional and ergonomic design in textiles" for students of the master's program "Design and product development". Student feedback is ensured via audio-video interactions with the teacher. The methodology of using the instrument presented in the paper, aims to make the basic pattern and then obtain the model pattern, based on knowledge of the characteristics of the in-used prostheses. In order to achieve the design objectives, it is necessary to create a database. Databases are used in all activity areas where there is a need to record, store, and process a large information volume. In the spreadsheet applications framework, databases are made in data lists form. The creating a database stages are: generating the structure, filling in the necessary information, drawing up reports or making calculations. The paper presents an Excel database intended for the postoperative bra-type product basic pattern construction calculating. To create the database, initial data were used: values of constructive additions established depending on the textile material type from which the bra is made, product data, anthropometric data on the wearer as well as the external breast prosthesis characteristics. The database can be completed according to needs and can be used in the teaching activity (as an application in the process of acquiring and verifying the practical skills of training and administration of a new database in Excel, acquiring the calculation and construction way of basic patterns for functional and ergonomic products) but also in research activities. As a further direction of development, it is proposed to develop a design software application.

TOWARDS AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY IN CAD/CAM SYSTEMS AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION

TOWARDS AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY IN CAD/CAM SYSTEMS AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION

Author(s): Nadazhda Spasova,Malinka Ivanova / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/2020

Keywords: Augmented reality; engineering education; CAD/CAM; engineering process; eLearning;

Computer-aided design and manufacturing is related to usage of a wide variety of technologies for performance of engineering tasks like: analysis, planning, design, simulation, diagnostics, optimization, producing. The integration of CAD /CAM and AR system play an important role in achieving proper understanding of the 2D and 3D graphical objects modelling. This unity becomes a fundamental part of a standard design process. The aim of the paper is to summarize and analyse existing innovative solutions in utilization of augmented reality in computer-aided engineering practice and received knowledge to be used in the courses from Higher education. Also, the exploration about augmented reality usage in teaching, learning and assessment in university courses is performed in order to be chosen technology solution for delivering the knowledge in the context of CAD/CAM systems. The research method for review performing is based on examination of scientific papers indexed in SCOPUS and Web of Science, indexed by search engines Google Scholar, Google Search and Semantic Scholar. The keywords augmented reality, CAD, CAM, product design, product manufacturing, engineering, are used for forming several searching queries, investigating the topics concerning AR in CAD/CAM systems.

THE ROLE OF NGOS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS INCREASING ENERGY CAPACITY IN A RURAL SCHOOL IN TANZANIA

THE ROLE OF NGOS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS INCREASING ENERGY CAPACITY IN A RURAL SCHOOL IN TANZANIA

Author(s): Andrew Otieno / Language(s): English / Issue: 1-2/2020

Keywords: NGOs; sustainability; energy; developing countries

Engineers without Borders (EWB), USA, is a non-profit organization that focuses on utilizing sustainable solutions to solve human problems. They work by partnering with local communities to identify needs and together find sustainable solutions . Through this model, Northern Illinois University’s (NIU) EWB chapter has been involved in working with a local grassroots NGO in Tanzania to provide sustainable energy solutions for a rural school. Specifically, NIU’s EWB chapter partnered with UMABU, a local NGO in Musoma area, and Tanzania Development Support, a non-profit based in USA, to design and implement solar lighting for Nyegina Secondary School and assess further sustainable energy needs for the school and the village. Nyegina Secondary School is home to about 560 students, and are all boarders. Since 2009, NIU EWB students, and professional mentors have designed and installed solar lighting in ten classrooms and a solar thermal water heating system for the kitchen. This has enabled the students to be able to study at night. Furthermore, the solar thermal system has enabled the school to save some money for heating costs in their kitchen This paper will describe unique collaborative effort between engineering students, professionals, faculty and the local community to create sustainable energy solutions.

Production Layout Planning Using Genetic Algorithms

Production Layout Planning Using Genetic Algorithms

Author(s): Martin Krajčovič,Viktor Hancinsky / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2015

Keywords: production layout; material flow optimisation; heuristics; genetic algorithms;

Globalisation of entrepreneurship has not only opened world markets but also global competition. The fundamental criteria for decisions on allocation of manufacturing capacities are currently not only costs (manufacturing, logistics, etc.), but mainly quality (of products, processes and services), flexibility (types of products, capacity, space, time) and a company´s innovative capability. Therefore the enterprise's facility layout needs to be more flexible to adapt to the rapidly changing environment. The need for flexibility of layout planning puts higher requirements for utilisation of layout and location problem solving methods. Classical methods, like linear programming, dynamic programming or conventional heuristics are being replaced by advanced evolutionary algorithms, which give better solutions to large-scale problems. One of these methods are also genetic algorithms. This article describes the genetic algorithm utilisation in the production layout planning.

Allpass based on a generalized divider principle

Allpass based on a generalized divider principle

Author(s): Daša Tichá / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2004

Keywords: All-pass filters; generalized divider principle; Telecommunications;

This paper deals with a new allpass structure based on a generalized divider principle. An efficient modification of the basic general divider structure using Antoniou’s GICs is presented and the corresponding 1st- and 2nd-order allpass circuits are derived. A detail discussion is devoted to the optimized design of the 2nd-order allpass, taking minimization of the active elements nonidealities and dynamics optimization into account. An original design procedure is described and documented on numerical examples.

Information Exchange Problems Between 3D Modelling and Process Planning Modules

Information Exchange Problems Between 3D Modelling and Process Planning Modules

Author(s): Jyri Papstel,Alo Saks,Indrek Kiolein / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2000

Keywords: Information Exchange; Problems; 3D modelling; Process Planning Modules;

The objective of this project is to develop atool for communication between 3DCAD and process planning. Our accomplishments so far have been: (i) Transfer of the CAD data model and other product information from the 3D CAD system (Solid Edge) to a database module, (ii) the part/detail and feature classification module. The approach is based on STEP technology to define computer-aided tools for data structuring and management of product knowledge implemented on the relational database. Problems of part and form feature description play a crucial role in this framework. In 3D modelling Form Feature (FF) based design activities are the most effective approach. A number of FF definitions have been introduced for different implementations (design features, manufacturing features, tool features etc). However, the consensus in the field has not been reached and often the terms used are not clear for the users. In the present paper a short introduction is given to solve the afore described problems.