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Utilizing Biomimicry To Design Sustainable Architecture, Virginia Hammond

Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses

Nature has an integral relationship with architecture and serves as a sustainable role model and inspiration for designers. The process of biomimicry in architecture has the potential to produce more sustainable design solutions and foster a connection between humans and nature. Existing biomimetic design projects have varying strengths and weaknesses as examples of the process. Utilizing guidelines and references from key leaders in biomimetic design consultancy (Biomimicry 3.8), selected case studies are assessed for their ability to demonstrate the benefits of this design strategy. Using these evaluations, the case studies are diagrammed and critiqued to determine how new projects could …

Education And Advocacy For Universal Design And Accessibility In Housing, Apisara Vairojanakich, Amy Lyons-Brown, Molly Wuebker

Spring 2024 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

In the United States, there is a lack of adequate numbers of universally designed and accessible houses in the housing market for the older population and people with disabilities. Many barriers, such as financial support and lack of knowledge for housing-related professionals, can prevent this population from participating in home occupations. The project developed educational products, including the universal design housing experience booklet, universal design housing checklist, and universal design blueprints. These products were delivered through the blog post on Uncurbed LinkedIn website. The needs assessment was conducted to provide the guidelines for the chapters in the booklet and checklist. …

Building For Safety: Design Considerations For Refuge Areas In Tall Buildings From Quality Management Perspective, Enass. A. Salama, Heba. M. Gaber, Ahmed. M. Selim

Journal of Engineering Research

New El Alamein City is one of the largest urban projects in Egypt, and the largest project on the north coast. Tall buildings (super high-rise buildings) are considered the prevailing trend by architectural designers to obtain the maximum view of the Mediterranean Sea. The provision of safety evacuation in emergencies for these buildings’ occupants is a crucial challenge from the Quality management point of view. In contrast, there are no sufficient architectural design guidelines for the tall buildings provided by the Egyptian code for protecting buildings from fire, especially the design of the refuge areas. This study aims to investigate …

Analyse Permeability And Integration In Architectural Landscapes To Create A Seamless Environment, Ensuring Ease Of Movement And Blending With The Surrounding Environment., Amira Fawzy Helmy Almaz

Journal of Engineering Research

The study explores the understanding of connectedness, integration, and axial route selection in urban parks using space syntax. It uses the Theory of Space Syntax to analyze georeferenced photographs and urban morphology data. The findings suggest that creating rules for integration and linkage that directly influence users' decision-making processes could lead to significant improvements in urban parks.

The study discusses space syntax as an architectural concept that views architecture as an interface between public and private spaces, analyzing landscapes through mirroring and focusing on internal configurations and exteriors. The study proposes a method to measure permeability and integration in urban …

تقنيات الاضاءة الصناعية وتأثيرها فى الفراغ السكنى على السلوك الانسانى, Samah Kamal Elfeky, Walaa Ahmad Nour, Lobna Abdelfatah Agha

Journal of Engineering Research

* Lighting is considered of main items in daily life begining from natural Lighting to industrial lighting. with all of it's different shapes . it is considerdone of the most important data that point Blank spaces and works to show architectural spaces, aesthetic values through being sharp and weak, ensure borders show texture or hide Features, suggest wideness, narrowness of space as the most beautiful design don't see beautiful without good lighting which designed carefully.Due to diversity of human activities, architictums spaces and it is wideness. Increased dependence on industrial Lighting to strengthen Job of performance, beauty of internal, external …

The Influence Of Green Building Design On Tourists' Intention To Stay In Eco-Friendly Hotels: A Study On Perceptions And Preferences, Enas Al Sayed Salama Dr., Gehad Nasr Abdelsalam Dr.

Journal of Engineering Research

Green building design involves integrating sustainable and environmentally friendly practices into the construction and operation of buildings, including hotels, with the goal of minimizing the adverse impact on the environment. This paper delves into the pivotal role of green building design and eco-service provision within the context of green hotels. The aim is to investigate the interconnections among tourists' environmental concerns, their perceived significance of green building design, and their intention to choose green hotels.

To enhance the understanding of tourist behavior and its implications for tourism in Egypt, a questionnaire was administered in Sharm El Sheikh, a prominent Egyptian …

U.S. Army Medical Command’S Medical Treatment Facilities’ Response To Sars-Cov-2 (Covid-19), Seyedmohammad Ahmadshahi

All Theses

Starting in December 2019 to the current time in May 2022, COVID-19 was a devastating pandemic with approximately 440 million cases and 6 million deaths worldwide (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2021). The United States (US) with roughly 90 million cases and 1 million deaths (CDC, 2021) was one of the epicenters of the outbreak since the beginning. The pandemic has significantly impacted the health systems across the US with unpredictable surges of highly infectious patients with uncertain symptomology and acuity levels, requiring isolation and critical level of care (Brambilla et al., 2021).

Based on the findings from …

Effectiveness Of Building Systems Strategies For Mitigation Of Airborne Transmission Of Sars-Cov-2, Meng Kong, Jialei Shen, Bing Dong, Jianshun Jensen Zhang

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - All Scholarship

Airborne transmission has been recognized as a major transmission pathway for the infectious disease COVID-19. This study investigated the effectiveness of several indoor air quality (IAQ) control strategies on the mitigation of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The well-known airborne disease infection risk model (Wells-Riley equation) was used to estimate the infection risk of the SARS-CoV-2 in seven (7) different types of spaces including conference center/ballrooms, hotel bistro//cafeteria, hotel lobby, classrooms (lecture), conference room/small classroom, hotel or cruise ship guest rooms and open plan offices. The IAQ control strategies included increased ventilation rate, improved air distribution …

Semi Open Partitions: A Defense Strategy For Airborne Disease, Kerrie Marshall, Arik Palileo, Eric A. Schiff

SyracuseCoE Research Brief Series

This brief summarizes research on two measures that reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 from an infected person to a virus-free individual. Semi-partitioned spaces can reduce airborne disease transmission when combined with a proper ventilation flow pattern in a room. With advanced displacement ventilation risk can be reduced by at least 4 times.

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy And The Built Environment, Dak Kopec, Kendall Marsh

Architecture Faculty Research

© 2020, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia. All rights reserved. Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) are often connected to the development of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease commonly found in athletes, military veterans, and others that have a history of repetitive brain trauma. This formative exploratory study looked at person-centred design techniques for a person with CTE. The person-centred design method used for this study was based on a two-tiered reductionist approach; the first tier was to identify common symptoms and concerns associated with CTE from the literature. This information provided specific symptoms that were addressed through brainstorming …

City Of Faith Vertical File Finding Aid, Holy Spirit Research Center, Oral Roberts University

City of Faith

A finding aid for the City of Faith file in the Holy Spirit Vertical File located in the Holy Spirit Research Center at Oral Roberts University.

Student Absenteeism And The Comparisons Of Two Sampling Procedures For Culturable Bioaerosol Measurement In Classrooms With And Without Upper Room Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation Devices, Chunxiao Su, Josephine Lau, Shawn G. Gibbs

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Faculty Publications

Upper room ultraviolet germicidal irradiance (UVGI) has been shown to reduce the concentration of bioaerosols in controlled chambers. However, there is a lack of experimental results on the reduction of bioaerosol concentrations by UVGI devices in actual uncontrolled buildings. This study was carried out in an American elementary school in the Midwest. Two sampling procedures were carried out in six selected classrooms with similar dimensions that were separated into two groups: (1) UVGI exposure group and (2) non-UVGI control group. Two-stage Tisch culturable impactors were utilized to collect airborne culturable bacteria and fungi. Monthly samples were collected during unoccupied period …

Red Bird Water Kiosk Pavilion _ Clean Water Clean Life, Garrett Keyes Nelli

EURēCA: Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement

Architecture has the power to strengthen community bonds, support a healthy life style and enrich individual lives. The Red Bird Water Kiosk seeks to achieve all three of these on the site of the Red Bird Mission campus, located deep in the Appalachian Mountains of Clay County, Kentucky. This is an area where most live below the poverty line, and about 64 percent of water sources are contaminated. As a result, lack of clean water has forced many locals to turn to unhealthy living standards. Because of these conditions, the county ranks as one of the poorest in the nation, …

Ua61/3 Health Sciences Complex: Nursing & Physical Therapy, Wku Health & Human Services

WKU Archives Records

Booklet describing the Medical Center / WKU Health Sciences Complex facility. Floorplans are included.

Experimental Validation Of The Multiple-Zone System Ventilation Efficiency Equation Of Ansi/Ashrae Standard 62.1 (1276-Rp), David P. Yuill, Grenville K. Yuill, Andrew H. Coward

David Yuill

This article describes an experiment that was carried out on an existing building to test the validity of the system ventilation efficiency equation for multiple-zone recirculating systems of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1. The system ventilation efficiency equation (SVEE) can be applied to buildings that use a recirculating air distribution system. It accounts for the fact that the return air carries some “unused” outdoor air, so that the amount of new outdoor air introduced at the air handler can be reduced. The SVEE is based on a mass balance but infiltration and interzonal mixing are not included in the formulation. Since infiltration …

Children's Cancer And Transplant Hospital: A Micro Town Within A Bubble, Kimia Samimi

Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014

As the greatest considerations in health-care design have traditionally been functional —hygiene, efficiency, and flexibility for changing technology— hospitals have evolved to become dehumanizing spaces. In this thesis two specific groups of chronically ill children who have among the longest inpatient stays are studied: cancer and organ transplant patients. Being under immunosuppressive drugs, these children are physically vulnerable thus are kept completely isolated. These long stays and isolation can be very depressing for them.

This thesis undertakes the challenge of designing a fully isolated space that doesn’t feel like one or in other words “a micro-town within a bubble”. The …

Development Of A Novel Methodology For Indoor Emission Source Identification, Kwanghoon Han

Kwanghoon Han

The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate a methodology to identify individual sources of emissions based on the measurements of mixed air samples and the emission signatures of individual materials previously determined by Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS), an on-line analytical device. The methodology based on signal processing principles was developed by employing the method of multiple regression least squares (MRLS) and a normalization technique. Samples of nine typical building materials were tested individually and in combination, including carpet, ceiling material, gypsum board, linoleum, two paints, polyolefine, PVC and wood. Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from each …

Determination Of Material Emission Signatures By Ptr-Ms And Their Correlations With Odor Assessments By Human Subjects, Kwanghoon Han

Kwanghoon Han

The objectives of this study were to determine volatile organic compound (VOC) emission signatures of nine typical building materials by using proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) and to explore the correlation between the PTR-MS measurements and the measurements of acceptability by human subjects. VOC emissions from each material were measured in a 50-l small-scale chamber. Chamber air was sampled by PTR-MS to determine emission signatures. Sorbent tube sampling and TD-GC/MS analysis were also performed to identify the major VOCs emitted and to compare the resulting data with the PTR-MS emission signatures. The data on the acceptability of air quality assessed …

Unlv Magazine, Cate Weeks, Erin O'Donnell, Shane Bevell, Barbara Cloud, Joy Drohan, Adam Baer, Holly Ivy De Vore, Gian Galassi, Eric Leake

UNLV Magazine

No abstract provided.

Oru Chapel March 18, 1987, Oral Roberts

City of Faith

This is a transcript of an ORU Chapel held on March 18, 1987 on the campus of Oral Roberts University. In this Chapel, President Roberts explains the need for $8 Million to keep the City of Faith, the Medical Missions Program, and Oral Roberts University afloat. As an act of faith, Roberts tells the students he will remain in the ORU Prayer Tower until April 1st, the deadline for raising the funds.

Healing Outreach Center Pamphlet, Holy Spirit Research Center, Oral Roberts University

City of Faith

This is c. 1987 brochure is a four page advertisement announcing phase II of the Healing Outreach Center and including Journey Through the Bible Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University. The Journey Through the Bible was an interactive media presentation of biblical stories in decorated rooms. Phase one contained the creation room and Noah's ark. This pamphlet promoted Phase II which was being planned.

Lifeline - City Of Faith Newsletter (April, 1985), Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

City of Faith

Lifeline vol 1, no 1 (Apr, 1985)

(Likely mislabeled under new format. Should be vol 2, no. 4.)

Lifeline is the newsletter for the employees and staff of the City of Faith Medical and Research Center. This edition includes the following articles:

• "Pharmacists Pray and Believe"
• "Speech Pathology Services Making Strides"

Lifeline - City Of Faith Newsletter (May-June, 1984), Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

City of Faith

Lifeline vol 2, no 3 (May-June - 1984)

Lifeline is the newsletter for the employees and staff of the City of Faith Medical and Research Center. This edition includes the following articles:

• "Quick Care Meeting South Tulsans' Needs"
• "Research at the City of Faith: The Quest for a Breakthrough"
• "Diabetes Institute Tests 'Miracle' Drug"
• "Grants Provide Research in Number of Areas"
• "Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund Established"
• "Optical Clinic Focuses on Quality Eye Care"
• "The Case for City of Faith Marketing"
• "Miracles Expected in Informations Systems"
• "COF Communications Reaches Out and Touches Everyone"
• "Welcome New Employees and Staff"

Lifeline - City Of Faith Newsletter (Dec, 1983), Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

City of Faith

Lifeline vol 2, no 2 (Oct 1983)

Lifeline is the newsletter for the employees and staff of the City of Faith Medical and Research Center. This edition includes the following articles:

• "New Pediatrics, Family Medicine Units Open"
• "COF Comes Through - The United Way"
• "Grounds Crew Makes Good First Impression"
• "Speech Pathology Proving to be Popular Addition"
• "Welcome New Employees and Staff"

Lifeline - City Of Faith Newsletter (Nov, 1983), Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

City of Faith

Lifeline vol 2, no 1 (Nov, 1983)

Lifeline is the newsletter for the employees and staff of the City of Faith Medical and Research Center. This edition includes the following articles:

• "Magnetic Resonance Imager Now in Use: City of Faith Pioneers New Technology"
• "Diabetes Institute Underway"
• "Bonwell Named HMO Executive Director"
• "More than Shipping and Receiving"
• COF's Magnetic Resonance Imager Arrives"
• "Yamanashi is First MRI Physicist"
• "Staff Spreads Word With TV Appearances"
• "Richter Appointed to Nat'l MS Committee"
• "Angioplasty Program Underway"
• "Welcome New Physicians"
• "Welcome New Nurses"
• "Welcome New Employees and Staff"
• "Medical Staff Members Speak"

Lifeline - City Of Faith Newsletter (July, 1983), Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

City of Faith

Lifeline vol 1, no 6 (Jul, 1983)

Lifeline is the newsletter for the employees and staff of the City of Faith Medical and Research Center. This edition includes the following articles:

• "Counseling Services in Full Swing"
• "PTL Gives City Satellite Dish"
• "HAC Sees 3,100 Gold Card Patients"
• "City of Faith to Produce TV Series"
• "Welcome New Physicians"
• "Welcome New Nurses"
• "Welcome New Employees and Staff"
• "Eileen Baggett: A Special Friend, A Special Ministry to Spouses"
• "From Lasers to Light Bulbs, Materials Management Delivers."

Lifeline - City Of Faith Newsletter (May-June, 1983), Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

City of Faith

Lifeline vol 1, no 5 (Oct 1982)

Lifeline is the newsletter for the employees and staff of the City of Faith Medical and Research Center. This edition includes the following articles:

• "City of Faith Prepares for NMR Unit"
• "Unit Committees Improve Communication, Patient Care"
• "City of Faith Open Heart Program Begins"
• "Welcome New Nurses"
• "Welcome New Employees and Staff"
• "Already Many Requests - COF Speakers Bureaus Established"
• "Faces of Health Fair 83"

Lifeline - City Of Faith Newsletter (March, 1983), Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

City of Faith

Lifeline vol 1, no 4 (March, 1983)

Lifeline is the newsletter for the employees and staff of the City of Faith Medical and Research Center. This edition includes the following articles:

• Jerry Brown Named Administrator
• "Good Press, Bad Press, No Press..." James E. Winslow, Jr.
• "Welcome Physicians"
• "Welcome New Nurses"
• "Welcome New Employees and Staff"
• "HMO Response Termed 'Excellent!'"

Lifeline - City Of Faith Newsletter (Jan, 1983)), Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

City of Faith

Lifeline vol 1, no 3 (Jan, 1983)

Lifeline is the newsletter for the employees and staff of the City of Faith Medical and Research Center. This edition includes the following articles:

• "1983 Declared the Year of Research"
• "Quick Growth by a Great Staff"
• "Lay Prayer Partners Recognized"
• "Welcome New Nurses"
• "Welcome New Employees and Staff"
• "Departments Celebrate the Season"

Lifeline - City Of Faith Newsletter (Dec, 1982), Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

City of Faith

Lifeline 1, vol 2 (Dec, 1982)

Lifeline is the newsletter for the employees and staff of the City of Faith Medical and Research Center. This edition includes the following articles:

• "Hospital Notes First Anniversary; New Psychiatric Unit Opens"
• "Gearing Up for the Partners" by William B. Luttrell
• "Their Only Paycheck is a Smile and a Thank You"
• "Welcome Physicians"
• "Welcome New Nurses"
• "Welcome New Employees and Staff"
• "Runners Promote Fitness Center"
• "Dr. Bill Bright Greets a COF Employee"