Study of the Impact of Isfahan Jame (Atiq) Mosque’s Milieu on Users’ Behavior by Psychological Methods

This research has endeavored to investigate popular locations in Isfahan’s Jame mosque (Atiq) for different groups of users and the means that they receive, by using a reverse process. The main research question to be answered by this study was ‘how the dominant physical and spatial features of the Jame (Atiq) Mosque impact the behavior of its users?’ The methodologies utilized in this study were library research and the psychological field studies. Data were collected through observation by technique of ‘Behavioral Map and List’ to study the users’ behaviors. Questionnaires were also distributed by employing two techniques, namely ‘differentiation meaning’ and ‘grasping the mental map’ which are used to study the meaning of the mosque from the viewpoints of its users. By employing the SPSS21 software, the results of the gathered data from the questionnaires were separately analyzed for different groups of users which were divided by “age”, “gender” and the “aim of being in mosque”. The results demonstrated that a relationship existed between the architectural features of Jame (Atiq) Mosque and the behavior of its users. In other words, the architectural features of this mosque created different perceptions in the users and thus led to the different behavior in them. Findings indicated that women and men selected different parts to stop in the yard. In spite of the tourists who paid attention to all parts of the mosque, the prayers paid attention to the ‘Kiblah’ direction and the southern veranda

Study of the Impact of Isfahan Jame (Atiq) Mosque’s Milieu on Users’ Behavior by Psychological Methods

This research has endeavored to investigate popular locations in Isfahan’s Jame mosque (Atiq) for different groups of users and the means that they receive, by using a reverse process. The main research question to be answered by this study was ‘how the dominant physical and spatial features of the Jame (Atiq) Mosque impact the behavior of its users?’ The methodologies utilized in this study were library research and the psychological field studies. Data were collected through observation by technique of ‘Behavioral Map and List’ to study the users’ behaviors. Questionnaires were also distributed by employing two techniques, namely ‘differentiation meaning’ and ‘grasping the mental map’ which are used to study the meaning of the mosque from the viewpoints of its users. By employing the SPSS21 software, the results of the gathered data from the questionnaires were separately analyzed for different groups of users which were divided by “age”, “gender” and the “aim of being in mosque”. The results demonstrated that a relationship existed between the architectural features of Jame (Atiq) Mosque and the behavior of its users. In other words, the architectural features of this mosque created different perceptions in the users and thus led to the different behavior in them. Findings indicated that women and men selected different parts to stop in the yard. In spite of the tourists who paid attention to all parts of the mosque, the prayers paid attention to the ‘Kiblah’ direction and the southern veranda

Utilizing “Augmented Reality” Technology to Illustrate Residential Open Space Greenery

Displaying visually assistant for research in architecture is a necessity and importance of using new technologies in this matter is inevitable. One of the main assistant for them could be analyzing the effect of non-built environment on human behavior. Also some studies use VR to analyze human behavior but all of them are implemented in lab environment and until now no study tries to examine the human behavior in a real urban context. So this survey diverse underestimated wide range of new technologies with the three-dimensional structure, and finally "Augmented Reality" is chose. Due to the implementation of AR in open spaces, some successful methodologies have been tested for accuracy of registration and City 3D-AR is selected as a practical test. Therefore, environmental factors, according to the characteristics of desired visual have been simulated and virtually laid out in Open Space of Residential Complex. Simulated factors with information of their latitude and longitude, by an interface (API), entered in the Android version of this software. By putting the smartphone in a location and angle that environmental factors have been laid out, these factors have been integrated with its surroundings and through the vent of screen mobile phone is visible. The results of the practical test show that augmented reality technology is a convenient and ideal way to visual characteristics of environmental factors in residential complexes with unique privileges such as freedom of polled individuals; a clear transition of issues and maximum similarity of the area of covered the test

Augmented Reality in Smart Cities: A Multimedia Approach

Intro: This paper presents an advance overview of utilizing Augmented Reality (AR) in smart cities. Although, Smart cities contain six major aspects (mobility, economy, government, environment, living, and people), this paper focuses on three of them that have more potentiality in using virtual assistant (mobility, environment, and living). Methodology: Presenting a state-of-the-art review studies undertake between 2013 and 2017, which is driven from highlighted libraries is the aim of this research. After exact examine, 15 emphasized studies are chosen to divide the main aspects while 120 selective articles are supporting them. These categorizes have been critically compared with an aim, method and chronological perspectives. Results: First of All, Environmental issues (Museums industry) attract the most attention of researchers while the living issues (maintenance) have lower significant compare t latter and mobility (indoor-outdoor navigation) attract the least. Moreover, a close connection between academic and industry fields is going to be created. Conclusions: it has been concluded that, because of economic advantages, utilizing AR technology has improved in the tourism and maintenance. Moreover, until now, most of studies try to prove their concept rather than illustrate well stablished analytic approach. Because of hardware and software improvement, it is essential for the future studies to evaluate their hypothesis in a real urban context

Can Barrier to Relative Sliding of Carbon Nanotube Walls Be Measured?

Interwall interaction energies, as well as barriers to relative sliding of the walls along the nanotube axis, are first calculated for pairs of both armchair or both zigzag adjacent walls of carbon nanotubes with a wide range of radiuses. It is found that for the pairs with the radius of the outer wall greater than 5 nm both the interwall interaction energy and barriers to the relative sliding per one atom of the outer wall only slightly depends on the wall radius. A wide set of the measurable physical quantities determined by these barriers are estimated as a function of the wall radius: shear strengths and diffusion coefficients for relative sliding of the walls along the axis, as well as frequencies of relative axial oscillations of the walls. For nonreversible telescopic extension of the walls, maximum overlap of the walls for which threshold static friction forces are greater than capillary forces is estimated. Possibility of experimental verification of the calculated barriers by measurements of the estimated physical quantities is discussed.Comment: 16 pages, 8 figure

Effects of oral Shilajit tablets on sexual function and sexual quality of life among reproductive-aged women : a triple-blind randomized clinical trial

Background: Shilajit is mentioned in the “Kama Sutra” as a potent enhancer of sexual desire. This study aimed to investigate the effects of oral Shilajit tablets on sexual function and sexual quality of life among women of reproductive age. Methods: Forty-eight reproductive-aged women participated in a placebo-controlled triple-blind clinical trial. The intervention group took oral Shilajit tablets (200 mg) twice daily for 60 days and the control group took the placebo. Data collection tools were Sexual Quality of Life-Female and Female Sexual Function Index. Data were collected before the intervention, 30, 60, and 90 days after the start of the study. Results: Forty-three women completed the study. The mean score of total sexual function in the intervention group was significantly higher than before the intervention (P < 0.001). The mean score of sexual function was 28.93 after 90 days in the intervention group while it was 22.09 in the control group. This finding was observed in most domains of the sexual function index. The mean score of sexual quality of life increased after 60 days of intervention in both groups; however, the difference was not statistically significant (P = 0.094). Conclusion: The study indicated that Shilajit, as a complementary therapy, may improve sexual function and most of its domains; while there was no effect on improving the quality of sexual life

Finding the Virtual Manufacturing Business Case A study of how to assess the value of Virtual Manufacturing

This master thesis concerns the problems of IS/IT evaluation. IS/IT evaluation can be viewed as a part of a justification process for investing in IS/IT. Traditionally these evaluations have been performed with a technical or economical approach, focusing on efficiency and productivity expressed in quantitative measures. However, having these approaches increases the risk of not understanding the different social interpretative values of a system. In the light of this, the productivity paradox has evolved; showing fairly static productivity and rising IS/IT expenditures. At the same time more and more businesses get reliant on IS/IT. Researchers talks here about a need to extend the management’s view of how to evaluate their investments. This study is an attempt to create a deeper understanding on how business benefits can be evaluated when investing in new technology. The study has an interpretative approach, aimed to create an understanding for how benefits from concept of Virtual Manufacturing can be evaluated in the justification phase of an investment. Virtual Manufacturing is said to optimize the product development processes within a company, creating great strategic improvements. We have performed six interviews at the Volvo Group in order to understand the problem area and find a solution that can be applied within the product development domain. The result of this study is a model that highlights the various aspects that should be discussed when investing in this kind of technology successfully