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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDouble Diffusive Convection Heat and Moisture Transfer Inside a Planted Roof Building Under Hot-Humid Climate: Case of Lomé City in West AfricaHodo-Abalo Samah, Magolmèèna Banna, Belkacem ZeghmatiPlanted roofs have been investigated as a passive cooling technology for energy efficiency purposes in buildings. More quantitative data on this topic are required to solve a lack of information for many specific regions. This study is focused on a numerical investigation of the thermal comfort inside a green roof rectangular ventilated cavity in a hot and humid climate like … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 19, Issue 1 · 7 Feb 2022 · 6,997 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPhysical Reasons and Mitigation Strategies for Increased Lightnings in BangladeshMiah Muhammad AdelBangladesh lightning victims’ data spanning from 2007 to 2020 were analyzed to relate victims’ activities to lightning strikes under the current upstream water piracy-set heating whence to suggest some mitigation measures. The victims’ data from the online Bangladesh news media bd news 24.com were categorized in columns of places, times of occurrences, engagements of the victims, the numbers of the … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 18, Issue 1 · 28 Jan 2022 · 6,784 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPersonal Exposure to PM2.5 in the Various Microenvironments as a Traveler in the Southeast Asian CountriesSemih Ozler, Karoline K. Johnson, Michael H. Bergin, James Jay SchauerAir pollution has become a pressing issue in today’s society because of its significant effects on humans, animals, plants, air quality, climate and the wider environment. Most urban areas are associated with one or more air pollutants which are emitted from local or regional pollution sources including vehicle exhausts, fossil fuels using in energy production, emissions from industrial and mining … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 4 · 27 Oct 2018 · 9,277 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTHE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE ZONAL MODEL POMA USING PARALLEL TECHNIQUESYao Yu, Ahmed Cherif Megri, Kenneth M. Flurchick, Dukka Bahadur K.C.The zonal modeling approach is a new simplified computational method used to predict temperature distribution, energy in multi-zone building and indoor airflow thermal behaviors of building. Although this approach is known to use less computer resource than CFD models, the computational time is still an issue especially when buildings are characterized by complicated geometry and indoor layout of furnishings. Therefore, … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 12 Apr 2014 · 7,736 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTEXT SIGNAGE RECOGNITION IN ANDROID MOBILE DEVICESOi-Mean Foong, Suziah Sulaiman, Kiing Kiu LingThis study presents a Text Signage Recognition (TSR) model in Android mobile devices for Visually Impaired People (VIP). Independence navigation is always a challenge to VIP for indoor navigation in unfamiliar surroundings. Assistive Technology such as Android smart devices has great potential to assist VIPs in indoor navigation using built-in speech synthesizer. In contrast to previous TSR research which was … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 12 · 25 Nov 2013 · 6,704 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffect of Some Ecological Factors on Thegrowth of Aspergillus niger and Cladosporium sphaerospermumIbtisam Mohammed AbabutainIndoor airborne fungi have been implicated in human health problems, damage to building materials, books, clothes and stored foods, which effected by different ecological factors. Aspergillus niger and Cladosporium sphaerospermum are the most dominant indoor airborne fungi were obtained from our previous study. The effect of normal indoor conditions (Temperature and Relative Humidity) on their growth was studied. Including their … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 12 Feb 2013 · 7,566 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAnalytical Study of Signal-to-Noise Ratio for Visible Light Communication by Using Single SourceMohammad Syuhaimi Ab-Rahman, Nurain Izzati Shuhaimi, Luqman Al-Hakim Azizan, Mazen Radhe HassanProblem statement: In this study, optical wireless communication system using visible light is studied for indoor application. Approach: The process started with the calculation on performance of single source white LED where received power, channel DC gain and quality of data transmission (SNR computation) are identified. Through the simulation results, the SNR performance is directly proportional to angle of incident … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 2 Nov 2011 · 7,482 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAdaptive Fuzzy Knowledge Based Controller for Autonomous Robot Motion ControlMbaitiga ZacharieProblem statement: Research into robot motion control offers research opportunities that will change scientists and engineers for year to come. Autonomous robots are increasingly evident in many aspects of industry and everyday life and a robust robot motion control can be used for homeland security and many consumer applications. This study discussed the adaptive fuzzy knowledge based controller for robot … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, Issue 10 · 30 Jul 2010 · 6,912 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Impact of Air Exchange Effectiveness on Thermal Comfort in an Air-Conditioned OfficeRoonak Daghigh, Kamaruzzaman SopianProblem statement: Impact of air exchange effectiveness on thermal comfort has not been investigated and, therefore, not well understood .Therefore, the influence of air exchange effectiveness on thermal comfort is investigated in this study. Approach: The main objective of this research is to investigate the thermal comfort level of an air-conditioned office room under 14 windows-door opening arrangements as a … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 11 · 30 Nov 2009 · 6,974 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffective Ventilation Parameters and Thermal Comfort Study of Air-conditioned OfficesRoonak Daghigh, Kamaruzzaman SopianThe study presents objective and subjective studies of thermal comfort levels and ventilation characteristics of two air-conditioned postgraduate study offices. The observations were performed at the offices of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, in University Putra Malaysia. Thermal comfort variables were measured while the students answered a survey on their sensation of the indoor climate. Concurrently, tracer gas analysis, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 5 · 31 May 2009 · 7,590 accessesView PDFCite