Associate Professor, Engineering Design & Professional Programs, Pennsylvania State University, 213-F Hammond Building, University Park, PA 16802, Phone: 814-863-9075. Fax: 814-863-7229. E-mail: [email protected] Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 104 Engineering Unit A, University Park, PA 16802, Phone: 814-863-2086. Fax: 814-863-4789. E-mail: rmistric...

This study aims to investigate the daylight performance of Colonial Mosques in Malaysia. The first objective this is identify passive daylighting strategies from colonial mosques. second evaluate research methodology consisted table research, field observation, and analysis simulation prayer hall Mosques, using Sefaira software. results have shown that was affected by building orientation, shad...

Alternative medicine in Bangladesh context means Unani/Ayurvedic and Homeopathic medicine. Government recognizes and patronizes allopathic (modern and western) medicine. This system through Government Institutions viz. hospitals and health care centres can offer services to only about 30% people. The other two systems (Unani/Ayurvedic and Homeopathic) can serve 50-60% people. Limited health man...

this commentary on the editorial ‘the politics and analytics of health policy’ by professor calum paton focuses on two issues. first, it points to the unclear links between ideas, ideology, values, and discourse and policy, and warns that discourse is often a poor guide to enacted policy. second, it suggests that realism, particularly ‘programme theory’ are useful tools for health policy analys...

Fiber-optic daylighting systems have been shown to be a promising and effective way to transmit sunlight in the interior space whilst reducing electric lighting energy consumption. To increase efficiency in terms of providing uniform illumination in the interior, the current need is to illuminate optical fiber-bundle with uniform light flux. To this end, we propose a method for achieving collim...

This article examines the relationship between women’s economic and social empowerment in the context of extreme poverty. It is based on the findings of primary fieldwork on the char islands of north-west Bangladesh, investigating the processes resulting from the implementation of the Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP). The first phase of the CLP, funded by the UK government’s Department for Int...

This study explores the specific value of women only programmes for the enterprise education needs of women in science and engineering and technology (WISE) through reviewing the impact of EnterpriseWISE, a women-only programme providing entrepreneurial skills training for scientists and engineers. EnterpriseWISE was designed as a specific intervention to raise, in a single-sex environment, the...

As Leifer et al. have argued, the management of radical innovation projects necessitates different strategies and practices, including different ways of measuring performance. This paper discusses our efforts to explore indicators of progress for radical innovation in basic and applied research and technology development at both the project and programme levels. The paper provides examples of o...