Airflow behavior and indoor/outdoor PM2.5 dispersion in different building–tree grouping patterns depend significantly on the building–tree layouts and orientation towards the prevailing wind. By using a standard k-ε model and a revised generalized drift flux model, this study evaluated airflow fields and indoor/outdoor relationships for PM2.5 resulting from partly wind-induced natural ventilat...

This study examines the dominance of the D/H ratio as a design element for an enclosed urban square, long claimed by numerous urban designers. It claims that like the D/H ratio, other design elements significantly affect the perceptual quality of an enclosed square, but their impacts differ according to the context in which they are applied. The study reviews the literature pertaining to enclos...

In this paper we presented a novel approach for building detection from multiple aerial images in dense urban areas. The approach is based on accurate surface reconstruction, followed by extraction of visible building facades, then used as a main cue for building detection. For the facade detection a simple but nevertheless flexible and robust algorithm is proposed. It is based on observation t...

In the cold sunny winter days, when the south wall is well insulated, a significant amount of solar energy falling on this facade is not transferred to the inside. In this study, a novel closed wall-loop system is proposed to capture this wasted energy available during non-cloudy winter days and transfer it to the cooler north facade through water pipes embedded in an exterior aerogel-based ins...

A self-organizing ARTEX model is developed to categorize and classify textured image regions. ARTEX specializes the FACADE model of how the visual cortex sees, and the ART model of how temporal and prefrontal cortices interact with the hippocampal system to learn visual recognition categories and their names. FACADE processing generates a vector of boundary and surface properties, notably textu...

This paper describes one realization of the attribute inheritance mechanism in specific CAD/CAM software package supporting the design and manufacturing of the facade carpentry. The facade carpentry is made out of a number of profiles and items together with the corresponding parts needed to join and assemble them known as profile system. Each entity in profile system can be described using the...

In this paper, we present a fast approach to automated generation of textured 3D city models with both high details at ground level, and complete coverage for bird’s-eye view. A close-range facade model is acquired at the ground level by driving a vehicle equipped with laser scanners and a digital camera under normal traffic conditions on public roads; a far-range Digital Surface Map (DSM), con...

We propose an incremental learning scheme for learning a class hierarchy for objects typically occurring multiple in images. Given one example of an object that appears several times in the image, e.g. is part of a repetitive structure, we propose a method for identifying prototypes using an unsupervised clustering procedure. These prototypes are used for building a hierarchical appearance base...

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A privileged element of contemporary law, confession as a means proof in criminal proceedings is the object analysis this research. Based on bibliographic review, study will seek to decompose and reorganize two fronts, constructing theoretical hypothesis that proposes observe an inquisitorial practice institution, but which also has traceable genealogical depth modulations subjectivation techni...