Buildings are beautiful mathematical objects tying a variety of subjects in algebra and geometry together very direct sense. They form natural bridge to visualising more complex principles group theory. As such they provide an opportunity talk about the inner workings mathematics broader audience, but visualisations could also serve as didactic tool teaching building theory, we believe can even...

Automatic detection of buildings and changes in buildings from airborne laser scanner and image data is discussed. A new, improved method for change detection between an existing building map and building detection results has been developed. Corresponding building objects between the two datasets are found by analysing the overlaps of the buildings. Depending on the correspondences, change det...

Cultural heritage buildings were typically built without considering seismic action and are therefore potentially susceptible to earthquake damage. The performance states and protection objectives developed for ordinary buildings are not directly applicable since they do not address the cultural importance of the heritage buildings. This paper proposes a seismic conservation strategy for cultur...

the proposal lateral load pattern for pushover analysis is given in two forms for symmetric concrete buildings: 1-(x/h)0.5 for low-rise and mid-rise buildings, 2- sin(πx/h) for high-rise buildings. these two forms give more realistic results as compared to conventional load patterns such as triangular and uniform load patterns. the assumed buildings of 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 30 story concrete bui...

Salmonella (S.) Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis are the major causative agents of food-borne illnesses worldwide. Currently, a rapid detection system using multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been applied for other food-borne pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus spp. A multiplex real-time PCR was developed for the simultaneous detection ...

Information Technology until recent years mainly have been driven by technological possibilities based on research methods developed within engineering and natural science. The capacity and the ever-decreasing size of IT enable penetration into almost any object. IT can no longer be regarded as an isolated technological possibility; through networks and telecommunication it has become an integr...