Deliberate exploitation of natural resources and excessive use of environmentally abhorrent materials have resulted in environmental disruptions threatening the life support systems. A human centric approach of development has already damaged nature to a large extent. This has attracted the attention of environmental specialists and policy makers. It has also led to discussions at various natio...

The purpose of this study is to develop an optimum design method for roof shapes satisfying both aesthetic sensibility (beauty) and economic evaluation by using the genetic algorithm (GA). The object is the roof of a gymnasium, and the target roof shape is asymmetrical. The roof shapes were evaluated on the basis of the satisfaction degrees of both economic evaluation and beauty. The economic e...

The importance is growing of user experience as part of service design to enhance competitive differentiation for companies. In conceptual and practical terms, it is challenging to design service experiences and measure differences in the utility value of service experiences. Our research question is: What is the best way to design and test user experiences of services? We extracted seven servi...

In order for humans and robots to interact in an effective and instinctive manner, robots must obtain information about the human emotional state in response to the robot’s actions. This is important as the presence of robot in human living environment has become tremendously increasing. Consequently, we believed that it is necessary to investigate how human feel about this situation and if rob...

The solubility of KNO3 in the mixed solvent (water 85%+methanol 15%) were determined by using solvent evaporating method at different temperatures (25, 30, 40, 50, 60 ;C). In addition the equilibrium constant of ion pair formation, KIP, for K+NO3 – ion-pair on the basis of Fuoss contact ion pair model was calculated. Upon choosing the extended Debye-Hückel model for estimating the mean activity...