Using the location of baroque opera houses as a natural experiment, Falck et al. (2011) claim to document a positive causal eff ect of the supply of cultural goods on today’s regional distribution of talents. This paper raises serious doubts on the validity of the identifi cation strategy underlying these estimates, though. While we are able to replicate the original results, we proceed to show...

paper undertakes software based numerical simulations in two different traditional houses in cold-dry climate of tabriz and hot-arid climate of yazd, the eco test software chosen for bim simulations. case study on real houses instead of hypothetical models can give more tangible results and choosing traditional houses can provide a good opportunity to compare both physical and thermal condition...

The few known palatographic studies on Estonian consonants date back to the 1970s, and no research in articulatory phonetics has been practised throughout the following four decades. Recently, the Estonian EPG corpus was recorded using a contemporary EPG system. In the paper we introduce first results on contemporary palatography patterns of Estonian sonorants and compare these to results from ...

Day lighting is one of the important qualitative factors in housing, which is also effective on health and well-being of occupants. Extensive glass surfaces and Transparency in building facades provides good daylight quantity for interior spaces. However, this lighting system is not appropriate for climates faced with higher sunlight radiation (Such as hot-humid areas), due to overheating and d...

The paper attempts to uncover the key issues concerning sustainable built form of towns in aftermath rapid urbanization and growing population. objective this study is understand suitability practicability courtyard forms urban settlement. Traditional houses India are native types houses. These typologies have been developed through time-tested method reached widespread acceptance. It became ap...