Courtyard geometry plays an important role in the amount of received solar radiation, also heating and cooling energy consumption of buildings. Considering this geometry for finding its proper proportion and orientation is significant to increase indoor thermal comfort, and as a result reduce the amount of energy consumption. This paper mainly focuses on a dormitory courtyard in Yazd and invest...

Understanding larval dispersal requires knowledge of whether larvae in situ have orientated swimming, and how this varies temporally and spatially. Orientation of >300 settlementstage larvae of Chromis atripectoralis (Pomacentridae) measured over 1998−2008 by divers near Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef was consistent. All 10 data sets had southerly orientation at all locations; 94% of larvae ...

In recent years, photovoltaic energy has become a popular alternative to traditional fossil fuels due its renewable and sustainable nature, the incentives provided by countries encourage research development in this field have accelerated implementation of roofs. One important factor maximizing efficiency solar panels is their orientation harness maximum irradiation with minimum roof area. arti...

In this paper, we compare the competitiveness between clustered and dispersed Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesian food processing industry. This study was driven by the important role of SMEs in Indonesian food processing industry for helping low income people access the low price foods. Furthermore, as Indonesian Government implements policy that support clustered SMEs, it could be e...

this study extends prior researches by exploring the effect of organizational orientations on export performance. building on the already extensive literature, we developed a model of relationship. a total of 120 usable questionnaires were received from the iranian food industry smes. the results indicated that entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation and learning orientation positively ...

Suppose D is an acyclic orientation of a graph G. An arc of D is said to be independent if its reversal results another acyclic orientation. Denote i(D) the number of independent arcs in D and N(G) = {i(D) : D is an acyclic orientation of G}. Also, let imin(G) be the minimum of N(G) and imax(G) the maximum. While it is known that imin(G) = |V (G)| − 1 for any connected graph G, the present pape...

During the past 50 years, there are no topographic maps at scaled of 1:50,000 in the West Regions of China. Beside the extremely adverse environmental condition of the regions, the poor surveying and mapping technology is an important factor to cause the situation. This kind of present condition limited the Development of the West Regions and embarrassed the economic and social sustainable deve...

Abstract: Purpose: This study aimed to inspect the effect of information technology infrastructure on market orientation. It also intended examine impact orientation organizational achievement in Special Autonomy Regional Government. Research methodology: The adopted a quantitative research design and obtained samples using cluster stratified random sampling. were determined Gross Domestic Prod...

The objective of this work was to evaluate the variations environmental factors under canopy papaya planted in a north-south and east-west orientation. Two areas were studied, one oriented other east-west, both with spacing 3.20 mx 2.40 m, April 2015. distances from line (levels shading) place full sun, where it evaluated, North-South direction: planting line, at 40 cm west side, east side sun;...