considering numerous problems related to the old textures, sustainable development canbe mentioned as the most efficient approach to avoid consequent shortcomings. the methodology adoptedin the present paper is of analytical–descriptive type. using the mentioned method, the data werecollected through the field and documentary studies. the statistical society of present paper includesspecialists...

Objective: The purpose of this article is to determine the static analysis a multi-family dwelling located in town Chanchamayo, for identification structural system. Method: was applied 3-story reinforced concrete building. methodology descriptive, where it consists determining percentage Basal shear, which will allow us evaluate type structure that be carried out acts on elements such as colum...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the concurrent validity of the Farsi version of Functional Gait Assessment (FGA), Timed Up & Go (TUG), and Gait Speed tests in Persian communitydwelling older adults. Methods: Subjects were 100 males in falling or no falling history group (50 subjects in each group). Subjects were community-dwelling adults aged 60-90 years who were living...

The risk of fire spread in informal settlements is significant and can be analysed as a function the spatial arrangement dwellings. Spatial metrics representing density shape dwellings are proposed method to identify at high spread. LiDAR data used map dwelling roofs for City Cape Town, South Africa. roof dataset validated against visually interpreted digitised from 6 cm resolution aerial photo...

extended abstract 1. introduction after industrial revolution, complex economic and technical developments led to wide changes in the size of cities, the proportion of the population in urban areas, and the growth rate of urbanization (johnson, 1998). more than half of the world population currently lives in urban areas and the uncontrolled expansion of cities is becoming a global concern. it i...

This paper models the impact of urbanization on infectious disease transmission by integrating a CA land use development model, population projection matrix model and CA epidemic model in S-Plus. The innovative feature of this model lies in both its explicit treatment of spatial land use development, demographic changes, infectious disease transmission and their combination in a dynamic, stocha...

Introduction: Mild cognitive impairment can be considered as an intermediate clinical state between normal cognitive aging and mild dementia. Elderly people with this impairment represent an at-risk group for the development of dementia. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and ...

The political events and global socio-economic reforms carried out by social democrats in the early 20th century, expansion of capital Austria inflow working class caused building a “garden city” with rich infrastructure, parks available comfortable dwelling. skills advanced Austrian architects, ideological meaning together economic forces, spatial concept socialist slogans gave birth to new ar...

introduction internationally, the most widely used term to describe the phenomenon of people owning or utilizing some sort of dwelling for recreational and secondary purposes is a second home. throughout the world, many different terms are used to describe second home. however, even if differences in defining the phenomenon do occur, the similarities between the terms and definitions are obviou...

BACKGROUND In the context of a rapid increase of dengue cases in the Americas, a monitoring system based on systematic serological control (IgM) of patients consulting for suspected dengue was developed in Bolivia at the end of the 1990s. In the most affected city of Santa Cruz, this system was complemented by an entomological surveillance program based on periodical search for immature stages ...