nowadays, one of the greatest energy consumption sources in the world is recognized as hvac systems, which are used vastly not only for industrial productions but also for creating comfort condition in dwellings. since beginning of warm or cold season, we will need a source of energy to reach desirable thermal conditions inside a building. also, earth is naturally a great thermal source, which ...

The study of patronage of the arts and architecture during the Mamluk period helps us sharpen the picture that we have of this alien ruling class. At the same time, it illuminates the relationships which existed between the Mamluks, the religious elite, and the rest of the population. In examining the patronage of architecture in the Mamluk period, historians and art historians face a number of...

Fantastic Realism is a genre which remind us of Russia and its great writer Dostoevsky. This genre has been developed in Iran among Iranian writers who have been familiar with the books of world literature, especially Russian literature. Fantastic Realism employs and combines reality and imagination, and while it concerns the reality related to human beings, it pictures that kind of reality whi...

the process of constructing buildings is a complex activity, which has a variety of impacts on our environment, society and economy. buildings provide shelter, encourage productivity, embody our culture and can create a great legacy for the future while at the same time establishing links with the past. but they also consume a huge share of our land, energy, water and material resources. regard...

The problem of edge-based classification of natural video sequences containing buildings and captured under changing lighting conditions is addressed. The introduced approach is derived from two empiric observations: In static regions the likelihood of finding features that match the patterns of “buildings” is high because buildings are rigid static objects, and misclassification can be reduced...

The problem of edge-based classification of natural video sequences containing buildings and captured under changing lighting conditions is addressed. The introduced approach is derived from two empiric observations: In static regions the likelihood of finding features that match the patterns of “buildings” is high because buildings are rigid static objects, and misclassification can be reduced...