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T
he life of Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) is best told
and analysed through a focused study of his
works. The buildings, plans and designs testify to
Gaudí’s character, interests and remarkable creativity
in a way that research into his…

1.1 Historical Overview of Natural Ventilation in High-Rise Office Buildings The 19th century marked the emergence of the office building typology as we know it today. Controlling the indoor environment in these early office buildings was achieved by…

Materials for Architects and Builders is written as an
introductory text to inform students at undergraduate
degree and national diploma level of the relevant
visual and physical properties of a wide range of
building materials. The third edition…

I worked over my material in seminars and lecture courses at McMaster and
Dalhousie universities, benefiting from good questions by many good students.
Among them, Benjamin Doxtdator was also a very effective research assistant,
and Terry…

THE OFFICIAL UBUNTU BOOK CAPTURES both the spirit and the precision with
which Ubuntu itself is crafted. Like Ubuntu, it has evolved in a steady
cadence of regular releases, and this sixth edition reflects the cumulative
insight gained from prior…

In a knowledge-driven enterprise, mobile learning introduces new ways for students to learn and
educators to teach. This paper investigates the acceptability of a mobile classroom manager among
teacher educators in Central Visayas, Philippines.…

This paper shows how to address technological, cultural and social transformations with
empirically grounded innovation. Areas in transition such as higher education and learning
techniques today bring about new needs and opportunities for…

Considering the great impact the first PISA-results caused in Germany and Japan, this study seeks to
provide an explanation for the continuous higher achievement rates of students in the PISA-winner
country Japan compared to their German peers.…

This paper explores the application of canonical gradient analysis to evaluate and visualize
student performance and acceptance of a learning system platform. The subject of evaluation is a
first year BSc module for computer programming. This uses…