In recent years, there has been an increasing trend of entrusting the elderly to nursing homes, thus providing a suitable space that meets their physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs has become necessary. The nursing homes is the first and simplest solution that can be considered for such individuals. However, considering the charact...

By Mahdi Aliyari

Both biological populations and the terrain suffer greatly from mining. Mining activities upset plant communities, and the habitats that result from the mining become depleted, creating an extremely difficult environment for the growth of plants. The mining leaves behind nutrient-deficient sandy spoils that are hostile to plants, and methods of rec...

By Arasuraja Ganesan, Priya Sethuraman, Sundara Balamurugan

Developing countries, especially, India, depend importantly on energy sources to perform their country’s industrial and economic activities. Mainly the two factors continuous population growth of the country and the rapid growth rate of industrialization of the country, the gap between electrical energy supply and demand for electrical energy...

By G. Suresh, D. Lenine

In nature, the bucking behavior of the web of I section reduces the member's strength considerably. Hence, in common practice, people use the intermediate and end stiffeners to improve the strength of the beam. The stiffeners are connected to the web using the welded connections. In this paper, the experimental study on steel beams with and without...

By S. Kalaiselvi, R. Santhosh Kumar

This research focuses on the energy performance of buildings with glass windows to allow daylight in three different locations in India. The utilization of glass in modern commercial buildings is rapidly increasing for aesthetic views and daylighting through the glazing. Much research has been conducted on WWR and daylight integration into the buil...

By Biswajit Biswas, Subhasis Neogi, Biswanath Roy

Coal mining education needs to be integrated with environmental conservation and sustainability principles so that a new generation of environmentally responsible mining professionals will be developed. This paper discusses how ecological awareness and sustainable practices need to be taught in educational programs related to coal mining to overcom...

By Rahbar Khalikova, Feruza Jumaeva, Azizbek Nazarov, Mohinur Akmalova, Feruza Umarova, Elbek Botirov, Larisa Khaydarova, Mukaddas Abduraimova

The aim of this study is to identify and map the zones of different vulnerability to flash floods based on the geospatial analysis of natural conditions in the Porečka River basin (Republic of Serbia). The analysis covers the catchment area of the Porečka River (493.82 km2 ). Geospatial analysis was conducted using GIS software (QGIS 3.18). The Fla...

By Ana Lukić

Tourism is one of the most developed industries in the world that is continuously growing. It has many different shapes and types with many different factors that affect its success. Over the years, tourism has changed. The new era of tourism is trying to put focus on present environmental problems such as the amount of waste, the use of natural re...

By Dijana Đurić, Jovana Topalić Marković

The main goal of this research is to examine thermal comfort in the central area of Belgrade (Serbia), over a period of 30 years (1991-2020). The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) was used as a measure for evaluating outdoor thermal comfort (OTC). The obtained results were considered separately for each season, as well as at the annual level. ...

By Milica Lukić, Dijana Đurić

Complexity of geological terrain built demands different level of research in order to obtain all necessary characteristics for the establishing of connections between the structure of the objects and the terrain. Frequent changes of rocks in vertical profile and their irregular settling related to creasing of the terrain during geological history ...

By Neđo Đurić, Marko Đurić