Preferred Language
Articles
/
joe-2013
Visual Continuity of Traditional Vocabulary in contemporary urban Development Projects
...Show More Authors

The sustainability of the individual and society get great interest in contemporary studies,
Considering the rebuilding of the society cultural values as the most important goals, which
prompted many researchers to explore ways and social elements of sustainability and the most
important urban and architectural vocabulary achieving it, thus, the search will be directed
towards the human being within the social dimensions of sustainability, his belonging and
awareness of identity through the employment of local heritage in the contemporary product.
The literatures confirmed the continuity of heritage vocabulary in the contemporary product, accordingly the research problem was defined as: "The visual continuity of the heritage vocabulary in achieving social sustainability".
To deal with the research problem a theoretical framework was built for the concept of continuity in general, and visual continuity, in particular, and the application of concluded theoretical framework in a contemporary urban projects adopted the heritage vocabulary and expressed sustainable social identity, the results of the analysis showed that the visual continuity of traditional vocabulary achieved At highest level in the continuity of the surfaces organization in terms of optical properties and elevations treatments, and the continuity of formal relations in terms of scale and proportion, when ever the continuity of the local architectural style appears in the heritage formal elements.

Crossref
View Publication Preview PDF
Quick Preview PDF
Publication Date
Mon Aug 12 2024
Journal Name
دراسات دولية
Towards formulating a new social contract: The political system in Iraq: the dialectic of continuity and permanence
...Show More Authors

The social contract represents a set of laws and determinants agreed upon by a group of individuals in order to organize society for the better.This agreement guarantees them to live in peace according to the pre-agreed laws, and on the basis of that, it represents the key to resolving the crisis relations between the state and society, and this is what prompted Iraqi society to move towards the formulation of a new social contract through popular protest movements in 2019.To overcome the old social contract that shook the trust between the state and society as a result of its negative outputs at various political, economic and social levels, and many problems emerged that hindered the process of building the social contra

... Show More
View Publication
Publication Date
Tue Feb 14 2023
Journal Name
Journal Of Educational And Psychological Researches
Vocabulary Learning Strategies Employed by English as Foreign Language Students at NBU University
...Show More Authors

ABSTRACT

Learning vocabulary is a challenging task for female English as a foreign language (EFL) students. Thus, improving students’ knowledge of vocabulary is critical if they are to make progress in learning a new language. The current study aimed at exploring the vocabulary learning strategies used by EFL students at Northern Border University (NBU). It also aimed to identify the mechanisms applied by EFL students at NBU University to learn vocabulary. It also aimed at evaluating the approaches adopted by EFL female students at Northern Border University (NBU) to learn a language. The study adopted the descriptive-analytical method. Two research instruments were developed to collect data namely, a survey qu

... Show More
View Publication Preview PDF
Publication Date
Mon May 27 2019
Journal Name
Al-academy
The Linguistic Vocabulary and its Role in Constructing the Design Thought: هدى محمود عمر --- سداد هشام حميد
...Show More Authors

The importance of the Arabic language and its deep vocabulary in the live translation of the work of science and interior design can't be hidden from the whole world. The previous studies have dealt with the role of the linguistic vocabulary and Arabic calligraphy in interior spaces in terms of decoration and design. However, this research sheds light on the importance of linguistic vocabulary in the construction of design thought and how it has become the a basic motivation in the process of scientific and practical construction and not just aesthetic formations that took their place in the interior spaces, as linguistic vocabulary emerged recently and echoed within the specialization of interior design and formed a key motive to explor

... Show More
View Publication Preview PDF
Crossref
Publication Date
Wed Dec 30 2009
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Physics
The effect of scrap glass powder in traditional porcelain
...Show More Authors

In this work, Soda Lime Glass (S.L.G.) powder was used ,as
fluxe in traditional porcelain instead of feldspar. Two ceramics
porcelain were compared; commercial or traditional porcelain that
content of 50wt % kaolin, 25wt % quartz, and 25wt % feldspar.
Feldspar mass was substituted by scraps soda lime glass yielding a
new porcelain composition, to determine the softening points and
then the effect of glass addition on porcelain firing process.
Eight samples, for each patch, were prepared and 8wt % water
was added. The resulting composite blends were then die pressed at
2N, to produce disk specimens with diameter of 1.5 cm, and then
they were sintered at (1000, 1100, 1200, 1250,1300,1350,1400 and
1450) ˚C,

... Show More
View Publication Preview PDF
Publication Date
Fri Dec 01 2017
Journal Name
The Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal
Extensive Versus Traditional Phototherapy in Treatment of Neonatal Jaundice
...Show More Authors

View Publication
Publication Date
Thu Jan 05 2023
Journal Name
International Journal Of Building Pathology And Adaptation
Adaptation re-use of traditional cafés in Erbil, Iraq
...Show More Authors
Purpose

This paper aims to shed light on adaptive reuse in traditional architecture (TA) in Erbil, Iraq.

Design/methodology/approach

An inductive approach and qualitative method were used in this study. The inductive research approach was used because there was no clear image of adaptive reuse in traditional cafés (TCs) in Erbil. Besides, there are no studies of TCs in Erbil particularly. Thus, there is a lack of knowledge about what adaptations took place in TCs in Erbil. The qualitative method extracted themes and issues from case studies of four TCs in Erbil citadel'

... Show More
View Publication
Scopus (3)
Crossref (3)
Scopus Clarivate Crossref
Publication Date
Fri Jan 05 2024
Journal Name
Al-academy
Act in Contemporary Painting
...Show More Authors

This research concerned with studying act in contemporary painting , based on the role played by the act in achieving the structure of plastic art work artistically and aesthetically . The study consisted of three chapters: In the first one (the methodological framework) the problem has been displayed and the research aimed to detect : 1. The concept of the act in the structure of contemporary painting . 2. The impact of the act in the formation of the artistic style . as well as putting its boundaries represented in artistic movements : Abstract Expressionism , Pop Art and Conceptual Art within the period between 1945 and until the end of the seventh decade of the twentieth century. The Chapter II (theoretical framework) consisted of th

... Show More
View Publication Preview PDF
Publication Date
Fri Sep 11 2020
Journal Name
Iop Conference Series: Materials Science And Engineering
Application of Nanotechnology in Iraqi Construction Projects
...Show More Authors

View Publication
Scopus (5)
Crossref (4)
Scopus Crossref
Publication Date
Tue Oct 01 2019
Journal Name
Environmental Earth Sciences
Urban geochemistry assessment using pollution indices: a case study of urban soil in Kirkuk, Iraq
...Show More Authors

View Publication
Crossref (6)
Crossref
Publication Date
Tue Feb 28 2017
Journal Name
Journal Of Engineering
The Impact of Urban Solid Waste Management on Urban Environment
...Show More Authors

The growing population and the rising standard of living in cities as well as the increased commercial, industrial and agricultural activities around the world led to
massive production of waste containing different materials and one of them is the municipal solid waste (MSW), so there is a major problem facing the cities around the world about the waste, how to collect, transfer it and how to discard it. Because the accumulation of wastes, whether in the city alleys or in its squares and especially in its residential areas affect the health of their populations besides this situation will be a major indication of the deteriorating quality of life in the city, as hygiene considered a fundamental criterion for the city beauty as well

... Show More
View Publication Preview PDF