231 research outputs found
Study of the mihrabs in the mosques of Asilah (Morocco)
No full text[EN] The city of Asilah (Morocco) has one of the most interesting medinas in North Africa. The religious architecture constitutes a valuable heritage that is divided between mosques, zawiyas and marabouts. In each of these sanctuaries the mihrab is the common, essential element in the interior spatial configuration. In the present work these mihrabs are studied and classified from a typological and formal point of view.[ES] La ciudad de Arcila (Marruecos) cuenta con una de las medinas más interesantes del norte de África. La arquitectura religiosa constituye un valioso patrimonio que se reparte entre Mezquitas, Zagüías y Morabitos. En cada uno de estos santuarios el mihrab es el elemento común, e imprescindible en la configuración espacial interior. En el presente trabajo se estudian y clasifican estos mihrabs desde un punto de vista tipológico y formal.Vergara Muñoz, J.; Martínez Monedero, M. (2017). Estudio de los mihrabs de los santuarios de la Medina de Arcila (Marruecos). EGA. Revista de Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica. 22(31):250-261. https://doi.org/10.4995/ega.2017.7427SWORD2502612231Calvo, S., 2004. Las Mezquitas de peque-as ciudades y núcleos rurales de al-Andalus. 'Ilu, Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones, Anejos X, pp. 39-63.Babiano, J. C., Lago, M. y García, F. 2001. Asilah. Evolución urbana de la ciudad. Sevilla: Consejería de Obras Públicas y Transportes de la Junta de Andalucía.Gozalbes, G., 1981. Arcila en la Edad Media. Cuadernos de la Biblioteca Espa-ola de Tetuán, 23-24, pp. 149-176.Hayes, D., 1994. Asilah: Common Ground. Aramco World Magazine, 45, 1, pp. 10-15.Llonch, J. A., 2015. "Arquitectura Popular Religiosa del Norte de Marruecos: Tetuán". Melilla: UNED, pp. 23-30.Khoury, N. N. N. (1998). The Mihrab: From Text to Form. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 30(1), 1-27. doi:10.1017/s002074380006554
Asilah Arts Festival (Morocco): encounters in the urban space
No full textThis essay aims to present Asilah Arts Festival through its history, program and outcomes, as an interactive platform for international and local cultural interchange and diffusion but especially, as the essential preservative source it still is, particularly regarding the town’s urban and architectural ensemble and the national and international, material and immaterial legacy it celebrates. The methodology for this research combined a critical bibliographical analysis, followed by a three weeks stay in the Moroccan town carrying out fieldwork that included interviews, visits to sites of interest or participation in the event’s activities. The results obtained from this investigation have in this paper been grouped in four sections: “Urban and architectural heritage”, “Cultural heritage”, “Social impact” and “Everyday life”. These tackle how the event affects local economy, contributes to the population’s education, raises awareness towards the importance of the patrimony’s safeguarding or renders explicit the value of the town’s quotidian existence.Este artículo presenta el Festival de las Artes de Asilah a través de su historia, programa y resultados como plataforma para el intercambio y la difusión cultural tanto a nivel nacional como internacional y, especialmente, como el esencial recurso preservador que todavía hoy es, particularmente en relación al patrimonio arquitectónico y urbanístico de la ciudad, así como a la cultura material e inmaterial, local e internacional que celebra. La metodología utilizada combina un análisis crítico de los recursos bibliográficos seguido de tres semanas de trabajo de campo en Asilah, realizando entrevistas, visitas a lugares de interés o participando en las actividades del evento. Las conclusiones obtenidas son aquí presentadas en cuatro apartados: “Patrimonio urbano y arquitectónico”, “Patrimonio cultural”, “Impacto social” y “Vida cotidiana”. Estas secciones abordan cómo el evento afecta a la economía local, contribuye a la educación de la población, genera conciencia de la necesidad de salvaguardar el patrimonio o revela el valor de la cotidianeidad
Automated router configuration using JAVA-PHP programs / Noorul Asilah Osman
No full textJava-PHP Automated Router Configuration is a system application that allows users to automatically generate scripting configuration especially for Internet Protocol (IP) Core services more quickly and accurately. With this application system, validation, verification, design and profiling information will be carried out easily without using the traditional method of using Excel file to manually extract the router configuration. Aside to that, scripting can be automatically generated and clearly displayed. Currently the process is based on manually scripting in Excel for configuration and users are required to enter the profile information. The problem come due to the process takes longer time for each department to complete their own task due. Furthermore, certain department has to wait for other department to complete its task before other department can proceed. Due to. this problem, the initiatives is to build an application that will assist network engineers and administrator to configure IP core based services by automatically generating configuration scriptures and focusing more on the verification. It will push configuration scripting's in router automatically from the IP Core router. Therefore, it is essential that a program is written to organize these bulks of data for storage and data retrieval, by the entire related department in Telekom Malaysia (TM). The main specific goal of this study is to build an application that will assist network engineers and other administrators to configure Ethernet services automatically. It will generate configuration scriptures from the network system used; in this case IP Core network based equipment (router). This project also demonstrates the effectiveness of using an object oriented approach to analyze, design and programming. This system is developed by using several programming languages such as Virtual Basic, PHP and Java for Web Application. The outcome for this project is an automated router configuration which is one of the platforms by doing another automated task in our division to achieve all the objective as mention below to increase the productivity and revenue in TM
Street Art out of Time: The Cultural Moussem of Asilah and other Entanglements of Public Space, Arts, and Politics
No full textThe small town of Asilah in the north of Morocco holds an annual international festival of visual and performance arts, including exhibitions, workshops, conferences, and other parallel activities. However, it is best known for the murals that are painted every year anew by invited artists on the facades of old town houses. Founded in 1978, the Arts Festival or Cultural Moussem of Asilah qualifies as the first street art festival in Morocco and has significantly shaped the cultural context for arts to interact with public spaces. It has, in particular, linked street art manifestations to ideas of cultural dialogue and south-south alliances as well as to urban regeneration and social development. At the same time, the Festival has been criticized for using the integrative concept of the moussem, a traditional communal festivity, for cultural marketing and for connecting arts and culture to the power of the monarchy. By focusing on political, aesthetic, and urban aspects of the institutionalization of the Asilah Festival, this article draws a genealogical perspective on entanglements of art, public culture, and urban politics in Morocco. It thereby analyzes the cultural context in which street art finds its place, meaning, and critical potential today
Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Lower Pliocene in the Asilah Basin (MW of Morocco)
No full textThe sedimentology, taphonomy and paleontology (Molluscs and Foraminiferids) of the Pliocene in the Asilah Basin are studied. On the basis of the plankton, a Lower Pliocene age is pointed out for the Basin (co-occurrence of Cloborotalia margaritae and Globorotalia puncticulata). 45 tax a of Benthic Foraminiferids and 91 of Mollusca (mainly Bivalves) are recorded. The assemblages are interpreted as living in infralittoral stormy and warm depositionsI environment
Perception of customer satisfaction on Al-Rahn Yapiem servicing in Kuantan, Pahang / Nur Asilah Abu Bakar
No full textThe purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which perceptions of customer satisfaction with the quality of service offered by the Ar-Rahn Yapiem Kuantan based on demographic and dimensions of service quality. Respondents for this survey were Ar-Rahn Yapiem Kuantan customers, and a total of 100 questionnaires were distributed by using convenience sampling technique. The design of this study is a case study survey using a quantitative approach. Questionnaires were used as an instruments for obtaining data. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) program version 20. Analysis used in this study is a frequency and descriptive analysis. Results of the study showed that 51.9% of women customers are more satisfied using the ArRahn services rather than male customer. Empathy factor is a critical factor while the other question is less tangible factors. In conclusion, the customers are satisfied with the quality of service provided by Ar-Rahn Kuantan
The impacts of workforce diversity on employee performance / Najwa Asilah Md Hamsani
No full textIn today’s rapid changing business environment, countries like Malaysia have changed to accommodate the increasingly diverse work force. In general, the term “work force diversity” in the research can be defined as similarities and differences between employees in term of gender, age, ethnicity and education background. Therefore, this may influence employee’s work performance in an organization. Workplace diversity is a multi-faceted concept that will continue to evolve as more industries move toward a global marketplace which also led to a perception of being fundamental for employee performance.
The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of workforce diversity on employee performance in an organization which focus into manufacturing industry. The research focuses on workforce diversity which includes the gender, age, ethnic and education background of the employees. The investigation was done by distributing 86 questionnaires to the employee of GG Circuits Industries Sdn. Bhd
Power quality analysis based on root mean square and discrete fourier transform / Noor Asilah Yaacob
No full textPower Quality (PQ) disturbance is the most significant power issues concern by the
customer side due to degradation of the power quality. The root cause of PQ disturbance
can be identified by analyzing the characteristics of disturbances. From that, appropriate
action can be conducted. The PQ disturbances in the voltage waveform are very difficult
to identify using normal human sight. It is also difficult to analyze the PQ disturbance
manually because of dealing with the huge sample of data waveform. Besides, the method
in sag magnitude determination should be improved to get more relevant result. This
project presents two methods for analyzing the PQ disturbance based on Root Mean
Square (RMS) and Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT). A new technique is introduced to
determine the voltage sag magnitude. This method is applied to the voltage waveform
data as provided by the IEEE 1159.2 PQ event working group using MATLAB
programming. The proposed method for sag magnitude determination is added by
modifying the program of RMS and DFT measurement using Rectangular Approximation
technique. For the result, the RMS and DFT method can use to analyze the voltage sag
event. Both methods able to analyze the voltage sag detection time, sag duration and sag
magnitude. The comparison performance between RMS and DFT method in voltage sag
analysis is presented. The analysis result is affected by the sliding window technique and
the size of the rectangle in the sag magnitude determination. For future work in this
project, the method can be modified to analyze other types of PQ disturbances like swell,
transient and harmonics for more practical
Determinants of stock returns from telecommunication and media companies in Malaysia / Asilah Hadhinah Aiman Razman
No full textBranding is one way of distinguishing products from each other, while making it easier for consumers to choose the appropriate product. However, maintaining and improving the position of the brand on the market is not a simple process. This study aims to study brand determinants towards stock return of telecommunication and media companies’ period from 2015 until 2019. 18 companies are used as a sample of this study. The result shows that among all the independent variables, market capitalization have positive and significant effect on the stock return. While allocations for advertisement and price-book value turned out positive but insignificant to stock return.and average Google search intensity showed a negative and insignificant result to stock return
Effects of lighting system on employee's performances / Nur Asilah Abdul Ghani
No full textThe lighting system at the offices can play a vital roles to the employees’ performances. It can give good or bad effects to employee’s mood, health, safety and performances. Although the office provides lighting system, but sometimes the employees may faces several problem that related with the lighting such as headache, eye strain, fatigue and sleepiness. The lighting provided may be too dim or too bright for the employees to perform their task. This academic project is aimed to study about the proper lighting system at building offices that gives effect to employee’s performances. It can be determined by answering all the objectives of this study. The objectives are to know the types of lighting that usually used in office building, to investigates the level of expectation and level of satisfaction of employees towards the lighting system at their offices and lastly, to determine whether the lighting system at the building office achieve the employee’s expectation or not. In order to meet all the objectives, the data must be collected. There are two methods conducted for this study which is literature review and questionnaires. The respondents of the questionnaire are among the employees at the office and it conducted at two case studies which is Menara A Pandan Kapital and Menara MPAJ. The data collected then would be analyzed to get the answer for the objectives of this academic project
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