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Rana w językach świata
Full text linkIn accordance with the saussurean principle of arbitrariness of the linguistic sign the word rana has manifold senses in the languages of the world. From among numerous examples the author pays special attention to the Romance rana ‘frog’ and the Slavonic (in particular Polish) rana ‘wound’. The discussion concerns the earliest attestations of the word in Old Polish, modern phrases and collocations, cross‑linguistic literary and cultural associations and homonyms.Zgodnie z saussurowską zasadą dowolności znaku językowego słowo rana ma różnorodne znaczenia w językach świata. Spośród licznych przykładów uwagę autora przykuwa przede wszystkim rana romańska, czyli ‘żaba’ oraz rana słowiańska, zwłaszcza polska. Omówione są najstarsze wystąpienia tego słowa w okresie staropolskim, współczesne kolokacje i frazeologizmy, skojarzenia literackie i kulturowe w aspekcie komparatystycznym, a takżehomonimy
A Wellness and Hospitality Resort Inspired
No full textViolet Bloom Resort
By
Student name: Rana Alsalmani
Student ID: S19105838
Submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture
At
Department of Architecture
Effat College of Architecture & Design
Effat University
2025
VIOLET BLOOM RESORT: A Wellness and Hospitality Resort Inspired by Abha’s Jacaranda Landscape
By
Rana Yahya Alsalmani
S19105838
Submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture
At
Department of Architecture
Effat College of Architecture & Design
Effat University
@ Copyright by Rana Alsalmani, 2025
EFFAT UNIVERSITY
EFFAT COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN
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The undersigned here by certify that they have read and recommend to the college of Architecture and Design for acceptance a thesis entitled “VIOLET BLOOM RESORT: A Wellness and Hospitality Resort Inspired by Abha’s Jacaranda Landscape” by Rana Alsalmani in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture.
Dated: August 2, 2025
Supervisor: Dr. Ibrahim Saleh
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EFFAT UNIVERSITY
AUTHOR: Rana Alsalmani DATE: August 2, 2025
TITLE: THE ARTS CORE: Visual and Performing Art School
DEPARTMENT OF: Architecture
DEGREE: Bachelor of Science in Architecture CONVOCATION: August
YEAR: 2025
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Abstract
This project is an investigation of design and construction of a sustainable resort in the mountainous area of Asir Region of Saudi Arabia that aims at achieving objectives that are within the eco-tourism and environmental stewardship setting of the Kingdom Vision 2030 agenda. With 18 o 10 38 inN 42 o 35 09 inE, the study area (or shortly, the study site) that borders with Abha, presents impressive topography, rich cultural context, and unrivalled natural landscape.
Two broad issues are addressed in the work, namely, the steepness of the land and the ecological sensitivity of the land. To address the limitations, a unique design has been used which complements the environment. Terracing, cantilever structural forms, and restrained earthworks are some of the techniques that build on the existing contours to raise privacy and comfort of the guests. The core sustainability measures, including renewable energy technology, passive cooling and strong water-saving strategies, will maintain the environmental footprint to be minimal and maximize energy efficiency.
The adherence to the local codes of building structures and environmental policies will provide balanced natural ecosystems and protection of cultural heritage. The conclusion makes the thesis argument that the modernized resort has attained functional and aesthetic goals and it is an attractive paradigm to be used in future developments of eco-tourism in the area.
Introduction: The current thesis looks into the viability of a mid-market resort in Abha, Saudi Arabia, which is a region that promotes scenic mountains and favorable geography, whose area as stated in Vision 2030. Chapter 1 starts the report with a project proposal, and this places the venture on a bigger context that is tourism potential in Abha and national structure of the country. The following chapters will then discuss the details of comparative analysis (Chapter 2), space programming (Chapter 3), site conditions (Chapter 4) and the final out come (Chapter 5) into storytelling.
Project Proposal: Chapter 1 provides the foundation of the Violet Bloom Resorts through the definitions of its concept, objectives, and rationale. The chapter puts the resort into a context of the tourism opportunities in Abha, remarks on its correspondence with Vision 2030, and reveals the conceptual premise of the design.
Case Studies: In chapter 2, two architectural precedents Zenubud Bali and PRY1 retreat hotel will be compared in a bid to inform the spatial, sustainable and experiential approach that will be pursued at the resort. The analysis points out the integration of landscape of the precedents, eco-conscious operations, spatial hierarchy and focus on interaction with the guests.
Program Development: In chapter 3 the functional zoning, circulation, spatial requirement and adjacencies are mapped out in the resort. Specifically, it also implements the concepts of circulation like the island model to promote the sense of difference between the public and the private spaces.
Site Analysis : The fourth chapter discusses the physical, cultural and regulatory limitations of the Abha site including its physical features (topography, climate, accessibility) as well as its cultural contexts. The location is considered to have a mild climate and topography is also a plus; the water sources available in the region, direction of the winds and proximity to the nearest airport are regarded as the challenges.
Design Outcome: Chapter 5 provides the last architectural design solution of the Violet Bloom Resort in plans, sections, elevations, and demands of the environmental systems. The project has a story behind the design, which traces the history of the progress of the project itself, starting with ideas and finishing on a polished scheme, which focuses on spatial strategies rooted in the experience of the guest
Welcome to Vancouver - Interview with Rana Ashour:
No full textRana talks about Vancouver's diverse and welcoming culture and volunteering with a group that helps Syrian refugee women
Stomach contents from invasive American bullfrogs Rana catesbeiana (= Lithobates catesbeianus) on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
No full textInvasive alien American bullfrog populations are commonly identified as a pernicious influence on the survival of native species due to their adaptability, proliferation and consequent ecological impacts through competition and predation. However, it has been difficult to determine conclusively their destructive influence due to the fragmentary and geographically dispersed nature of the historical database. An expanding meta-population of invasive American bullfrogs, Rana catesbeiana (= Lithobates catesbeianus), became established on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada in the mid- to late 1980s. An on-going bullfrog control program begun in 2006 offered a unique opportunity to examine the stomach contents removed from 5,075 adult and juvenile bullfrogs collected from 60 sites throughout the active season (April to October). Of 15 classes of organisms identified in the diet, insects were numerically dominant, particularly social wasps and odonates (damselflies and dragonflies). Seasonality and site-specific habitat characteristics influenced prey occurrence and abundance. Native vertebrates in the diet included fish, frogs, salamanders, snakes, lizards, turtles, birds, and mammals, including some of conservation concern. Certain predators of bullfrog tadpoles and juveniles are commonly preyed upon by adult bullfrogs, thereby suppressing their effectiveness as biological checks to bullfrog population growth. Prey species with antipredator defences, such as wasps and sticklebacks, were sometimes eaten in abundance. Many prey species have some type of anti-predator defence, such as wasp stingers or stickleback spines, but there was no indication of conditioned avoidance to any of these. Results from this study reinforce the conclusion that, as an invasive alien, the American bullfrog is an opportunistic and seemingly unspecialized predator that has a uniquely large and complex ecological footprint both above and below the water surface
Ranavirus ecology in common frogs (Rana Temporaria) from United Kingdom: transmission dynamics, alternate hosts and host-strain interactions.
No full textPhDThe ranaviruses (Family: Iridoviridae) are a group of emerging pathogens in
amphibians. Ranavirus(es) were introduced to the UK in the late 1980s and have
been associated with mass mortality events in common frogs (Rana temporaria) in
south east England. While the signs associated with the disease are well known in
common frogs, little is known about the ecology of the disease in any amphibians in
the UK. This thesis begins the process of the eludication of the ecology of the
ranavirus in common frogs. To test the two different hypotheses for the
transmission/maintenance of ranavirus(es) in North American amphibians,
investigations into the life history stages of common frogs (Rana temporaria)
affected by the ranavirus were undertaken. Eggs and tadpoles were screened using
standard molecular methodologies for the presence of the virus. No infections were
found in eggs (n = 720), one infection was found in a tadpole (n = 288), but adults
were commonly infected with the virus. A mathematical model was developed to
investigate if the ranavirus could be maintained in populations of common frogs
when only adult-to-adult horizontal transmission of the ranavirus occurred. Under
certain circumstances, the virus can persist for long periods of time when this occurs.
This is the first attempt to mathematically quantify the dynamics of a ranavirus.
The potential of alternate or reservoir hosts of the ranavirus(es) in the UK
were also examined. This permitted for the identification of new amphibian host and
for the isolation and characterization of ranaviruses from different hosts.
Phylogenetic analyses revealed that all of the viral isolates were genetically similar at
both loci examined.
Experimental work examining the association between ranavirus isolates
from different hosts in common frog and common toad (Bufo bufo) tadpoles was also
performed. At low doses, isolates from common frogs caused higher mortality in
common frog tadpoles than isolates from common toads. However, in common toad
tadpoles, no such relationship was observed.Queen Mary University of London Research Studentship.
Overseas Research Studentship.
Natural Science and Engineering Council (NSERC)of Canada Doctoral Scholarship (PDS-D3.
Amphibian Convocation Trust Grant University of London.
British Wildlife Health Research Grant.
British Herpetological Grant Society
Rana ulukalensis Nakatani, 1969, A Junior Synonym of Rana tweediei Smith, 1935 (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae)
Full text linkThe nomen Rana ulukalensis, occupied by Nakatani (1969) for a frog collected from the foot of “Mount Ulu Kali”, situated at the headwaters of Batang Kali, a river NNE of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is shown to be a subjective
junior synonym of Rana tweediei Smith, 1935, whose currently valid name is Limnonectes tweediei (Smith, 1935)
Symposium sobre la raNa
No full textContains abstracts, bibliography of studies on raNa, two travel guides to visit raNas in Guadalajara and in the South and North of Montes de ToledoCentro de Informacion y Documentacion Cientifica (CINDOC). C/Joaquin Costa, 22. 28002 Madrid. SPAIN / CINDOC - Centro de Informaciòn y Documentaciòn CientìficaSIGLEESSpai
Novi antimikrobni bioaktivni kompoziti na bazi alginata i aktivnog uglja za medicinsku primenu u terapiji rana
No full textDanas se razvoj novih kompozitnih biomaterijala za medicinsku primenu u terapiji rana bazira na
poznavanju različitih faktora povezanih sa procesom zarastanja i podrazumeva rešavanje specifičnih
problema koji prate hronične rane. U ovom radu prikazani su novi kompozitni hidrogelovi na bazi
alginata i čestica aktivnog uglja (AU) koji bi u potencijalnoj primeni u tretmanu rana ispoljili više
povoljnih efekata. Naime, iz dobijenih kompozita se, u dodiru sa biološkim fluidima, kontrolisano
i efikasno otpuštaju čestice AU tokom 5 dana, perioda relevantnog za tretman hroničnih rana, dok
alginatni hidrogel efikasno upija vlagu. Pri tome, čestice AU mogu biti nosači jedne ili više aktivnih
supstanci (npr.antimikrobnih supstanci i/ili supstanci koje podstiču zarastanje rana) i omogućiti njihovu
lokalizovanu aktivnost bez opasnosti od sistemske resorpcije usled čvrste vezanosti aktivne
supstance za čestice AU. Kao model aktivne supstance adsorbovane na čestice AU odabran je povidon-
jod (PVP-I), moćni antiseptik u standardnoj medicinskoj primeni, koji prilikom duže primene na
većim površinama oštećene kože nosi rizik od sistemske apsorpcije joda. Kompozitne Ca-alginatne
čestice impregnirane sa PVP-I su pokazale izrazitu antimikrobnu aktivnost u suspenzijama standardnih,
kao i rezistantnih kliničkih sojeva mikroorganizama izolovanih iz rana pacijenata. Kompozitni
Ca-alginatni hidrogelovi sa sadržanim česticama AU na kojima je adsorbovan PVP-I su pokazali potencijal
za primenu u oblogama za rane zbog efikasnosti, dostupnosti i širokog spektra dejstva joda,
kao i potencijalnog sinergističkog dejstva sa otpuštenim katjonima Ca2+koji imaju pozitivan efekat na
zarastanje oštećenog tkiva bez opasnosti od neželjenih sistemskih efekata
Life more tragic than death: who remembers Rana Plaza?
No full textIn the days after the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex in the Dhaka suburb of Savar, the story made headlines across the world’s media. As the death toll climbed rapidly from initial reports of several hundred to reach a formal 1127, becoming the world’s worst ever factory accident, the story continued to make news.\ud
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In Europe and North America, the weeks after the collapse saw strong consumer backlash against big brands that were identified as buying ready-made garments (RMGs) from Rana Plaza and similar factories
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