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Potential of Virtual Reality Based Application for Students' Construction Planning, Sequencing, and Safety Planning Performance
No full textThis study examined whether Virtual Reality (VR) technology affects the planning, sequencing, and safety planning of engineering students with a construction background. The sample for the study consisted of 20 engineering students currently enrolled at United Arab Emirates University. To determine whether the 4-D VR simulation of a building helps students' learn construction sequencing and scheduling and detect safety hazards, students were initially provided only with 2-D drawings of a project along with a lecture on how to determine construction sequencing and potential hazards of the project. In the next stage, they were provided with an opportunity to explore construction sequencing via a 4-D VR-based simulation. A mixed-method survey approach was used to determine whether VR is effective in comparison to traditional learning equipment (presentations, animations, lectures, and 2D drawings). The final feedback of the students pointed towards the efficiency of digital tools such as VR in increasing awareness for construction lifecycle processes such as construction and safety planning.</p
Potential of Virtual Reality Based Application for Students' Construction Planning, Sequencing, and Safety Planning Performance
No full textThis study examined whether Virtual Reality (VR) technology affects the planning, sequencing, and safety planning of engineering students with a construction background. The sample for the study consisted of 20 engineering students currently enrolled at United Arab Emirates University. To determine whether the 4-D VR simulation of a building helps students' learn construction sequencing and scheduling and detect safety hazards, students were initially provided only with 2-D drawings of a project along with a lecture on how to determine construction sequencing and potential hazards of the project. In the next stage, they were provided with an opportunity to explore construction sequencing via a 4-D VR-based simulation. A mixed-method survey approach was used to determine whether VR is effective in comparison to traditional learning equipment (presentations, animations, lectures, and 2D drawings). The final feedback of the students pointed towards the efficiency of digital tools such as VR in increasing awareness for construction lifecycle processes such as construction and safety planning.</p
Potential of Virtual Reality Based Application for Students' Construction Planning, Sequencing, and Safety Planning Performance
No full textThis study examined whether Virtual Reality (VR) technology affects the planning, sequencing, and safety planning of engineering students with a construction background. The sample for the study consisted of 20 engineering students currently enrolled at United Arab Emirates University. To determine whether the 4-D VR simulation of a building helps students' learn construction sequencing and scheduling and detect safety hazards, students were initially provided only with 2-D drawings of a project along with a lecture on how to determine construction sequencing and potential hazards of the project. In the next stage, they were provided with an opportunity to explore construction sequencing via a 4-D VR-based simulation. A mixed-method survey approach was used to determine whether VR is effective in comparison to traditional learning equipment (presentations, animations, lectures, and 2D drawings). The final feedback of the students pointed towards the efficiency of digital tools such as VR in increasing awareness for construction lifecycle processes such as construction and safety planning.</p
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THE effects of ageing on driving related performance
No full textAccording to one estimate, about 40 percent of the driving population will be over the age of 60by the year 2020 in the UK and currently, several hundred thousand drivers with dementia holddriving licenses. The number of motor vehicle crashes per unit distance of automobile travel is“U”-shaped, with risk increasing slightly between the ages of 55 and 60, but risk increasing witheach successive five-year interval. Some individuals who have mild dementia possess sufficientdriving skills to be designated as fit drivers. The most challenging assessment and decision for thephysician/licensing authority as regards fitness to drive lies in drivers who are questionablydemented or are in a state of very mild dementia.In the absence of a reliable standard protocol, some clinicians make judgment based on selfreporting,which has risks associated with it as lack of insight and judgment are potential commontraits of the population experiencing cognitive decline. Seldom is recourse made by healthprofessionals to on-road assessment as a first alternative as it requires a fee and such testingcenters are not readily available everywhere. This research addresses this issue of theidentification of cognitive tests that can be used to assess an individual’s ability to drive andespecially of those individuals that are questionably demented and are the most difficult toidentify. A younger and an older group consisting of 56 drivers in total were administered ninedifferent cognitive tests and two drives (Drive-I and Drive-II) on the STISIM driving simulator.The cognitive test ufov3 (involving the identification of a central target and simultaneously theradial localization of a peripheral target embedded in distracter triangles), which is the thirdsubtest of the UFOV (Useful Field of View) test showed the highest discriminating ability inseparating “poor-drivers” from “not-poor-drivers”, with 92.86 % of the drivers correctlyclassified. The next best discriminating ability in decreasing order of strength was that of dichoticlistening test, trail making test, rey-copy test and paper folding test. Also, age was found to be anexcellent discriminator of “poor-drivers” and “not-poor-drivers” with 91.07 % of the driverscorrectly classified. A composite cognitive measure consisting of the sum of all nine cognitivetests was not a better predictor than the ufov3 test alone; overall it was still an excellentdiscriminator, classifying 89.29 % of drivers correctly. The commonly recommended ClockDrawing test and the Trail Making test did not emerge as significant predictors of driving ability.A general driving skills linear model for prediction purposes was derived that explained 59 % ofthe variation in a general driving performance index with the ufov3 test, the dichotic listening testand the rey-recall test as significant predictors. Recommendations are made as to how this testshould be used to screen potentially at risk drivers
Hydraulic simulations to evaluate and predict design and operation of the Chashma Right Bank Canal
Get PDFIrrigation systems / Irrigation canals / Flow control / Velocity / Canal regulation techniques / Hydraulics / Simulation models / Design / Operations / Crop-based irrigation / Distributary canals / Water delivery / Policy / Protective irrigation / Water allocation / Water requirements / Sedimentation / Water distribution / Equity / Water conveyance / Pakistan / Chashma Right Bank Canal
Beberapa Isu Haraki di dalam Karya-karya Hadis Sayyid Muhammad Nuh
Get PDFSayyid Muhammad Nuh is a prominent ‘haraki’ figure and has produced a number of works in the field of hadith studies. He has been involved in the dakwa movement of the Muslim Brotherhood which influenced his approach in the production of his works, in terms of the ‘haraki manhaj’ and methods. Almost all the works of Sayyid Muhammad Nuh emphasized issues of dakwa and tarbiyah, whether in the field of tafsir, hadith, history and issues of the Muslims’ society. Moreover, the issues that he highlighted were practical and the application of ‘haraki’ approach in production of writings brought about significant lesson to the dakwa movement, including the ones in the field of hadith. The author presents three of his works in the field of hadith which have been among the most referred and widely read in the dakwa circle, including the dakwa movement in Malaysia. His selected works in the field of hadith are ‘Tawjihat of the Prophet `ala al-Tariq’ (Hadiths of Guidance on the Dakwa Path), ‘Manhaj al -Rasul fi Ghars Ruh al-Jihad fi Nufus Ashabih’ (The Messenger’s Approach in Inspiring Spirit of al-Jihad in the Companions), and ‘Min Akhlaq al-Nasr fi Jiyl al-Sahabah’ (Winning Attitudes in the Generation of the Companions). Through this article, the authors highlights a number of ‘haraki’ issues based on the works of Sayyid Muhammad Nuh and the important lessons that he has highlighted for the people of dakwa in facing the dakwa path, based on the hadith of the Messenger
A case study of client driven early BIM collaboration
No full textThis paper presents a case study of client-driven early BIM collaboration, where the client mandated the BIM and employed an independent BIM consultant to ensure successful implementation of BIM throughout all project stages. The case study demonstrates the idea of achieving maximum benefits of BIM by initiating a coordinated modelling process, in early project stages, using a partnering approach in a traditional procurement process. This approach also encouraged early involvement of the contractor in the design process and ensured interoperable modelling & collaboration process in a structured common data environment that continued throughout the project stages supporting several BIM applications. The author was part of the client�s BIM consultancy team that was tasked to ensure that an integrated and coordinated BIM process is successfully developed at the early design stage that would continue throughout the construction and facility management stages.</p
A case study of client driven early BIM collaboration
No full textThis paper presents a case study of client-driven early BIM collaboration, where the client mandated the BIM and employed an independent BIM consultant to ensure successful implementation of BIM throughout all project stages. The case study demonstrates the idea of achieving maximum benefits of BIM by initiating a coordinated modelling process, in early project stages, using a partnering approach in a traditional procurement process. This approach also encouraged early involvement of the contractor in the design process and ensured interoperable modelling & collaboration process in a structured common data environment that continued throughout the project stages supporting several BIM applications. The author was part of the client�s BIM consultancy team that was tasked to ensure that an integrated and coordinated BIM process is successfully developed at the early design stage that would continue throughout the construction and facility management stages.</p
A case study of client driven early BIM collaboration
No full textThis paper presents a case study of client-driven early BIM collaboration, where the client mandated the BIM and employed an independent BIM consultant to ensure successful implementation of BIM throughout all project stages. The case study demonstrates the idea of achieving maximum benefits of BIM by initiating a coordinated modelling process, in early project stages, using a partnering approach in a traditional procurement process. This approach also encouraged early involvement of the contractor in the design process and ensured interoperable modelling & collaboration process in a structured common data environment that continued throughout the project stages supporting several BIM applications. The author was part of the client�s BIM consultancy team that was tasked to ensure that an integrated and coordinated BIM process is successfully developed at the early design stage that would continue throughout the construction and facility management stages.</p
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