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The Effectiveness of Applying BIM in Increasing the Accuracy of Estimating Quantities for Public Facilities Rehabilitation Projects in Syria After the War

Public facilities rehabilitation projects are the most discussed projects among humanitarian organizations working in Syria in the field of post-war rehabilitation. Since education is a basic right for every child, there is an urgent need for school rehabilitation projects, especially after the massive destruction caused by the war in Syria in the past decade. BIM technology has been used in the past years because it is an integrated and effective process for planning, studying, and implementing projects. However, BIM has not been properly used in the study of post-war rehabilitation projects, especially in developing countries. This research discusses the effectiveness of applying BIM in the rehabilitation projects of public facilities in Syria after the war by increasing the accuracy of quantities estimation for these projects. The main results indicate that the application of BIM in the Al-Ejref school rehabilitation project in the Al Qunaitra governorate represents great potential in increasing the accuracy of quantity estimation, as the traditional methods are limited and have a large margin of error.

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Michel Saada mail -
Hala Aslan mail
link https://doi.org/10.54216/IJBES.050201

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Vol. Volume 5 / Iss. Issue 2

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Achieving Optimal Lighting to Improve the Functional Performance of the Museum Using Computer Simulation Case Study: Lattakia Museum in Syria

Is it possible to achieve optimal lighting in the museum space, which improves its functionality? And how is that done? This article discusses the previous question to achieve specific purposes: highlighting the importance of lighting in public buildings, especially in museums, and emphasizing the importance of using computer technology in the process of studying and proposing solutions that contribute to improving the performance of lighting in the museum (Lattakia museum in Syria as a case study). The study method is concerned with the use of environmental analysis software (ECOTECT Desktop RADIANCE) applied to the case study, which leads us to main results that can be  summarized in: emphasizing the role of lighting in the process of optimal performance in the museum in the event that the lighting is natural, and choosing the appropriate lighting element in the event that the lighting is artificial, which later recommends the architects or designer the necessity of conducting research and design studies on natural and industrial lighting in the design stage to upgrade the museum to perform the optimal performance of the View exhibits process.

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Mohammed Younes Younes mail
link https://doi.org/10.54216/IJBES.050202

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Vol. Volume 5 / Iss. Issue 2

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PV Pre-cooling System for the Engineers Association Branch in Latakia

This study presents pre-cooling technology using a solar photovoltaic energy system where the increasing in air-conditioning demand during summer results in a rise in the amount of electrical energy consumed from the electric network, as well as an increase in electricity bills. Air conditioners are operated in governmental facilities during official working hours, at the time of the peak demand for electricity, when electric costs are the highest. In order to shift the cooling demand out of the peak period into a lower electric cost period, reducing the energy consumption of the building and the value of the electricity bills, this study was conducted on the technology of pre-cooling using solar photovoltaic energy system. The Engineers Association Branch in Latakia was conducted as a case study. The results showed that applying the Photovoltaic (PV) pre-cooling system led to a significant decrease in the cooling demand during thek hours, and reduces the daily consumption of the electric power from the electric system, as the demand was decreased from 85 kWh to 21,250 kWh. Besides, the value of the electricity bills was decreased by 83%. Pre-cooling lowered the PV system capacity that was needed to operate the building's air conditioning equipment by 50%. A reduction of 42.5 kg of CO2 emissions per day could be achieved using PV-pre-cooling system.

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Rand Ismail mail -
Doha Jdeed mail -
Bilal Zaarour mail
link https://doi.org/10.54216/IJBES.050203

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Vol. Volume 5 / Iss. Issue 2

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Social Media Effectiveness in Museum Marketing: Evidence from Major Museums in Uzbekistan

Although research on digital marketing with social media is extensive, few studies have focused on the effectiveness of museum marketing through the application of PLS-SEM. The present study opens broad opportunities for the integration of social media analytics in museum studies, including the role of audience engagement and content quality and their impact on visitor intention in responding to digital campaigns.  The purpose of this study is to examine the role of social media engagement and perceived value in achieving marketing effectiveness in responding to the museum audience. Collected survey data were subjected to a detailed PLS-SEM analysis to estimate the conditional probability that a latent construct has a significant effect, given the values of one or more of its observed indicators. In order to analyze user perceptions and behavioral responses while also including platform-related factors, certain constructs and indicators were combined with the measurement set defined by prior literature, which resulted in the structural equation model. The results show that visitors’ favorable perceptions of the museum and their online interactions show that content quality positively influences the formation of their behavioral intention through the mediating effect of social media engagement toward brand awareness, visitor satisfaction, and revisit intention. Moreover, understanding the effectiveness of social media for museum marketing in relation to the structural model of user behavior is a contribution to the literature that may help future researchers achieve faster empirical validation. This study can also benefit museum managers as it provides practical insights such as content optimization strategies to improve the use of the social media model and it contributes to the existing literature in the area of digital marketing and cultural promotion in general.

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Nigora Abdurashidova mail
link https://doi.org/10.54216/JIER.040103

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Vol. Volume 4 / Iss. Issue 1

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Intelligent System for Body Fat Percentage Prediction

Excessive fats in human body results in obesity, which is generally linked to various illness like heart diseases, diabetes, etc. Therefore, determining the quantity of body fat becomes essential to save the human health. Though numerous approaches are available in determining body fat percentage (BFP), intelligent and accurate models can be designed using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. Conventional single stage methods utilized particular readings from the body or explanatory parameters in predicting BFP. In this view, this study develops a new Gravitational Search Optimization with Neutrosophic rule-based Body Fat Percentage Prediction model. The presented model intends to appropriately determine the level of BFP in an effective and automated way. To accomplish this, the proposed model follows a two-stage process namely prediction and parameter optimization. At the initial stage, the model derives a new neutrosophic set based rule classifier to determine the BFP. Secondly, the membership function in the rule based model is optimally chosen by the use of GSO algorithm and thereby results in enhanced predictive outcomes of the classification model. A wide ranging simulation analysis is performed and the results are inspected under several dimensions.

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Mahmoud A. Zaher mail -
Nashaat K. ElGhitany mail
link https://doi.org/10.54216/JISIoT.050202

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Vol. Volume 5 / Iss. Issue 2

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Analyzing Digital Education using Neutrosophic Sets

Digital learning is a broad umbrella of any form of learning incorporating novel digital technology aspects in teaching and assessment to facilitate learning and engage students. Most education settings have moved from face–to–face to e-learning platforms worldwide ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Assessment of the efficiency of digital learning is essential, and assessment criteria may take several forms. Digital learning effectiveness assessment has received a significant amount of attention and work; nevertheless, a generalized quantitative evaluation model that considers the inter-affected link among criteria and the uncertainty of personal perception simultaneously is still absent. In this study, the hybrid MCDM model that was suggested handles the independent relations of assessment criteria with factor analysis, and it addresses the dependency relations of assessment via the use of AHP. The AHP and neutrosophic integral approaches are used for the purpose of creating synthetic usefulness in line with the environment of subjective perception. This quantitative research study explores students’ readiness to continue utilizing e-learning while measuring satisfaction levels with the e-learning system among higher education students in the Gulf area. Moreover, students’ behavior intention is measured here.  Descriptive analysis was opted to achieve the aim of the study. Data analysis demonstrated that higher education students showed medium to high readiness levels towards e-learning and were identified with a medium level of satisfaction with the e-learning system. Moreover, students demonstrated a high intent to utilize the e-learning platform in case of offering parallel e-learning courses in the future.

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Mohammed Alzyoudi mail -
Nahla Moussa mail -
Karima Almazroui mail -
Samira Alnuaimi mail
link https://doi.org/10.54216/IJNS.200210

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Vol. Volume 20 / Iss. Issue 2

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A Note on the Uniqueness and Existence of the Solution to the Problem of Boundary Values for Some Partial Differential Equations of Second Order

Most physical mathematical problems, when solved, turn into one or more partial differential equations with imposed initial conditions or boundary conditions . This is known as the boundary value problems of differential equations .This research studies the solution of the set of Partial Differential Equations of parabolic and hyperbolic-hyperbolic type with boundary conditions imposed in different regions of the plane x o y . This research has been proving the theorem of uniqueness and the existence of the solution.

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Josef Al Jumayel mail
link https://doi.org/10.54216/GJMSA.030201

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Vol. Volume 3 / Iss. Issue 2

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On Some Results About the Asymptotic Behaviour for Some Non-Homogeneous and Non-Linear Differential Equations with A Laplacian p≥1

In this paper, we study the global existence and the asymptotic behaviour for the solutions of the following non-linear and non-homogeneous differential equation with order 3 and with a Laplacian p≥1 〖〖〖〖[|u〗^(ˊˊ) (t)|〗^(p-1) u〗^(ˊˊ) (t)]〗^ˊ+f(t,u(u))=e(t)  ;p≥1   Where t→+∞. Also, we get the solutions of (1), which the type of the asymptotic behaviour of the global solutions is at^2+bt+c; t→+∞, a,b,c ∈R ;a ≠0

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Josef Al Jumayel mail
link https://doi.org/10.54216/GJMSA.030202

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Vol. Volume 3 / Iss. Issue 2

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Ambiguous Set Theory: A New Approach to Deal with Unconsciousness and Ambiguousness of Human Perception

Recently, precise measurement of uncertainty of data with fuzzy attributes is considered as one of the main problems. For this purpose, fuzzy sets, intuitionistic fuzzy sets, and neutrosophic set theory are extensively introduced. The problem arises in computing the complement of true or false membership values in the case of indeterminacy. Instead of indeterminacy as discussed in neutrosophic set theory, it can be completely true, partially true, or partially false. To deal with this, the theory of ambiguous sets has recently been introduced. A real-time example of dealing with unconsciousness and ambiguousness in relation to human perception is discussed, illustrating the motivation of the ambiguous set theory. Finally, this study focuses on the definition of the ambiguous set, its mathematical representation, and the associated concepts.

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Pritpal Singh mail
link https://doi.org/10.54216/JNFS.050106

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Vol. Volume 5 / Iss. Issue 1

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Four-Way Turiyam based Characterization of Non-Euclidean Geometry

Recently, a problem is addressed while dealing the data with Non-Euclidean Geometry and its characterization. The mathematician found negation of fifth postulates of Euclidean geometry easily and called as Non-Euclidean geometry. However Riemannian provided negation of second postulates also which still considered as Non-Euclidean. In this case the problem arises what will happen in case negation of other Euclid Postulates  exists. Same time total total or partial negation of Euclid postulates fails as hybrid Geometry. It become more crucial in case the data is unknown, incomplete or exists beyond the three-way space as heteroclinic pattern. To understand this problem, the current paper tried to distinguish Euclidean, Non-Euclidean, Anti-Geometry, Neutrogeometry and Turiyam or Unknown geometry using the complement operator with an example.

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Prem Kumar Singh mail
link https://doi.org/10.54216/JNFS.050207

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Vol. Volume 5 / Iss. Issue 2

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