Samer Abu ghazaleh

Samer Abu ghazaleh
University of Jordan | UJ · Department of Architecture Engineering

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Introduction
Samer Abu ghazaleh currently works at the Department of Architecture Engineering, University of Jordan. Samer does research in Architectural Engineering, urban design and planning.

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Castles have always been considered the preoccupation of most civilizations in history, especially in Jordan, which is characterized by being a bridge linking civilizations. The architectural systems used in the formations and the design of the spaces that make up these castles formed the most important structural features of walls, ceilings, openi...
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The price of crude oil is ever increasing in Jordan. Energy is the main and most fundamental source for economy and construction industries. Given the fact that material manufacturing and construction in building sector need certain amounts of energy, which is called “embodied energy”. The increase of energy prices is reflected on material manufact...
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In university educational environments, public open spaces play an important role both socially and academically not only as means of social interaction but also as means for formal and informal education. It can promote the sense of community derived from actively shared space and provide for the enriching experiences of both planned and chance en...
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Despite the historic origin of Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), it is considered a modern city. The development of GAM through the 19th and 20th century was dramatic and massive. Since the beginning of the 21st century and precisely since 2002, GAM started a large property development project that forms the cornerstone of GAM development strategy....
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Academic open spaces guide students through their movement and shape our universities' environment by their design and quality of space. They are so important in students' life. In the academic year 1991/1992 the Isra University was established with only 539 students and 5 colleges. The number of students since then increased dramatically and the t...
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Sustainability is a relatively new theme in Jordanian architecture and planning, but the city of Aqaba's new development plan has been elaborated on the basis of sustaining the city's social and economic development as well as its physical environment. No other city in Jordan has been planned on the basis of sustainability. Between 2000 and 2004, a...
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Zarqa City faces a major problem in its urban planning and design. Four main obstacles surround the city. From the north the location of heavy industry such as the Jordanian Refinery, the thermal plant for producing electricity and the purification unit to treat the wastes of the capital Amman and Zarqa are situated. From the west the natural barri...
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This study is an example of a neighborhood scheme that much has been altered in appearance after its initial construction due to the lack of building regulations. The residents changed, added and altered its architectural characteristics without paying much attention to other social and behavioral factors. Our case study presents an empirical study...
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The development of skyscrapers in Greater Amman through the 20 th century was to some extent reasonable and none of them exceeded 90 meters in height. Since the beginning of the 21 st century and precisely since 2001 skyscrapers started to be constructed in spontaneous manner at any location or zone, even residential. Amman has followed distinctive...
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Concern with economic performance dominates the urban agenda of most modern cities, but this objective is pursued differently according to the ideology of the community. Amman follows distinctive development trajectories that reflect both the interactions of global forces and the local community. The primary global force affecting Amman is the comp...
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Academic open spaces are important in universities. They guide students through their movement and shape the environment by their design and quality. Since the academic year 2002-2003, the University of Jordan's administration has started to double the accepted number of students pursing degrees at all levels, graduate and undergraduate, in all dep...
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Amman witnessed major urban design reform during the 1990s, as high-rise buildings, fly-over junctions, and the widespread international style appeared. The 21st century was marked by the erection of Le Royal, the tallest building in Jordan in the luxurious district of Zahran. This research studies the effect of this high-rise building in Amman, in...
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Thermal resistance of building materials is considered of great importance nowadays. The growing concern for environmental pollution as a result of energy consumption has raised the importance of thermal resistance in many parts of the World and Jordan is among them. Jordan buildings' used to be constructed from masonry in the past with thickness o...
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This study aims at investigating the use of computers in Jordan in architecture through tracing the beginnings and its fields of distribution in all its types. It focuses on defining the level and fields of the use of computers especially in the documentation of drawings. This study also concentrates on the distribution of computers for architectur...
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The concept of the neighborhood as it started in Britain, at the beginning of this century, and carried over the whole world, is the basic planning concept for nearly every city in the world. It has been transferred to the Middle East from the beginning of the 1930s during the colonial era. This study aims to investigate the neighborhood concept in...
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Vaginal dryness and dyspareunia are significant estrogen-depletion symptoms that affect many breast cancer survivors. The present trial was developed to evaluate the nonhormonal vaginal lubricating preparation, Replens, for alleviating these symptoms. A double-blind, crossover, randomized clinical trial was developed. Patients received 4 weeks of R...
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Four hundred and thirteen defibrillations of alternating current-induced ventricular fibrillation were performed in 10 halothane-anaesthetized dogs (body weight: 24.5-30.5 kg). Success rates, energy demands, currents, peak voltages and impedance were determined. A transvenous catheter electrode system (Medtronic 6880, right ventricular apex and sup...
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Four hundred and thirteen defibrillations of alternating current-induced ventricular fibrillation were performed in 10 halothane-anaesthetized dogs (body weight: 24.5–30.5 kg). Success rates, energy demands, currents, peak voltages and impedance were determined. A transvenous catheter electrode system (Medtronic 6880, right ventricular apex and sup...
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Between 1972 and 1977, 141 patients with benign gynecologic disease and 149 patients with carcinoma of the cervix were evaluated with peritoneal fluid cytology at time of celiotomy. There was no positive cytology (malignant cells) in the benign disease group. The overall incidence of positive peritoneal cytology in the cervical group was 8.1%. Posi...
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The effectiveness of chemoimmunotherapy was evaluated in 45 previously untreated stage III ovarian cancer patients. Response rate, progression-free interval, and survival were considerably better than in a similar group of 63 patients treated with a single alkylating agent alone.
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Four patients with ovarian cancer, after chemotherapy or combined immunochemotherapy, were found to have retroperitoneal disease at the time of second-look exploratory laparotomy, even though there was no evidence of intra-abdominal residual cancer. Ovarian cancer can metastasize to both the pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes, and therefore these a...
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Hysterectomy was performed for 2,132 private patients; one third were done vaginally and two thirds, abdominally. Ages ranged from the 20's through the 80's, but 55% were between 40 and 55 years of age. Ovarian function was retained at the time of hysterectomy in 1,263 patients; ovarian tissue was retained in 1,557. Based on clinical criteria, 525...

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