Abstract: This article surveys recent developments in marketing and management which affect today's business and which have particular relevance for professional service firms across the country. Examined are three strategies for a ...

Abstract: epresentation of polar lows in the new high-resolution Arctic System Reanalysis (ASR) was for the first time assessed and compared to that in the ERA-Interim. Substantial improvements were found in the 850 hPa relative ...

Abstract: In areas of steep terrain, concrete lined channels designed for supercritical flow are often used to convey stormwaters. During dry conditions, concrete channels attract playing animals, children, and adults. These channels ...

Abstract: Software for detailed structural design has advanced considerably in the last 20 years, with progress being primarily related to the numerically intensive tasks of structural analysis, design optimization, and conformance ...

Abstract: To investigate their adequacy as energy dissipating elements during earthquakes, this paper reports on cyclic inelastic tests executed to determine the maximum strength and ductility of four concrete-filled circular steel ...

Abstract: The adequacy of the existing design provisions for concrete-filled steel pipes subjected to axial forces and flexure is reviewed by comparing the strengths predicted by the CAN/CSA-S16.1-M94, AISC LRFD 1994, and the Eurocode ...

Abstract: Demographic trends predict a shortage of engineers, with women being one group targeted to fill this gap. Although the percentage of engineering degrees attained by women has increased, there has not been an equal increase ...

Abstract: The Maritime Continent, with its complex system of islands and shallow seas, presents a major challenge to models, which tend to systematically underestimate the precipitation in this region. Experiments with a climate ...

Abstract: tropical cyclone (TC) undergoing extratropical transition (ET) may support the amplification of a Rossby wave train in the downstream midlatitudes. Within the context of downstream baroclinic development, the TC acts as ...

Abstract: Regression techniques are applied on stratified and non-stratified data to obtain prediction equations for the probability of precipitation over the western continental United States. The stratification is based on 500-mb ...