Abstract: The daily report in construction projects is an important document managed on a daily basis for collection of as-built information regarding project progress, however, its processing is time consuming, based on manual ...

Abstract: A company’s key decision-making and management strategies are developed by the top management team (TMT), whose demographic characteristics may have direct and indirect influences on firm performance. This study analyzes ...

Abstract: At the South Branch of the Changjiang Estuary near Baimao Shoal, two in situ approaches were used to estimate the settling velocity,

Abstract: Particle size has opposing effects on the effectiveness of freeze/thaw sludge conditioning. Small particles migrate easily and coagulate into larger particles during freezing, but small particles also cause poor sludge ...

Abstract: This paper provides a detailed study of remediation work on the core zone of a damaged earth-fill dam. The relevant material includes a review of the dam surface survey data, leakage monitoring data, drilling method, ...

Abstract: This study presents an approximation for determining an optimized thickness of a concentric heated rectangular plate and derives an analytical solution for spreading resistance of a spreader ...

Abstract: Results of two laboratory experiments on the cohesive sediment deposition behavior are presented. Data indicate that an annular flume, either with or without the channel bed and the top ring rotating in opposite directions ...

Abstract: A prototypical network expert geographic information system (GIS) is developed to facilitate municipal solid waste landfill siting. A forward chaining knowledge base consisting of related siting rules extracted from various ...