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An Adaptive Neurofuzzy Inference System for the Assessment of Change Order Management Performance in Construction
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2021 , Article)
Change order management is a major challenge in the construction business due to the associated disputes, claims, productivity losses, delays, and cost implications. As a result, effective change order management (COM) is ...
Pre-Transit Oriented Development Assessment Guidelines for Assessing Metro Station Dependent Component Area
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article)
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) assessment models are commonly used to assess existing and planned metro station catchment areas. Elements like diversity, density, design, destination, distance, and demand management ...
A calcium peroxide incorporated oxygen releasing chitosan-PVA patch for Diabetic wound healing
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Elsevier
, 2023 , Article)
Impaired wound healing is a major healthcare problem in patients with diabetes often resulting in gangrene, microbial infection and amputation of affected limb. The delay or absence in healing process arises from several ...
Efficient system reliability-based design optimization study for replaced hip prosthesis using new optimized anisotropic bone formulations
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MDPI AG
, 2020 , Article)
An efficient reliability algorithm is developed to transfer the system reliability problem to a single-component reliability problem, considering the uncertainty of loading cases and the material properties. The main ...
Wearable Artificial Intelligence for Assessing Physical Activity in High School Children
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MDPI
, 2023 , Article)
Eighty one percent of adolescents aged 11–17 years are inadequately physically active worldwide. Physical activity (PA) recommendations for high school children have not been studied previously in schools in the Qatar ...
A machine learning-based optimization approach for pre-copy live virtual machine migration
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Springer
, 2023 , Article)
Organizations widely use cloud computing to outsource their computing needs. One crucial issue of cloud computing is that services must be available to clients at all times. However, the cloud services may be temporarily ...
Statewide assessment of air quality changes in Florida during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2023 , Article)
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many countries from all over the world to adopt extreme measures to suppress the spread of the pandemic. These measures have triggered changes in air quality. Many studies showed an overall ...
Methods for modeling and evaluating construction disputes: A critical review
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IEEE
, 2020 , Article)
Cost and time are the targeted outcomes of any successful construction project, and disputes over these two key factors constitute a major obstacle to successful project outcomes. As escalated levels of dispute are becoming ...
Future cities and autonomous vehicles: analysis of the barriers to full adoption
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KeAi Communications Co.
, 2021 , Article)
The inevitable upcoming technology of autonomous vehicles (AVs) will affect our cities and several aspects of our lives. The widespread adoption of AVs repose at crossing distinct barriers that prevent their full adoption. ...
Stochastic management of hybrid AC/DC microgrids considering electric vehicles charging demands
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
The high growth of the automotive industry reveals the very bright future of this technology and its high penetration effects on the human society. No doubt that the random and volatile charging demand of these devices ...