The oil and gas industry plays a key role in the Russian economy. However, its risks of environmental impact are among highest modern production industries. need for fastest recovery territories requires prompt elimination consequences soil pollution with oil. This might be achieved by an extensive complex technologies, including biotechnological product application. study examined contaminated...

Over the recent past a lot of work has been done around topic gamifying online learning. There are number useful papers discussing either benefits process or details how to carry it out but there seem be few dealing with both. In this paper authors present results lengthy research which culminated in implementation and delivery fully gamified Moodle-based course. The questions researchers have ...

This paper is concerned with application and evaluation of ant colony optimization (ACO) method to practical structural optimization problems. In particular, a size optimum design of pin-jointed truss structures is considered with ACO such that the members are chosen from ready sections for minimum weight design. The application of the algorithm is demonstrated using two design examples with pr...

In 2008, the Ontario Long Term Care Association was awarded funding from HealthForceOntario to assist with its nursing recruitment strategy based on research it had initiated in 2007. The research goal was to understand the career motivations and perceptions of students enrolled in registered nursing (RN) and registered practical nursing (RPN) programs in Ontario to develop and test a message t...