Crisis response involves handling information intensive processes, and coordination of large quantities of information from and for different relief-response organizations. The information needs and responses of such organizations are closely related to the situations and roles these organizations are involved during a crisis relief-response process. The information seeking and retrieval proces...

Online models for real-time operations planning face a host of implementation issues that do not arise in more strategic arenas. We use the seemingly simple problem of assigning drivers to loads in the truckload motor carrier industry as an instance to study the issues that arise in the process of implementing a real-time dispatch system. Although the project was moderately successful, our focu...

prosthetic joint infection (pji) is a calamitous complication with high morbidity and substantial cost. the reported incidence is low but it is probably underestimated due to the difficulty in diagnosis. pji has challenged the orthopaedic community for several years and despite all the advances in this field, it is still a real concern with immense impact on patients, and the healthcare system....

Concrete is the most adaptable, long-lasting, and dependable construction material on planet. There are numerous environmental concerns associated with production of OPC, natural sand becoming more expensive scarce as a result unlawful river dredging. The greatest replacement for traditional concrete geopolymer low calcium fly ash. purpose this paper to investigate mechanical properties grades ...

in this study, the effects of various concentrations of nacl and kcl and partial replacement of nacl withkcl on the growth characteristics of l. monocytogenes were evaluated. it was found that l. monocytogenescan grow in the presence of 1-9% nacl and 1-11% kcl. the higher the concentration of salt used, the longerthe lag phase induced. in addition, it was observed that l. monocytogenes tolerate...

The concept of convexity plays an important role in the classical geometry of normed spaces and it is frequently used in several branches of nonlinear analysis. In recent years some papers that contain generalizations of the concept of convexity with the help of the measures of noncompactness have appeared. The Tauberian operators were introduced by Kalton and Wilansky (1976) and they appear in...

Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) are strongly advised as an alternative to cement reduce its adverse environmental effects. One such SCMs is palm oil fuel ash (POFA), a waste material generated in large quantities Southeast Asian countries, and there insufficient data on use engineered composite (ECC). This study aims optimize the properties of ECC using POFA replacement, by 13 mixes...