Concrete is the primary building material worldwide with a substantial impact on built environment sustainability. Hence, it necessary to assess concrete’s combined functionality, economic and environmental impact. In this paper, two concrete sustainability assessment frameworks, MARS-SC CONCRETop, were studied. Building identified gaps, new framework, ECO2 was developed. multi-criteria decisio...

In current OO Design, most of the existing (semi-formal) methods use classes or objects as the basic unit of design. However, it is increasingly recognised that classes are not the best focus for design. Typical design artefacts are about groups of objects and the way they interact. In the Catalysis project, we use the term frameworks for descriptions of groups of objects, their relationships, ...

Internet of Things (IoT) is characterized as one the leading actors for next evolutionary stage in computing world. IoT-based applications have already produced a plethora novel services and are improving living standard by enabling innovative smart solutions. However, along with its rapid adoption, IoT technology also creates complex challenges regarding management networks due to resource lim...

Transfusion of blood and its components/derivatives is a life saving medical intervention. However, this life saving procedure depends mainly on the availability of sufficient blood and its components in national health sector. Therefore the overall safety of transfusion medicines including the safety of blood and its available components and the appropriate use of these components would dir...

background and aims: infertility is one of the most important conditions in reproductive system and there is no reliable estimates for global prevalence of infertility. therefore, knowing the prevalence of infertility is important and can be effective in decision making. methods: we systematically reviewed all published papers in medline database and scopus (1988–2010). univariate and multivari...

introduction: biological changes impact the psychological and interpersonal function in late life. therefore, the general health and well-being diminish with decreasing the ages. these changes lead to decreasing life satisfaction and meaning of life in elderly individuals. the aim of study is to examine the effectiveness of positive psychology interventions (ppis) on meaning of life and life sa...

background family-centered empowerment of drug and stimulant users is an effective program for a better response to treatment, prevention of treatment adverse effects, and promotion quality of life (qol) and lifestyle in the process of discontinuing drug abuse. objectives this study aimed to determine the effects of educational intervention, based on family-centered empowerment and pender's hea...