Global warming and climate changes are the major environmental challenges globally. With CO2 emission being one of main greenhouse gases emitted to environment, cement concrete production amounting about 10% global emission, there is a need for construction industry utilize an environmentally sustainable material as alternative cement. This study analyzed cost, strength properties green self-co...

conclusions despite relatively high prevalence of smoking than drug use in zahedan drivers, there are few reports of these behaviors. laboratory tests cannot suitably measure substance use due to their interference with other substances. considering adverse effects of smoking on health and driving, it is necessary to train drivers to reduce or stop smoking during driving. results generally, fou...

Multilingual emerging markets hold many opportunities for the application of spoken language technologies, such as interactive voice response (IVR) systems. Designing such systems requires an in-depth understanding of the business drivers and salient design decisions pertaining to these markets. In this paper we analyze the business drivers and design issues for a voice service (the School Meal...

Abstract Large infrastructure investments are expected to be of sustained value society for a long time. Such investment projects include, instance, hospitals, tunnels, sport arenas, power plants, roads, railways, and bridges. They involve complex organization contracts agreements. The client is plan, procure, determine the critical steps project, while contractor should solve issues raised by ...

Cloud computing has garnered the attention of the Department of Defense (DoD) as processing needs grow and budgets shrink. RAND researchers examined the cost drivers for several data management approaches for one acquisition program to develop structured considerations for analysts evaluating new cloud investments. These considerations can help guide analysis until DoD develops official guidanc...