In the lean construction philosophy, the management of constraints is essential to reduce project delays. These constraints can be derived from construction requirements which define the characteristics of the construction project. This paper discusses the evolution and classification of requirements. Additionally, a framework to semantically map the construction requirements to schedule constr...

The development of critical discourse and experimental practices in computer art of the 1960s and 1970s was informed by new forms of collaboration between artists, scientists and institutions. This paper acknowledges the debt owed by modern visualization practice to developments of this period but suggests that much of the artistic and philosophical legacy has been largely ignored in this area....

Despite broadening consideration of sex- and gender-based issues in health research, when seeking information on how sex and gender contribute to disease contexts for specific health or public health topics, a lack of consistent or systematic use of terminology in health literature means that it remains difficult to identify research with a sex or gender focus. These inconsistencies are driven,...

classified as the study of quantum matter. The aim is to describe the phases of large numbers of interacting particles at temperatures low enough that quantum mechanics plays a crucial role in determining the system’s distinguishing characteristics. For electrons in solids, the needed “low” temperatures can be even higher than room temperature. Gases of trapped atoms require ultracold temperatu...

The position of Pakistan is compared with respect to other members of the 3rd world according to social and economic indicators of development. A total of 97 countries (32 from Asia and Pacific, 41 from Africa, and 24 from Latin America) are included in the definition of the 3rd world countries. 2 separate procedures are used in the analysis. The first relates to a ranking of the countries o...

Deception is a pervasive phenomenon that greatly influences dyadic, groupal and societal interactions. Behavioural, physiological and neural signatures of this phenomenon have imporant implications for theoretical and applied research, but, because it is difficult for a laboratory to replicate the natural context in which deception occurs, contemporary research is still struggling to find such ...

The first few words of the title of this symposium are "Anchoring Biodiversity Information". In order to properly anchor anything for a long-lasting future, a solid foundation needs to have been laid. For the zoological portion of biodiversity information, that firm foundation is best exemplified in the works of Charles Davies Sherborn. This man, like others of his ilk, was intimately focused o...

Iran is expected to achieve a critical capability in mid-2014, which is defined as the technical capability to produce sufficient weapon-grade uranium from its safeguarded stocks of low enriched uranium for a nuclear explosive, without being detected. Iran would achieve this capability principally by implementing its existing, firm plans to install thousands more IR-1 centrifuges, and perhaps a...

We study the renormalization group flow properties of the WessZumino-Witten model in the region of couplings between g2 = 0 and g2 = 4π/k, by evaluating the two-loop Zamolodchikov’s c-function. We also discuss the region of negative couplings.