When in the early summer of 1805 Meriwether Lewis for first time sights great mountains American West, he merely reports "an august spectacle." The word "august" was not then an aesthetic category, nor did it usually describe visual contact with landscape. Categories used these purposes were picturesque and sublime. Whereas there are numerous examples journals Clark expedition, sublime draws a ...

the build-operate-transfer (bot) projects are a popular method of privatization of public infrastructure development. there are several risks which might affect a bot project negatively. concession period is one of the most important decision variables in arranging a bot-type contract which should be determined considering the existing risks and uncertainties. a longer concession period is more...

Although software development projects increasingly incorporate virtual team members, most research performed on project risk to date was conducted on projects using traditional co-located teams incorporating face-to-face communications. This paper identifies a set of risk factors particularly important to virtual teams but rarely discussed. Results, from a survey of over 150 Information Techno...

by Ryan Connaughton Multi-biometrics, or the fusion of more than one biometric modality, sample, sensor, or algorithm, is quickly gaining popularity as a method of improving biometric system performance and robustness. Despite the recent growth in multi-biometrics research, little investigation has been done to explore the possibility of achieving multi-modal fusion from a single sensor. This a...