The need for the improved implementation of Information Technology (IT) has been identified in both empirical and highly structured research studies as being critical to effective innovation and development at an industry and enterprise level. This need is greater in the construction industry as it has been relatively slow to embrace the full potential of IT based technologies. In an attempt to...

In a top-down, language-based design methodology, requirements can be specified in an executable format, reducing the ambiguity typically encountered with written requirements, and serving as the starting point for the evolution of more detailed requirements and design specifications. As part of the Rapid Prototyping of Application Specific Signal Processors (RASSP) program, a VHDL executable r...

Advances in technology and transparency have greatly accelerated the ability of clinicians to remain current with regards to being informed and informing patients about the risk/benefit ratio when considering antidepressant medication. In spite of this, the current climate of pharmaceutical industry influence on medical practice does much to hinder informed consent processes. Recent findings of...

Finding cost-effective management strategies to recover species declining due to multiple threats is challenging, especially when there are limited resources. Recent studies offer insights into how costs and threats can influence the best choice of management actions. However, when implementing management actions in the real-world, a range of impediments to management success often exist that c...

In the first, the consumer may try but be unsuccessful in the consumption of a product or service due to personal or environmental impediments. Personal impediments could be the price of the product, the features of the product not being up to the customer’s expectations etc. Environmental impediments include factors like the non-availability or limited availability of the desired products, cho...

This paper considers the need, conditions and mechanisms for succesful technology transfer towards the European Assistive Technology industry. The discussion reveals the role of non-profit institutions in initiating and sustaining a reasonable level of technology transfer, since the industry is not likely to achieve this by itself. In particular, it is argued that, given the impediments to succ...

This study examines the sources of energy related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, hazards climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) global solar potential, renewable sustainability indicators, impediments, environmental implications fossil fuels. The purpose this is to investigate viewpoints on technologies for sustainable development, with a particular emphasis photovoltaic (PV), as well literat...