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in spite of the importance of academic entrepreneurship, universities and higher education institutions lack accurate information and measures to monitor and evaluate activities of academic entrepreneurship. indicators of academic entrepreneurship could be used as units of strategic information for planning entrepreneurial university development.  thus, this research aimed to identify and valid...

Urbanozems with typical pollution are formed along railways: heavy metals (HM), oil products, anthropogenic organic matter. Depending on the natural zone and intensity of leaching regime, accumulated can have a different effect integral environmental indicators soils – toxicity enzymatic activity. The aim work was to determine influence railway physicochemical characteristics adjacent urbanozem...

Construction projects become complicated and fragmented so that many specialty contractors are involved. In such changed environments, a general contractor’s overhead costs are increasing comparable to direct costs. In addition to an increase of volume, activities consisting of overhead costs play an important role in coordinating different participants who include different specialty contracto...

current practices in railway track analysis and design are reviewed and discussed in this paper. the mechanical behavior of railway track structure comprising of various components has not been fully understood due to the railway track structural complexity. although there have been some improvements in the accuracy of current track design methods in recent decades, there are still considerable...

Times of downturn in economy, tough competition, high costs, and large amounts of capital required for replacements have created growing need for cost cutting measures and for seeking better return on investment. This has also placed an increasing emphasis on maintenance practices to extend the service life of existing railroad bridges. This paper outlines the various factors which playa role i...