The gastropod fauna of Bushehr Province intertidal zone at the Persian Gulf were identified following an investigation starting spring 2009 until winter 2011. Bushehr coastline is a 673.62 km stretch along the northern and northeastern coast of the Persian Gulf. Sampling took place from Deylam at Bushehr-Khuzestan borderlines, extending southeastward through Genaveh, Bushehr, Bolkheyr, Kab...

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been recommended as one of the paradigms to efficiently manage asset information especially for maintenance purposes. Although still emerging, BIM benefits in cost and time savings are already being reaped developed countries, yet its applications developing countries scarce. This study investigates a method used rehabilitation buildings Cameroon, an Afr...

In highly competitive shipping market environment, container network operators-Freight forwarders, companies etc. are concerned about design, development and deployment of optimized allocation model to achieve cost savings through improved storage yard operations, crane productivity, outbound allocation/distribution seaport terminals hence reduction in ships’ waiting times. this paper, we devel...

a study was conducted to determine some biological characteristics of a mudskipper (boleophthalmus dussumieri) such as length, weight frequencies, condition factor and growth parameters of von bertallanfy in the provinces neighboring to the persian gulf, i.e. bushehr and hormozgan, from january 2007 to april 2008.the sampling were carried out using a hand net as well as bare hands. 333 specimen...

Academics and practitioners advocate climate change resilience planning to guide seaport management, business continuity planning, capital improvements, so forth. Yet, questions of whether interventions influence seaports' cultures result in better prepared organizations remain underexplored. Through 10 cases U.S. this research explored the benefits challenges such efforts can enhance adaptive ...