Construction Grammar has reached a stage of maturity where many researchers are looking for an explicit formal grounding of their work. Recently, there have been exciting developments to cater for this demand, most notably in Sign-Based Construction Grammar (SBCG) and Fluid Construction Grammar (FCG). Unfortunately, like playing a music instrument, the formalisms used by SBCG and FCG take time ...

Mobile Crowd Sensing (MCS) is a promising paradigm in which mobile users collect and share sensor data from their local environment using wireless mobile devices. The inherent openness of this platform and the selfishness of individuals make it easy to contribute low-quality sensor data, so the recruitment of suitable participants who are trustable and contribute high-quality sensor data, becom...

Quality of life (QOL) has become an important aspect in assessing the burden of chronic disease. A crosssectional study was conducted from August to November 2010 at Ministry of Health (MOH), Jordan. The aims of the study were; to measure the patients’ and caregivers’ QOL, and subsequently to compare QOL of patients and caregivers with general population. RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0 Arabic v...

The renewable energy emerged as a solution to the environmental problems caused by the conventional sources of energy. Small hydropower (SHP) is claimed to cause negligible effects on the ecosystem, although some environmental values are threatened and maintenance of an adequate water quality should be ensured. This work provides a characterization of the water quality status in a river stretch...

SUMMARY This article will first introduce the reference project " climbing formwork " and the formal model of the construction processes, on which the further research activities are based on. In addition the interface between construction processes and engineering geodesy processes is modeled in detail. A special focus is drawn on the integration of engineering geodesy processes. In the follow...

Issues connected with high quality casting alloys are important for responsible construction elements working in hard conditions. Traditionally, the quality of aluminium casting alloy refers to such microstructure properties as the presence of inclusions and intermetallic phases or porosity. At present, in most cases, Quality index refers to the level of mechanical properties – especially stren...

Investments in information systems and the annual costs of running the systems are considerable. The utility of information systems thus becomes the ultimate quality requirement from the organization’s point of view. Quality models are used to support the management of quality. Such models describe the characteristics of products and services and of processes. The measurement of quality is a me...

This Delphi study identifies problems that have significant impacts on profits gained from large engineering and construction projects in a European company. Information quality gained remarkable weight among the identified problems. The problems were ranked in accordance to their estimated impact on the project profit margins. Within a consolidated list of 125 problems identified altogether, t...