Cracked and un-cracked Brazilian disc specimens subjected to diametral compression were used for conducting fracture toughness and tensile strength experiments on a polymer concrete (PC) material. The value of mode I fracture toughness (KIc) was determined from the center- cracked Brazilian disc and the indirect tensile strength (σt) was obtained from the un-cracked Brazilian disc specimen. The...

This paper demonstrates that multi-agent systems have the capacity to model a region in all its complexity. An example is developed to show that these tools are not only capable of spatializing and distributing the behaviour of individuals, but above all, that they allow individuals to integrate different perceptions of space as well as the constraints imposed on them by a community. A dialecti...

L’introduction des jeux-vidéo sérieux comme soutiens pédagogiques dans le domaine de l’enseignement est un processus de plus en plus démocratisé. En parallèle de cette introduction, la recherche en ”game studies” représente une discipline académique très active qui s’intéresse à l’analyse des systèmes vidéoludiques complexes, notamment en ce qui concerne la compréhension de l’expérience des jou...

In ebXML the choreography of a business process should be modeled by UMM (UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology) and is finally expressed in BPSS (Business Process Specification Schema). Our analysis of UMM and BPSS by workflow patterns shows that their expression power is not always equivalent. We use the workflow patterns to specify the transformation from UMM to BPSS where possible. Furthermore, th...

Copyright: © 2013. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Contexte: L’anémie est un problème de santé publique dans le monde entier, et notamment dans les pays en développement. Elle a des répercussions majeures sur la santé et sur le développement économique et social d’un pays. La prise en charge des patients anémiés ét...

Gas turbines are being utilized in a variety of applications (electric power production, jet engines, etc.) Modern power turbines have the highest operating efficiencies and turn out the fewest pollutants among major combustion energy converting devices. The power generation industry is faced with increasingly stringent emissions requirements for ozone precursors, such as nitrogen oxides and ca...