This paper provides some thoughts about the lack of attentiveness of building commissioning in the construction industry and the lack of handling in project commissioning as an integral part of the project life-cycle. Many have perceived commissioning as the problem solving process of a project, rather than the start up of the equipment, or the handing over of the project to the client. Therefo...

This paper discusses the evaluation of Meeting Support Systems (MSS). More specifically, it tackles the problem of evaluating the perceived organizational value of these systems and in what extent they fit with other information systems and also other organizational dimensions. MSS lay down one sub area of research crossing Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and information systems. Bas...

David E. Hill, Michael A. Brasch, Anthony A. del Campo, Lynn Doucette-Stamm, James I. Garrels, Judith Glaven, James L. Hartley, James R. Hudson Jr., Troy Moore, and Marc Vidal Center for Cancer Systems Biology and Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA; Atto Bioscience, Rockville, Maryland ...

In this paper, we give a narrative account of the building and sustaining of a multi-organization practice-based research community (IndustryConnect). We begin with an examination of the motivations and theoretical foundations for the initiative, which brings together researchers and practitioners to investigate the design of the digital workplace and the use of enterprise collaboration systems...

BACKGROUND Food regulatory bodies play an important role in public health, and in reducing the costs of food borne illness that are absorbed by both industry and government. Regulation in the food industry involves a relationship between regulators and members of the industry, and it is imperative that these relationships are built on trust. Research has shown in a variety of contexts that busi...

Usually, the corn cob is considered an agriculture waste. This natural and organic waste material may be used in the industry, in general, and in the building industry, in particular. The work presented in this paper was developed in order to give a contribution to the knowledge of this material, by attempting to describe and assess its macrostructure and microstructure, elementary chemical com...

For the past quarter century, the architecture profession have seen tremendous developments in skills level, work processes and professional culture with the adoption of digital technologies. Investment in technology has always been to improve effectiveness in practice and increase performance in the design/build process that yields a return of investment at the end of the day. Today, more and ...

The opening of a new medical research facility is, by definition, a tangible expression of progress, and a visible demonstration of continuing, firm dedication to medical science. In this particular instance, celebrating 75 years of pediatrics atYale, we are afforded a welcome opportunity to address a broad question raised often by those whose entire careers have been devoted to or are likely t...

This paper describes the Intelligent Lifestyle project conducted at the University of Melbourne in cooperation with our industrial partner Adacel Technologies in 2004. The Intelligent Lifecycle project aimed to design and build an industrial-strength system of intelligent agent-based appliances. It further aimed to demonstrate that agent development methods were suitable for wide acceptance by ...