Current approach for designing of reinforced concrete members is based on the load and resistance factor. However the load and resistance parameters are random variables, the constant values have been designated for them in the designing procedure. Assuming these factors as the constants, will be led to the unsafe and uneconomical designs. Safe designing of structures requires appropriate recog...

Endosymbiotic relationship has great effect on ecological system. Codon and amino acid usages bias of endosymbiotic bacteria Blochmannia floridanus (whose host is an ant Camponotus floridanus) was investigated using experimentally known genes of this organism. Correspondence Analysis on RSCU values show that there exists only one single explanatory major axis that is linked to the strand specif...

Spreadsheets are omnipresent in today’s enterprises, in particular for supporting business users in their decision-making. Thereby, they are used in various ways to support business processes, i.a., in the areas of financial reporting, resource management, and project management. However, shortcomings of prevalent spreadsheet software (e.g., limited collaboration support) have negative impacts ...