CONTEXT-Mobile commerce (M-Commerce) is an emerging business paradigm in which the buying and selling of products and services is done through mobile equipment. These equipments are mobile phones, personal digital assistant (PDA) or other hand held wireless devices. M-commerce vendor organizations face many challenges regarding customer relationships management. OBJECTIVE: The objective is to d...

The lack of green building and the public’s awareness environment is an issue in marketing apartments Surabaya, Indonesia. Limited knowledge on buildings contributes to individuals avoiding risks purchasing or investing apartments. Hence, this study aims test effects attributes, indoor air quality, accessibility, land environmental toward willingness pay (WTP) for Surabaya. This gathers primary...

This research develops a shape grammar to generate solutions for the adaptive reuse of historic buildings. More precisely, it proposes transformation sobrado buildings, typology present in center São Luís, Brazil. The methodology defines workflow adapting once characterized single-families, into multi-family apartments considering spatial and structural requirements. specifies framework repurpo...

This study assessed the cost and effectiveness of a building-wide cockroach integrated pest management (IPM) program compared with bait alone treatment in public housing. In total, 12 buildings (66 apartments) were treated and monitored for cockroach infestations over 7 mo. The buildings were divided into two groups: bait treatment and IPM. Apartments in the bait alone group were treated with M...

Capital cost, resale value and running cost including maintenance costs, repairing costs, and operation costs of equipment are considered as crisp numbers in ordinary replacement problem. Nevertheless, in a special situation such as operating military equipments during wartime, the working efficiency of the machine and its related costs are no longer crisp but uncertain. This uncertainty can be...

Conversión is a well-known word-formation process which, a priori, seems relatively easy to identify. However, a cióse look at its basics brings to light some critical questions which still remain unanswered to this day. The very nature of this operation, and the concepts of full and partial conversión are therefore here examined in the light of a need for explicit criteria for recognition of a...

This study assessed the cost and effectiveness of a building-wide cockroach integrated pest management (IPM) program compared with bait alone treatment in public housing. In total, 12 buildings (66 apartments) were treated and monitored for cockroach infestations over 7 mo. The buildings were divided into two groups: bait treatment and IPM. Apartments in the bait alone group were treated with M...

Dengue is a serious public health problem in Malaysia. The aim of this study was to compare the vertical infestation of Aedes population in 2 apartments in Kuala Lumpur with different status of dengue incidence (i.e., high-dengue-incidence area and area with no reported dengue cases). The study was also conducted to assess the relationship between environmental factors such as rainfall, tempera...