Evaluating present condition of reinforced concrete (RC) structures is necessary for planning future maintenance and estimating residual service life of structures. A ten point (0-9) condition rating system is proposed for obtaining present condition of RC structures based on the measured values of concrete cover, carbonation depth and chloride concentration at rebar depth through in-situ tests...

Building inspection is one of the key components of building maintenance. The primary purpose of performing a building inspection is to evaluate the building’s condition. Without inspection, it is difficult to determine a built asset’s current condition, so failure to inspect can contribute to the asset’s future failure. Traditionally, a longhand survey description has been widely used for prop...

The influence of environmental context on self-rating of emotional contagion was tested in 107 undergraduate subjects across two conditionsalone or in a group with their classmates. Susceptibility to emotional contagion, or the tendency to ‘catch’ emotions of other individuals was assessed in these two groups using an Emotional Contagion (EC) scale. Greater susceptibility to emotional contagion...

few, if any, studies have investigated the effect of professional experience as a rater variable and type of assessment as a task variable on raters’ criteria in the assessment of speech acts. this study aimed to explore the impact of nonnative teachers’ professional experience on the use of criteria in monologic and dialogic assessment of 12 role-plays of 3 apology speech acts. to this end, 60...

Social media are part of our everyday lives. These technologies allow people to share their opinions with others. Here I examine whether the opinions posted online actually change people’s perception of the world or they simply serve as anchors when people post their own opinions. Participants rated the interestingness of given stories. In one condition, the stories were presented with invented...