Purpose Quantity surveying is a profession that blends engineering, construction and economics. To be competent to have the ability apply set of related knowledge, skills abilities perform task effectively. This paper examines competency requirements for quantity surveyors (QSs) in face changing increasing client needs. Design/methodology/approach Based on detailed meta-analysis literature, 12 ...

—This paper discusses variations in client/server configuration, for current and Next Generation Internet applications, from the perspective of end-users, application developers and service providers. An empirical study, which evaluates the performance of a typical Internet based business scenario, provides support for the argument that delegating functionality to clients offers a significant b...

— Web apps are fetching towards the overriding way to offer access to web services. In parallel, vulnerabilities of web application are being revealed and unveiled at an frightening rate. Web apps frequently make JavaScript code utilization that is entrenched into web pages to defend client-side behavior which is dynamic. This script code is accomplished in the circumstance of the client’s web ...

BACKGROUND In outpatient forensic psychiatry, assessment of re-offending risk and treatment needs by case managers may be hampered by an incomplete view of client functioning. The client's appreciation of his own problem behaviour is not systematically used for these purposes. The current study tests whether using a new client self-appraisal risk assessment instrument, based on the Short Term A...

BACKGROUND Early in the global response to HIV, health communication was focused toward HIV prevention. More recently, the role of health communication along the entire HIV care continuum has been highlighted. We sought to describe how a strategy of interpersonal communication allows for precision health communication to influence behavior regarding care engagement. METHODS We analyzed 1 to 5...

In the mining industry, at the beginning of development of a project, a consultant is assigned to build a design feasibility study to incorporate the client requirement, government regulation, and other inputs into the design. The consultant usually faces overwhelmed stages due to changes caused by the client and other stakeholders and has to repeat the process of inputting requirements into th...