The Building Envelope Life Cycle Asset Management (BELCAM) project, lead by the National Research Council Canada (NRCC) and Public Works and Government Service Canada (PWGSC), is a “proof of concept” project aimed at helping asset managers to predict the remaining service life of building envelope components and to maximize the return on their maintenance expenditure. The BELCAM project focuses...

Abstract In 2017, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) implemented Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code), with mandatory requirements covering Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. this conjunction, Convention on Standards of Training, Certification Watchkeeping (STCW) were amended 2018. New training made applicable dedicated personnel charge a navigational watch ships Ship Cert...

Background: Internal Medicine (IM) is one of the main medical specialties. In this paper, the features of the Iranian IM residency training program, duties and salary were evaluated and compared with some countries. Methods: Using the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (IMHME) directive, the features of educational curriculum, compulsory working hours, duties and salary were extra...

Recent advances in computer technology have aided the development of a number of hygrothermal models. These models can predict the distribution of temperature, relative humidity, and airflow pattern through building envelope components as they vary with time. This paper presents the results of an investigation, which evaluated the applicability of fourhygrothermal computer models, viz. hygIRC, ...

BACKGROUND The Breast Health Surveys, conducted by the National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC) in 1996 and 2003, are designed to gain insight into the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of a nationally representative sample of Australian women on issues relevant to breast cancer. In this article, we focus on major aspects of the design and present results on respondents' knowledge about mammograp...

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There are increasing concerns over building code, regulation compliance, and quality assurance issues in adopting off-site construction techniques the industry related to meeting client expectations regulatory requirements. Performance-based regulations often allow for space innovation but not a safe those who intend introduce new prescribed regulations. Through series of surveys conducted Swed...

The use of scenarios has become a popular technique for requirements elicitation and specification building. Since scenarios capture only partial descriptions of system behavior, an approach for scenario composition and integration is needed to produce more complete specifications. The Unified Modeling Language (UML), which is emerging as a unified notation for objectoriented modeling, provides...