In this paper, we describe the design and development of a short form game, Alphabet Soup. Alphabet Soup is designed to use Bayesian networks in conjunction with data from UNESCO, UNICEF, and WHO to create realistic results within gameplay about social issues around the world. This paper illustrates our attempts to implement an artificial intelligence system in short form game design. Using Bay...

PURPOSE To assess the relative efficacy of three types of controls in reducing respirable silica exposure during artificial stone countertop cutting with a handheld circular saw. APPROACH A handheld worm drive circular saw equipped with a diamond segmented blade was fitted with water supply to wet the blade as is typical. The normal wetted-blade condition was compared to (i) wetted-blade plus...

an attempt was made to develop a method for sizing stable riprap around bridge piers based on a huge amount of experimental data, which is available in the literature. all available experimental data for circular as well as round-nose-and-tail rectangular piers were collected. the data for rectangular piers, with different aspect ratios, aligned with the flow or skewed at different angles to th...