The DISCUS framework is a generic reusable software architecture that provides high levels of interoperability between Imagery related applications. DISCUS is also a working government furnished testbed that integrates commercial and government software together including imagery applications, mensuration, office automation, mapping, and databases. In the DISCUS experiment we have shown that it...

the decisions made in the planning phase of a building project greatly affect its future operation and maintenance (o&m;) cost. recognizing the o&m; cost of condominiums’ common facilities as a critical issue for home owners, this research aims to develop an artificial neural network (ann) o&m; cost prediction model to assist developers and architects in effectively assessing the impacts of the...

The work describes the collaboration between a large experimental research facility and emerging national and cross-national data infrastructures, with the purpose of sharing experimental data and making it findable in common multi-disciplinary data catalogues.

For more than thirty years, federal regulations--collectively known as the "Common Rule"--have governed all federally funded medical research involving human subjects. The Common Rule requires, inter alia, that any research facility receiving federal funds submit a Federal Wide Assurance (FWA) to the department or agency from which funding is sought. The FWA is a contract in which the research ...