Authors: Matt Jefferies, Swarnali Ghosh Dastider ABSTRACT In 2014, the National Association of Homebuilders conducted an initial survey about the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) in residential construction. They found that BIM had not been widely adopted, but there … Continue reading
Authors: Bradley O. Ashburn, Diana J. Le, Corin K. Nishimura ABSTRACT Herein is the first reported conceptual density functional theory (DFT) investigation of the purine alkaloid theacrine and the comparison of quantum chemical properties to the closely related stimulant caffeine. … Continue reading
Author: Bo Lehnert ABSTRACT The problems of long-range interaction and associated questions on entangled states are reconsidered in terms of a recently developed revised quantum electrodynamic theory by the author, as being applied to subatomic systems. There are indications that … Continue reading
Authors: Hideaki Ikenaga, Masataka Yoshikawa, Ayano Miyamoto, Hitomi Nakama, Ikuo Nishikawa, Satoshi Teramoto, Hiroaki Aso, Nozomi Matsuo, Hiroshi Maeda ABSTRACT One great advantage of bone marrow is that a large number of stem cells can be obtained. However, stem cells … Continue reading
Authors: Abbagana Mohammed, T. G. Hughes ABSTRACT This paper reports a validation study involving sixth scale masonry model to replicate prototype tests carried out on five unit high masonry prisms. In order to test the applicability of small masonry models … Continue reading
Author: Wenbing Wu ABSTRACT The three-order cumulants’ complex forms of different definitions include different coupling information of signals, and the information can be used to diagnose fault. In the experiment of pressure reducing valve’s fault diagnosis, through these different coupling … Continue reading
Authors: Kishore Gopalakrishna Pillai, Constantinos N. Leonidou, Xuemei Bian ABSTRACT Understanding the relational and network dynamics among newcomer networks is important to devising appropriate strategies that will maximize the productivity of the incoming workforce. Nevertheless, there are limited empirical contributions … Continue reading
Authors: André Vieira Sonoda, Ana Paula Furtado Soares Pontes ABSTRACT It presents partial results of a research project about acoustic-structural influences on Brazilian education based in the analysis of Campus I of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) in 2016 … Continue reading
Authors: Valdir Adilson Steinke, Sandra Maria da Silva Barbosa, Venicius Juvêncio de Miranda Mendes, Vinicius Galvão Zanatto, Gabriella Emilly Pessoa, Gustavo Bayma ABSTRACT This study presents a spatial analysis of priority areas for biodiversity conservation (PABCs) in Brazil and their … Continue reading
Author: Michael L. Goris ABSTRACT The present paper is based on the observations that 1) there is reported variation in the specificities according to the type of tumor targeted (target) by FDG PET and 2) that while one can posit … Continue reading