cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.109
title: FLY ASH AND BAGASSE FIBER INFLUENCES ONMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF GREEN HYBRIDFIBER-REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUSCOMPOSITES

description: In this paper, a new green fiber-reinforced cementitious composite containing high volume fly ash and hybrid steel and bagasse fibers is developed. Eco-friendly bagasse fibers from industrial waste and steel fibers are used to improve the mechanical behavior of the new composite, and high-volume fly ash is used to decrease the usage of cement in order to be more environmentally friendly. The influence of the fiber content and fly ash/cement ratio on the mechanical properties of the composite is investigated through the study of the mechanical properties of the new composite, such as compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, and modulus of rupture. It is found that compressive strength, Young's modulus of the composite, decreases with the increase of the fly ash/cement ratio and bagasse fiber content. However, the modulus of rupture of the composite increases firstly with bagasse fiber content, and decreases when bagasse fiber content reaches 3% by volume.
DOI: 10.14457/ku.the.2008.518
title: การใช้ประโยชน์ที่ดินและสภาพเศรษฐกิจสังคมหลังการขายที่ดินของเกษตรกรบ้านไทยสามัคคี และบ้านไทยพัฒนา อำเภอวังน้ำเขียว จังหวัดนครราชสีมา
DOI: 10.14457/ku.the.2011.471
title: การใช้ประโยชน์ทรัพยากรป่าไม้ของชุมชนหมู่บ้านหลัก 32 เมืองไซ แขวงอุดมไซสาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยประชาชนลาว
DOI: 10.14457/ku.the.2011.472
title: การใช้ประโยชน์พื้นที่อาศัยของนกกก (Buceros bicornis Linnaeus, 1758) และนกเงือกกรามช้าง (Aceros undulatus (Shaw) 1881) ด้วยเครื่องส่งสัญญาณวิทยุติดตามตัวสัตว์ผ่านดาวเทียม ในอุทยานแห่งชาติเขาใหญ่ จังหวัดนครราชสีมา
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.sc286/15
title: posterior-comparisons.Rtex

description: Contains comparisons so that knitr() can run code.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.sc286/17
title: posterior-comparisons.tex

description: Posterior comparison results in tex format.
DOI: 10.6073/pasta/7e399c121bd669d8685b190412ff002c
title: Fall 2013 plant monitoring survey -- shoot height and flowering status of plants in permanent plots at GCE sampling sites 1-10
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.126
title: ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION AND TRAINING WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BRIDGE DESIGN

description: This paper presents a case study of an undergraduate integrated civil engineering design project module. This module involved significant input from practicing structural engineers, civil engineers, and architects, leading to a holistic course of study taking into consideration technical, social, economic, and environmental issues. The teaching philosophy focused on engagement and motivation that concentrated on a) incorporating behavioral affective and cognitive dimensions, and b) providing appropriate support at the right time for maximum impact on learning. Educational theories related to acquiring skills, construction of knowledge based on cognitive apprenticeship, knowledge-scaffolding, and constructive alignment were explored and used in the design of the module. The assessment ensured engagement and motivation with clear support for just-in-time continuous formative assessment. Learning-diaries and minutes of design meetings were introduced as a tool contributing to knowledge-scaffolding. This paper presents a methodology of how the educational theories can be applied pragmatically for more effective education and training of engineers.
DOI: 10.14457/cmu.the.2003.71
title: การทำการเกษตรกรรมยั่งยืนของเกษตรกรที่เป็นและไม่เป็นสมาชิกสหกรณ์การเกษตรยั่งยืนแม่ทา กิ่งอำเภอแม่ออน จังหวัดเชียงใหม่ /
DOI: 10.14457/ku.the.2008.519
title: การใช้ผิวถั่วเหลืองเพื่อทดแทนมันเส้นในอาหารสำหรับโคขุน
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.0vk92.1/12.1
title: Sauquet_Scenario_3_Beast

description: This is the file used by the ASCC program (see citation in paper) to calculate the DIG values reported in Table 5 for scenario 3 of the Sauquet et al. (2012) study using the program BEAST. File contains the tree topology and age ranges used for all taxa and nodes.
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.114
title: EFFECT OF CHANGE IN MIX PROPORTIONS ONSOME PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE CONTAININGATTAPULGITE MINERAL ADMIXTURE

description: This project investigated the effect of high reactivity Iraqi High-Reactivity Attapulgite (HRA) on some properties of concrete (e.g., compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural strength) when mixing proportions were changed. Three mixes of concrete were made (1: 1.69: 2.13), (1: 1.13:1.68) and (1: 0.89: 1.96), with (water/cement) ratios (0.48, 0.41 and 0.32), for 35, 45 and 60 N/mm2 target compressive strength respectively. The percentage increase in the compressive strength at 28 days were 48.29%, 49.64% and 42%, respectively, compared with compressive strength for the same mix at 7 days. In addition, the increase in splitting tensile strength at 28 days was 45.27%, 31% and 30%, and in flexural strength at 28 days was 30%, 52.47% and 26.18%, for the above mixes respectively, compared with strength for the same mix at 7 days.
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.122
title: TYPES, CAUSES, AND EFFECTS OF DEFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION WORKS

description: Reviews of performance after construction completion is an important task for enhancing the sustainability of engineering solutions for social needs. This research reviewed and investigated defects in some construction projects of a university. The article analyzed types, causes, and effects of defects in terms of both time and cost dimensions. It collected data through the investigation of how completion certificates and contract documents are issued. It also gathered information on the causes of defects by interviewing project supervisors and those involved projects. The result showed that the majority of defects were in the architectural work, accounting for 57.1% of the total. The chance of having defects depends on the type of project. The main causes were foremen, workers, and working procedures. In the defective projects, defects caused delay in obtaining payment, averaging approximately 26 days. Defects also caused cost increases, averaging 3.3% of the initial contract value. These findings are vital for the construction department of the university to continuously improve and find more sustainable solutions in monitoring and supervising construction projects, so that fewer defects occur.
DOI: 10.14457/cmu.the.2006.48
title: การทบทวนวรรณกรรมอย่างเป็นระบบ เกี่ยวกับเวลาที่ใช้ในการปฏิบัติงานของบุคลากรพยาบาล /
DOI: 10.14457/cmu.the.2010.154
title: การทรุดตัวเนื่องจากการอัดตัวระบายน้ำของดินเหนียวไม่เอกพันธุ์ ภายใต้น้ำหนักบรรทุกเพิ่มทีละน้อย /
DOI: 10.14457/ku.the.2009.695
title: การใช้ภาษาในเว็บไซต์หน้าข่าวเศรษฐกิจ ของกระทรวงการคลัง /
DOI: 10.14457/ku.the.2012.344
title: การใช้ภูมิปัญญาท้องถิ่นในการจัดการท่องเที่ยวเชิงนิเวศของชุมชนบ้านปางแดงในจังหวัดเชียงใหม่
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.4g42q.1/2.1
title: Dataset S2. Morphological data matrix in nexus format

description: Our morphological dataset was derived primarily from Seiffert et al. (2009), updated by Gladman et al. (2013) and Boyer and Seiffert (2013), and enabled us to sample 85 fossil taxa. In order to improve overlap with the available DNA sequences, several extant taxa were added: Callicebus sp., Cebus sp., Chlorocebus aethiops, Colobus sp., Daubentonia madagascariensis, Hylobates sp., Macaca sp., and a composite Dermoptera consisting of Cynocephalus volans and Galeopithecus variegatus, treated as a single taxon. Characters were coded from direct observations of museum specimens housed at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, based on the descriptions in the matrix of Seiffert et al. (2009), supplemented with images available from www.digimorph.org, and data from Luckett (1976), Wible and Covert (1987), Beard et al. (1988), Dagosto (1990), Yoder (1994), Ross et al. (1998), Gebo (2001), and Pilbeam (2004). Our morphology matrix is available in nexus format as supplementary data (S2) and from http://www.datadryad.org. Postcranial data for Callicebus moloch and Chlorocebus aethiops were derived primarily from Ross et al. (1998) and Yoder (1994), respectively. Alouatta seniculus and Pan troglodytes were added to the matrix using data from Boyer and Seiffert (2013) and Seiffert (pers. comm.). Facial vibrissae (Yoder 1994: character 61) were coded for new taxa according to the presence of vibrissae musculature as reported in Muchlinski et al. (2013). Not all characters have been treated consistently by previous investigators, or were sufficiently described and illustrated so as to enable coding new taxa. Where the anatomical basis for making a particular coding decision was not clear to us, we have left previous codings as-is and added only "?" to our new taxa.
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.125
title: THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSTRUCTION LAW IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION

description: During the process of creating civil or structural engineering curriculums, the people in charge sometimes do not recognize the importance of including interdisciplinary subjects that are not directly related to civil or structural engineering fields, such as construction law. There are a variety of reasons for this. The first part of the paper provides an overview about curriculum?s creation processes at German universities. It describes the involved parties and the difficulties in finding a fair balance between the interests of all involved lecturers while observing the legal guidelines. The second part covers whether or not and to what extent construction law courses should be included in a civil or structural engineering program. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of including construction law courses. The conclusion is that courses in construction law are necessary to ensure graduates? employability and the qualification to work professionally. However, civil or structural engineering graduates do not have to become Construction Law experts?they only have to acknowledge the seriousness of a situation and to identify a legal problem. This enables the building industry to save money that otherwise might have been spent on unnecessary legal consulting.
DOI: 10.14457/cmu.res.2010.110
title: การทรงตัวในภาวะนิ่งและเคลื่อนไหวของผู้สูงอายุ ที่เข้าร่วมโปรแกรมออกกำลังกายในน้ำ 6 สัปดาห์ /
DOI: 10.3886/e24465v1
title: Immigration Policy: 1783-2010 [Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States]

description: This project measures the restrictiveness of immigration policy for low-skill immigration in the 19 listed countries from the 19th century through to today. The measure is comparable across countries and across time. In addition, the sub-measures used to create the immigration policy variables are included as well.
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.70
title: INTERNATIONAL JOINT OPERATIONORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE DESIGNS OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

description: This paper analyzes various international joint operation organization (IJO) structure designs of infrastructure projects in Indonesia. Organization structures of important infrastructure projects are studied. Surveys are conducted to collect primary and secondary data that also include interviews with key persons in each project?s management team. The results show that both integrated and non-integrated joint operation organizations exist in these infrastructure construction projects. The organization structure adopted depends on the type of the project, complexity of the construction, and type of joint operation agreements between partners. Authority distribution in each type of organization structure is also studied. In some cases, a shift in organization structures happened. It is revealed that more complicated construction projects mostly adopt a non-integrated IJO organization where the foreign partners have the responsibility to execute high technology construction parts. The position of General Manager in the two IJO organization types is mostly held by a foreign partner officer.
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.76
title: PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY TRAINING FOR THE SAFETY ENGINEER

description: The knowledge acquired through university courses is an important aspect of training for technicians who will address issues related to building-site safety. They must become aware of their social role characterizing the profession of safety manager. Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria started a course on the safety of construction sites more than 15 years ago, first at the Faculty of Architecture, later at the Faculty of Engineering. The activity on health and safety management has also been the subject of several meetings and symposia. Together, with trade unions and businesses, they have given rise to synergy resulting in the 2010 ratification of an agreement protocol with National Institute of Accident at Work (INAIL). The first initiative launched last year was the first-level master?s degree on the management of health and safety in temporary sites. This paper features some of the achievements and new training opportunities targeting the various operators engaged in the business of training in the workplace.
DOI: 10.3886/e24382v1
title: Immigration Policy: 1783-2010 [Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States]

description: This project measures the restrictiveness of immigration policy for low-skill immigration in the 19 listed countries from the 19th century through to today. The measure is comparable across countries and across time. In addition, the sub-measures used to create the immigration policy variables are included as well.
DOI: 10.4231/d3bz6189h
title: Lateral Load Testing of a RC 9 Pile Group

description: A 3 X 3 bored pile group consisting of nine cast-in-drilled-hole reinforced concrete shafts spaced at 3 pile diameters on center was subjected to reversed cyclic, lateral head loading to investigate group interaction effects across a wide range of lateral displacements. The piles had the same diameter of d = 0.61m and extended approximately 7.6m into the ground.
The test site consists primarily of low plasticity alluvial clay that is expected to exhibit an undrained response to the cyclic lateral loading.
The quasi static loading was applied with a hydraulic control system in displacement-control mode. Extensive Instrumentation consisted of Strain Gauges, LVDTs, Fiber Optic Sensors and Inclinometers. Testing was conducted up to complete structural failure. Excavation of the test specimen provided inside in the failure at the pile/cap hinge region.
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.hb4ht/1
title: Life-history trait database of European reptile species

description: Our database comprises two sections: basic information and actual trait data. In the basic section, general information about taxonomy, references, and countries is stored. The trait data section is divided into the following: Activity / Energy / Habitat; Phenology; Sexual Maturity; Movement; and Morphometry. 
Object name: Trait database of reptile life histories
Character encoding: UTF-16
Format name: Microsoft Access Database
Format version: Microsoft® Access® 2010 (14.0.7104.5000) SP2 MSO (14.0.7116.5000) as part of Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
Language: English
Licenses of use: Data have been made available under the Creative Commons CC-Zero Waiver: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/.  Thus, the data can be freely used for non-commercial purposes provided the source is acknowledged. See Creative Commons for more details of the conditions of usage.
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.79
title: BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM)ROLES IN THE MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTIONINDUSTRY

description: Building Information Modeling (BIM) represents a new paradigm in the Malaysian architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. BIM technology provides virtual models (including 3-D models) to generate a building?s entire lifecycle. The model can also be used for analyzing design clashes, project scheduling, cost estimation, and facility management. The use of BIM in construction projects can reduce time to develop a project, reduce construction cost, and increase project quality. This paper aims to explore roles of BIM in the Malaysian construction industry. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with project consultants and BIM consultants involved in two government projects. The projects were the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Malaysia and Sultan Ibrahim Hall (formerly known as the Multipurpose Hall of Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, or UTHM). The interviews revealed effects of BIM in both projects and potential improvement in implementing BIM in construction projects in Malaysia. A literature review and the interviews revealed that BIM is increasingly used and accepted by construction players in Malaysia, and is expected to grow in future.
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.81
title: ICT BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTING BIM IN THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

description: Advances in Information Communication Technology (ICT) have led to the development of more advanced computer management systems in the Australian construction industry, including Building Information Modelling (BIM). BIM is an ICT-enabled approach involving digital representations of building elements and information related to different phases of the building lifecycle, and is used to provide shared information and to form a reliable basis for decision making. Pilot projects and research papers have verified many claims about BIM, and prove a viable economic case, yet uptake of the technology still remains low. A literature review revealed three key productivity gains experienced by BIM use on a construction project: accuracy, communication and time/performance. Four ICT barriers to its implementation were identified as interoperability, funding and resource cost, cultural barriers and perceived risk, and security and protection. Findings on research done on these barriers in Australia reveal that many companies see the benefits for BIM, but believe other disciplines and the client should implement the model. Construction professionals usually work within their field of expertise, with limited interaction with other disciplines, even though many issues on work sites require collaboration from multiple disciplines. A common medium of communication, provided by BIM systems, will achieve this integrated building approach. This paper finds that ICT barriers prevent the Australian construction industry from taking full advantage of potential productivity gains proven in BIM.
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.82
title: THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT?S INITIATIVEIN USING BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM) IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

description: Building Information Modeling (BIM) is increasingly being implemented in the construction industry to produce data-rich models of buildings and structures. BIM was introduced to the Malaysian construction industry by the Public Works Department (PWD) in 2007. Since then, the Malaysian government has taken initiatives to promote BIM in construction projects. This paper aims to explore those initiatives in promoting and encouraging construction players to use BIM. A semi-structured interview was conducted with the Head of BIM Unit Projects, PWD, to explore BIM initiatives made by PWD. It revealed several initiatives have been carried out by PWD, which could increase the use of BIM in the construction projects.
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.83
title: TECHNOLOGICAL AND SPATIAL FLEXIBILITYFOR NEW HOME DESIGNING

description: One of the main problems of home design is that, of all technological systems, it is the most at risk of becoming technically or functionally obsolete. This is partly due to the fact that interventions on housing construction have oriented themselves toward the Optimal Point logic Design (OPD), which has the single goal of living in the more traditional sense of the term, therefore eliminating all possibilities that do not comply with those specific features. Once removed, the results become rigid towards new tasks. It is obvious that in the building sector, the inability to handle the uncertainty of social and economic contexts, the changing needs of users, and the environment, makes the system obsolete and reduces its useful life. If flexibility is the ability of a system to be easily modified and to respond to changes in the environment in a timely and convenient manner, then flexibility can be considered an antidote to obsolescence. This paper provides a critical assessment of the implementation of flexibility starting on four lines of action for design flexibility in homes: Spatial flexibility with constant surface, spatial evolutionary flexibility, technological flexibility relating to construction techniques, and technological flexibility concerning the plant maintainability. This research therefore proposes that project strategies incorporate these factors aimed at ensuring the survival over time of the building, implementing its cycles of use, and reconfiguring the internal structure to intervene in a simplified way regarding the technological system that governs the space.
DOI: 10.14457/ku.the.2010.554
title: การใช้วุ้นผงบุกและวุ้งผงบุกผสมเม็ดแมงลักเป็นวัสดุเคลือบผิวเพื่อหน่วงเวลาการลุกติดไฟ
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.86
title: THE SCIENCE OF COPYEDITING: AN ANALYSIS OF REVISION RATES IN ISEC SUBMISSIONS

description: Copyeditors are under-recognized for their contributions to the publishing world. Through complex editorial processes outlined in this paper, copyeditors quietly shepherd researchers? work into the academic world by making their research more readable. This paper analyzes ASEA-SEC-2 submission successes and failures, pointing out trends behind acceptances and Requests For Revisions (RFRs) before publication. The findings reveal that the ISEC Copyeditor?s work generally went beyond cosmetic edits: Nearly half of the papers that reached the Copyeditor had to be returned to authors. A significant number of those RFRs were due to general violations of ISEC Guidelines (e.g., excessive page length, illegible illustrations, and lack of citations) that should have been returned to authors before they reached the Copyeditor. If contributors (and ISEC editors) had paid more attention to guidelines, many man-hours of labor would have been saved, and their research disseminated into the scientific community more efficiently and cost-effectively. This paper aims to increase awareness in the enormity of the task behind copyediting for conference articles, in hopes that contributors will cooperate more closely with (and editors more strictly enforce) journal guidelines in future.
DOI: 10.14455/isec.res.2014.98
title: SIMULATION OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION WORKS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

description: Bridge construction projects are associated with uncertainties partly due to sequencing issues, logistics, interactions, and resource constraints. Their construction is mostly cyclic and repetitive, yet complex, requiring innovative approaches to cope with its management. Construction projects planners seek methods to enable them to schedule bridge construction projects in consideration of these constraining factors. The main objective of this research is to develop a concept of a simulation-based modeling approach. It aimed to decide which data in real systems are important for the modeling of an operation, and in which way they must be gathered to help planners approach a proper simulation-based schedule. A case study project based in New Zealand was selected for this paper. It focuses on developing a resource-based model of bridge construction using a launching-girder construction method, taking into account the complex interactions among the project?s components. The discrete elements within the project and steps taken to develop a model are described in this paper. The study enhances knowledge on the applicability of simulation in repetitive construction operation, which in turn can provide more realistic models for scheduling progress.