scholarly journals Sustainable Construction Engineering and Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13028
Author(s):  
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas ◽  
Jurgita Antucheviciene ◽  
M. Reza Hosseini ◽  
Igor Martek
Keyword(s):  
Construction Management ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Construction Engineering ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Management Project ◽  
Smart Technologies ◽  
Project Company

The Special Issue covers sustainability as an emerging requirement in the fields of construction management, project management and engineering. We invited authors to submit their theoretical or experimental research articles that address the challenges and opportunities for sustainable construction in all its facets, including technical topics and specific operational or procedural solutions, as well as strategic approaches aimed at the project, company or industry level. Central to developments are smart technologies and sophisticated decision-making mechanisms that augment sustainable outcomes. The Special Issue was received with great interest by the research community and attracted a high number of submissions. The selection process sought to balance the inclusion of a broad representative spread of topics against research quality, with editors and reviewers settling on thirty-three articles for publication. The Guest Editors invite all participating researchers and those interested in sustainable construction engineering and management to read this summary of the Special Issue and of course to access the full-text articles for deeper analyses.

The ENIGMA Brain Injury Working Group: Approach, Challenges, and Potential Benefits

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth A. Wilde ◽  
Emily L. Dennis ◽  
David F Tate
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Group Approach ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Brain Structure And Function ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
And Function ◽  
Neuroimaging Genetics

The Enhancing NeuroImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA) consortium brings together researchers from around the world to try to identify the genetic underpinnings of brain structure and function, along with robust, generalizable effects of neurological and psychiatric disorders. The recently-formed ENIGMA Brain Injury working group includes 8 subgroups, based largely on injury mechanism and patient population. This introduction to the special issue summarizes the history, organization, and objectives of ENIGMA Brain Injury, and includes a discussion of strategies, challenges, opportunities and goals common across 6 of the subgroups under the umbrella of ENIGMA Brain Injury. The following articles in this special issue, including 6 articles from different subgroups, will detail the challenges and opportunities specific to each subgroup.

scholarly journals Special Issue on Smart Sustainable Manufacturing Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 2264
Author(s):  
Gökan May ◽  
Dimitris Kiritsis
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Systems ◽  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

With the advent of disruptive digital technologies, companies are facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities [...]

scholarly journals Special Issue on ‘Maritime Challenges and Opportunities Embracing Belt and Road’

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin-Shan Lu ◽  
Wen-Kai Kevin Hsu ◽  
Tsz Leung Yip
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Belt And Road

scholarly journals Detection and evaluation of selection signatures in sheep

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 527-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago do Prado Paim ◽  
Patrícia Ianella ◽  
Samuel Rezende Paiva ◽  
Alexandre Rodrigues Caetano ◽  
Concepta Margaret McManus Pimentel
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Phenotypic Diversity ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Genomic Data ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Economic Traits ◽  
Selection Signatures ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Genomic Regions

Abstract: The recent development of genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays made it possible to carry out several studies with different species. The selection process can increase or reduce allelic (or genic) frequencies at specific loci in the genome, besides dragging neighboring alleles in the chromosome. This way, genomic regions with increased frequencies of specific alleles are formed, caracterizing selection signatures or selective sweeps. The detection of these signatures is important to characterize genetic resources, as well as to identify genes or regions involved in the control and expression of important production and economic traits. Sheep are an important species for theses studies as they are dispersed worldwide and have great phenotypic diversity. Due to the large amounts of genomic data generated, specific statistical methods and softwares are necessary for the detection of selection signatures. Therefore, the objectives of this review are to address the main statistical methods and softwares currently used for the analysis of genomic data and the identification of selection signatures; to describe the results of recent works published on selection signatures in sheep; and to discuss some challenges and opportunities in this research field.

scholarly journals COST PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND TIME DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT BRIDGE CHAIN KARANGGENENG NAWACITA CS USING THE EARNED VALUE METHOD

UKaRsT ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Bobby Damara
Keyword(s):  
Construction Management ◽  
Suspension Bridge ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Construction Work ◽  
Earned Value ◽  
Work Time ◽  
Cost Performance ◽  
Management Project ◽  
Contract Costs ◽  
And Performance

Cost, quality, and time are mandatory targets of construction management; project work can be said to be successful if triple constants cost, quality, and time the construction work of the Karanggeneng Nawacita Cs Suspension Bridge is a JUDESA project APBN project and has a period of 19 weeks working days with a budget of Rp 8.213.826.000, in the process of implementing the bridge construction, it is not free from several technical and non-technical constraints, the method earned value in this study used to determine Early Warning and integrate the concept of time and cost from the method, it earned value can be seen the progress and performance of the project with SV, CV, SPI, CPI, ECD, and EAC, from this study the results obtained ETC Rp 3.322.492.617. ETS review of the 14th week is 39 days, and to complete the project is EAC greater than Rp 82.137.617 of contract costs. While completing the project, EAS is 137 days, requiring additional work time for 12 days. Based on the results of the analysis conducted by the service provider must take appropriate fast action to avoid excessive over budget

scholarly journals Sustainable Construction by Means of Improved Material Selection Process

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koorosh Gharehbaghi ◽  
Maged Georgy
Keyword(s):  
Energy Savings ◽  
Material Selection ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Construction Operation ◽  
Selection Factors ◽  
Strength And Durability ◽  
Operation Cost ◽  
Selection Of

Whilst sustainable construction relates to both a building’s structure and the use of proper life cycle processes, the selection of the most appropriate material/s is deemed a considerable undertaking. Throughout a building’s lifecycle that extends from design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, until demolition, the selection of sustainable material/s is a particularly crucial task for the development and establishment of such structures. Traditionally, there are three main materials for general construction: (1) Steel, (2) Concrete and (3) Timber. These materials not only influence the function within the structure, but also affect the operation cost and energy usage. Operation cost reduction and energy savings are typically elements of the sustainable construction sphere. However, in developing countries, there is a variety of highly critical factors, which can impact material selection as well as the long-term sustainability of the structure, including: Fire Performance, Environmental Impact, Structural Performance (strength and durability), and Functioning Capabilities. Accordingly, this paper will first compare the sustainability of these three key materials and then converse with appropriate processes for material selection. Attention will be given to the sustainable construction recompense associated with the different material selection factors. Doing so ensures a more sustainable built environment by means of an improved material selection process.

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