Dealing with construction cost overruns using data mining.

Ahiaga-Dagbui, Dominic D.; Smith, Simon D.

doi:10.1080/01446193.2014.933854

Embedded entrepreneurship in the creative re-construction of place. (2014)
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MCKEEVER, E., JACK, S. and ANDERSON, A. 2015. Embedded entrepreneurship in the creative re-construction of place. Journal of business venturing [online], 30(1), pages 50-65. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.07.002

This paper focuses on ways in which entrepreneurs engage with place and community. Drawing on the ideas of embeddedness and transferring value across spheres, we develop insight about how the relationship between entrepreneurs and communities influen... Read More about Embedded entrepreneurship in the creative re-construction of place..

Mechanical and impact performance of three-phase polyamide 6 nanocomposites. (2014)
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GENDRE, L., NJUGUNA, J., ABHYANKAR, H. and ERMINI, V. 2015. Mechanical and impact performance of three-phase polyamide 6 nanocomposites. Materials and design [online], 66(Part B), pages 486-491. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2014.08.005

In this work, three-phase nanocomposites using multiscale reinforcements were studied to evaluate the influence of nanofillers on static and dynamic mechanical properties at varying temperature conditions. In particular, short-fibres reinforced polya... Read More about Mechanical and impact performance of three-phase polyamide 6 nanocomposites..

Modeling and implementing two-stage AdaBoost for real-time vehicle license plate detection. (2014)
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SONG, M.K. and SARKER, M.M.K. 2014. Modeling and implementing two-stage AdaBoost for real-time vehicle license plate detection. Journal of applied mathematics [online], 2014: advanced mathematics and numerical modeling of IoT (Internet of Things), article ID 697358. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/697658

License plate (LP) detection is the most imperative part of the automatic LP recognition system. In previous years, different methods, techniques, and algorithms have been developed for LP detection (LPD) systems. This paper proposes to automatical d... Read More about Modeling and implementing two-stage AdaBoost for real-time vehicle license plate detection..

Too enthusiastic to care for safety: present status and recent developments of nanosafety in ASEAN countries. (2014)
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KARIM, M.E., MUNIR, A.B., REZA, A.W., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., YASIN, S.H.M., ABU-BAKAR, S.H. and RAHIM, R.A. 2015. Too enthusiastic to care for safety: present status and recent developments of nanosafety in ASEAN countries. Technological forecasting and social change [online], 92, pages 168-181. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2014.07.003

Nanotechnology has the prospect to vibrate the imagination of human being and has the ability to be used in almost every sector of human need. With its limitless potentials, there are many environmental, health and safety related concerns due to extr... Read More about Too enthusiastic to care for safety: present status and recent developments of nanosafety in ASEAN countries..

Development of consensus guidance to facilitate service redesign around pharmacist prescribing in UK hospital practice. (2014)
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TONNA, A., MCCAIG, D., DIACK, L., WEST, B. and STEWART, D. 2014. Development of consensus guidance to facilitate service redesign around pharmacist prescribing in UK hospital practice. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], 36(5), pages 1069-1076. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-014-9996-8

Background The last decade has seen a drive towards non-medical prescribing in the United Kingdom (UK). However, there is a dearth of any published literature on applying the principles of service redesign to support pharmacist prescribing in any sph... Read More about Development of consensus guidance to facilitate service redesign around pharmacist prescribing in UK hospital practice..

Key criteria for sustainable wind energy planning - lessons from an institutional perspective on the impact assessment literature. (2014)
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THYGESEN, J. and AGARWAL, A. 2014. Key criteria for sustainable wind energy planning: lessons from an institutional perspective on the impact assessment literature. Renewable and sustainable energy reviews [online], 39, pages 1012-1023. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.173

An increasing number of researchers stress the importance of national planning institutions' role with respect to promoting an 'effective' decision-making process in terms of bringing about sustainable energy. Impact assessment (IA) procedures are se... Read More about Key criteria for sustainable wind energy planning - lessons from an institutional perspective on the impact assessment literature..

Restorative counter-spacing for academic sustainability. (2014)
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JONES, D.R. 2014. Restorative counter-spacing for academic sustainability. Organization and environment [online], 27(3), pages 297-314. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026614545088

By combining pertinent theories from environmental psychology and human geography, this article proposes a socio-spatial framework of principles, which could be used by academic actors, to reflexively embody and critically enact a bio-cultural connec... Read More about Restorative counter-spacing for academic sustainability..

Institutionalised ADR and access to justice: the changing faces of the Nigerian judicial system. (2014)
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FATUROTI, B. 2014. Institutionalised ADR and access to justice: the changing faces of the Nigerian judicial system. Journal of comparative law in Africa, 1(1), pages 66-89.

Many legal jurisdictions have come to the realisation of how judicial bureaucracies and rigidity have left many disputants disenchanted about the entire justice system. This article examines the responses of State Governments in Nigeria to the proble... Read More about Institutionalised ADR and access to justice: the changing faces of the Nigerian judicial system..

Significance of effective lubrication in mitigating system failures: a wind turbine gearbox case study. (2014)
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SINHA, Y., STEEL, J.A., ANDRAWUS, J.A. and GIBSON, K. 2014. Significance of effective lubrication in mitigating system failures: a wind turbine gearbox case study. Wind engineering [online], 38(4), pages 441-449. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1260/0309-524x.38.4.441

The effectiveness of lubrication in machines mainly depends on the physical and chemical properties of lubricating oil, like quantity, level of suspended particles, effect of external load/shear forces, temperature amongst others. Periodic inspection... Read More about Significance of effective lubrication in mitigating system failures: a wind turbine gearbox case study..

Thermo-mechanical performance of poly(lactic acid)/flax fibre-reinforced biocomposites. (2014)
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NASSIOPOULOS, E. and NJUGUNA, J. 2015. Thermo-mechanical performance of poly(lactic acid)/flax fibre-reinforced biocomposites. Materials and design [online], 66(Part B), pages 473-485. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2014.07.051

In this study, the thermo-mechanical performance of flax fibre reinforced poly lactic acid (PLA) biocomposites was investigated for the potential use in load bearing application such as body-in-white and body structures in the automotive sector. Focu... Read More about Thermo-mechanical performance of poly(lactic acid)/flax fibre-reinforced biocomposites..

Decomposition effects of carbon dioxide emission from industrial sectors in Japan and South Korea: what are the potentials for emission abatement? (2014)
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BABAJIDE, N. 2014. Decomposition effects of carbon dioxide emission from industrial sectors in Japan and South Korea: what are the potentials for emission abatement? CEPMLP (Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy) annual review (CAR) [online], 17, article number 5. Available from: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/corporate-information/cepmlp-annual-review-car

Japan and South Korea heavily depend on energy consumption to develop their economy. This has consequently led to considerable growth in their industrial CO2 emission in the past few decades. Although the upward trend of CO2 emissions in South Korea... Read More about Decomposition effects of carbon dioxide emission from industrial sectors in Japan and South Korea: what are the potentials for emission abatement?.

Attitudes of nurses and student nurses towards working with older people and to gerontological nursing as a career in Germany, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan and the United States. (2014)
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KYDD, A., ENGSTRÖM, G., TOUHY, T.A., NEWMAN, D., SKELA-SAVIČ, B., HVALIČ-TOUZERY, S., ZURC, J., GALATSCH, M., ITO, M. and FAGERBERG, I. 2014. Attitudes of nurses and student nurses towards working with older people and to gerontological nursing as a career in Germany, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan and the United States. International journal of nursing education, 6(2), pages 177-185.

The aim of this study was to describe attitudes towards caring for older people among nurses and student nurses in six participating countries. Working with older people has historically had a negative profile and, with a global rise in the numbers o... Read More about Attitudes of nurses and student nurses towards working with older people and to gerontological nursing as a career in Germany, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan and the United States..

How product owner teams scale agile methods to large distributed enterprises. (2014)
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BASS, J.M. 2015. How product owner teams scale agile methods to large distributed enterprises. Empirical software engineering [online], 20(6), pages 1525-1557. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-014-9322-z

Software development teams in large scale offshore enterprise development programmes are often under intense pressure to deliver high quality software within challenging time contraints. Project failures can attract adverse publicity and damage corpo... Read More about How product owner teams scale agile methods to large distributed enterprises..

The invention of craft. (2014)
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PEACH, A. 2014. The invention of craft. Journal of modern craft [online], 7(2), pages 233-235. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2752/174967814X13990281228684

This is a book review of The Invention of Craft. London by G. Adamson.

The impact of the cessation of blogs within the UK police blogosphere. (2014)
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PEDERSEN, S., BURNETT, S., SMITH, R. and GRINNALL, A. 2014. The impact of the cessation of blogs within the UK police blogosphere. New technology, work and employment [online], 29(2), pages 160-176. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12028

This article investigates the concept of influence within a group of police work-bloggers. During the period studied (2007-2013), three influential police bloggers, well-known within the small and tightly knit UK police blogosphere, abruptly ended th... Read More about The impact of the cessation of blogs within the UK police blogosphere..

Oil price shocks and Nigerian economic growth. (2014)
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ALLEY, I., ASEKOMEH, A., MOBOLAJI, H. and ADENIRAN, Y.A. 2014. Oil price shocks and Nigerian economic growth. European scientific journal [online], 10(19), pages 375-391. Available from: https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2014.v10n19p%2525p

This study employs the general methods of moment (GMM) to examine the impact of oil price shocks on the Nigerian economy, using data from 1981 to 2012. After appropriate robustness checks, the study finds out that oil price shocks insignificantly ret... Read More about Oil price shocks and Nigerian economic growth..

An improved Vickers indentation fracture toughness model to assess the quality of thermally sprayed coatings. (2014)
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FAISAL, N.H., AHMED, R., PRATHURU, A.K., SPENCE, S., HOSSAIN, M. and STEEL, J.A. 2014. An improved Vickers indentation fracture toughness model to assess the quality of thermally sprayed coatings. Engineering fracture mechanics [online], 128, pages 189-204. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2014.07.015

This study presents an improved approach to the quality assessment of thermally sprayed coatings. Measurements were carried out on five different coatings. Since it is the overall extent of surface cracking during Vickers indentation that is indicati... Read More about An improved Vickers indentation fracture toughness model to assess the quality of thermally sprayed coatings..

Build-to-last: strength to weight 3D printed objects. (2014)
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LU, L., SHARF, A., ZHAO, H., WEI, Y., FAN., Q., CHEN, X., SAVOYE, Y., TU, C., COHEN-OR, D. and CHEN, B. 2014. Build-to-last: strength to weight 3D printed objects. ACM transactions on graphics [online], 33(4), article No. 97. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2601097.2601168

The emergence of low-cost 3D printers steers the investigation of new geometric problems that control the quality of the fabricated object. In this paper, we present a method to reduce the material cost and weight of a given object while providing a... Read More about Build-to-last: strength to weight 3D printed objects..

Dynamic pricing policies for interdependent perishable products or services using reinforcement learning. (2014)
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RANA, R. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2015. Dynamic pricing policies for interdependent perishable products or services using reinforcement learning. Expert systems with applications [online], 42(1), pages 426-436. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2014.07.007

Many businesses offer multiple products or services that are interdependent, in which the demand for one is often affected by the prices of others. This article considers a revenue management problem of multiple interdependent products, in which dyna... Read More about Dynamic pricing policies for interdependent perishable products or services using reinforcement learning..

Dealing with construction cost overruns using data mining. (2014)
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AHIAGA-DAGBUI, D.D. and SMITH, S.D., 2014. Dealing with construction cost overruns using data mining. Construction management and economics [online], 32(7-8), pages 682-694. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2014.933854

One of the main aims of any construction client is to procure a project within the limits of a predefined budget. However, most construction projects routinely overrun their cost estimates. Existing theories on construction cost overrun suggest a num... Read More about Dealing with construction cost overruns using data mining..

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