Software quality

INTRODUCTION Brief Introduction Software quality is considered as great importance in the software engineering field. Thus, building software of high quality is very expensive task. Consequently in order to increase the efficiency and usefulness of quality assurance and testing, software defect prediction is used to discover defect-prone modules in a forthcoming version of a software … Read more

In scented environments, can consumers demonstrate higher recall of brands?

1. Introduction The retail market is becoming increasingly complex a space, where only the most innovative and vigorous brands are able to survive. (Grewal, Roggeveen and Nordfält,2009). Customers in this generation are looking at investing in more than just a product or service. They are looking at putting their money into experiences. For a retailer, … Read more

Learning: from individual to organizational level

Individual Learning An increasing number of studies has focused on individual learning (Major, Turner and Fletcher, 2006; Murphy and Dweck, 2009) due to the importance of human capital. Human capital is hard to imitate and is considered a competitive advantage as it has a direct and significant impact on organizations’ success compared to other financial … Read more

Data Warehouse for decision making

Data Warehouse (DW) is one of the solutions for decision-making process in a business organization. But it only stores data for managerial purpose and it has no intelligent mechanism for decision making. This raises the issue of knowledge storage in organization for high capability decision support. The enterprise-wide information delivery systems provided in a DW … Read more

Why was silicone elastomer chosen as the material to support the TFM?

This literature review looks at the reasons why a silicone elastomer was chosen as the material to support the TFM (modified PTFE) facing and allowing the possibility of achieving the objective of improving diaphragm life exposed to steam at high temperatures. The reviewed work will look at the silicone compound and aspects such as different … Read more

The Indian Construction Industry

Overview The construction scene in India must be studied before further investigating the influence of Indian construction companies abroad. The study of the characteristics of the Indian construction industry can help explain and provide pointers as to why Indian construction companies have a minimal presence in the global construction market. Hence, the following chapter discusses … Read more

Trip Generation Modelling

1. LITERATURE REVIEW This section of the report presents theories and concepts from previous studies that are considered significant to this study. The relevant concepts to be described in this section include classification of trips, factors influencing trip generation, techniques of trip generation modelling and discrete choice models. 2.1 Trip Generation Modelling Trip generation is … Read more

Enhancing food security via a web based system

Background to the Problem According to World Food Summit (1996), food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Hoffman (2010, p.152) observes that the Internet is “the most important … Read more

Employee Performance and Job Performance

This chapter reviews the relevant prior literature pertaining to leadership, motivation, training, skill and knowledge that contribute to job performance amongst RMN personnel. The literature reviews are based on the jobs and organization which are related to the job performance in the RMN. The chapter ends with a summary. 2.2 Employee Performance 2.2.1 Job Performance … Read more

Frame relay technology

Abstract The world today completely works on digital signals though the real world is analog, and computer networks provide the backbone for communication. Networking has become a necessity for communication & includes various networking devices and many protocols. A pre requisite knowledge of networking is not only important but increases the demand of professionals in … Read more

What requirements fall upon the state to distinguish legitimate democratic process from mob rule?

Introduction This paper examines what constitutes legitimate democratic process by considering attempts to justify democracy on purely intrinsic or purely instrumental grounds. These conceptions of democracy are then challenged by the conception of mob rule as tyranny of the masses, the problems associated with democracies by their very nature of being democratic. I shall examine … Read more

Evaluation of Adaptive Facades: The case study of Al Bahr Towers in UAE

The evaluation of adaptive facades presents a challenge because there is no established evaluation strategy to systematically reach this goal. Many of the available façade performance evaluation systems or frameworks have limited applicability for such advanced building facades. The complexity of adaptive or dynamic facades evaluation is related to the performance evaluation of façade elements, … Read more

Influences of daily weather on mood

  ‘I feel depressed because it is raining again’ or ‘I feel so happy because the sun is shining’. Does this sound familiar? Both are expressions, which indicate that people believe the weather could influence their humor and/or emotions. Does indeed the weather influence emotions? Is the weather able to influence certain decisions individuals make … Read more

Tesla Motors

Tesla Motors is a black horse in Motor industries. Ideally, it was not supposed to be in existence. Last successful American car company introduced 111 years ago, and it’s “FORD”. With all the major Car/Motor companies established over a decade. Tesla Motors stood up with just a few years of establishment challenging the competition with … Read more