Complementarity is a concept that has been defined by physicist Niels Bohr as a general principle that promotes“mutual understanding and respect among diverse cultures and allows for the unity of human knowledge.”[1...
The necessity to achieve value for money(VFM)has been paramount during the current economic climate,with reductions in investment inducing Housing Associations(HAs)to minimise waste and pursue the maximisation of valu...
Cao Bingwu,former chief Cengineer of the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage,never provided ambiguous answers to unfamiliar questions with his research notes.However,he dropped his usual professional and rigorous pos...
This paper examines the current state of project cultures in the German turnkey construction industry and the ideal project cultures in terms of partnering from the perspective of various key stakeholders(i.e.,Investo...
Back in 2008, French director Jean-Jacques Annaud returned to his home in France after wrapping up shooting in the Sahara.There, from a large number of books his friends had mailed to him, Annaud picked up Wolf Totem,...
Each year 750,000 Americans are diagnosed with sepsis and approximately 220,000 of those patients die. In addition to the toll on human life, sepsis is the most expensive disease to care for in the hospital costing ap...