This paper proposes a knowledge-based customer-centric strategic model to respond to environmental challenges and achieve sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) in the supply chain management (SCM) context. The proposed model strives to leverage knowledge-based distinctive core competencies (DCCs) to improve customer satisfaction and achieve SCA. ...
Creative economy is the area of knowledge that explores the intangible and symbolic aspects and feeds on creative talents, individually and/or collectively organized, in order to produce creative goods and services. This type of economy has its own dynamics, and it disturbs the traditional economic models. This study investigated creative economy c...
In our previous work, a microbial consortium GF-20 (Qinggeer et al., 2016) was enriched from compost habitats and adapted to efficiently and stably degrade corn stover under low temperatures. While the main microorganism and degradation-related functions and degradation-related coding enzyme genes of GF-20 were not clear. Therefore, the current stu...
The article analyzes a prestressed reinforced concrete dapped-end beam of a rectangular cross-section. The negative effect of reinforcement prestressing on the bearing capacity of the dapped-end is analyzed. The numerical beam model is made based on an experiment and a nonlinear analysis is performed using the DIANA FEA software package to determin...
Multiple policies have been formulated to promote the development of prefabricated building (PB). However, ineffective policies increase the financial burden of the governments and hinder PB development. This study aims to identify effective policies and develop a practical policy framework to encourage developers to implement PB. Text analysis is ...
This paper aims to perform metric measurements of narrow street façades using single image captured by smartphone’s camera. Since tight area accompanied by narrow street limits object to camera distance, object lines perpendicular to façade do not appear in image and consequently their vanishing point (VP) is hard to detect. Accordingly, semi-autom...
From 2014 to 2016, several wind resistant field measurements were conducted to the high-rise building in Haikou. Based on these measurements, the present paper disclosed the characteristics of the time-history responses of axial acceleration on different floors during four typhoons, including the Rammasun, Kalmaegi, Mujigae and Sarika typhoons. The...
This paper examines the internal and external reliability criteria of the mixed LS adjustment model. We use the reliability concept to quantify the potential for detecting gross errors and to estimate their impact on the adjusted parameters. After a short introduction to the mixed adjustment model, the hat matrix and Baarda’s data snooping we descr...
For analysis, design, and rehabilitation purposes of flexible pavements, the temperature profile of asphalt layers should be determined. The predictive models as an alternative to in-situ measurements, are rapid and easy methods to determine the temperature of asphalt layer at various depths. These models are developed based on limited field data. ...
High-accuracy land use and land cover maps (LULC) are increasingly in demand for environmental management and decision-making. Despite the limitation, Machine learning classifiers (MLC) fill the gap in any complex issue related to LULC data accuracy. Visualizing land-cover information is critical in mitigating Côte d’Ivoire’s deforestation and land...
