A GIS-based modelling of vehicles rational routes.
Abstract. Methods of searching the rational route are dealt with in the presented article, where the main optimality parameters of the route are chosen: the shortest travelling route (1), the fastest travelling route (2) and the alternatively selected route (3), where the optimality criteria are calculated for one-side traffic...

An estimation of energy consumption paterns of energy-intensive building service systems.
Abstract. This paper represents the estimation of life cycle exergy consumption for building service systems (BSS). The investigation explores public building engineering systems, which are the most energy-intensive. These include heating, ventilating and lightning. The exergy consumption analysis is divided into three parts: systems production, operating and maintenance (O&M)...

Influence of gauge width on rail side wear on track curves.
Abstract. The main property of the railway system is infrastructure objects and rolling-stock. Holding any kind of a property requires huge expenses and renovation investments. Intensive wearing of the rails on the track curves is observed. This problem is always topical in railways. In this article a possibility to...

One more East Slavic parallel for the language situation in the Lowlands.
The language situations in the East Slavic countries present several noteworthy parallels providing new perspectives on the dialect continuum in Lowland Scotland. (1) In this respect Belarus is by no means less attractive for sociolinguistic comparisons with the Scottish Lowlands than Ukraine, which is discussed in some of my...

Javelin Block 1 Missile Achieves Success in Test Firings.
TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture achieved success in qualification flight tests of the Block 1 Javelin missile at Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville, Ala. The Block 1 missile features an improved rocket motor that will reduce the missile's time of flight;...

2006 Gallup Worldwide Corruption Index.
101 countries ranked according to perceptions of corruption in business, government WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Endemic corruption is one of the greatest impediments to stability and growth for many poor countries that might otherwise be looking to current international trends -- the spread of information technology,...

Problem Solving for Better Health.
The Dreyfus Health Foundation's (DHF) Problem Solving for Better Health--Nursing (PSBHN[TM]) program engages nurse educators and students to assume a more active leadership role in health care, particularly in disadvantaged communities. PSBHN is now active in 15 countries, reaching nurse educators, students, and clinicians through several nursing schools, hospitals,...

Tendance Floue: Various Venues.
Soccer matches, traffic jams, diplomatic handshakes, oil slicks, antiglobalization marches, the Eiffel Tower, Kafka's birthplace, lederhosen, tulips, reindeer: These are just some of the media events, tourist attractions, and cultural cliches you will not see along Nationale Zero. Rather, this more than 14,000-mile highway winding through the twenty-five countries...

Indians to get fattest pay hikes.
NEW DELHI: Here's a bit of good news for salaried professionals in India. A new survey said that employees in India are expected to get the biggest pay hikes in 2006 - outpacing even countries like China, Japan, UK and US - with a 11.3 per cent increase year-on-year....

Flipside.
FLIPSIDE NUMEROUS ARTISTS (INCLUDING VADIM FISHKIN, JOAN JONAS, KAI KALJO, CHARLES KRAFFT, YURI LEIDERMAN, AURDRIUS NOVICKAS, TONY OURSLER, ANTHONY AND KATYA PEMBERTON, IGOR SAVCHENKO AND STEPHEN SHANABROOK) CURATED BY KATHERINE CARL ARTISTS SPACE NEW YORK During the Cold War, there was an alternate universe behind the Iron...