Emimsar was a research project whose main objective was to facilitate the work and to improve the safety of underground miners by providing them with enhanced means to access essential computer-stored information when and where they need it most. The technology selected to ease this interaction...

The University Technology Enterprise Network (UTEN), which was launched in March 2007, includes 15 Portuguese Universities and select international partners in a 5-Year program funded by the Portuguese government. Participants in this program included, The Innovation, Creativity, Capital (IC²)...

Utilizing quantitative research methods, this study surveyed 834 Central Kentucky employees of various industries to investigate the relationship between generational cohorts and their attitudes towards work related issues. While the research confirmed some significant differences between the...

The federal government devotes a significant amount of its money and resources towards fighting what Richard Nixon termed “the war on drugs.” One of the most effective legal tools used to further this purpose is asset forfeiture, or the process by which the government seizes and gains title...

Energy consumption is a major cost component in all mining operations. Electrical systems are quite often over-designed, and as such have high energy consumption while in an idling state and quite often having peak power values several times higher than the average power; due to the intermittent...

Energy consumption is a major cost component in all mining operations. Electrical systems are quite often over-designed, and as such have high energy consumption while in an idling state and quite often having peak power values several times higher than the average power; due to the intermittent...