Software and Mobile Apps as a Strategy for Productivity Improvement in the Construction Industry

The construction industry, known for its low productivity, is increasingly utilising software and mobile apps to enhance efficiency. However, more comprehensive research is needed to understand the effectiveness of these technology applications. The PRISMA principles utilised a scoping review methodology to ascertain pertinent studies and extract significant findings. From 2013 onwards, articles containing data on mobile applications or software designed to enhance productivity in the construction sector were obtained from multiple databases, including Emerald Insight, Science Direct, IEEE Xplore, and Google Scholar. After evaluating 2604 articles, 30 were determined to be pertinent to the study and were subsequently analysed for the review. The review identified five key themes: effectiveness, benefits, successful implementation examples, obstacles and limitations, and a comprehensive list of software and mobile apps. In addition, 71 software and mobile apps have shown potentially how these technologies can improve communication, collaboration, project management, real-time collaboration, document management, and on-the-go project information and estimating processes in the construction industry, increasing efficiency and productivity. The findings highlight the potential of these technologies such as Automation, Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID), Building Information Modeling (BIM), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Internet of Things (IoT) to improve efficiency and communication in the construction industry. Despite challenges such as cost, lack of awareness, resistance to change, compatibility concerns, human resources, technological and security concerns and licensing issues, the study identifies specific mobile applications and software with the potential to enhance efficiency significantly, improve productivity and streamline workflows. The broader societal impacts of construction software and mobile app development include increased efficiency, job creation, and sustainability.

Software Technology for E-Commerce Era

The rapid growth of Internet usage and electronic commerce (e commerce) applications will push traditional industries to transform their business models and to re engineer their information systems. This direction will give the software industry either great opportunities for their business growth or crucial challenges to their existence. This article describes two essential challenges the software industry will face and presents relevant new technologies that will be helpful for overcoming those challenges.

Research on the Teaching System of Creative and Entrepreneurial Software Engineering(Digital Media Technology)Talents Training

The cultivation of innovative and entrepreneurial capability is a quality requirement of the times for the training of college and university talents. However, the regular teaching system universally has such problems as much more emphasis on theory than on practice, much more emphasis on inheritance than on innovation, and mismatching between talent training and market demand, so that a great number of graduates do not have enough innovative capacity, and it is very difficult for them to engage in related jobs of software engineering steadily and permanently. By investigating and analyzing similar majors of more than 20 schools at home and abroad, this article proposes a teaching system of talent training of the 3 C-cored major of "innovative and entrepreneurial" software engineering(digital media technology) based on regions, oriented to the industry and marked by school-enterprise linkage, and in connection with the characteristics of college and university education.

Improving Information Technology Infrastructure Library Service Delivery Using an Integrated Lean Six Sigma Framework: A Case Study in a Software Application Support Scenario

Increasing competition in service businesses (eg: Information Technology, Healthcare, Education, Logistics, Distribution, Hospitality Financial and other services) is compelling corporates to adopt business improvement philosophies and methodologies for addressing customer demands for better quality service and organizational demands for improving the profit margins through cost reduction. Many companies around the world have already implemented Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) as a way to manage and control their Information Technology (IT) Departments more effectively. These companies are now willing to improve their ITIL processes in order to become even more efficient. Lean Six Sigma is a methodology that has been suggested as a means to resolve these problems, reducing costs and improving quality. Its application in the IT Services area is becoming increasingly popular among researchers and academicians and can be used to conduct these improvements. Despite the application of lean six sigma approaches to different contexts in the service sector, the application of Lean Six Sigma approaches in service delivery specific to Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) remains largely untested. The purpose of this paper is to implement Integrated Lean Six Sigma for Software application support services and evaluate the benefits of continual service improvement over ITIL.

Microchip Technology收购HI-TECH Software

Microchip（美国微芯科技公司）宣布收购总部位于澳大利亚布里斯班的世界一流嵌入式系统开发工具供应商HI-TECH Software。HI-TECH Software以拥有高性能ANSI C编译器而享誉业界。该编译器采用优化的全程编译技术，具有全知代码生成功能。

Online Fashion Retailer Bonobos Selects Gerber Technology's YuniquePLM^(TM) Industry-Tailored Software to Support Rapid Growth and Fast-Paced Product Innovation

Tolland,Connecticut,USA-Gerber Technology,a business unit of Gerber Scientific, Inc.(NYSE:GRB) and a world leader in automated CAD/CAM and PLM solutions for the apparel and flexible materials industry,announces that fast-growing internet retailer Bonobos,Inc. has selected the YuniquePLM product

An Uneven Impact of Emerging Technologies on Taxpayers With Various Income Levels Audited by the IRS: Empirical Evidence From an AI Technology Application and Regression Models

This study aims to investigate the influence of emerging technology adoption on tax compliance, encompassing both the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) compliance audits and taxpayers’ compliance performance (collectively, tax compliance). We employed the Gradient Descent optimization algorithm, an artificial intelligence (AI) technology application, to scrutinize the connection between the quality of US tax filings and the development of emerging technology, among other contributing factors. Additionally, we utilized multiple linear regression to evaluate the relationships between dependent variables, specifically IRS audit rates and the no-change rate at different income levels,1 and several independent variables, including a proxy for emerging technology in the form of tax software. Our findings reveal that while emerging technology significantly impacts tax compliance within the IRS and taxpayers’ performance, its effects vary across income groups. Notably, emerging technology seems to confer greater advantages to higher-income individuals compared to their lower-income counterparts. These study results hold considerable policy implications for government decision-makers in promoting the adoption of emerging technology among lower-income taxpayers.

A FGR Software Model for Measuring the Effect of Technological Progress

The work of quantitative studying the effect of technological progress on economic growth, being of great complexity and far-reaching significance, has become a quite popular research topic in the world. In recent years there are a large number of scientists who are engaged in this research both at home and abroad.

基于Computer Simulation Technology的磁共振射频线圈模拟与设计

目的:基于CST(Computer Simulation Technology)软件设计磁共振射频线圈,利用软件功能计算S参数、驻波比,求解每个网格的电场和磁场的方向、大小等,辅助完成实际线圈设计。方法:以单圈线圈为例,设计3层仿真模型:铜箔线圈层、环氧玻璃布层压板层、水模层。正确输入每一层的材料参数,并加入电容、端口等集总参数元件。设计合适的网格划分要求,插入场监视器。结果:数据结果包括一维结果和二、三维结果,其中一维结果包括S参数,驻波比,不连续端口的电流、电压、阻抗,集总参数元件的电流、电压、阻抗等,二、三维结果包括电场分布、磁场分布、表面电流等。从S11参数看出此线圈模型可在21.86 MHz处实现调谐和匹配,实际中可用作0.5 T磁共振成像设备的线圈。电磁场分布结果可以看出电容附近电场强度较高,磁场强度在线圈附近z方向强度较高。结论:磁共振射频线圈的设计可以利用CST软件辅助完成,通过调整线圈的形状、铜箔宽度等建立模型,根据S参数查看调谐匹配、耦合结果,通过场监视器的设置,查看二、三维电磁场分布。由结果再修改模型,最终完成设计。

Integrated Application Technology of Feces Processing in Duck Farm at Scale Based on Configuration Technology

[Objective] The aim was to explore technology on processing feces in duck farms at scale, providing guiding method for effective control of environmental issues in breeding farms. [Methed] Bio-safety disposal and recovering processing of excrements in a duck farm were researched based on technology of configuration, detection, digestion, EM and poultry breeding. [Result] The integrated application technology is quite simple and the cost is not high. During breeding period, excellent organic fertilizers and high-protein forages could be obtained without any antibiotics. Furthermore, secondary wastes and pollution would not occur. In addition, ammonia was lower in excrements processed with earthworm and air pollution was reduced; the produced humus provided organic fertilizers and improved barren soils. [Conclusion] The research provides references of multi-technology integration for related industries.

Recent developments of InteCAST software and its applications on special castings

with the development of computer technology, foundry CAE technology has made rapid progress. Commercialsoftware packages of casting process simulation, therefore, have become more and more practical. This paper introducesboth the recent developments and some applications of InteCAST software, a commercial numerical simulation softwarepackage for foundry industry, with more than 120 customers all over the world. The function modules of lnteCAST8.0 andsome new techniques, such as uneven mesh technology for mold filling simulation and numerical mouse technology fordata visualization, were introduced. Several applications on special castings such as investment casting, low pressure diecasting, and high pressure die casting, were given. These applications showed that the software can help engineers tooptimize casting process by forecasting casting defect.

A Comparison of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean shipyard production technology

This paper compares Chinese, Korean, and Japanese shipyard production technology. Development in the world shipbuilding over recent years has influenced focus areas related to shipyard manufacturing technologies and product performance. Software systems, information technology, production technology, and local challenges of shipyards are compared with shipbuilding outputs among these three countries. Various technologies developments, shipyard production and the problems in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean shipyards are discussed respectively. Finally, future areas of research are pointed out.

New Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering for Development Applications and E-Learning

This paper presents new theoretical aspects of software engineering which oriented on product lines for building applied systems and software product families from readymade reusable components in conditions of program factories. These aspects are the new disciplines such as the theory of component programming;models variability and interoperability of system;theory for building systems and product families from components. Principles and methods of implementing these theories were realized in the instrumental and technological complex by lines of component development: assembling program factories using lines, e-learning to new theories and technologies in textbook of “Software Engineering” by the universities students.

Development and Analysis of a Machine Learning Based Software for Assisting Online Classes during COVID-19

Amid the Covid-19 widespread, it has been challenging for educational institutions to conduct online classes, facing multiples challenges. This paper provides an insight into different approaches in facing those challenges which includes conducting a fair online class for students. It is tough for an instructor to keep track of their students at the same time because it is difficult to screen if any of the understudies within the class are not present, mindful, or drowsing. This paper discusses a possible solution, something new that can offer support to instructors seeing things from a more significant point of view. The solution is a facial analysis computer program that can let instructors know which students are attentive and who is not. There’s a green and red square box for face detection, for which Instructors can watch by seeing a green box on those mindful students conjointly, a red box on those who are not mindful at all. This paper finds that the program can automatically give attendance by analyzing data from face detection. It has other features for which the teacher can also know if any student leaves the class early. In this paper, model design, performance analysis, and online class assistant aspects of the program have been discussed.

Research on the Component-based Software Architecture

Computer software has been becoming more and more c om plex with the development of hardware. Thus, how to efficiently develop extensib le, maintainable and adaptable software occurs to be an urgent problem. The comp onent-based software development technique is a better method to solve the prob lem. In this paper, we first discuss the concept, description method and some fa miliar styles of software architecture, and then analyze the merits of using the software architecture to guide the software development. We also present a gene ral design method for component. Its applications are finally provided.

A Software Service Framework Model Based on Agent

This paper presents an agent-based software service framework model called ASF, and defines the basic concepts and structure of ASF model. It also describes the management and process mechanisms in ASF model.

A Glance at the Middleware Technology

After describing the concept of middleware,this paper discusses the position and value of middleware among modern software technologies,summarizes some kinds of common middleware.This paper also gives some proposals for developing middleware in China.

Educational Software Development Life Cycle Stages

Technological innovations have revolutionized the educational technology into various dimensions. Educational processes without educational technology have no value in this modern world. In education domain, the educational software has simplified the processes in greater extend. A implemented while developing such educational software. In particu proper lar, the development methodology has to be software developed to enrich these education processes should follow a development strategy to motivate the end users to utilize the hypermedia potentials. The software development life cycle （SDLC） has different phases in designing such educationa technology and assists the end users to benefit from the modern technology. This study identifies the various factors to be considered at each phase of the SDLC while developing educational software. Also, this study proposes some suggestions to be followed in ESDLC with respect to educational processes perspectives. The core idea of this study is to identify the various issues in implementing such educational software in day to day teaching and learning processes.

2006 PIA／GATF InterTech Technology Awards奖揭晓

美国印刷工业协会／印艺技术基金会（PIA／GATF）于2006年8月8日宣布了获得2006年InterTech Technology Awards奖的名单。共有11项技术获奖，详细名单如下：Adobe Systems公司的Adobe PDF Print Engine，这是PDF印刷软件，能保证印刷系统准确地输出PDF格式的文件；DALiM Software GmbH公司的DALiM MISTRAL项目管理和活件追踪系统；

New Paradigm in Nutrition Practice-Initial Findings From Ntuitive Software

Objective:Nutrition practice in India has generally been confined to pen and paper with little use of algorithms and technology.Nutritionists in practice find it difficult to go beyond macronutrient analysis for dietary intake or diet plans.Since nutrition practice requires lot of data processing,we decided to develop software to aid in these calculations and to empower nutritionist with technology enabled scientific practice using software.Method:Ntuitive software was developed by a team of nutrition experts and technologists over a period of 18 months.Data for nutrient values was sources from IFCT 2017[6],RDA’s were taken from ICMR guidelines and growth charts from IAP publications[7].Design and coding of the software was done inhouse.Ntuitive database has over 8500 recipes and packed foods and has most of the national and international cuisine items.The software module enables client/patient management,detailed profiling,recording anthropometric data and plotting on WHO and IAP growth charts,recording food allergies and medical condition.The dietary recall be it one day,three day or seven day can be easily recorded and analysis of nutrients can be obtained for the same.The software is hosted on Amazon Web Server and applied as SAAS platform for practice.Result:800 children and adults underwent analysis and consultation using Ntuitive software.All 189 micronutrients could be calculated using the software and deficiency or excess quantified when compared with RDA.Conclusion:Nutrition practice can be made easy and technology enabled keeping in mind scientific standards.This helps in data collection not just in macro nutrients,but also in micronutrients.