Telecommuting has been recognized and promoted as a strategy for alleviating traffic congestion in urban areas, especially reducing rush-hour traffic. Substantial evidence in the literature suggests that Telecommuting is more suited to women who when compared to men, experience more work/non-work role conflict and more career interruptions. This re

This research investigates power relationships in the disclosure on women and gender related issues in corporate sustainability reports. For this purpose fifty two companies from the 2013 Fortune top 100 list were selected. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) was conducted on the basis of Fairclough’s (1989) framework. Fairclough suggested analysin

In this paper, an analytical approximation technique has been presented of obtaining higher-order approximate solutions for highly nonlinear Duffing oscillator based on the energy balance method (EBM). Higher-order approximate natural frequencies have been obtained in a novel analytical way. The accuracy of the solution method is evaluated within a

Time and performance of a mobile robot are very important in completing the tasks given to achieve its ultimate goal. Tasks may need to be done within a time constraint to ensure smooth operation of a mobile robot and can result in better performance. The main purpose of this research was to improve the performance of a mobile robot so that it can

In this article, a narrow band, open circuited planar microstrip band pass filter has been proposed. Existing RFID reader circuits has to generate a constant chirp signal to read the conventional microstrip resonator type tag. Use of the VCO is well established for this application. However, in case of large bandwidth (>4GHz) chirp generation i

The world is currently facing its biggest refugee crisis since the end of Wold War II. According to the UN refugee agency a record 65.6 million people are either refugees, asylum seekers or Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The world witnessed an unending stream of refugees fl eeing the violence in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan to Europe. In the

China’s announcement of “One Belt, One Road” initiative has attracted much attention from policy-makers and think tanks in Asia and elsewhere •In this paper, we aim to explain the following: •1.the man features of such an initiative; •2. explain the main reasons for China to launch such a policy initiative ; and •3. its potential impl

The invention of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has introduced many advantages in the product tagging, object tracking and supply chain management comparing with the barcode system. Allocation of the UWB frequency range has given the RFID researchers another edge to include more bits for the inscription due to the wideness of the band an

Research aim: This study aims to identify the persuasive strategies applied by Bangladeshi companies in disclosing poverty related corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in their annual reports. Design/ Methodology/ Approach: This study applies the discourse analysis as an approach in exploring the narratives of Bangladeshi companies’ a

Estimation of patients’ muscle tones allow proper prescription of therapy and determination of physical recovery progress. The book proposes a strategy for the estimation of upper-limb mechanical impedance parameters as a mean for the prediction and assessment of subjects’ muscle tone level and recovery state. The human upper-limb is modeled as