Following Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) standards, an analysis of the state of the art related with Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions of road projects is developed with emphasis on the inventory assessment, the existing data ...

The introduction of the new European Higher Education Area (EHEA) requires lecturers change or adapt their subject teaching plans and they have to apply a competency-based approach in different engineering degrees (industrial, ...

The European Union (EU) and Mexico share finance resource allocation and management models at local level for social and economic cohesion of their regions. Local Action Groups (GAL, for their Spanish initials) are included ...

The difficulty of prevention theories existing to explain the tragic accidents during the years 70-80 (Tenerife airport, shuttle Challenger, Chernobyl, sinking of the Herald of Free Enterprise, King's Cross fire, ...) have ...

The Spanish food industry is the high industrial subsector, both the business volume, and the number of jobs. In 2008, the data indicate that sells for 16.4% of total net sales for the entire industry that employs over ...

Public buildings (hospitals, commercial centres, ect.) have inherent risks coming from the unknowledge of the users about the building itself. They don´t know the building planes, where the emergency doors are, etc. Those ...

Creativity is a field in which there are different techniques for the problem resolution. This field is more important in the conceptual design stage for its relevance in the creation of original products. However, most ...

The technique known by the name of "Brainstorming" is commonly recognized and recommended by the standards of management as one of the most important in identifying risks. The "Brainstorming" is used mainly as group technique ...

The construction of the European area of higher education is for European universities a deep process of renewal and innovation. The EHEA gives great importance to the process of teaching, learning and assessment focused ...

The certification of persons and processes is a global phenomenon that ensures efficiency and improves profitability of organizations. The system of evaluation and certification of labour competencies in Mexico: “CONOCER" ...