Juniper Publishers Journal Of Civil Engineering

 Civil Engineering Research Journal- Juniper Publishers   Abstract Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is one of the most widely used psychological models when it comes to explaining road safety behaviors. Recently, studies have also been conducted from the perspective of dual-process models. However, the present is the first study on road safety behaviors that integrates both perspectives. The study evaluates the roles of both implicit attitudes and TPB constructs in the prediction of mobile phone use while driving. Method a sample of 100 drivers completed: (1) a self-reporting instrument on Mobile phone use while driving, (2) a questionnaire addressing TPB constructs, (3) an indirect measure of attitudes (Implicit Association Test), and (4) a social desirability scale. Results suggest that both types of attitudes make a significant and quite similar contribution to the explanation of Mobile phone use while driving. Interestingly, implicit attitudes were a better predictor than explicit

 Civil Engineering Research Journal- Juniper Publishers   Abstract Desert sand is subject to deflation. During the construction and operation of railways in the sandy desert, deflation leads to filling the railway track with sand, as well as to soil erosion. To prevent this phenomenon, a binder is sprayed onto the surface of the sand. The penetration of the working composition of the binder into the sand is accompanied by an uneven distribution of the substance, which is proposed to characterize the saturation coefficient. The features of the interaction of the binder and sand from which the protective crust is formed are revealed. Impregnation occurs under the predominant influence of gravitational or capillary forces. The latter allows you to have a uniform distribution of the substance. Preliminary wetting can reduce the pore space of sand and change the nature of the transfer of matter to capillary, which as a result allows obtaining resource-saving technology for fixing movable sa

 Civil Engineering Research Journal- Juniper Publishers Abstract Different methodological routes to the study of cost overruns are evident in the literature. A critical review reveals several gaps, particularly the lack of methodologically robust explanatory evidence to support the assertions that geotechnical risks significantly impact on cost overruns in highway projects. This study evaluates and select an adequate philosophical/methodological orientation relevant to provide a geotechnical narrative to the phenomena of cost overruns in highway projects. This paper thus sets out the underlying philosophical and logical reasoning that served as a guide on the conduct of a study, carried out to illuminate geotechnical trajectories to cost overruns in highway projects. Critical evaluation of the different philosophical stances evident in the literature was carried out, while factoring in the practicality and compatibility of the methods implicit in the various research strategies. The st