Amir Causevic

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How difficult is to achieve ethical decision making in a technological world?

Making decisions that promote sustainability remains difficult to implement.

08 August 2015 5,674 23 View

What is RELEVANCE of brain, mind and culture in establishing EFFECTIVE connections?

Connections unites two warring intellectual traditions- hermeneutics and cognitive neuroscience.

08 August 2015 3,386 9 View

How do you see universities in next twenty years?

Experts believe half of today's jobs will be completely redundant by 2025, will simply 'disappear'.

07 July 2015 5,691 33 View

Do you agree that maintainability, maintenance, and reliability of systems and products have become more important than ever?

Various studies have proven that for many large and sophisticatedproducts and systems, maintenance and support costs account for as muchas 2/3 of their life cycle costs.

07 July 2015 8,871 13 View

What is the greatest ancient engineers’ invention by your opinion?

We live in an age in which one can easily think that we have invented and discovered almost everything. The truth is probably quite the opposite.

07 July 2015 2,023 42 View

What is your opinion about Taboo and the Censoring of Language?

This is a question about taboo and the way in which people censor the languagethat they speak and write. Taboo is a proscription of behaviour that affectseveryday life.

03 March 2015 4,921 25 View

Where does the mind begin and end?

Minds exist inside individuals and are tightly coupled with individuals. Minds do not ﬂoat free in the air or belong to larger, amorphous entities, such as groups, societies, or cultures.

02 February 2015 977 24 View

How to raise your self-esteem?

How to raise your self-esteem in daily life, take responsibility for your own happiness, boost your self-esteem in love, friendships, business relationships etc.?

02 February 2015 9,688 40 View

How to name your brand?

The name you choose for your brand impacts the way your product or service is perceived. How to define a brand and communicate the brand effectively internally, to employees, and externally, via...

02 February 2015 4,331 15 View

Why Civilizations Self-Destruct?

Could you please name reasons for the decline not only of our own civilization but for all previous civilizations?

01 January 2015 1,145 43 View

Which teaching techniques do you prefer?

Do you agree that flexibility in teaching techniques is necessary? We all used to apply different modes of teaching such are: group discussions, over the- shoulder demonstration, chalk talk, show...

01 January 2015 9,768 45 View

Which types of Intelligence are most important for the teacher?

There are Nine Types of Intelligence : 1. Naturalist Intelligence (“Nature Smart”)2. Musical Intelligence (“Musical Smart”)3. Logical-Mathematical Intelligence (Number/Reasoning Smart)4....

01 January 2015 7,561 40 View

Do you think that the investors are valuing design less, and as such reducing the amount of work for architects?

People are ready to pay to a contractor because he is erecting the building and they are not ready to pay an architect for a design.

12 December 2014 5,346 14 View

What is the most important to create attractive and successful Scientific Conference?

The dilemma of attending (or not) scientific conference.

12 December 2014 366 14 View

Would you please name some examples of lost or forgotten knowledge?

Example: Ancient Roman concrete has withstood the attack by elements for over 2,000 years.

12 December 2014 9,273 42 View

What are aims and motivations of Low-Impact Applications for Heritage Constructions?

The use of innovative materials and strengthening techniques in a complex and sensitive building heritage has to be carefully assessed.

11 November 2014 5,999 1 View

How we can in simple way calculate bending resistance index for high rise buildings?

The bending resistance is considered to be measured towards the side that is concave during bending.

10 October 2014 6,990 1 View

How can we in an easy way do calibration of the advance FE model for masonry towers?

The identification of the dynamic properties of masonry tower is essential for the calibration of advance FE models.

10 October 2014 6,811 3 View

How we can improve masonry numerical model in order to make a distinction between cracks activated in tension or compression and unilateral effect?

Usually numerical models don't make distinction between damage directions associated to tensile strains and to compressive strains, assuming that both are aligned with the direct strain which...

10 October 2014 6,221 2 View

Do you have any experience related to CONFINEMENT WITH SMA-ACTIVATED FRP?

Active confinement is achivied by a SMS+FRP system.This can be very helpful when cracked masonry need to be rehabilitated also instiffness, even if strength increase is found as same as passive...

09 September 2014 8,271 1 View

Is it true that replacement windows are more energy efficient, low maintenance etc.?

The window industry has spent billions to promote the replacement of CHB windows.

09 September 2014 2,347 4 View

Could you name durability tests of FRP-masonry bond done by the laboratories?

Durability and bonding of FRP system on masonry is crucial, especially for possible application in historical context.

09 September 2014 4,636 4 View

Do we need more experimental work to be conducted on the response of rehabilitated or strengthened masonry wall assemblages subjected to fire?

The damage of structural masonry walls is one of the most widespread harming injuries and cause of loss of serviceability and seismic capacity for a building.

09 September 2014 3,913 3 View

Is the future in composites and low-impact applications and the new techniques that make use of composite materials ?

Composite materials are becoming more important in the construction of cultural heritage buildings. The two main issues standing at the base of low-impact applications are related with...

08 August 2014 4,904 3 View