User profiles for P. Govan

Paul Govan

Senior Systems Reliability Engineer
Verified email at alumni.lsu.edu
Cited by 130

Discovering the impact of late change orders and rework on labor productivity: a water treatment case study analysis using system dynamics modeling

S Kermanshachi, R Thakur, P Govan - … Research Congress 2018, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
Most complex projects can expect some level of rework and minor changes that can be
conceptually predicted and estimated during the bidding process. However, existing literature …

The resource-based view on project risk management

P Govan, I Damnjanovic - Journal of construction engineering and …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
… Root causes c and risk events r are discrete events with probability p of occurring and
probability 1 − p of not occurring. Variables such as unit costs u and quantities q are continuously …

Developing management policies and analyzing impact of change orders on labor productivity in construction projects

…, B Rouhanizadeh, P Govan - Journal of Engineering …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The inevitable change orders in construction projects have either direct or indirect
impacts on a project’s duration. Reduced productivity is one of the indirect consequences …

Relative effectiveness of additive pain interventions during vaccination in infants

…, P Govan, E Fletcher, H Wong, C McNair, P Mithal… - CMAJ, 2017 - Can Med Assoc
… Demographics did not differ among intervention groups (p > … (p = 0.4), but did differ across
ages (p < 0.001). Needle pain scores differed among groups (p = 0.003) and across ages (p < …

Foreign language skills and the needs of the UK tourism sector

D Leslie, H Russell, P Govan - Industry and Higher …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents the findings of a study catalysed by the outcomes of research into the
attitudes and perceptions of UK undergraduate students of tourism management in relation to …

Waste management in dental practice: communication

P Govan - South African Dental Journal, 2014 - journals.co.za
In South Africa, there is concern that the total" red bin" refuse, generated as Healthcare Risk
Waste (HCRW), far outweighs the available commercial treatment capacity, posing serious …

Understanding topological defects in fluidized dry active nematics

B Palmer, S Chen, P Govan, W Yan, T Gao - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Dense assemblies of self-propelling rods (SPRs) may exhibit fascinating collective behaviors
and anomalous physical properties that are far away from equilibrium. Using large-scale …

Was Plantation Slavery Profitable?

TP Govan - The Journal of Southern History, 1942 - JSTOR
The debate over the profitableness of slavery has been going on, in one form or another, for
almost one hundred and fifty years. 1 It is, per-haps, too late for a definitive settlement of the …

[HTML][HTML] A longitudinal randomized trial of the effect of consistent pain management for infant vaccinations on future vaccination distress

…, P Govan, E Fletcher, H Wong, C McNair, P Mithal… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
… ; characteristics did not differ among groups (P > .05). Pain scores did not differ among
groups during baseline (P = .642), needle injection (P = .739), or recovery (P = .750) phases. In …

Agrarian and agrarianism: A study in the use and abuse of words

TP Govan - The Journal of Southern History, 1964 - JSTOR
AGRARIAN AND AGRARIANISM ARE WORDS COMMONLY USED BY HIS-torians to describe
particular aspects of American life, but de or perhaps because of, wide usage, it is often …