However, the lack of design standards for civil infrastructure limits their structural applications.
However, current techniques usually depend on costly equipment, professional staff, and/or essential infrastructure, limiting their accessibility.
For instance, a measurement device may cause a data accuracy issue because of device errors or timing signal loss [7], and a communication link may induce data loss and latency issues due to unintentional reasons (e.g., equipment malfunctions and communication infrastructure limits) or intentional cyber-attacks [8, 9].
The continent is plagued by poor and under-developed transportation infrastructure, limiting accessibility to consumers, hampering intra-regional trade and driving up import and export costs.
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited owns and operates the fixed infrastructure assets of the railway system in Scotland, while the Scottish Government retains overall responsibility for rail strategy and funding in Scotland.
The Syrian conflict is taking a serious toll on school infrastructure, limiting educational opportunities for children across the country.
This disparity in infrastructure limits the ability of health workers to take full advantage of information technologies in meeting their information and learning needs.
After the Soviet Union collapsed, the country of Georgia underwent funding cuts to public health and animal health infrastructure, limiting disease management (2 ).
Where there are challenges at the level of poor infrastructure, limited human resources, or overburdened health systems, such as in many resource-constrained and/or post-conflict settings, access to emergency care is limited [ 4, 5].
Adoption of unmodified CDC guidelines was impeded by modifying factors such as conditions of the physical plant, absence of an infection control infrastructure, limited sterilization capabilities, lack of clinical microbiologic laboratory support, and the expense of single use medical devices.
