15 articles for “System Resilience”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractClimate Adaptive Measures Among Smallholder Farmers in Akwa Ibom State, NigeriaObot Akaninyene, Obiekwe NgoziAgricultural production/activities in Nigeria depends on rainfall, which often occurs only at certain times of the year and thus makes agriculture very susceptible to crop failure, insect infestation which causes poor returns on agricultural produce for farmers . Adoption of climate change mitigating strategies is key to coping with variations in weather conditions and the achievement of increased agricultural production … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 17, Issue 1 · 19 Sep 2022 · 6,261 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBuilding Resilience in Natural Capital to Reduce Disaster Risks and Adapt to Climate Change: A Case of Wetlands in the Eastern Free State; South AfricaJohanes A. Belle, Nacelle Collins, Andries JordaanWetlands are a form of natural capital which provide services that improve the welbeing of the local community. Unfortunately many wetlands have been degraded before their values and functions were realised. Using a system thing appraoach and a mixed research method, this article collected primary data from 176 respondents using questionnaires. Besides, 21 wetlands were observed using field observation data … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 5 · 12 Oct 2017 · 7,972 accessesView PDF Cite

EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractInternational Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research: A New Open Platform for Materials ScienceChiara Bedon, Mario D’Aniello, Andreas Luible, Flavio StochinoEditorial The International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research (IJSGAMR) is a new peer-reviewed, open access journal, which covers all aspects of theoretical and practical research of materials science. The journal aims to promote international exchange of knowledge and broad discussion on advancements, outcomes and recent developments in materials research for engineering applications. In the last years, the … …International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 17 May 2017 · 13,690 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSecure Group Key Management for Dynamic Sensor NetworksN. Suganthi, V. Sumathi, R S. MohanapriyhaProblem statement: Key management is an important cryptographic technique for providing security in a dynamic environment of sensor networks. To provide a secure communication among a group of sensor nodes keys should established in an efficient manner. We introduced an efficient and dynamic key management system for dynamic sensor networks. Approach: We pre deployed some of the keying materials in … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 7 · 28 Jun 2011 · 6,743 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA Proposed Mining Based Business Continuity Information System for Educational InstitutesAmira M. Idrees, Ahmed Ibrahim El Seddawy, Mayada EL MoaazIt has become an essential element for all organizations to be engaged in a more deliberate transform for prevention, protection, preparedness, mitigation and reaction to Business Continuity Management (BCM) and recovery. It is becoming risky for the organization to reply of disaster plan which targets to minimize the causes of the disruption. An organization should take a proactive approach to … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 8 · 17 Aug 2019 · 7,422 accessesView PDF Cite