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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Use of Remote Sensing Techniques in Detecting and Predicting Forest Vegetation Change Using MODIS Satellite Data, Golestan, IranAkram Karimi, Sara Abdollahi, Hamid Reza Kabiri Balajadeh et al.It is so important to be aware of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of changes for the environment, land use planning and sustainable development. Detecting the changes in the condition of an issue is done by time difference observations. Change detection refers to the process of detecting time changes of an object through different time observations. The detection of changes by … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 30 Mar 2018 · 8,294 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractConversion of Carbon Dioxide: Opportunities and Fundamental ChallengesSajeda A. Al-Saydeh, Syed J. Zaidi, Muftah H. El-NaasThe rising atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide is one of the most urgent challenges facing societies nowadays. There is also great potential in energy carriers and other materials from CO2, with many challenges to overcome. The way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions should be using carbon free sources that do not generate carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. This article reviews … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 17 Jan 2018 · 7,637 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Rainfall Factor of Climate Change Effects on the Agricultural Environment: A ReviewOlumuyiwa Idowu Ojo, Masengo Francois IlungaThe study of the climatic elements is vital for sustainable development of agriculture of a region. Particularly, rainfall temporal analyses for trends, fluctuations and periodicities are necessary as such can indirectly furnish the status of an environment. A trend may be quite instructive for different segments of the human and natural systems. Extreme weather events that can lead to events … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 10 · 26 Oct 2017 · 8,338 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCost-Effective Energy Refurbishment of Health Care Facilities in Heating Dominated Climates of Italian Backcountry. The Case Study of the Hospital Veneziale of IserniaRosa Francesca De Masi, Fabrizio Ascione, Gennaro Sosto, Giuseppe Peter VanoliMaximizing energy efficiency within hospitals and healthcare facilities is a major challenge for sustainable development and energy saving objectives. In this study, the case study of the public hospital of Isernia (Italian backcountry city) is proposed, being typical of the hospital building stock developed in reinforced concrete all around Italy in the last 40 years. Starting from deep on-site investigations, … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 3 · 25 Sep 2017 · 8,354 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Effect of Entrepreneurship and Culture on the Employee Commitment in TurkeyGülaçtı Fındık, Erkut AltındağNotions of entrepreneurship culture in the development of society are vital. Today, with the speed of globalization and rapidly changing market conditions, companies can achieve a sustainable competitive advantage and be able to maintain productivity, which has increased the importance of domestic entrepreneurial activity in a company. The purpose of this study is to explain the concepts of entrepreneurship and … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 12 May 2017 · 8,462 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTaxation of End Consumption: Effect on Country Economies and its CharacteristicsRavil Gabdullaevich Akhmadeev, Mikhail Evgenievich Kosov, Olga Alekseevna Bykanova et al.International experience of the largest countries' economies of the last decade demonstrates that the use of Value Added Tax (VAT) in taxation of consumption is used more actively and is gradually squeezing out the sales tax. In most countries of the world VAT ensures between 12 and 30% of stable budget revenues. Taking statistical data selected with the help of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 3 · 18 Mar 2017 · 7,630 accessesView PDFCite