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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIntegrating Life Cycle Assessment and Other Tools for Ex Ante Integrated Sustainability Assessment in the Minerals IndustryDeborah J Shields, Gian Andrea Blengini, Slavko V. SolarProblem statement: The minerals industry is faced with choices beginning in the exploration phase and extending over the life cycle of mine. Firms examine the technical feasibility of alternative actions and typically rank them based on economic performance. Increasingly firms also consider alternatives' contribution to sustainable development. Approach: Sustainable decision making before investment (ex ante decisions) should incorporate a broad … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 11 · 10 Oct 2011 · 7,898 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Artificial Neural Network Based Approach for Mortality Structure AnalysisSokolova M. Kursk, Rashad J. Rasras, D. SkopinThe theoretical outcomes and experimental results of applying of Artificial Neural Networks towards mortality structure examination in Russian Federation are presented in the paper. The most influencing classes of diseases are selected by sensitivity analysis. It is proved that Neural Network Models appear to be an adequate tool for mortality structure examination. Some interesting results for males and females total … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 28 Sep 2006 · 7,061 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFUZZY RULE-BASED SYSTEM FOR AVENUE MANAGEMENTS. Prakash, C. SundarMutual Funds are becoming effective way for investors to participate in financial markets. An investor must learn to analyze and measure the risk and return of the portfolio. The performance of funds is mainly affected by characteristics such as asset size, turnover and fee structure. Investors’ highest priority lies in understanding the relation between fund performance and above properties. Currently … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 5 · 15 Feb 2014 · 6,932 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAssessing the Applicability of Landslide Databases for Hazard Management Using Objective and Subjective Models: Australian Geoinformatic CaseM. OwneghProblem statement: In order to assess the applicability of Australian landslide databases as a hazard management support system, current hard and soft literature and data sources were screened. This assessment resulted in the selection of four main data bases including national landslide database (A), Peril Aus ІІ (B), the Cities project (C) and analytical study of Fell (D). Approach: In … …Current Research in Geoscience, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 30 Jun 2010 · 10,356 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEconomic Efficiency Analysis for Information Technology in Developing CountriesGhassan F. Issa, Shakir M. Hussain, Hussein Al-BahadiliProblem statement: The introduction of Information Technology (IT) to government institutions in developing countries bears a great deal of risk of failure. The lack of qualified personnel, lack of financial support and the lack of planning and proper justification are just few of the causes of projects failure. Study presented in this study focused on the justification issue of IT … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 10 · 30 Oct 2009 · 6,904 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModerating Effects of IT Applications on IT Capability and Competitive AdvantageLew Sook LingGenerally, this study aims to assist domestic companies to determine appropriate Information Technology (IT) applications to attain Competitive Advantage (CA). Specifically, this study aims to assess enhancement causes by IT applications between IT capability and CA. A new CA model by incorporating IT applications in organizations is then proposed. Pilot study was used to test a set of newly developed … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 9 · 5 Oct 2017 · 7,980 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAdoption Factors of Electronic Human Resource Management (e-HRM) in Banking Industry of BangladeshAbdul Kadar Muhammad MasumThe purpose of the study is identifying the important factors that contribute to adoption of e-HRM among banks in Bangladesh. Stratified random sampling technique was used to consider 265 respondents from twenty eight private commercial banks. A pre-tested and close-ended questionnaire adapting five-point Likert scale was used for data collection. In this study, descriptive statistics and exploratory factor analysis are … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 15 Apr 2015 · 8,303 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractON THE CHALLENGES OF THE USE AND INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCESMariano MartínOverview: Although renewable energy sources are plentiful, their availability is highly volatile in time and distributed across regions while and the processes that transform them into useful power or chemicals are underdeveloped. In this work we discuss on the scope for the use and integration of renewable energy sources and the future development of the alternatives. Energy, the sources and … …Energy Research Journal, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 11 Sep 2014 · 7,543 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSimulation of Wheat Cultivar Response to Irrigation Treatments using of CERES-Wheat ModelFatemeh Majidi Fakhr, Farzad Paknejad, Mohammad Nabi Ilkaee et al.Problem statement: Crop models are used as tools for enhancing agricultural research through the identification of gaps in knowledge as well as by providing support for decision making in agricultural planning. Approach: In order to evaluation of CERES-Wheat model on five cultivars of winter wheat under Karaj weather condition in Full Irrigation (FI) and Terminal Irrigation at Flowering (TIF) an … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 14 Mar 2012 · 7,961 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordData Warehouse System to Support Condition Health Care of ElderlyRattanawadee PanthongMaeka Health Promotion Hospital conducts a survey on health conditions and collects the data involving activities or organization operations each year, particularly, the data on the elderly health care having too much. This might lead to difficulties in searching and analyzing the information. To solve this problem, it is essential to rely on tools and information technology in making a … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 20, Issue 12 · 27 Oct 2024 · 4,359 accessesView PDFCite