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EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractProtecting crop species from biotic and abiotic constraints in the era of Global Change: are we ready for this challenge?Marco Landi, Giovanni BenelliReliable and affordable supply of food is of crucial importance to the progress and stability of human societies. During the last century, we have assisted to an extraordinary increase of crop yields, especially for the most widespread and consumed crop species, such as rice, wheat, corn and soybean. The Broadbalk experiment, one of the oldest continuous agronomic experiments in the … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 4 Jun 2016 · 8,402 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMarketing Management of Sustainable Development of Territories in RussiaIrina Skorobogatykh, Daria Malova, Zhanna Musatova, Ekaterina AgalarovaOver recent years a characteristic feature of many countries has been the soaring importance of certain territories both at the national and international levels. A region is considered of primary level when the national economic system evolves. At the regional level, development and management of a territory is perceived from the perspective of target groups of its consumers-residents, businesses, investors, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 2 Feb 2016 · 7,314 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Blueprint for a Knowledge Bourse, a Financial Innovation for an Information AgeOsama S. Tayyeb, Isam Yahia Al-Filali, Giulio M. GallarottiThe world economy is in the midst of the next stage of its evolution, one that operates robustly in the framework of an information age. The idea of a “knowledge or information society” has become a benchmark of economic policies and business practices in both developed and developing nations. Many nations have firmly set their sights on transitioning to knowledge … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 18 Nov 2015 · 7,150 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWhy Southern Mediterranean Countries Fail To Innovate?Trabelsi RamziThis paper aims to analyze the factors that influence research investment in the Mediterranean region. We used a robust fixed effects model to analysis a panel of 22 countries for the period 2000-2012. The results showed that the FDI, the high technology export, the human capital devoted to research, intermediate and final production sectors, are significant and stimulate the Southern … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2015 · 7,461 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLife Cycle Flow (LCF) Application to Evaluate the Real Estate Investment in Residential Buildings with Tax Benefit Incentives in Cases of Positive ExternalitiesMattia Iotti, Giuseppe BonazziInvesting in the main home is an important form of investment for families and represented one of the main family assets in Italy in the second half of the 20th century. The evaluation of the convenience of the house purchase needs to consider that technologies in construction have undergone a rapid change in recent times that proposes an approach to … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 5 · 28 Sep 2015 · 7,316 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWelded Connections of Wind Turbine Towers under Fatigue Loading: Finite Element Analysis and Comparative StudyNafsika Stavridou, Evangelos Efthymiou, Charalampos C. BaniotopoulosIncreased contemporary energy needs have led to multiple investments on wind power plants and structural improvements are considered necessary for the construction of taller, more robust and more economical structures. Tubular steel wind turbine towers that are the prevailing structural configuration, demand welding of circular subparts to construct the tower structure. These circumferential welds between tower subparts and between the … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 4 · 18 Aug 2015 · 8,899 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractProfitability Analysis of Small-Scale Beekeeping Firms by Using Life Cycle Costing (LCC) MethodologyAlfio Strano, Teodora Stillitano, Anna Irene De Luca et al.Increasingly, beekeeping sector attracts attention due to its potentialities linked to several aspects: Environmental benefits, commercial value and of promotion of rural development. Indeed, among the small-scale agro-food chains, beekeeping plays a significant role, especially in rural context, where the diversification of farms activities can be provide a relevant integration of income. However, frequently, apicultural activities are characterized by several … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 3 · 27 Jul 2015 · 8,374 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEconomic and Financial Flow Generation in Tomato Industry in ItalyGiuseppe Bonazzi, Mattia IottiIn many Italian regions, firms operating in tomato industry have made significant investments in plants and machinery and often sell products to large food retail chains that require large stocks of inventory and have an average time of over 150 days for the payment of receivables. These management characteristics amplify capital requirements, in large part financed, increasing debt levels. Also, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 2 · 25 Mar 2015 · 7,124 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEfficiency Estimation of Innovative Activity the EnterprisesAndrey Sergeevich Nechaev, Dmitry Alekseevich Antipin, Oksana Victorovna AntipinaThe widely acknowledged fact is that the economic growth based only on an export of the raw materials cannot be stable for a long time and thereupon the financial support of an innovative activity gets of a special urgency. To provide higher and steady rates of an economy growth it is necessary to carry out a transition to an innovative … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 10, Issue 4 · 5 Jan 2015 · 7,636 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