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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImpact Analysis of Irrigation Projects: an Application of Contingent Valuation MethodAnastasios MichailidisWater supply in rural and urban areas is an issue of primary concern, especially in developing countries. The objective of this study is to estimate some socioeconomic and environmental values of three irrigation lakes, constructed at Panagitsa village (Region of Central Macedonia, Prefecture of Pella). The study area is characterized, especially during the summer session, of limited water supply for … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2006 · 7,824 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCARING MORE BY DOING LESS? AN ENQUIRY ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF OUTSOURCING ON PATIENT CAREFederica Brunetta, Luca Giustiniano, Lucia MarchegianiThis study seeks to understand the potential impact of outsourcing on healthcare processes. By referring to a wider scope of industries and sectors, as they have been the experimental fields of most of the studies on outsourcing, we highlight the pros and cons of the externalization of activities related to patient care. Our purpose is to show and contextualize the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 24 Dec 2013 · 7,917 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Assessment of Farmers Willingness to Pay for Wheat Consultant Engineers Project: In IranAli Asadi, Morteza Akbari, Hossain Shabanali Fami, Amir AlambaigiProblem statement: Public extension performance in many developing countries including Iran is not up to the expectation of farming community. Further, in recent years, many governments are very reluctant to shoulder huge financial investment for public extension. Hence, extension specialists and policy makers propose privatization of extension services in developing countries. Approach: Considering existing agricultural extension scenario, a study designed … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2008 · 7,412 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPolicies to Enhance Water Sector in JordanZeyad S. Tarawneh, Nidal A. Hadadin, Ahmad N. BdourWe suggested general polices that can be implemented to improve the sustainability and serviceability of the water sector in Jordan. It is suggested that water legislations in Jordan need to be updated to expand the involvement of the private sector to retain sustainable maintenance programmes that effectively mend water distribution systems. Moreover, water resources should be reallocated among competing sectors … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2008 · 7,215 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInternet Politics and Digital Divide Issues: The Rising of a New Electronic Aristocrats and Electronic MeticiansAthanasios I. BozinisThe use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) from the beginning of 1990 until today has brought important changes on function and structure of both public sector and governments. Within the framework of application and use of e-democracy, new technologies enhance the citizens’ democratic participation in public affairs, by using e-voting, e-ballot, while by using e-mail, citizens can develop and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2007 · 8,272 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDetection of Commercial Fraud in Processed Meat Products Using Rapid TechniquesAli M. Ahmed, Takwa H. Ismail, Reham R. Abouelmaatti et al.Meat adulteration with different species has become a considerable problem worldwide. It means that meat products contain undeclared meat species; so, the meat ingredients are not consistent with the label. It has direct impact on public health, religious faith, fair-trades and food safety standers. This study focused on species adulteration detection in meat products by applying accurate, slandered and fast … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 16, Issue 2 · 4 Jun 2020 · 7,821 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractShort Text Mining: State of the Art and Research OpportunitiesMohamed Grida, Hasnaa Soliman, Mohamed HassanWith the growing number of connected online users producing a tremendous amount of unstructured short-texts daily, understanding and mining these data becomes very useful for individuals, governments and companies for identifying the public users’ attitudes towards different entities, such as products, services, events, places, organizations and topics. However, analyzing these short-texts using traditional methods becomes a significant challenge due to … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 10 · 13 Oct 2019 · 8,102 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBig Data Interoperability for E-GovernanceEl Benany Med Mahmoud, El Beqqali Omar, Aris M. OukselThe notion of governance is innate to any society in the word. The use of big-data allow governance as a competitive advantage to attract resources, with the emergence of the social web and exponential data generated accordingly. Such social web and exponential data can be analyzed to give the enlightened human beings about the good governance and maintain an intelligent … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 10 · 7 Oct 2019 · 8,105 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractVANET Routing Protocols and Architectures: An OverviewAnas Abu TalebVAVETs have become an interesting area of research since vehicles can be equipped with sensors, processing and communication devices. As a result, various life changing application emerged in different areas such as safety and public services. VANETs are considered as a subclass of Ad hoc networks. However, they have special characteristics that differentiates them such as QoS requirements, privacy, safety … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 14, Issue 3 · 30 Mar 2018 · 8,166 accessesView PDFCite