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Examining progress in research on public value
(2017-12)This article reviews a new three-volume collection of previously published articles on how public or private organizations are operationalizing the principles of public value: firstly, ‘Measuring the public value of ... -
Implementing a braided home-based parent-support curriculum: Lessons learned
(2017-12)A singular parent-support program is limited in its ability to address multiple child and family needs. One innovative solution is braiding, a process in which two evidence-based programs are systematically combined as a ... -
Principal Components Analysis and Adaptive Decision System Based on Fuzzy Logic for Power Transformer
(Elsevier, 2017-12)Power transformers are the most critical part of power electrical system, distribution and transmission grid. The oil and the insulation system (paper properties) degradation have many chemicals inside them, they are the ... -
On the solutions of field equations due to rotating bodies in General Relativity
(Polytech, 2017-12)A metric, describing the field due to bodies in stationary rotation about their axes and compatible with a stationary electromagnetic field, has been studied in present paper. Using Lie symmetry reduction approach we have ... -
Left Ventricular Reconstruction and Mitral Valve Annuloplasty Combined with Papillary Muscle Relocation for Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
(Scientific Research, 2017-12)A 46-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to severe ischemic mitral regurgitation with severe bileaflet tethering and a dilated left ventricle. We performed left ventricular reconstruction and mitral valve ... -
Imagination and Thematic Reality in the African Novel: A New Vision for African Novelists
(2017-12-21)The present study on the topic “Imagination and thematic reality in the African novel: a new vision to African novelists” aims to show the limitation of the contribution of the African literary works to the good governance ... -
Influence of Nitrogen Fertilization Levels on Grain Yield and Its Components in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
(2018)Grain yield and its components are very important and complicated in barley and highly have been influenced by agronomic applications and environmental factors. On the other hand; this is depend on combination varied plant ... -
Applying Nendo Dango Technique for Germination and Pre Establishment of Native Species on Deforested Areas
(2018)Nendo Dango is a planting technique created by the agriculturist and microbiologist Masanobu Fukuoka, around the 1940’s decade, to reforest some zones of the Asiatic continent with tendency to desertification, while ... -
Towards a common agricultural policy in Africa?
(2018)The paper analyses the structure and level of international cooperation among African states in the area of agriculture and rural development. It focuses on the African Union (AU) and its eight Regional Economic ... -
Shadow prices of greenhouse gas emissions: An application to the Czech dairy production
(2018)The paper presents an analysis of the shadow prices of the greenhouse gas emissions in the Czech dairy production industry. There is employed the stochastic frontier multiple output distance function with two market outputs ... -
Sensitivity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Isolates from Diseased Avocado Fruits to Selected Fungicides in Kenya
(Hindawi, 2018)Colletotrichumgloeosporioides is a serious postharvest pathogen of avocado fruits worldwide. Kenya lacks any registered fungicides for the management of the disease. Nevertheless, farmers commonly use commercially available ... -
Quality and Nutritional Evaluation of Regina Tomato, a Traditional Long-Storage Landrace of Puglia (Southern Italy)
(2018)Regina tomato, a locally cultivated Italian landrace, is listed as an item in the ‘List of Traditional Agri-Food Products’ of the Italian Department for Agriculture and itemised as ‘Slow Food presidium’ by the Slow Food ... -
Effects of prototype training package on attitudes and constructive participation behavior in university activities of Rajabhat University students
(2018-01)This research investigated using different levels of a training package on the psychological traits and constructive participation behavior of Rajabhat University students. The effect of training was studied using a ... -
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies of Powerful Eco Friendly Green Inhibitors; Costus afer, Uvaria chamae and Xylopia aethiopia for the Control of Mild Steel Corrosion in HCl Solution.
(2018-01)The inhibitive action of the methanol extracts of three powerful eco-friendly green Inhibitors; Costus afer (COA), Uvaria chamae (UVC), and Xylopia aethiopica (XYA) leaves on the corrosion of mild steel in 2.5 M HCl solutions ... -
Application of Conjugated Organic Polymers for Photovoltaic's: Review
(2018-01)Photovoltaic effect is the emergence of a voltage between electrodes attached to a solid or liquid system up on shining light on to this system. Conjugated polymer is a molecular entity whose structure is represented as a ... -
Influence of Environmental and Social Programs on Dimensionality of Triple Bottom Line of Manufacturing SMEs in South Africa
(Online, 2018-01)Over the past decades manufacturing SMEs have played a very crucial role as a driving force behind socio-economic growth and industrial development, acting as prime agents of change and growth of emerging economies. ... -
Classification of derivation algebras in low dimensions
(King Saud University, 2018-01)A left-symmetric algebra A is said to be a derivation algebra if all its left and right multiplications are derivations of the Lie algebra associated to A. In this paper, we shall study derivation algebras over R and then ... -
Applications of Infrared Spectroscopy in Analysis of Organic Aerosols
(Scientific Research, 2018-01)This paper reviews the studies of using FTIR to investigate the components of aerosols produced in smog chamber experiments and collected in atmosphere. The fact that aerosols are mixture of small amount of countless ... -
Eco-Friendly Synthesis of Silver Nano Particles Using Carica papaya Leaf Extract
(Scientific Research, 2018-01)Silver nanoparticles were synthesized using eco-friendly method with extract of Carica papaya as reducing and stabilizing agent. The silver precursor used was silver nitrate solution. A visible colour change from colourless ... -
Transparency and Financing Choices of Family Firms
(Scientific Research, 2018-02)Past literature indicates that family firms were different from nonfamily firms in term of performance, governess and disclosure. But there was very little evidence which specified the financial structure of family firm. ...