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Monicah Mugambi, Robert Obuba
Pág. 81 - 88
AbstractMany internal and external factors influence consumer decision-making when it comes to the purchase and use of various products and services. The attributes of the product itself, the brand, and the container in which it is encased is the most im...
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Francesco Fusco, Pantaleone De Vita, Benjamin B. Mirus, Rex L. Baum, Vincenzo Allocca, Rita Tufano, Enrico Di Clemente and Domenico Calcaterra
On the 4th and 5th of March 2005, about 100 rainfall-induced landslides occurred along volcanic slopes of Camaldoli Hill in Naples, Italy. These started as soil slips in the upper substratum of incoherent and welded volcaniclastic deposits, then evolved ...
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Venkataramana Sridhar, Hyunwoo Kang and Syed A. Ali
The Mekong River Basin (MRB) is one of the significant river basins in the world. For political and economic reasons, it has remained mostly in its natural condition. However, with population increases and rapid industrial growth in the Mekong region, th...
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Peter Schuhmann, Ryan Skeete, Richard Waite, Prosper Bangwayo-Skeete, James Casey, Hazel A. Oxenford and David A. Gill
Seawater quality is critical for island and coastal communities dependent on coastal tourism. Improper management of coastal development and inland watersheds can decrease seawater quality and adversely impact marine life, human health, and economic grow...
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Ioannis Lysaridis, Panos T. Chountalas and Anastasios I. Magoutas
In contemporary academia and industry, the commercialization of technology through licensing has emerged as a prevalent strategy. This paradigmatic shift has prompted numerous industrial firms to intensify their focus on technology commercialization as a...
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Vasiliy Gudko, Alexander Usatov, Tatiana Minkina, Nadezhda Duplii, Kirill Azarin, Tatiana V. Tatarinova, Svetlana Sushkova, Ankit Garg and Yuri Denisenko
Field peas are one of the most common crops and are grown in various climatic zones. However, the productivity of this crop can be largely limited by climatic factors. This study investigated the influence of climatic factors on pea grain yield in the se...
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Witold Grzebisz, Alicja Niewiadomska, Jaroslaw Potarzycki and Agnieszka Andrzejewska
Phosphorus resources, both in phosphate rocks and in the soil, are limited. However, effective food production is not possible without the use of P fertilizers. Recognizing and eliminating or at least ameliorating factors (hot spots) that interfere with ...
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Sami W. Tabsh and Moussa Leblouba
Over the years, structural engineering codes and specifications in Canada and elsewhere have moved from an allowable stress design (ASD) approach to a load and resistance factor design (LRFD) philosophy. LRFD methodology takes better account of the inher...
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Wanzhi Zhang, Yunzhen Qu, Xiubo Yin, Hongjuan Liu, Guizhi Mu and Dengshan Li
Sweet potato skin is prone to friction damage during mechanical harvesting. To reveal the friction damage mechanism of sweet potato skin, the impact friction process between a sweet potato and a rod was theoretically analyzed. The main factors affecting ...
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Aaron A. Akin, Gia Nguyen and Aleksey Y. Sheshukov
Soil erosion by water on agricultural hillslopes leads to numerous environmental problems including reservoir sedimentation, loss of agricultural land, declines in drinking water quality, and requires deep understanding of underlying physical processes f...
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