Biochar is the carbonaceous solid byproduct from thermal treatment of biomass that is produced specifically for application to soils. Studies have shown that when biochar is added to soils, it is able to increase yields, ...

Weather forecasts are used to make important decisions (e.g. reduce crop damage, reduce property damage, save lives, safety in the aviation industry) that can enhance a country's economy. This paper presents the challenges ...

The purpose of this study was to explicate the influence of formal contractual governance mechanisms, contract contingencies, inter-organizational trust and supplier opportunism on outsourcing performance. This research ...

The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effects of social networks dimensions of network degree and network transitivity on the relationships between project communication strategies and perceived project ...

The ability to obtain reliable information is critical for decision makers. We examined sources of information about plant biotechnology available on the internet to identify credible, high calibre websites. Google-based ...

Nowadays, many documents are available on the internet and are easy to access. Due to this wide availability, users can easily create a new document by copying and pasting. Plagiarism occurs when the content is copied ...

Thin films of hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (DLC) and silicon (Si) doped diamond-like carbon (Si-DLC) have been deposited on acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) using a closed field unbalanced magnetron sputtering ion ...

The metallurgical reliability of welded recycled steel made in Uganda has been studied through the examination of manual metal arc weldments of steel samples of 0.27%C and less using the dye penetrant flaw detection method, ...

The paradigm shift from traditional collaborations to E-collaborations is due to the continued developments in internet enabled communication technologies and globalization trends that have complicated supply chain ...

In this paper, firstly, flow duration curves (FDCs) for hydrological extremes were calibrated for a range of aggregation levels and seasons to provide compressed statistical information for water resources management at ...