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Ercore Learning Model In Improving Students’ Critical Thinking Skills, Mustaqim Mustaqim, Aloysius Duran Corebima, Susriyati Mahanal Dec 2019

Ercore Learning Model In Improving Students’ Critical Thinking Skills, Mustaqim Mustaqim, Aloysius Duran Corebima, Susriyati Mahanal

Jurnal Pendidikan Sains

Critical thinking skill is a skill in organizing and generating ideas, interpreting, analyzing, evaluating, and knowledge inference based on evidence, concept, criteria, methodology, or contextual consideration. Students’ critical thinking skill are still low and need to be improved. Critical thinking skill can be developed through student-centered learning. One of the learning models that can be used is ERCoRe learning model. This research aims to know the influence of ERCoRe learning model toward students’ critical thinking skill. The design of this research was quasi-experimental, conducted on senior high school students class. The data analysis that used was covariant. The conclusion based …

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Distortional Buckling Of Perforated Cold-Formed Steel Beams Subject To Uniformly Distributed Transverse Loads, Nan Ting Yu, Boksun Kim, Long Yuan Li, Wei Jian Hong, Wei Bin Yuan Dec 2019

Distortional Buckling Of Perforated Cold-Formed Steel Beams Subject To Uniformly Distributed Transverse Loads, Nan Ting Yu, Boksun Kim, Long Yuan Li, Wei Jian Hong, Wei Bin Yuan

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

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Response Of U.S. Rice Cultivars Grown Under Non-Flooded Irrigation Management, Anna M. Mcclung, Jai S. Rohila, Christopher G. Henry, Argelia Lorence Dec 2019

Response Of U.S. Rice Cultivars Grown Under Non-Flooded Irrigation Management, Anna M. Mcclung, Jai S. Rohila, Christopher G. Henry, Argelia Lorence

Arkansas Biosciences Institute

Achieving food security along with environmental sustainability requires high yields with reduced demands on irrigation resources for rice production systems. The goal of the present investigation was to identify traits and germplasms for rice breeding programs that target effective grain production (EGP) under non-flooded field systems where the crop can be subjected to intermittent water stress throughout the growing season. A panel of 15 cultivars was evaluated over three years regarding phenological and agronomic traits under four soil moisture levels ranging from field capacity (29% volumetric water content; VWC) to just above the wilting point (16% VWC) using subsurface drip …

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Business School Leadership For A Sustainable, Flourishing, And Regenerating World, James A. F. Stoner Dec 2019

Business School Leadership For A Sustainable, Flourishing, And Regenerating World, James A. F. Stoner

Journal of Management for Global Sustainability

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Sustainability Practices In Higher Education: Stakeholder Engagement In Promoting Campus Sustainability, Maria Assunta C. Cuyegkeng, Abigal Marie T. Favis Dec 2019

Sustainability Practices In Higher Education: Stakeholder Engagement In Promoting Campus Sustainability, Maria Assunta C. Cuyegkeng, Abigal Marie T. Favis

Journal of Management for Global Sustainability

Universities have a role in changing mindsets toward sustainable development through education, research, and extension work. Despite the ongoing trend in favor of sustainability initiatives, however, they themselves struggle to transform organizational practices in their own contexts, especially when trying to get the administration’s buy-in and establish stakeholder engagement. Ateneo de Manila University in particular used its response to the decrees of General Congregation 35 (Society of Jesus, 2008) of the Society of Jesus to serve as the foundation of its campus sustainability programs, especially with respect to its translation into policies that affect the university’s ecological footprint and stakeholder …

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Enhancing Maritime Education Through Online Distance Learning In Developing Environments, Margaret Balungile Masuku Dec 2019

Enhancing Maritime Education Through Online Distance Learning In Developing Environments, Margaret Balungile Masuku

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Information Theoretic Measures For Quantifying Sequence-Ensemble Relationships Of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Megan C Cohan, Kiersten M Ruff, Rohit V Pappu Dec 2019

Information Theoretic Measures For Quantifying Sequence-Ensemble Relationships Of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Megan C Cohan, Kiersten M Ruff, Rohit V Pappu

2010-2019 OA Pubs

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) contribute to a multitude of functions. De novo design of IDPs should open the door to modulating functions and phenotypes controlled by these systems. Recent design efforts have focused on compositional biases and specific sequence patterns as the design features. Analysis of the impact of these designs on sequence-function relationships indicates that individual sequence/compositional parameters are insufficient for describing sequence-function relationships in IDPs. To remedy this problem, we have developed information theoretic measures for sequence-ensemble relationships (SERs) of IDPs. These measures rely on prior availability of statistically robust conformational ensembles derived from all atom simulations. We …

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Scholars' Mine Quick Facts December 2019, Nancy S. Krost Dec 2019

Scholars' Mine Quick Facts December 2019, Nancy S. Krost

Scholars’ Mine Statistics

Scholars' Mine Quick Facts are monthly reports of downloads, page hits, and other information about works in the institutional repository of Missouri S&T. A map with downloads by region is also included.

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The Effect Of Capital Structure And Financial Structure On Firm Performance (An Empirical Study Of The Financial Crisis 2008 And 2009 In Indonesia), Cressya Cesia Ansca, Kevin Agriya Suyapto, Titin Pranoto, Vania Pradipta Gunawan Dec 2019

The Effect Of Capital Structure And Financial Structure On Firm Performance (An Empirical Study Of The Financial Crisis 2008 And 2009 In Indonesia), Cressya Cesia Ansca, Kevin Agriya Suyapto, Titin Pranoto, Vania Pradipta Gunawan

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

This research aims to identify the impact of capital structure on Indonesian firms’ performance, particularly on the magnitude of impact at the period prior to crisis, crisis, and the period following the crisis that happened in 2008. The Global Financial Crisis grants a chance to scrutinize the impact of crisis between capital structure and firm performance. Proxies used for capital structure are total debt to total assets, short-term debt to total assets, and long-term debt to total assets ratio. Moreover, firm performance is measured by accounting performance (Return on Asset and Return on Equity) and market performance (Price to Equity …

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Full Issue, Iajbs Ateneo De Manila University Dec 2019

Full Issue, Iajbs Ateneo De Manila University

Journal of Management for Global Sustainability

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Does Fintech Matter For Indonesia's Economic Growth?, Seema Wati Narayan Dec 2019

Does Fintech Matter For Indonesia's Economic Growth?, Seema Wati Narayan

Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking

This paper investigates the role of financial technology (FinTech) in propelling economic growth in Indonesia from 1998 to 2018. The FinTech industry employs a technology-based business model to provide financial services, including lending, payment, investment, and financing services. The study is motivated by endogenous growth theory, which seeks to explain technology as the most important driver of economic growth. The study finds that FinTech startups are positively correlated with Indonesia’s economic growth. FinTech firms in their first year are found to be disruptive, but they fail to have serious consequences on Indonesia’s economic growth; however, they seem to significantly encourage …

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Correlating Field To Laboratory Compaction For Roller Compacted Concrete, Mohamed Nagib Abou Zeid, Mohamed El-Saied, Kamel Elamrousy, Ahmed Hamed, Elmohanad Elsayad Dec 2019

Correlating Field To Laboratory Compaction For Roller Compacted Concrete, Mohamed Nagib Abou Zeid, Mohamed El-Saied, Kamel Elamrousy, Ahmed Hamed, Elmohanad Elsayad

Faculty Journal Articles

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Electrospun Mesoporous Mn-V-O@C Nanofibers For High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor Devices With High Stability, Menna Samir, Nashaat Ahmed, Mohamed Ramadan, Nageh Khalaf Allam Dec 2019

Electrospun Mesoporous Mn-V-O@C Nanofibers For High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor Devices With High Stability, Menna Samir, Nashaat Ahmed, Mohamed Ramadan, Nageh Khalaf Allam

Faculty Journal Articles

Supercapacitors (SCs) are being considered the next-generation power storage devices due to the many favorable properties. In this regard, mesoporous nanostructures are excellent supercapacitor electrodes as they enjoy a large number of active sites and high surface area promising the utilization of the full capacitance of the active materials. In this study, we report on the assembly of electrospun, binder-free mesoporous Mn0.56V0.42O@C fibrous electrodes. The morphological and structural analyses of the fabricated Mn0.56V0.42O@C electrodes were investigated using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and glancing angle X-ray diffraction (GAXRD). The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and …

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Ferroelectret Materials And Devices For Energy Harvesting Applications, Mustafa Hani Arafa Dec 2019

Ferroelectret Materials And Devices For Energy Harvesting Applications, Mustafa Hani Arafa

Faculty Journal Articles

This paper provides an overview of ferroelectret materials for energy harvesting applications. These materials take the form of a cellular compliant polymer with polarised pores that provide a piezoelectric response to generate electrical energy as a result of an applied strain or surrounding vibration. The manufacturing processes used to create ferroelectret polymer structures for energy harvesting are discussed, along with the range of microstructural features and pore sizes that are formed. Their important mechanical, electrical and harvesting performance are then described and compared. Modelling approaches for microstructural design or for predicting the vibrational and frequency dependent response are examined. Finally, …

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Psychoeducation “Aku Peduli” For Parent With Typically Developing Children At An Inclusive Kindergarten, Andi Nur Zamzam Arman, Farida Kurniawati Dec 2019

Psychoeducation “Aku Peduli” For Parent With Typically Developing Children At An Inclusive Kindergarten, Andi Nur Zamzam Arman, Farida Kurniawati

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

This study examined the effectiveness of “AKU PEDULI” psychoeducation in helping the parents of typically developing children to increase their knowledge of special needs children and inclusive education at an inclusive kindergarten. “AKU PEDULI” is abbreviated from Anak Berkebutuhan Khusus dan Pendidikan Inklusif (Special Needs Children & Inclusive Education). Quantitative methods were used in both the pre-test and post-test parts of the research. Six mothers aged 28–34 years, of typically developing children were selected to participate in the study through accidental sampling. Participants were required to be parents of typically developing children who attend an inclusive kindergarten and who have …

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Blaser, Oleson & Lloyd, Chtd. V. Cutler Appellant's Brief Dckt. 47303 Dec 2019

Blaser, Oleson & Lloyd, Chtd. V. Cutler Appellant's Brief Dckt. 47303

Not Reported

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A New Interpretation Of The √7×√7 R19.1° Structure For P Adsorbed On A Ni(111) Surface, Elizabeth Barrow, Grant S. Seuser, Hiroko Ariga-Miwa, Donna A. Chen, Jochen A. Lauterbach, Kiyotaka Asakura Dec 2019

A New Interpretation Of The √7×√7 R19.1° Structure For P Adsorbed On A Ni(111) Surface, Elizabeth Barrow, Grant S. Seuser, Hiroko Ariga-Miwa, Donna A. Chen, Jochen A. Lauterbach, Kiyotaka Asakura

Faculty Publications

We have studied P adsorption on Ni(111), a system which shows complex adsorbate structures. We determined the phase diagram of the surface P adsorbed on Ni(111). At low coverage, amorphous P was observed. At temperatures between 373 and 673 K and coverages above 0.1 monolayer, we found a √7×√7 R19.1° structure, but above 673 K, other complex structures were created. These structures seemed to correlate with each other and we reinterpret a √7×√7 R19.1° structure of P adsorbed on Ni(111) based on the similarities of these surface structures. The new rectangular structure for the √7×√7 19.1° is discussed in relation …

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Temporospatial Shifts In Sandhill Crane Staging In The Central Platte River Valley In Response To Climatic Variation And Habitat Change, Andrew J. Caven, Emma M. Brinley Buckley, Kelsey C. King, Joshua D. Wiese, David M. Baasch, Greg D. Wright, Mary J. Harner, Aaron T. Pearse, Matt Rabbe, Dana M. Varner, Brice Krohn, Nicole Arcilla, Kirk D. Schroeder, Kenneth F. Dinan Dec 2019

Temporospatial Shifts In Sandhill Crane Staging In The Central Platte River Valley In Response To Climatic Variation And Habitat Change, Andrew J. Caven, Emma M. Brinley Buckley, Kelsey C. King, Joshua D. Wiese, David M. Baasch, Greg D. Wright, Mary J. Harner, Aaron T. Pearse, Matt Rabbe, Dana M. Varner, Brice Krohn, Nicole Arcilla, Kirk D. Schroeder, Kenneth F. Dinan

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

Over 80% of the Mid-Continent Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) Population (MCP), estimated at over 660,000 individuals, stops in the Central Platte River Valley (CPRV) during spring migration from mid-February through mid-April. Research suggests that the MCP may be shifting its distribution spatially and temporally within the CPRV. From 2002 to 2017, we conducted weekly aerial surveys of Sandhill Cranes staging in the CPRV to examine temporal and spatial trends in their abundance and distribution. Then, we used winter temperature and drought severity measures from key wintering and early migratory stopover locations to assess the impacts of weather patterns …

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The Potentials Of Faecal Sludge Treatment Using Local Conditioners In Tanzania: A Review, Doglas Benjamin1 Dec 2019

The Potentials Of Faecal Sludge Treatment Using Local Conditioners In Tanzania: A Review, Doglas Benjamin1

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Worldwide, every day human beings generate millions of tons of Faecal Sludge (FS), which is rich in water, nutrients, energy, and organic compounds. Yet FS is not being managed in a way that permits us to derive value from its reuse, while at the same time, millions of farmers struggle with depleted soils and lack of water. In most of the developing countries, energy for cooking is mainly derived from cutting of trees, either as wood or charcoal. Resource recovery and reuse from FS can create livelihoods, enhance food security, support green economies, reduce waste and contribute to cost recovery …

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Prediction Of Haul Units’ Requirements For The Open Pit Mines Operating Towards Closure, Bartłomiej Skawina Dec 2019

Prediction Of Haul Units’ Requirements For The Open Pit Mines Operating Towards Closure, Bartłomiej Skawina

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

The determination of haul units is one of the important steps in the equipment selection process. The process should aim at minimizing the operational costs and create an optimal match for the haulage system. When open pit mines operating towards closure, reducing the operational costs results in significant gaining, and the savings can be used to implement some of the closure plans. In this paper, the prediction of haul units for an open pit mine which operates towards the final pit limit was analysed using discrete event simulation and multiple linear regressions. The result shows that the changes in production …

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Practical Approach For Removal Of Natural Organic Matter And Defluoridation Of Maji Ya Chai River Water: Use Of Acid Pre-Treated Bone Char And Coagulants, Godfrey Mbabaye Dec 2019

Practical Approach For Removal Of Natural Organic Matter And Defluoridation Of Maji Ya Chai River Water: Use Of Acid Pre-Treated Bone Char And Coagulants, Godfrey Mbabaye

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

The removal of natural organic matter (NOM) and fluoride from Maji ya Chai River water (MCRW) using bone char (BC) and coagulants was investigated. Fine BC particles ranging from 0.045 to 0.2 mm were used in a 1 litre half-filled container, stirred at 300 rpm for 60 min followed by addition of a commercial coagulant and allowed to settle for 24 hours to remove NOM. MCRW practicable and affordable defluoridation method for removal of NOM through defluoridation with BC pre-treated with 0.3 N HCl followed by coagulation with Poly-aluminium chloride (PACl) is proposed. Reduction of fluoride from 21 mg/L to …

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Reviewing The Potential And Constraints Of Modified Technology Options For Faecal Sludge Management In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Amour Seleman Dec 2019

Reviewing The Potential And Constraints Of Modified Technology Options For Faecal Sludge Management In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Amour Seleman

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

Cities in the developing world face the challenge of safe management of faecal sludge because of rapid population growth that overwhelms the sanitation infrastructure and services. In developing countries, only 50% of faecal sludge (FS) generated is safely managed the remaining portion is haphazardly disposed of in the environment risking public health and environment. In response to the urgent need for safely managed sanitation services, technological options for containment, desludging and transportation of FS are being modified. This paper reviewed current desludging practices and the potential of modified technological options for addressing FSM at containment, desludging, and transportation in Dar …

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Flora Annie Steel: The Walter Scott Of The Punjab?, Juliet Shields Dec 2019

Flora Annie Steel: The Walter Scott Of The Punjab?, Juliet Shields

Studies in Scottish Literature

Suggests that Flora Ann Steel Steel’s late Victorian historical novels about India, usually discussed in terms of gender, race, or postcolonial criticism, are more usefully compared to Walter Scott than to Rudyard Kipling, arguing that Steel's novels, like Scott’s about Scotland, formalize an understanding of historical change that derives from the Scottish Enlightenment.

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The Role Of Personality Characteristics Of Leader In Business Organizations Entrepreneurship With Strategic Flexibility Mediated (A Field Research), Sana Abdul Saeed Abadi, Farah Hussien Ali Aliqabi Dec 2019

The Role Of Personality Characteristics Of Leader In Business Organizations Entrepreneurship With Strategic Flexibility Mediated (A Field Research), Sana Abdul Saeed Abadi, Farah Hussien Ali Aliqabi

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The personality characteristics of the Leader are considered one of the main elements to reach into business organizations entrepreneurship; and because of the development of the organizations of the continuous transformations as result of huge Competition in private High Education sector, there is a great need for Leaders characterized of certain personality capable of managing their organizations and can positively effect on them. Also these organizations' success to reach into entrepreneurship requires a main significant element that is (strategic flexibility) which is considered one of the important elements for success. Accordingly, this research is trying to find the effective role …

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Coal Mining Sector Contribution To Environmental Conditions And Human Development Index In East Kalimantan Province, Kunny Izza Indah Afkarina, Sindhung Wardana, Poerborini Damayanti Dec 2019

Coal Mining Sector Contribution To Environmental Conditions And Human Development Index In East Kalimantan Province, Kunny Izza Indah Afkarina, Sindhung Wardana, Poerborini Damayanti

Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

Coal mining has been one of the issues that led to pros and cons in Indonesia. Research shows that mining activities are one of the factors that affect people’s incomes and local and national economic development. However, mining is a lucrative activity that leads to construction booms that attract population growth and lead to deforestation, thus affecting the environmental conditions of a region. The coal mining industry of Indonesian province of East Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo, provides most of the economic base needed to build the infrastructure and provide energy of the country. Kalimantan Province accounts for approximately …

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Manufacturing Of Wood–Plastic Composite Boards And Their Mechanical And Structural Characteristics,, Passant Youssef, Khaled Nassar, Mohamed Darwish, Salah El Haggar Dec 2019

Manufacturing Of Wood–Plastic Composite Boards And Their Mechanical And Structural Characteristics,, Passant Youssef, Khaled Nassar, Mohamed Darwish, Salah El Haggar

Faculty Journal Articles

Engineered wood products including wood-plastic composites have been manufactured with different mix designs and different manufacturing techniques within the last years. However, there are still some materials that are not used to manufacture such composites, like recycled high-density polyethylene and camphor wood, although they are available in good quantities as industrial by-products. In this research, wood-plastic composite (WPC) panels were manufactured from high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic waste at 20%, 25%, 30%, 35%, and 40% of total weight together with camphor wood waste. Physical, mechanical, and structural properties of the panels were studied and compared according to current standards. The results …

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The Correlation Between Icaa And Icad Genes With Biofilm Formation Staphylococcus Epidermidis In Vitro, Dian Rachmawati, Kuntaman Kuntaman, Lindawati Alimsardjono Dec 2019

The Correlation Between Icaa And Icad Genes With Biofilm Formation Staphylococcus Epidermidis In Vitro, Dian Rachmawati, Kuntaman Kuntaman, Lindawati Alimsardjono

Folia Medica Indonesiana

This study was conducted to identify the presence of icaA and icaD genes in S. epidermidis and to analyze the relationship between the presence of icaA and icaD genes with the ability of in vitro biofilm formation in S. epidermidis. S. epidermidis isolates from patients and healthy people were collected and PCR was examined to detect icaA and icaD genes. which then continued to examine the ability of biofilm formation by the method of Congo Red Agar. The results of this genotypic and phenotypic examination were then tested for correlation with statistical tests using SPSS 23.0. A total of 40 …

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The Investment Decision Making According To The Preliminary Feasibility Study For The 100-Bed Teaching Hospital - Service Sector In Diwaniya Governorate (Case Study), Zinah Muayad Mahmood, Mohammed Jasim Mohammed Dec 2019

The Investment Decision Making According To The Preliminary Feasibility Study For The 100-Bed Teaching Hospital - Service Sector In Diwaniya Governorate (Case Study), Zinah Muayad Mahmood, Mohammed Jasim Mohammed

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The research aims to prepare a preliminary feasibility study that shows the importance of preliminary feasibility study in investment decision making, carrying out of the local demand of service provided in accordance with international standards and statement of investment opportunities available to the private sector in several investment methods. In order to reach the objectives of the study was adopted as a method of partial analysis at the level of economic unity through the study demand, supply, costs, economic and social profitability. The health sector in Iraq is one of the service sectors facing today a continuous deficiency due to …

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The Quality Of Work-Life And Relation To Organizational Excellence At King Khalid University Of The Faculty Members' Point Of View / Business School Case Study, Ahmed Al Yami, A Eman Haif Bin Wared Dec 2019

The Quality Of Work-Life And Relation To Organizational Excellence At King Khalid University Of The Faculty Members' Point Of View / Business School Case Study, Ahmed Al Yami, A Eman Haif Bin Wared

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

This study aimed to identify the quality of the career path and its relation to organizational excellence at King Khalid University in the Faculty of Business from the point of view of the faculty members by identifying the dimensions quality of work-life including (participation of decision making, training and development opportunities, and the balance between personal and work life, and to identify the level of organizational excellence through dimensions ( Excellence of leadership, excellence of the strategy, and excellence of organizational culture). The descriptive approach was used. The questionnaire was a research tool. It consisted of (29) paragraphs, distributed to …

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Land Use–Land Cover Change And Implication To Biodiversity In Kihansi Catchment, Phillip K. Mwanukuzi Dec 2019

Land Use–Land Cover Change And Implication To Biodiversity In Kihansi Catchment, Phillip K. Mwanukuzi

Tanzania Journal of Science

Land cover-land use (LC-LU) change has significant impact on wetland ecosystem. This study examined the impacts of LC-LU change on spray wetland ecology at Kihansi Gorge and implications to conservation of fragile biodiversity. Remote sensing methods were used to asses land cover changes from 1990 to 2015 and to forecast change in 2035. It was revealed that forests decreased from 28,454 to 10,897 ha and woodland from 26,903 to 19,914 ha. In 1990, woody cover dominated with a total cover of 38% of the entire catchment. The cropland that included grassland and bushland with scattered crops has been on the …

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