The advantages of implementing organic farming on the territory Ukraine, development which is quite relevant even today, in wartime are considered article. negative impact condition agricultural lands due to use outdated technologies and non-compliance with rules activity was determined. It noted that since main elements a system scientifically based soil cultivation, treatment it as renewable ...

Issues of sustainability involve the dynamics and interactions of multiple complex adaptive systems at a variety of scales: climatic; ecological; economic; technological; political and social. Some of the most pressing challenges for society are inherently concerned with gaining a better ability to understand and manage the interacting systems upon which we rely. While there is widespread ackno...

Interesting succeeding generations of students in specialized topics such as the Shroud of Turin requires active initiatives. An important pedagogical objective is served by introducing students to research at the undergraduate level. Not only does such research teach students about basic research methods, but it often stimulates lifelong interest in the topics thus researched. The purpose of t...

Recent studies have conjectured that there may be a link between financial liberalization and financial instability in emerging economies. Most of these studies, however, do not investigate whether emerging economies are becoming structurally more vulnerable to currency and banking crises. In this paper, we argue that emerging economies are systematically becoming more susceptible to both curre...

The digital economy is creating abundant opportunities for operations research (OR) applications. Several factions of the profession are beginning to respond aggressively, leading to notable successes in such areas as financial services, electronic markets, network infrastructure, packaged OR-software tools, supply-chain management, and travel-related services. Because OR is well matched to the...

The groundwater nitrate levels in the Jaffna peninsula of Sri Lanka are well above World Health Organization limit 10 mg/L as N and recent studies point to high use chemical fertilizers close proximity septic systems drinking water wells probable causes. Since aquifers primarily porous, shallow karstic Miocene limestone, they provide infiltration. If current situation continues unabated, public...

Many companies that embark on business intelligence (BI) initiatives experience serious setbacks to project budgets and timelines. Recent research reveals that “efforts to eliminate time and cost overruns in business intelligence and data warehousing projects are mostly unsuccessful.” In fact, these issues are so common that 62 percent of those surveyed factor delays and cost overruns into the ...

Given that increasing migration has been addressed as a major consequence of climate change, a growing number of scholars suggest that the planned relocation of people or Government Resettlement Projects (GRPs) should be included in climate change adaptation. This paper reviews the status of climate change and environmentally induced migration in China, and then presents an empirical case study...