Given the discovery of resource wealth, which factors account for future economic success and which factors hinder success? This case study compares two countries which discovered oil wealth in the late 1960s: Ecuador and Norway. The analysis gives the economic and political context and then compares three bodies of resource curse literature that relate to economic success. The study ultimately...

The paper focuses on current practice regarding the application of mobile AR technologies for enabling learning in the context of cultural heritage. It also presents ARmuseum, an application developed for the Museum of Industrial Olive Oil Production in Lesvos (MBEL). Finally, it discusses a number of issues related to the evaluation of mobile AR applications for cultural institutions. Keywords...

Multiagent Systems (MAS) are a computational paradigm in which several semi-autonomous agents interact with each other, either to solve a problem or achieve a number of individual or collective goals. Moreover, the production planning is a key activity in performance of the industry, so it is evident the need for applications that provide support in the development of these activities, to achie...

This article discusses the effect of oil shock on some OECD oil-importing countries such as Canada, France, Italy, China, and United States OPEC oil-exporting Algeria, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela. The model is estimated for years 1976-2021. five annual variables are used each country. within include real prices, GDP growth, inflation, wages, effective exchange rates. Real main variabl...

The hybrid process of seawater desalting couples the reverse osmosis with the multi-stage flash process. The hybrid process is usually planned to improve the performance of MSF and reduce the cost of desalted water. Most of the studies on these plants refer to the parameters (both technical and economical) that have been obtained in the countries where desalination processes are in common use. ...