Proper diet, regular exercise and relaxation techniques are proven to have a beneficial effect on leading a healthy life [Spears, 1999]. Another aspect to living a healthy life is living in a clean environment. When adverse conditions exist in the environment—in the form of air pollution, solid pollution and liquid pollution—the impact on the quality of life can be substantial [Naar 1990], [Pal...

Winston’s Churchill’s well-known wartime remark succinctly captures the fact that the connection between people and the places in which they dwell is a two-way relationship. It is a point that is surely understood, at least implicitly, by interiors theorists, researchers, and practitioners. But what does the fi eld of psychology have to say about the two halves of this reciprocal bond? Here we ...

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background: hydrocarbons degradation is principally achieved by microorganisms in natural environments. the extent of hydrocarbons biodegradation is mainly conditioned by environmental factors and its success depends on the optimal condition for the crude oil degrading isolates. objectives: the aims of the current study was to isolate and identify crude oil degrading bacterium from surface sedi...

Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) processing facilities typically are located on ocean shores for easy transport of LNG by marine vessels. These plants use large quantities of water for various process streams. The combined wastewater effluents from the LNG plants are discharged to the coastal and marine environments typically through submarine outfalls. Proper disposal of effluents from an LNG plant is...

I investigate the link between the volatility of a …rm’s operating environment and its preferred organizational structure, as determined by the allocation of decision rights, the compensation structure of the managers and the degree of operational integration. The results are broadly consistent with the common wisdom regarding the …t between organizational design and the environment. Volatile e...

I investigate the impact of environmental volatility and the cost of information on the preferred organizational structure, as determined by the allocation of decision rights, the compensation structure of the managers and the degree of operational integration (such as the use of shared distribution and marketing channels across the operating divisions). The results are broadly consistent with ...

In this paper, we consider the problem of the mechanism design for the multi-agents system. We develop the social learning model for the mechanism design for creating the collective action with an efficient cost sharing rule. We consider the situation in which self-interest agents have incentives to cooperate each other for jointly acquiring the environmental level with sharing the necessary co...