Figure 2.7b Carbon excretion by actively photosynthesizing phytoplankton is able to satisfy the bacterial carbon requirement (BCR) only in the surface

Knowledge management requires changes in processes, organizational structure and corporate culture. These changes are very often accompanied by the introduction of knowledge management systems that manage digital documents or facilitate unstructured cooperation in distributed teams. Although the technology very often plays the important role of an enabler, its main functions are in many cases l...

This case study examines the adoption factors surrounding the deployment of customer relationship management (CRM) in higher education institutions. While CRM is widespread in the corporate sector, its usage has been limited in higher education. With the rising service expectations, universities have to realign their strategies to serve students across their entire student life cycle. We used t...

waste is a by-product of our daily activities, which poses a serious threat to societies all over the world. in this study, life cycle assessment (lca) methodology was used to determine municipal solid waste (msw) management strategy for minna, niger state, nigeria. three scenarios were modelled as alternatives to the current waste management system in minna. the baseline scenario was the exist...

this paper presents the results obtained from the life cycle assessment (lca) of the productionof sicilian artichokes (cynara scolymus) with the aim of reducing impacts, interpreting the results, suggesting possible improvements and enriching the sustainability knowledge already existing in the agro food field. artichokes represent one of the excellent italian agricultural products even if stil...

transportation is an important part of modern community life as well as one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in urban communities, the population growth of which can increase transportation capacity. monorail systems are relatively new rail transportation systems which are currently being designed and constructed in different countries. we have applied the intergovernmental pa...

background: human echinostomiasis is an intestinal disease caused by the members of family echinostomatidae parasites. the aim of present research was to identify echinos­tomatidae cercariae emitted by lymnaea palustris snails from mazandaran province in the north of iran based on the morphological and morphometrical charac­teristics of the different stages of experimental parasite life cycle. ...

The corporate competitive environment is being liberalized and globalized, therefore product life cycle is shortening. Markets are undertaking globalization and because of rapid changes in recent years, companies need to act more responsively to the market and customer demand as well as strengthen information exchange and communication systems in order to survive the highly competitive and spee...

A great part of a company's product knowledge is often only available as natural language documents. The disadvantages of this source of information are its informal structure, the lack of actuality and general interdepartmental accessibility. We propose a way to integrate knowledge about a speciic product contained in technical documentation into corporate memory. By analysing e.g. maintenance...

Corporate defined-benefit plans suffer from a number of serious weaknesses, including credit risk of the sponsor, ambiguous ownership of the surplus and back-loading of benefits. Also defined-contribution plans feature drawbacks. Individuals are not well equipped to make the complex financial decisions involved, transaction costs are substantial and various risks are not managed properly over t...