in recent years, increased public awareness of the detriment of consuming common products, during whose production chemical fertilizers and pesticides are used, on the one hand, and also the benefits of organic farming for health and environment, on the other hand, have caused an increase in the demand for organic products. due to the yield loss in product in organic farming because of the lack...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanisms effect on entrepreneurial behavior of employees in jihad-e keshavarzi management of jahrom county, shiraz, iran. the research method was descriptive- correlation and survey method was used. the statistical population consisted of all expert staff in the jihad-e- keshavarzi management of jahrom county (n=102) which were studied using ce...

This study examines the stages of development for county-level e-government implementations in the United States for 344 randomly selected websites. Population size, poverty levels and income levels were examined. Results indicate that most counties have some form of e-government but counties with smaller populations are more likely to have only an online presence with no citizen interaction.

Manuscript received November 30, 2009. Current version published February 12, 2010. R. A. Fink is with the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA, and also with the Cyber Defense Lab, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250 USA (e-mail [email protected]). A. T. Sherman is with ...

Department of Management Information System, National Chung Hsing University, 250, Kuo Kuang Rd., Taichung, 413 Taiwan, ROC Department of Information Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168, Gifeng E. Rd., Wufeng, Taichung County, 413 Taiwan, ROC Graduate Institute of Networking and Communication Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168, Gifeng E. Rd., Wufeng, Taichung Cou...

Jih-Hsing Chang, Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168 GiFong E. Rd., WuFong Hsiang, 41349 Taichung County, Taiwan Yan-Hsong Shi, Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, 168 GiFong E. Rd., WuFong Hsiang, 41349 Taichung County, Taiwan Cheng-Hung Tung, Department of Environmental Engineerin...

1 Postgraduate, Civil Engineering, National Central University, No.300, Jhongda Rd., Jhongli City, Taoyuan County 32001, Taiwan ; Tel: +886-9-21-074897; E-mail: [email protected] 2 Associate Professor, Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, No.300, Jhongda Rd., Jhongli City, Taoyuan County 32001, Taiwan ; Tel: + 886-3-422-7151 ext 57619; Fax: +886-3-4254908...

INTRODUCTION Safe water for human consumption is important, but there is a limited supply. Mombasa County has water shortages making residences rely on other sources of water including boreholes and wells. Microbiological evaluation of drinking water is important to reduce exposure to water borne enteric diseases. This cross sectional study aimed at determining the frequency and characterizatio...