Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a state-of-the-art approach to running organizations with the help of comprehensive information systems, providing support for key business processes and more general, for electronic business (e-business). ERP has evolved from earlier approaches, in particular, materials requirement planning (MRP) and manufacturing resource planning (called MRP II) in the 1...

The south-west coast of the Isle of Wight (see Figure 4.1 for general location) is geomorphologically rich in features of interest. It contains examples of most of the cliff types undergoing active erosion described from other GCR sites. The site demonstrates well how coastal processes have produced different cliff forms related not only to variations of lithology and geological structure, but ...

Purpose of wetland creation and restoration and expected results (protection vs. nourishment) Riparian ecosystems generally compose a minor proportion of surrounding areas, but typically are more structurally diverse and more productive in plant and animal biomass than adjacent upland areas. Riparian areas supply food, cover, and water (especially important in the arid regions) for a large dive...

Environmental degradation and poverty are linked, and this means that conservation and poverty reduction must be tackled together. However, finding a successful integrated strategy has been an elusive goal. We describe the career of a Chinese scholar, Shixiong Cao, whose persistent efforts to find and follow win-win paths have led to ecological restoration accompanied by long-term benefits for ...

Eugenia pachakumachiana Arum. & Murugan, a species from Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India, and new to science is described illustrated. The compared with its closely allied rottleriana Wight Arn. incorporated into key Indian species.

The chemical constituents of an acetone extract of the stems of Micromelum minutum Wight et Arn (Rutaceae), collected at Nakorn-Rachasima province in Thailand, were studied. Six new coumarins, named micromarin-A (1), -B (2), -C (3), -F (4), -G (5), and -H (6), were isolated along with six known coumarins, and their structures were elucidated by chemical and spectroscopic methods.

This study aimed to assess the phytotoxic potential of fleagrass (Adenosma buchneroides) on weeds and crops. We assessed effects applying aqueous extracts seed germination seedling growth three (Bidens pilosa, Paspalum thunbergia, Bromus japonicus) two crops (Oryza sativa Zea mays). The influence six doses extract was through a Petri dish experiment. qualitatively characterized using widely tar...

Pricking one cotyledon of young Bidens pilosus plants induces rapid inhibition of hypocotyl growth, essentially in its middle portion. Analysis of soluble peroxidases indicates rapid changes (increase of activity) in basic isoenzymes followed by more progressive enhancement of the acidic ones. Pretreatment of the plants with lithium prevents the inhibition of elongation due to pricking as well ...

In the present study, lectotypes for 12 names viz. Anaphalis beddomei Hook.f., bournei Fyson, elliptica DC., oblonga var. lawii meeboldii W.W.Sm., travancorica Gnaphalium marcescens Wight, neelgherryanum subdecurrens wightianum DC. and Helichrysum leptophyllum are designated. Detailed notes images of type specimens provided.