Interpretation of nematode community indices requires a reference to a relatively undisturbed community. Maturity and trophic diversity index values were compared for five pairs of certified organically and conventionally managed soils in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Available nitrogen (nitrate, ammonium) was estimated at various lag periods relative to times of sampling for nematode ...

Investment efficiency is the optimal level of investment, investment profitable for company. This study aims to determine effect financial statement quality, debt maturity, and accounting conservatism on efficiency. The research method applied in this a quantitative method. In study, sampling technique used purposive as many 14 mining sector companies listed Indonesia Stock Exchange during 2017...

The Capability Maturity Model for Software (Software CMM ) is probably the best known and most widely used model world-wide for software process improvement. ISO/IEC 15504 is a suite of standards currently under development for software process assessment, which can be expected to affect the continuing evolution of the Software CMM. This paper discusses the similarities and differences between...

In this paper, we propose a capability maturity model (CMM) for scientific data management (SDM) practices, with the goal of supporting assessment and improvement of these practices. The model describes key process areas and practices necessary for effective SDM. Appropriate SDM practices were identified by content analysis of papers about SDM and include both those specific SDM practices and g...

BACKGROUND Physical activity (PA) is beneficial, enhancing healthy development. However, one-third of school-age children practicing sports regularly suffer from an injury. These injuries are associated with sex, chronological age, and PA level. PURPOSE To identify the importance of age, PA level, and maturity as predictors of injury in Portuguese youth. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive epidemiolog...

This paper describes a procedure that can help managers measure their return on investment for project management (PM/ROI). Current PM processes and practices of 38 different companies and government agencies in 4 different industries or application areas were quantitatively examined. A PM benchmarking procedure was developed and used to assess the PM process maturity of these different organiz...

Product software companies face the challenge of shipping new releases of their software products in time, within budget, with the right quality, and for a good price. As we encountered many performance failures in this respect, we started to build a product software knowledge infrastructure, which, when fully materialized, can help to increase the maturity of a company’s processes. The infrast...