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Automating water projects makes economic sense in the western United States. But is it justified in other parts of the world? The authors feel strongly that it is. This paper discusses the experiences of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and others in developing, installing, and evaluating low-cost automation systems in the western United States. It also briefly discusses similar low-cost automati...

The interaction of BRICS stock markets with the United States is studied using an asymmetric Granger causality test based on the frequency domain. This type of analysis allows for both positive and negative shocks over different horizons. There is a clear bivariate causality that runs both ways between the United States stock market and the respective BRICS markets. In addition, both negative a...

Notwithstanding a century of prohibition, marijuana is the most widely used illicit substance in Canada. Due to the growing public acceptance of recreational marijuana use and ineffectiveness of the existing control system in Canada, the issue surrounding legalizing this illicit drug has received considerable public and political attentions in recent years. Consequently, the newly elected Liber...

teams are defined as high performing task groups whose members are actively interdependent and share common performance objectives. this definition suggests that only those groups who perform at high levels due to their collective efforts must be considered as teams. in this paper, a model has been presented for de-termining the effects of information technology in the output of teamwork with y...

the european :union: in its policy declarations states that the respect for human rights is a requirement in its internal and external relations. for instance, accession of european countries to the :union:, enjoying its services, and even signing an agreement with non-members is dependent on the observation of human rights. in this paper, the position of human rights in the european :union: le...