In this report we propose 50+ metrics which can be measured by organizations in order to identify improvements in various areas such as meeting efficiency, capacity planning or leadership skills, just to new a few. The notion of calendar mining is introduced and support is provided for performing the measurement by a reference data model and queries for all metrics defined.

Abstract In the past, Sundanese farmers of West Java, Indonesia, managed wet-rice ( sawah ) farming using pranata mangsa , traditional ecological calendar. They cultivated rice varieties that were adapted to local environmental conditions. The helped in determining appropriate time undertake activities, including preparation land, planting, and harvesting. All these activities accompanied by ce...

Reclaimed water has emerged as a potential irrigation solution to freshwater shortages. However, limited data exist on the persistence of antibiotics in reclaimed water used for irrigation. Therefore, we examined the fate of nine commonly-used antibiotics (ampicillin, azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, linezolid, oxacillin, oxolinic acid, penicillin G, pipemidic acid, and tetracycline) in differentia...

Plastic mulch and drip irrigation are commonly used in high intensity vegetable production regions such as Florida. Drip irrigation can be much more efficient than sprinkler irrigation since only the root zone of the cropped area is irrigated. However, improper irrigation management can lead to wasted water and leaching of soluble chemicals such as nitrate. In this project, several irrigation t...

People with cognitive impairments have problems organizing their daily life autonomously. A virtual agent as daily calendar assistant could provide valuable support, but this requires that these special user groups accept such a system and can interact with it successfully. In this paper we present studies to elucidate these questions for elderly users as well as cognitively impaired users. Res...

Human-made ecologic transformations have occurred at an unprecedented rate over the past 50 years. Prominent among them are water resource development projects. An estimated 40,000 large dams and 800,000 small dams have been built, and 272 million hectares of land are currently under irrigation worldwide. The establishment and operation of water projects has had a history of facilitating a chan...

The Crop Growth Monitoring System (CGMS) has been applied for spatial biophysical resource analysis of Borkhar & Meymeh district in Esfahan province, Iran. The potentially suitable area for agriculture in the district has been divided into 128 homogeneous land units in terms of soil (physical characteristics), weather and administrative unit. Crop parameters required in the WOFOST simulatio...

In the structure of the Integral Irrigation Advisory Service (Servicio Integral de Asesoramiento al Regante, SIAR) of Castilla-La Mancha, with the principal objective of helping farmers to get a efficient and rational use of means of production, and specially water, fertilizers and energy, providing a suit scientific and technical support to optimise management, it is fundamental to broach the ...