We aimed to optimize field border length in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China (HPC) reduce soil inorganic nitrogen residues and increase absorption utilization by wheat plants using a traditional irrigation system. In two-year experiment (2017–2019) conducted HPC, four lengths were tested: 20 m (L20), 30 (L30), 40 (L40), 50 (L50). Supplementary was implemented during jointing anthesis stages, c...

The government's incentives to bail out inefficient projects are determined by the tradeoff between political benefits and economic costs, the latter depending on the decentralization of government. Two effects of federalism are derived: First, fiscal competition among local governments under factor mobility increases the opportunity costs of bailout and thus serves as a commitment device (the ...

Adopting a person-centred approach, we integrate the job demands-control-support model with relational work design theory to investigate employee profiles involving autonomy, workload, social support and prosocial characteristics (representing combined influence of task significance beneficiary contact). For sample Australian not-for-profit employees ( N = 2421), identified four profiles: ‘acti...

PURPOSE To investigate the sensitivity of differential ratings of perceived exertion (dRPE) as measures of internal load. METHODS Twenty-two male university soccer players performed 2 maximal incremental-exercise protocols (cycle, treadmill) on separate days. Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), maximal heart rate (HRmax), peak blood lactate concentration (B[La]peak), and the preprotocol-to-postpr...