climate change and its possible impacts on the environment and socio-economic systems now constitute the most important environmental problem facing mankind in the 21st century. climate change will increase poverty and hardship, endanger food security, destabilize economies, decrease food and water and create social insecurity in many countries and undermine our goals for achieving sustainable ...

abstract     the major constraints of agricultural production in the south western coastal areas of bangladesh are soil and water salinity of varying degrees, lack of fresh water for irrigation, slow soil drying pattern which are being augmented further due to climate change, requires suitable options of farming systems and component technologies. the major constraints and potentials of agricul...

the lane change maneuver is among the most popular driving behaviors. it is also the basic element of important maneuvers like overtaking maneuver. therefore, it is chosen as the focus of this study and novel multi-input multi-output adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system models (manfis) are proposed for this behavior. these models are able to simulate and predict the future behavior of a driver...

A new liaison role between Information Systems (IS) and users, the relationship manager (RM), has recently emerged. Accolding to the prescriptive literature, RMs add value by deep understanding of the businesses they serve and technologyleadership. Uttle is known, however, about their actual work practices. Is the RM an intermediary, filtering information and sometimes misinformation, from clie...

The implementation and use of new information technology initiate changes. These changes can be either of a technological nature (and often explicitly known), or of a social nature (usually not as easily identifiable). Nonetheless, both the technological and social factors should be managed. When faced with change, managers should follow an appropriate change strategy. As all changes are not al...