Sustainable Performance of Rural Banking: A Heterogeneity Study in the Coastal Regions of China

Corrosion of reinforcement is an important durability concern for the structures exposed to coastal regions. Since corrosion of reinforcement involves long periods of time, impressed current technique is usually used to accelerate the corrosion of reinforcement in laboratories. Characterization of impressed current technique was the main focus of this research,which involved determination of optimum chloride content and minimum immersion time of specimens for which the application of Faraday’s law could be efficient. To obtain optimum chloride content, the electrolytes in the corrosion cell were prepared similar to that of concrete pore solutions. Concrete prisms of 200 mm by 200 mm by 300 mm were used to determine the minimum immersion time for saturation. It was found that the optimum chloride content was 35 gm/L and the minimum immersion time for saturation was 140 hours. Accounting the results, a modified expression based on Faraday’s law was proposed to calculate weight loss due to corrosion. Journal of Engineering Science 11(1), 2020, 93-99

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Feature Analysis of Groundwater Discharge Points in Coastal Regions around Mt. Chokaisan by Using ALOS AVNIR-2 Data

IEEJ Transactions on Electronics Information and Systems ◽

10.1541/ieejeiss.131.1794 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 131 (10) ◽

pp. 1794-1802

Author(s):

Yoichi Kageyama ◽

Chieko Shibata ◽

Makoto Nishida

Keyword(s):

Groundwater Discharge ◽

Feature Analysis ◽

Coastal Regions

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Structural Mediation Model of Information System and Sustainable Performance of UAE Manufacturing Sector

International Journal of Sustainable Construction Engineering Technology ◽

10.30880/ijscet.2020.11.02.019 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Mohamed Ahmed Darwish Abdulla Larii ◽

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Fatma Ahmed Lari ◽

Mohamed Ahmed Darwish Abdulla Lari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Manufacturing Sector ◽

Organisational Culture ◽

The Body ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Operational Performance ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Mediation Model ◽

Sustainable Performance ◽

The Relationship

This study intends to find out the mediating effect of organisational culture on the relationship between information system and sustainable performance of manufacturing sector in UAE. This study used AMOS-SEM software to develop mediation model that linking the mediating relationships between Information System, Organisational Culture and Sustainable operation Performance. Data was collected through questionnaire survey among the operation staff of Abu Dhabi manufacturing companies. A total 250 questionnaires were distributed however 205 were returned and only 200 are valid which indicates a response rate of 80%. The analysis found that TPS has positive but not significant effect to SP; OIS has positive but not significant effect to SP; FMW has a positive and significant effect on SP; SDS has a negative and not significant effect to SP and SP has positive but not significant effect OC. For the path relationship between the four exogenous variables (TPS, OIS, SDS, and FMW) and the mediator variable (OC), the results are TPS has positive and significant effect to OC; OIS has positive but not significant effect to OC; FMW has positive and significant effect to OC and SDS has positive and not significant effect to OC. Collectively, the five exogenous constructs (TPS, OIS, SDS, FMW and OC) explained 89% variation in operational performance and 86% of the variation in organisational culture. However, for a mediator, it was found that OC has no significant mediating effect on the relationship between TPS and SP; OC has no significant mediating effect on the relationship between OIS and SP; OC has no significant mediating effect on the relationship between SDS and SP and OC has no significant mediating effect on the relationship between FMW and SP. it can be concluded that there is a positive relationship between information system dimensions and operational performance. However organizational culture has no contributing any mediating effect to the relationship. These findings have contributed to the body of knowledge and could be shared among the UAE manufacturing practitioners.

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Westward Palaearctic range expansion of Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) and its arrival at Mediterranean coastal regions of Turkey and Syria

Entomologist s Gazette ◽

10.31184/g00138894.714.1776 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 71 (4) ◽

pp. 257-272

Author(s):

Onat Başbay ◽

Mudar Salimeh ◽

Eddie John

Keyword(s):

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Economic Importance ◽

Invasive Pest ◽

Pest Species ◽

Coastal Regions ◽

The North ◽

North Eastern ◽

The World ◽

Invasive Pest Species ◽

Papilio Demoleus

We review the continuing and extensive spread of Papilio demoleus in south-eastern Turkey and in regions of Turkey and Syria adjacent to the north-eastern Mediterranean. Since the authors documented the arrival of this attractive but potentially destructive papilionid species at coastal areas of Syria in 2019, regular monitoring has confirmed successful overwintering there, as well as in Turkey. As previously indicated, P. demoleus is widely recognized as an invasive pest species in Citrus-growing areas of the world and hence its arrival is of potential economic importance to a region in which citrus is widely grown.

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DYNAMICS OF THE ANAPA BAY-BAR SUBMERGE SLOPE

Proceedings of International Conference "Managinag risks to coastal regions and communities in a changinag world" (EMECS'11 - SeaCoasts XXVI) ◽

10.31519/conferencearticle_5b1b93f729d6d6.98192262 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Elena Fedorova ◽

Elena Fedorova

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Bottom Topography ◽

Coastal Processes ◽

Coastal Regions ◽

Shirshov Institute ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

Southern Branch

The planning of exploration and socio-economic development of coastal regions is impossible without the knowledge of coastal processes and scientifically based forecast of the evolution not only the shoreline, but the submerge slope also. Laboratory of lithodynamic and geology of the Southern Branch of the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS since 2010 surveys bottom topography within Anapa Bay-Bar. Along Anapa Bay-Bar the presence of two longshore underwater bars is clearly observed. The first underwater bar is narrower than another one. His width is up to 40 m and it is located at the depth of 1.5-2.0 m. The second underwater bar is wider (up to 150 m) and it is located at the depth of 3.5-4.0 m. The both bars have the height, approximately, of 2.0-2.5 m. Both bars are well expressed in the central part of Anapa spit. Modern dynamics of the submerge slope changes will be considered in the paper.

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