Influencing factors in small-scale testing of aluminium composite panels

Software development is a complex process which is divided into many phases. According to the software type and industries the development process is restructured. During the entire development what are the main factors which is influencing the process and affecting the quality. The main objective of this study is to focus on factors influencing the development process and how it affects the small scale industries after coming in to the real practice. Entire Software development is a layered process in which different factors are responsible to get the best products. This paper is focused on different technical and non-technical influencing factors which give major impact on the software quality. With influencing factors, their applicability in small scale industries also studied. Three important technical factors i.e. SDLC model and its principles, Cost estimation and Risk parameter whereas two important influencing factors in non-technical.i.e. success factors and environmental factors. Non-technical factors more influencing than technical factors. All technical and non-technical factors have their own role but to apply all these quality parameters in small scale industries we need to make them more easy for their applicability. If quality development process and its parameters are tuned to easy and affordable level more businessmen will shift from manual working environment to the digital working environment.

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The Deviation of the Behaviors of Rice Farmers from Their Stated Willingness to Apply Biopesticides—A Study Carried Out in Jilin Province of China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18116026 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (11) ◽

pp. 6026

Author(s):

Hongpeng Guo ◽

Fanhui Sun ◽

Chulin Pan ◽

Baiming Yang ◽

Yin Li

Keyword(s):

Influencing Factors ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Deep Level ◽

Jilin Province ◽

Family Characteristics ◽

Small Scale ◽

Agricultural Product ◽

Rice Farmers ◽

And Behaviors ◽

Small Scale Farmers

The substitution of chemical pesticides by biopesticides is crucial to ensure the quality of agricultural products and to foster environmental sustainability. This study takes the willingness and the behaviors of rice farmers on the application of biopesticides as the research object. The survey questionnaire was designed based on the theory of rational small-scale farmers from three aspects: “individual and family characteristics of farmers”, “cognition of farmers” and “external factors”. The survey was then conducted on 163 rice farmers in seven prefecture-level cities in Jilin Province of China. The logistic model was used to analyze the influencing factors resulting in the deviation of the behaviors of the rice farmers from their initial willingness on the application of biopesticides. The explanatory structure model (ISM) was used to analyze the logical hierarchical relationship among various influencing factors. The results show that: (1) For 45% of the farmers surveyed, there’s a deviation between their willingness and behaviors regarding the application of biopesticides; (2) Among the significant factors leading to the deviation between farmers’ willingness and behaviors concerning the application of biopesticides, the surface-level direct factor is biopesticide awareness. The mid-level indirect factors are agricultural product quality and safety awareness and the deep-level root cause is farmers’ education level. (3) The primary reason for the deviation of the farmers’ behaviors from their willingness is their lack of knowledge about biopesticides and the biopesticides’ incomplete market structure. Based on the comprehensive analysis, it is recommended to improve the professionalization of the farmers, to strengthen the publicity of green production and to accelerate the formulation of the biopesticides market to further promote the usage of biopesticides.

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Quality Analysis on Spatial Planning Pattern of Rural Area in Southern Shaanxi, China

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su132212668 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (22) ◽

pp. 12668

Author(s):

Juan Xu ◽

Mengsheng Yang ◽

Ziliang Lu ◽

Dan Liu ◽

Yan Wu

Keyword(s):

Spatial Structure ◽

Rural Area ◽

Influencing Factors ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Research Area ◽

Quality Analysis ◽

Small Scale ◽

Rural Settlements ◽

Large Area ◽

Southern Shaanxi

There have been many studies that have only focused on factors affecting the spatial distribution of rural settlements, without paying attention to their function and scale. China’s mountainous rural area has many problems, such as a fragile ecological environment, poor infrastructure and limited public service facilities. As a result, mountainous rural settlements demonstrate a disorderly and scattered layout. This research takes southern Shaanxi as its research area and uses quantitative and qualitative analysis to analyze the field survey data, revealing the spatial format of rural settlements and its influencing factors. The research results show that: (1) The spatial structure of mountainous settlements can be summarized as falling into three types—agglomeration type, belt type, and dispersion type. The individual settlements are discrete, and the spatial structure of the settlement groups exhibits small-scale clustering in a large area. (2) The influencing factors of spatial structure are ranked thus—geomorphological conditions > population quantity > land use scale. (3) The number of settlements in the study area is constantly decreasing, and their boundaries are gradually shrinking, showing randomly distributed characteristics. (4) A radius of 284.12 m can be used as a measure of the development scope of the village to control the scope of settlement construction. The objective of the research is to classify the spatial structure and propose the most optimal spatial mode in mountainous rural areas.

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Factors Influencing the Tourist’s Future Intentions in Small-Scale Sports Events

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12198103 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (19) ◽

pp. 8103

Author(s):

José Miguel Vegara-Ferri ◽

José María López-Gullón ◽

Irena Valantine ◽

Arturo Díaz Suárez ◽

Salvador Angosto

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽

Influencing Factors ◽

Word Of Mouth ◽

Destination Image ◽

Small Scale ◽

Good Strategy ◽

Sports Events ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Confirmatory Factor

Small-scale sports events are a good strategy for communities seeking to attract visitors and are one of the major attractions of sustainable sports tourism. The aim of this study to determine which factors influence the future intentions of the tourist involved in small-scale sports events. The sample was composed of 236 subjects who participated in a half-marathon in Spain. The results of the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) provide support for the applicability of the tourists’ perception questionnaire in the context of sports events. The results of both validity (convergent and discriminant) and reliability (internal consistency) analyses were satisfactory. The results indicated that this scale had 18 items distributed in six factors (communication, staff, electronic wordofmouth, destination image, satisfaction and future intentions). The proposal model revealed that satisfaction is a mediated factor between staff and destination image with future intentions of repeating the event. Electronic word of mouth and satisfaction were influencing factors that predicted the tourists’ future intentions. This finding suggests that this questionnaire can be a useful tool in measuring tourist perception on a small-scale sports events scale, allowing a better understanding of the reasons that lead a tourist to select a certain destination and sports event.

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Non-Contact Measurement of Small-Module Gears Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app8122490 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (12) ◽

pp. 2490 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Manting Luo ◽

Shuncong Zhong

Keyword(s):

Optical Coherence Tomography ◽

Influencing Factors ◽

Transmission Conditions ◽

Small Scale ◽

Depth Information ◽

Optical Coherence ◽

Microscopic Imaging ◽

Pressure Angle ◽

Tooth Number ◽

Visual Imaging

Due to the small size and harsh transmission conditions of small-module gears, it is very difficult to measure gear characteristics with a modulus smaller than 1 mm. We proposed an optical coherence tomography (OCT) method for measuring small-module gears. Testing of a 30-tooth copper gear with a small modulus of 0.5 mm was carried out for the measurement of its modulus, tooth parameter, tooth number, pressure angle, modification coefficient, and tooth thickness by using OCT. In addition, the influencing factors on the measurement were discussed. The whole teeth profile of a 0.2 mm modulus gear was imaged by processing of the data collected from different clamping angles. Compared with the visual imaging without depth information and small-scale microscopic imaging, the OCT method has shown its superiority, and it has potential in the application of the measurement of micro gears with a small modulus of less than 0.2 mm.

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