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Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security

Londhe, Sunil - In: International Journal of Disease Control and … 1 (2016) 1, pp. 32-46

Many studies have demonstrated the sensitivities of crop yield to a changing climate, a major challenge for the agricultural research community is to relate these findings to the wider societal concern with food security. Apart from few exceptions, the likely impacts of climate change on...

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Irrigation Measurement System for Dry Areas Based on WSN

Granda, Juan; Almanza, Mauricio; Fontalvo, Jose; Calle, … - In: International Journal of Interdisciplinary … 9 (2017) 3, pp. 10-20

exceeded. Water pressure provides the kinematic energy used on irrigation systems to spray the water on the field. The amount … of water that the irrigation system can provide per hour should be carefully monitored to save water in dry areas. The …. Results show sensor nodes exhibit a 4% average error, and 9% packet loss maximum. Both values are adequate for crop irrigation …

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Impact of Violence in Movies on Juvenile Delinquency

Saeed, Naima; Rehman, Tansif Ur; Usmani, Mehmood Ahmed - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 5 (2018) 1, pp. 55-68

very fact that in Pakistan this issue of great significance has not been paid proper attention. Juvenile delinquency is one …

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Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on the Nutritional Status of Elementary School's Children in Rural Areas of Karachi (Pakistan)

Saeed, Naima; Rehman, Tansif Ur; Usmani, Mehmood Ahmed - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 5 (2018) 2, pp. 36-47

This article determines children's nutritional status of (1-5) years in a rural setting in Karachi, i.e., Gadap. It also analyzes the impact of socioeconomic factors on nutritional status of children. Nutrition has a deep influence on well-being all the way through the individuals' lives, which...

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A Sociological Study of the Role of Language in Education

Saeed, Naima; Rehman, Tansif Ur; Usmani, Mehmood Ahmed - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 5 (2018) 2, pp. 48-60

The present article is on the role of language in education. This article collected opinions of respondents about the role that language plays in the process of learning and education. Subjects were asked about their preferred mediums of instruction and their feelings about studying in a...

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Measuring the Effects of Risk and Cultural Dimensions on the Adoption of Online Stock Trading: A Developing Country Perspective

Khan, Safeer Ullah; Liu, Xiangdong; Khan, Ikram Ullah; … - In: International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems … 14 (2018) 3, pp. 106-127

gap by identifying the influential risk factors that impede the acceptance of OST in a developing country, Pakistan. The …

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SCOR Implementation in Oil and Gas Company from an Emerging Market

Hafeez, Jibran; Khalid, Rameez; Mir, Shahid - In: International Journal of Operations Research and … 8 (2017) 1, pp. 93-107

Measuring supply chain performance is an important business success factor in today's competitive environment and continuous improvement culture. Several models have been developed for this purpose, however, such models lack standardized language and are not well known in the developing...

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The Dawn of Paternal HR: An Exploratory Study Using System Dynamics Approach

Iqbal, Salman; Abdullah, Muhammad - In: International Journal of System Dynamics Applications … 7 (2018) 1, pp. 27-44

outcomes. There is dearth of knowledge research on paternal HR practices in Pakistan, its effect on employee outcomes and …

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Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Multinationals and Large Enterprises in Pakistan: Assessing Commitment to the United Nations Global Compact

Memon, Zahid Ali; Dars, Javaid Ali; Mangrio, Wahid Bux; … - In: International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship … 1 (2016) 1, pp. 1-16

This article presents the investigation of how far multinationals and other large state-owned companies in Pakistan …

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Shift Towards Next Generation Networks (NGNs) for Sustainability: Evidence from an Emerging Economy

Rafay, Abdul; Khan, Arsala - In: Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT) 18 (2016) 3, pp. 1-12

for sustainable development in the telecommunication sector of Pakistan. WARID was one of the four cellular companies of … Pakistan. All the big players in the market had auctioned for 3G/4G licenses but WARID remained distant from the process of …

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