E-learning as a Vehicle for Knowledge Management

Nowadays, companies want to learn from their own experiences and to be able to enhance that experience with best principles and lessons learned from other companies. Companies emphasise the importance of knowledge management, particularly the relationship between knowledge and learning within an organisation. We feel that an e-learning environment may contribute to knowledge management on the one hand and to the learning need in companies on the other hand. In this paper, we report on the challenges in designing and implementing an e-learning environment. We identify the properties from a pedagogical view that should be supported by an e-learning environment. Then, we discuss the challenges in developing a system that includes these properties

Multiple uses of water in irrigated areas: a case study from Sri Lanka

Water management / Water allocation / Water use efficiency / Irrigated farming / Water resources development / Water policy / Water quality / Domestic water / Water users' associations / Water rights / Gender / Households / Pricing / Water costs / Case studies / Sri Lanka / Kirindi Oya

Literature review of physical and chemical pretreatment processes for lignocellulosic biomass

Different pretreatment technologies published in public literature are described in terms of the mechanisms involved, advantages and disadvantages, and economic assessment. Pretreatment technologies for lignocellulosic biomass include biological, mechanical, chemical methods and various combinations thereof. The choice of the optimum pretreatment process depends very much on the objective of the biomass pretreatment, its economic assessment and environmental impact. Only a small number of pretreatment methods has been reported as being potentially cost-effective thus far. These include steam explosion, liquid hot water, concentrated acid hydrolysis and dilute acid pretreatments

Maternal Lifestyle and Pregnancy Complications: The Generation R Study

Adverse maternal lifestyle habits during pregnancy are important modifiable risk factors for pregnancy complications in Western countries. Most common adverse maternal lifestyle habits include smoking, alcohol consumption, and caffeine consumption. Although not directly lifestyle related, maternal age is also considered as a modifiable risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes

Hoge benutting meststoffen voorwaarde voor goed resultaat : 50% minder kunstmest in drie jaar

In drie jaar Koeien & Kansen is het kunstmestgebruik op de bedrijven met bijna 50 procent gedaald. Gelijktijdig verbeterde de benutting van de stikstof uit de dierlijke mest en kunstmest. De bijdrage van klaver biedt daarbij extra mogelijkheden. Ook het gebruik van fosfaatkunstmest is in dezelfde periode met meer dan de helft afgenomen