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Adoption and utilisation of Zai pits for improved farm productivity in drier upper Eastern Kenya
(2020-03-06)
Inadequate and poorly distributed rainfall and declining soil fertility have led to low crop productivity in most smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa. As a result, there has been a renewed quest for sustainable and resource-use efficient agricultural production practices. Zai pit technology is a practice that has the potential to alleviate water stress and enhance soil fertility. We assessed the factors that influence farmers' adoption and utilisation of Zai pits in Tharaka-Nithi County in upper Eastern Kenya. ...
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The Impact of Missing Values on PLS, ML and FIML Model Fit
(2020)
Structural equation modelling has become widespread in the marketing research domain due to the possibility of creating and investigating latent constructs. Today, several estimation methods are available, each with strengths and drawbacks. This study investigates how the established estimation methods of partial-least-squares (PLS), maximum likelihood (ML) and full-information maximum likelihood (FIML) perform with an increasing percentage of missing values (MVs). The research was conducted by investigating an adapted ...
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On the Influence of Microstructure on the Corrosion Behavior of Fe–Mn–Al–Ni Shape Memory Alloy in 5.0 wt% NaCl Solution
(2020-10-03)
Herein the corrosion behavior of Fe–Mn–Al–Ni shape memory alloys characterized by different microstructures in a 5.0 wt% NaCl solution is investigated. Open circuit potential and potentiodynamic polarisation tests are conducted. Generally, Fe–Mn–Al–Ni shows corrosion properties being similar to pure iron. However, the polarization curves of single crystals indicate the presence of an unstable passive system. The corrosion damage is analyzed by means of optical microscopy and electron microscopy. It is revealed that ...
Dissertation
Accelerating Entrepreneurial Decision-Making Through Hybrid Intelligence
(2020)
Purpose: Previous studies revealed that around 75 percent of all start-ups fail at an early stage. One main reason for this tremendous failure rate is that entrepreneurs are typically confronted with high levels of uncertainty about the viability of their proposed business idea. Following this argumentation, entrepreneurial decision-making can be defined as complex decision-making problem under both risk and uncertainty. While risk includes quantifiable probabilities, uncertainty describes situations where neither ...
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Investigation of residual stresses in polypropylene using hot plate welding
(2020-08-05)
During the cooling process of the molten material, residual stresses appear because the reduced volume of the cooled material cannot fully fill the space formerly occupied by the molten material. The morphology in and around the weld is formed by different factors depending on the material and process parameters. Different morphological structures relate to different mechanical properties. The process parameters and the welding results including morphology and residual stress are linked together. In this article, ...
Dissertation
Food commercialization, hidden hunger and malnutrition: A study of food and nutrition security, focusing on the marginalized society in Sri Lanka
(2020-09)
From 2016 to 2019, a collaborative research project between the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka and the Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture, University of Kassel, Germany, was carried out to investigate the food commercialization, hidden hunger, and malnutrition in marginalized societies in Sri Lanka.
Consuming a healthy diet, maintaining good health, and chronic diseases is a challenge for those struggling with poverty and food insecurity for various reasons in Sri Lanka, including limited financial ...
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Statik und Einflussfunktionen - vom modernen Standpunkt aus
(2020-01-22)
Finite Elemente bedeutet, wie wir heute wissen, rechnen mit genäherten Einflussfunktionen. Dies ist in der Praxis kaum bekannt. Wir haben daher das Thema Einflussfunktionen zum Anlass genommen, die moderne Statik aus ihren klassischen Ursprüngen neu zu entwickeln und ihre wesentlichen Züge in zeitgerechter Form darzustellen, wie sie heute beim Rechnen mit dem Computer gebraucht werden. Behandelt werden die Variations- und Energieprinzipe der Statik, die zentrale Rolle der Einflussfunktionen in der modernen Statik, ...
Dissertation
Oberflächennahe Schädigung von Superlegierungen unter Hochtemperatur
(2020-02)
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Alterung von Nickelbasislegierungen in Oberflächennähe betrachtet. Dabei wird der Einfluss von Temperatur und Zeit in Zusammenhang mit der Oberflächenrauheit, Deformation und der Konzentration von Natriumsulfat an der Probenoberfläche untersucht. Zur Quantifizierung der Schädigung kommen rasterelektronenmikroskopische Methoden wie EBSD und EDX zum Einsatz.
Es wird gezeigt, dass die analysierten Verarmungs- und Vergröberungsprozesse der Gamma'-Ausscheidungen eine deutliche ...
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Las tradiciones discursivas: competencia y complejidad
(Peter Lang, 2020)
La tradición discursiva como concepto es un saber cultural que rige la configuración de textos y, por esta razón, es un componente esencial de la competencia textual. Las tradiciones discursivas son un concepto cultural, textual y pragmalingüístico y comprenden tres dimensiones: la culturalidad, la textualidad y la cooperatividad. Como estas tres dimensiones implican diferentes grados de complejidad, la tradición discursiva es por tanto un concepto que aúna la competencia textual con el concepto de la complejidad ...
Zeitschrift
Vol. 8 No. 3 (2020)
(Specialized Partnerships in Sustainable Food Systems and Food Sovereignty, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, the University of Kassel, Germany and the Federation of German Scientists (VDW), 2020)