Silver (Ag) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) are released into aquatic environments through wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Even though these NPs are mostly retained in WWTPs, a small fraction can be found in the released effluents and may exert toxic effects on aquatic...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a new maturity model to identify the current state of maintenance area of organizations and drives actions to increase efficiency and effectiveness toward the concept known as world-class. Design/methodology/approach: The model was developed...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology to represent the uncertainty generated in performance measures (PMs) during the operational step or “use step” of the performance measurement process (PMP). The different steps of the methodology are described and exemplified...