Peatlands are important sinks and stores of terrestrial carbon, but their future role in the global climate system under climate change is uncertain. Palaeoecological and experimental climate manipulation studies are commonly used to address these uncertainties, although their results often...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure polychronicity in Spain, traditionally typified as having a polychronic culture, characterized by a multifocused working environment. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 134 executives from 19 organizations in Madrid completed a...

The assumption of local equilibrium is validated in four different systems where heat and mass are transported. Mass fluxes up to 13kmol/m2s and temperature gradients up to 1012K/m were used. A two-component mixture, two vapor–liquid interfaces, a chemical reaction in a temperature gradient...

Integral relations were used to predict interface film transfer coefficients for evaporation and condensation. According to these, all coefficients can be calculated for one-component systems, using the thermal resistivity and the enthalpy profile through the interface. The expressions were...