To design a set of suitable drip irrigation strategies for tomato production, an experiment was laid out in a randomized complete-block design, with combinations of three drip irrigation frequencies (once/day, 3 times/day, and 5 times/day) and two drip irrigation times. Six treatments were...

Annually, large amounts of hazardous materials (hazmat) are transported through the roads and this movement causes various accidents. Identifying the causes of these accidents is a critical issue for all public governments.This study aimed to identify the effective risk factors for hazmat road...

In this study, an interval two-stage fuzzy fractional programming (TFFP) method is developed to support collaborative governance of economy and water resources. Methods of interval programming, fuzzy programming, two-stage programming, and fractional programming are integrated within a general...

Under the background of new power system, the proportion of new energy power generation enterprises in the power market is gradually increasing. With the further expansion of China's power trading scale, the increasingly fierce market competition and the instability of new energy output, the...

Despite the importance of relying on renewable energy sources, oil-producing countries, especially Iran, encounter numerous risks associated with the generation of such energy sources. The present study investigated the risks in renewable energy in Iran. As the first investigation addressing...

Objective: The objective of this article is to identify strategies that can help small firms alleviate the negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis. We test six strategies (namely, entrepreneurial, market penetration, market development, product development, diversification, and cooperation). In...

The financial crisis of 2008 has caused a series of drawbacks to economies around the world. Greek economy has been hit twice at 2009, since its credibility worsened, provoking the implication of harsh fiscal measures from the 2010 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The effects of these measures...

Under the strategy of rural revitalization, China has a considerable demand for building rural green housing, and the self-built mode of rural housing is in favor of green building (GB) development. However, the GB development in rural housing still remains in demonstration phase within recent...