We investigate the existence of an inverse relationship (IR) between farm size Bases and technical efficiency in Philippine brackishwater pond aquaculture.The study is motivated by the exemption of fish ponds from the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Laws and suggestions in the literature of inefficient management of fish farms.The analysis of technic
Abstract Starting from Comprehensive or Interpretive Sociology and the Sociology of skyscrapers, this article proposes as basic objectives to verify how the North American economic culture is showed in the symbolism of the skyscrapers of Chicago and New York and to verify the parallelism between the formal evolution of these buildings and the main
This article validates the application of RT-Lab for the AGC studies of three-area systems.All the areas are employed with thermal-DSTS systems.A new controller named cascade FOPDN-FOPPIDN is employed.Its parameters are optimized using a CSA, subjecting to a Power Window Module new PI named HPA-ISE.The responses of the FOPDN-FOPIDN controller are r
Traditional design approaches in civil engineering mainly focus on codes/guidelines related to building an infrastructure, while performance-based analysis (PBA), an emerging new reality around the world, focuses on the performance of the end product.Professional organizations, academicians, and the industry have made significant contributions in f
The demand for psychological counselling has grown significantly in recent years, particularly with the global outbreak of COVID-19, which heightened the need for timely and professional mental health support.Online psychological counselling emerged as the predominant mode of providing services in response to this demand.In this study, we propose t