Integrated System For Management Research Articles

Crop Disease Detection and Recovery of Plats through Automatic Spraying and Watering

Abstract: This project introduces an integrated system for crop health management, combining automated disease detection, targeted treatment, and intelligent watering. Through advanced image processing, potential diseases affecting crops are identified early on. Upon detection, an automated spraying mechanism delivers precise treatment to affected areas, minimizing crop impact. Additionally, an intelligent watering system optimizes hydration based on sensor data and environmental factors. By proactively addressing issues and providing timely care, this comprehensive solution aims to minimize crop loss, increase yield, and promote sustainable agricultural practices.

Resilient critical infrastructures: An innovative methodological perspective for critical infrastructure (CI) integrated assessment models by inducing digital technologies during multi-hazard incidents

Over the last decade, the notion of community resilience, which encompasses planning for, opposing, absorbing, and quickly recovering from disruptive occurrences, has gained momentum across the world. Critical Infrastructures (CI) are seen as critical to attaining success in today's densely populated countries. Such infrastructures must be robust in the face of multi-hazard catastrophes by implementing appropriate disaster management and recovery plans. Given these facts, it is critical to establish a new methodological perspective with an integrated system for effective disaster management of CI, as well as an intelligent application that will aid in the construction of more resilient and sustainable cities and communities. This perspective proposes a holistic gaming scenario application for assessing the vulnerability and accessibility of critical infrastructures during multi-hazard events, with a primary focus on conducting an integrated assessment for critical infrastructures and their assets. Mainly, the perspective includes a holistic gaming scenario application that will aid in accurately quantifying geographical spatial information and integrating big data into predictive and prescriptive management tools using virtual reality.•Conducting Integrated Assessment Models for evaluating vulnerability of Critical Infrastructures.•Inducing Digital Technologies during Multi-Hazard Incidents for improving Natural hazard assessment models.•Developing an open-world gaming scenario that is considered with high visual motion pictures and scenes.

Development and Application of an Integrated BIM-GIS System for the Energy Management of Buildings

Urban planning and land cover management represent crucial challenges in the design and sustainable development of cities from the perspective of energy management. This article presents a methodology for integrating Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as an advanced tool for building energy management, allowing to combine detailed information about the physical aspects of the building with geospatial and environmental data. While BIM enables the integrated design, construction, and management of buildings and infrastructure, GIS provides spatial analysis based on geographical data. However, integrating these two approaches is complex, particularly regarding data formats, scale, and accuracy. This study, therefore, presents the application of a new integration environment, Autodesk InfraWorks, which combines Autodesk Revit and ArcGIS for a complete visualization of models in a GIS context. Illustrating the implementation of this approach in an energy efficiency project in the Municipality of Reggio Calabria (Italy), this article demonstrates how the convergence of BIM and GIS can improve urban planning and land cover management, promoting sustainable development practices in the city. This integration has the potential to significantly benefit urban power systems by offering a holistic view of building energy management within a broader urban context. It enables urban planners to make informed decisions that consider energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and overall urban development, leading to a more efficient and resilient power system.

Fabrication of waste-derived porous geopolymer by community-scale carbonization and steam activation with potential copper adsorption

An integrated system for solid waste management in rural regions is presented in this study. Waste charcoal and activated carbon (AC) products were used for the production of absorbable geopolymers by subjecting municipal solid waste (MSW) and beachside waste (BSW) to a carbonization process (400 °C for 3 h) and steam activation (700, 800, and 900 °C for 1 h). The material characterization, mechanical property analysis, and copper adsorption performance were investigated. The results showed that the waste charcoal yields from MSW and BSW were 31.4% and 39.5%, respectively. The AC product yields of MSW and BSW were approximately 13.9–19.8% and 18.1–26.2%, respectively. Additional ingredients for geopolymer production are coal fly ash (FA) and rice husk bottom ash (RA). The results showed that the 45FARA10MSW and 50FA50BSW geopolymers had maximum compressive strengths of 188.78 and 130.94 ksc, respectively. The absorbable geopolymers 45FARA10MSW-AC and 50FA50BSW-AC, produced from waste charcoal-derived AC, exhibited Cu2+ removal performances of 68.5% and 98.3%, respectively. The high adsorption performance was owing to improved physical properties such as the surface area, pore size, and average porosity of the AC products. In summary, absorbable geopolymer products from waste could be a promising green materials for environmental applications.

Development of a multifunctional cross-platform system for automation of energy data and resource management

This paper describes the development of an integrated system for energy management in the construction industry that meets modern requirements and sustainable development principles. The focus is on hardware and software engineering as well as construction economic management and energy management. The system provides the functionality required for efficient management of energy resources, optimisation of economic performance and compliance with environmental standards. In the long term, the system contributes to increased business efficiency in construction, cost reduction and improved environmental engineering.

Към нови измерения на екологичното образование в СУ „П. Кр. Яворов“ – първото екоучилище във Варна и региона

Today we all live in an extremely dynamic world which provokes a variety of challenges related not only to health but also to education and social isolation. It appears that many young people are motivated and ambitious to shape their own future gaining experience and confidence during the school years. Many of their ideas have a creative and rational potential which triggers socially useful initiatives and projects on regional, national or international level. Participation in eco projects, volunteering and supporting social causes combines studying and practical activities and, thus, raises the quality of education and breaks its traditional character. And when innovation is also included, the result is predetermined and winning. Using an integrated system for ecological management, “Peyo Yavorov” Secondary School has encouraged students, teachers and parents to participate in eco initiatives for more than 20 years. This enriches their knowledge and improves the environment. Focusing on the ecological education ensures better understanding of the environmental problems with their local and global impact. Different approaches are used for developing key competences which creates later an active, healthy and environmental-friendly behavior. Activities in the eco field have proved to be effective as means of raising sensitivity and responsibility aiming at the change of one’s attitude – towards themselves, the others and the environment.

The impact of crisis management strategies on organizational health: field study in the banking sector in Assiut Governorate

تعد الصحة التنظيمية أحد الاتجاهات الإدارية التي تركز على قدرة المنظمة على النمو والتطور في بيئات العمل المتنوعة والتفاعل مع التغيرات في الظروف بما يحقق وضعا أفضل من المنافسين، وحتى تتمكن المنظمة من ذلك فلابد من وجود نظام لإدارة الأزمات المختلفة التي قد تتعرض لها المنظمات خاصة في القطاع المصرفي الذي يواجه العديد من الأزمات في ظل التطور السريع في بيئة عمل هذا القطاع، وعلى ذلك فإن البحث الحالي يهدف إلى التعرف على أثر استراتيجيات إدارة الأزمات على الصحة التنظيمية في قطاع البنوك بمحافظة أسيوط، وتمثلت مشكلة البحث في التساؤل التالي: هل تؤثر استراتيجيات إدارة الأزمات على الصحة التنظيمية في قطاع البنوك بمحافظة أسيوط. اعتمد البحث على المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وتم استخدام اختبار بيرسون لقياس علاقات الارتباط بين متغيري الدراسة وأبعاد كل منهما ،كما استخدم البحث معامل الانحدار للتنبؤ بالعلاقة بين المتغير المستقل والمتغير التابع للدراسة، اشتملت عينة البحث على 384 مفردة من العاملين في البنوك في محافظة أسيوط، وقد تم جمع البيانات باستخدام قائمة استقصاء أعدت لغرض الدراسة، وتم استرداد 286 قائمة بنسبة74%، وتوصلت الدراسة إلى عدة نتائج من أهمها: أن درجة ممارسة كل من استراتيجيات إدارة الأزمات والصحة التنظيمية جاءت بدرجة مرتفعة حيث بلغت قيمة المتوسط لكل منهما 3.741 و3.693 على الترتيب ،كما تبين وجود تأثير معنوي لجميع استراتيجيات إدارة الأزمات على الصحة التنظيمية، واستنادا للنتائج أوصت الباحثة بضرورة وضع نظام متكامل لإدارة الأزمات لديه القدرة على التعامل مع الأزمات، بالإضافة إلى ضرورة توفير المناخ الداعم للصحة التنظيمية.

Elaboration of an integral system of company management by developing corporate and safety culture

Purpose. To develop a model of the integrated system for company management, basing on the integration of the quality control and labour safety systems that differs from the known ones by combination of the processes based on the increase in the level of corporate safety cultures within a company. Methodology. Formation of the basis for integration of the quality control and labour safety systems relies on the complex use of system analysis methods that, in combination with Deming and Shewhart cycle and with the performance of corresponding estimation and analysis of the organizational and safety cultures, help plan the practices, procedures, and resources for stage-by-stage combination of the systems as well as maintain the obtained results. Findings. An approach for efficient development of the integrated management system has been proposed on the basis of the analysis of levels of organizational and safety cultures; in future, this will help select such tools and practices that will allow having painless stage-by-stage combination of the available systems of quality control and labour safety with the substantiation of the necessary recourses. It has been established that a key element of the combination is readiness and motivation of not only top management but also linear management and ordinary workers to accept new technologies, approaches, and practices aimed at integration of those cultures, which is provided by the efficient staff involvement by means of corresponding training and constant communication to form the risk-oriented thinking. Originality. A structure and model of the integrated system of quality and safety management as a unified interdependent mechanism have been proposed on the basis of the combination of organizational and safety cultures; that has allowed forming the unified principles for the development of a combined management system. Practical value. The control parameters have been determined to identify stages of integration of the quality control and labour safety systems basing on the attitude to values and formed worldview as well as on the gaining the necessary competences by the workers.

An integrated system for tourism destination management: reflections and proposal of a conceptual model from the perspective of hospitality

This report presents the experience of the implementation of the “Tourism Observatory | SIGESTur” project, an action developed at the Federal Institute of São Paulo (IFSP Campus Cubatão). The project began in 2016, as result of academic research and university extension activity. This work reports and analyzes the results of the project, and proposes a model for innovative management of tourism destinations in the Brazilian context. In its first year, the project was considered one of the ten most innovative ideas in Brazilian tourism, at the I Tourism Innovation Camp, a contest promoted by the Panrotas portal with technical support from Sebrae (national development agency). In 2017, the case entitled “Hospitality and hostility relations among stakeholders: Influences in the competitiveness of tourist destinations” received an award during the IV World Research Summit for Tourism and Hospitality, a congress held in Orlando (USA). The project consists of two work fronts. For the elaboration of this report of experience, bibliographical and documentary research were carried out. The data analysis was done in 2019 to ensure that all previous actions were recorded. In the results, the establishment of a model is highlighted, for collecting, processing and analyzing data and distributing information to professionals in the travel and tourism industry.

Performance Evaluation of an Integrated Fuzzy-Based Driving-Support System for Real-Time Risk Management in VANETs.

The highly competitive and rapidly advancing autonomous vehicle race has been on for several years now, and it has made the driver-assistance systems a shadow of their former self. Nevertheless, automated vehicles have many obstacles on the way, and until we have them on the roads, promising solutions that can be achievable in the near future should be sought-after. Driving-support technologies have proven themselves to be effective in the battle against car crashes, and with Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs) supporting them, their efficiency is expected to rise steeply. In this work, we propose and implement a driving-support system which, on the one hand, could immensely benefit from major advancement of VANETs, but on the other hand can effectively be implemented as a stand-alone system. The proposed system consists of a non-intrusive integrated fuzzy-based system able to detect a risky situation in real time and alert the driver about the danger. It makes use of the information acquired from various in-car sensors as well as from communications with other vehicles and infrastructure to evaluate the condition of the considered parameters. The parameters include factors that affect the driver’s ability to drive, such as his/her current health condition and the inside environment in which he/she is driving, the vehicle speed, and factors related to the outside environment such as the weather and road condition. We show the effect of these parameters on the determination of the driving risk level through simulations and experiments and explain how these risk levels are translated into actions that can help the driver to manage certain risky situations, thus improving the driving safety.

Integrated green membrane distillation-microalgae bioremediation for arsenic removal from Pengorak River Kuantan, Malaysia

This study introduces an integrated system of direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) and microalgae bioremediation for green removal of arsenic from the polluted river water. An inexpensive hydrophobic kaolin hollow fiber membrane (h-KHFM) was fabricated and used in the DCMD process for arsenic treatment on the polluted river water. The membrane demonstrates an excellent arsenic rejection of 100 % and a stable flux of 23.3 kg/m2h throughout the prolonged operation of 70 h. The performance of this membrane was compared with those of NF and RO; the results indicate superior performance of h-KHFM over the latter two processes in terms of permeate flux, arsenic rejection, as well as the performance flexibility and consistency at various pH conditions. The arsenic-rich retentate of the DCMD process is then bioremediated using Botryococcus sp. with an initial cell concentration of 1 × 106 cells/mL at the outdoor conditions. The findings show that Botryococcus sp. successfully grow in the retentate with a common microalgae growth pattern during the 20 days test period, which indicates the potential and feasibility of this integrated system for the arsenic retentate management. This study is pioneer and could provide an insight for the development of wastewater treatment technologies with zero waste discharge.

Integrated system for cashew disease management and yield

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The Effect of Adopting Balanced Scorecard (BSC) as Strategic Planning Tool on Financial Performance of Banks Operating in Palestine

This research investigates the effect of BSC on the financial performance of banks operating in Palestine, across BSC’s four perspectives: financial; customers; internal business processes; innovation, growth and learning. It seeks to identify the relationship between BSC and the financial performance of banks operating in Palestine.
 
 For this purpose, the research population comprises all 14 banks operating in Palestine. As a result of the small size of the population, the ‘complete census’ method has been used: the sample is the whole population. The questionnaire was distributed to 130 respondents (employees) at banks: branch managers, heads of departments, directors of departments and financial controllers. Financial performance was used as a dependent variable, while the following four independent variables served as hypothesized determinants: (i) financial perspective, (ii) customers’ perspective, (iii) internal business processes perspective, and (iv) innovation, growth and learning perspective. The Multiple Linear Regression test at 95% confidence was used, resulting in three significant variables: financial perspective; internal business processes perspective; and innovation, growth and learning perspective. Overall, the adjusted R2 = 0.62. This measure is acceptable, and reveals that the resulting model interprets 62% of the determinants of financial performance.
 
 The most important results of this study are: (1) the BSC model can be used to enhance the financial performance of banks operating in Palestine, and (2) the customers’ perspective in the BSC model did not have the same effect as other perspectives. Moreover, (3) in their measurement of performance, banks operating in Palestine apply clear strategic performance measures, including traditional financial and non-financial measures, while noting that their use of these measures does not mean that they apply them under the remit of a BSC model. These measures can be reclassified within the four perspectives of the BSC model.
 
 The main recommendations are that (1) banks operating in Palestine should implement BSC as an integrated system for strategic management, and as a means for decision-making by management. Its application achieves many advantages that enhance the competitive position and financial performance of banks. Furthermore, (2) banks operating in Palestine need to pay more attention to strategy, and measurements that are included in the customers’ perspective of BSC. There is also a need to (3) conduct training courses for bank employees on BSC and how it can be used. Finally, there is a need to (4) conduct further investigation of the effect of adopting BSC as a strategic planning tool on the financial performance of banks operating in Palestine, as well as (5) a study of the effect of BSC when taking into consideration the type of bank - Islamic or commercial, local or foreign.

A feasibility assessment of an integrated plastic waste system adopting mechanical and thermochemical conversion processes

The large variety and amounts of plastic waste produced worldwide requires to better organize the industrial network devoted to the exploitation of this material by including different processes that allow to recover the “material” as main target. This paper presents the results of the feasibility study developed for an integrated system for plastic waste management designed in such a way to deal with the real market and provide for reliable targets in term of material recovery yields, energy efficiency and waste minimization. The system under study is a combination of mechanical sorting, thermochemical processes and conversion into materials and energy. The quantified block diagrams are used to represent the mass and feedstock energy balances by allowing the calculation of yields of given products. The equipment list for each sub-system is provided together with the installed power for the main component and/or auxiliary; these data allowed to perform the energy balance and to obtain the net energy production by the integrated system. The energy balance demonstrated that the integrated system is feasible while, on the contrary, the single processes are not energetic self-sustainable.

EVALUATION OF HAZARDOUS MEDICAL WASTES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN GREAT CAIRO GOVERNORATES

This study's purpose is to evaluate the system management of medical hazardous wastes in Great Cairo governorates (Cairo, Qalubia, Giza) across the last two decades since issue of the Environment Protection Law No. 4 of 1994 and its executive regulation. Since then Egypt has become concerned with setting a sustainable integrated system for hazardous wastes management that includes all economic institutions and activities in different areas of the state. In this system, all ministries and multiple institutions, national and international organizations in Egypt cooperate which on top are Ministry of Environment Affairs, Ministry of Health and Population in addition to several universities. The activities of Hazardous Wastes Management in health care establishments have shown increasing commitment of health organizations towards principles, rules and procedures and the guidelines manual of secure for sound, secure and sustainable handling of hazardous wastes. However, there still several economic institutions and organizations don’t apply safe integrated and sustainable handling system for hazardous wastes in the sound integrated environmental and health and economic management, which necessitates reviewing most of what related to this issue and to find out the alternative suitable solutions that achieve compromise with law and its conditions. Despite the efforts made by all institutions in the management of medical waste, there are many procedures that must be considered to address several challenges and shortcomings in the management of hazardous waste in health care facilities and to minimize the negative effects of these challenges. These challenges are related to the behavior of employees, suppliers and suppliers who deal with thousands of health care facilities and activities in most parts of the country. The researchers follow the descriptive approach in analysis of information and statistical data. The sample items (24) are distributed due to sex (male/female), education level (university and above certificate-medium- below medium), age stage, and the administrative level (higher management – medium – executive); including also three kinds of hospitals (governmental – private – and civil societies). The statistical method is used for testing measurement tools and checking validity of hypotheses statistical approaches and deducing results. The most important results are: There is a remarkable shortness in efficient incinerators for handling wastes and absence of proper style of use, operation, and maintenance. Hospitals in Great Cairo are missing the good management system of their wastes regarding collecting, transporting, and storing wastes. Study Most important recommendations: The necessity for finding out comprehensive integrated solutions for the problem of medical hazardous wastes in cooperation with all intended parties, particularly, Ministry of Health and competent authorities. The necessity to find out alternative techniques that will be proper environmentally and economically such as closed sterilization to avoid pollution.

The Effectiveness of Municipal Waste Management in Polish Cities

Objectives: To seek for the optimum economic model for public utility services in the sector of municipal waste management; to present the results of studies regarding the efficiency of companies in the sector of management of municipal waste and the systems that such companies function within. Research Design & Methods: Multi-criterion rankings with the use of synthetic variable, the structure of which has been based on zeroed unitarisation (method of zeroed unitarisation – MZU). Owing to general financial data, technical and operational data, as well as output data, it was possible to determine rankings of effectiveness for companies in the system of municipal waste management and communes. What is more, a correlation diagram was created – the dependency between the aggregated effectiveness of companies and the aggregated effectiveness of waste management in communes. Findings: Communes which entrust municipal companies with management of an integrated system for municipal waste management or/and its individual chains feature more properties of operating, economic, and financial effectiveness within the scope of management of municipal waste. Implications / Recommendations: It is demonstrated that communes which entrust municipal companies with management of an integrated system for municipal waste management – or/and its individual chains – feature more properties of operating, economic, and financial effectiveness within the scope of the management of municipal waste. Contribution / Value Added: Further extended research into the organisation and management of the municipal waste management system. Article classification: The article presents an original and innovative analysis of the municipal waste management sector with the use of the developed research method of aggregation and unit efficiency ranking. The purpose is to continue the extended research on the organisation and management of the municipal waste management system.

Operational notifying aircraft crew about dangerous meteorological phenomena in the zones of arctic landing sites

Meteorological support for aviation is an essential element of an integrated system for air traffic management as incorrect meteorological information about hazardous meteorological conditions has a significant impact on the level of flight safety and on all aspects of air traffic management. At present, a number of decisions have been taken at the state level in Russia, according to which a large-scale program is being implemented to develop the infrastructure of the Far North and the Arctic regions, the development of territories, the coast of the Northern Sea Route, and the development of mineral deposits. The climate of the Arctic is one of the severest on Earth. The instability of the meteorological situation is expressed in a sharp change in the wind direction and speed, a decrease in the height of the cloud cover, the rapid inflow of fog from the sea on the coast. Strong winds cause a snowstorm and drifting snow, in summer, under the influence of a powerful cyclone, a sudden increase in air temperature is possible. These natural factors together create adverse, at times extreme climatic conditions, which lead to the emergence of meteorological hazards dangerous to aviation. These phenomena are difficult to predict and significant in terms of impact. Making landing and takeoff in the Arctic, as a rule, is associated with an increased risk. This is due to the fact that temporary aerodromes and landing sites have minimal aerodrome equipment, meteorological provision is almost completely or partially not available, there are no statistical data on weather peculiarities at the place of take-off and landing. The problem of servicing landing sites is the use of outdated equipment, lack or inability of permanent maintenance staff residing in the area. Taking into account the above facts, for effective and safe use of aviation in the Arctic region, it is necessary to automate as much as possible the processes of obtaining, processing and reporting to the crews data on the meteorological situation in the area of the landing site and on the flight route. The article discusses the need to use automated systems for collecting, processing and transmitting meteorological information to inform crews of aircraft carrying out take-offs and landings in the areas of aircraft and helicopter landing areas of the Arctic zone about the state of the surface layer of the atmosphere and the altitudes where icing is possible.

SIGTE: A System for Management of Waiting Time in Hospital Emergencies

This article proposes an integrated system for management of waiting times in hospital emergencies, called SIGTE. The system minimizes the waiting time of patients in the hospital emergency queues of the Sistema Unico de Saude (SUS), balancing the demands of care and mitigating problems of overcrowding. The SUS guarantees the population free access to health care through its service network. However, the increasing number of patients and the stagnation of hospital expansion generate problems of overcrowding, high waiting times for care and, in some cases, even deaths. SIGTE manages the hospital emergency queues through the balanced distribution of users among the health units of the hospital network. This management allows emergencies with shorter waiting time and reduces the hospital overload. The results obtained in the evaluation show that SIGTE indicates the hospital with the shortest waiting time, performing the correct balancing of users.

Weather-based logistic models to estimate total fumonisin levels in maize kernels at export terminals in Argentina

Maize fumonisin (FB) contamination is strongly driven by the weather conditions and crop resistance. Logistic regression techniques were used to quantify the effect of weather-based variables on total FB content in kernel samples coming from many locations of the Argentinean Pampas region (over three growing seasons), and collected immediately after arriving at export terminals. The samples were analyzed by the HPLC method and grouped according to their proximity to the available weather stations (n = 52). The highest correlations between binary and ordinal FB levels and weather variables were found in an early critical period (17 December to 15 January) where maize silking phase (Si) frequently occurs and in a late period (15 February to 2 April) around physiological maturity (PM). The best-fitted models included variables calculated around Si that would meet the requirements of infection of F. verticillioides (precipitation-induced wetness events, high humidity and warm temperatures). Around PM, the effect of the number of days with precipitation combined with lower temperatures (13.3° to 25 °C) that would slow the kernel drying process was included, increasing the FB accumulation. An integrated system for FB management in the maize value chain should use validated weather-based models as tools for estimating seasonal kernel FB contamination levels in the Pampas region, being able to improve kernel sampling efficiency at export terminals and mills.

ACQUE SOTTERRANEE: RISORSA IDRICA STRATEGICA NELLA PIANURA LOMBARDA

A proper understanding of the water cycle, and in particular of the distribution and availability of groundwater will enable to evaluate their sustainability and manage them especially in critical situations which in the future will be related to climatic change with high temperature conditions, in which more consumable water is needed. Water use in Lombardy region is an economic opportunity and related consumption are described. To satisfy water uses it is necessary to develop an integrated system for a rational management in which groundwater have an important role. In DISAT researches to evaluate groundwater resources are developed by long time. Mathematical models applied to hydrogeology are used to verify and simulate real systems and to predict future scenarios. The methodology use an integrate system from a database of wells to software which permit to reconstruct the 3D geometry of subsoil and parameterize it according to the texture distribution of the subsoil to evaluate the water storage and its availability. According to these application and coupling models it will be possible, in the future, simulate the effects of critical situations related to groundwater and to identify the best solutions.