Academic interest in aspects of the public sector has grown considerably, especially in the areas of social sciences, management and finance. In the studies that are specifically designed to public service management, this ...

Purpose: Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is a continuous improvement methodology used to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes. Although there are several articles published, only two have analyzed the literature ...

Maturity model has been increasingly approached by several researchers from various research areas in order to develop models that could assess the strengths and weaknesses of a system and/or a process, and to develop ...

Work is reported on the characterizations of pulsed laser deposited aluminum-nitride thin films. The films were deposited on silicon substrate with a KrF 248 nm pulse laser operating in a Riber LDM-22 system. Optical ...

This paper presents an analysis of 123 scientific publications in the Integrated Management System (IMS) domain dating from 2005 to 2015. The objective of this study is to investigate core themes, gaps and trends in the ...

Scientists from different parts of the world have worked on understanding threats affecting vultures. In the case of the threatened Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), their ecology and threats were poorly studied until the ...

There has been a body of research examining the sounds produced in landscapes. These sounds are commonly defined as soundscapes, however, the term is often used in different contexts. To understand the various meanings ...