Author: VPInstitute

  • Drivers to Adopt Activities Framed within Sustainable Agriculture

    Abstract Human activity in the agricultural sector has had environmental and social consequences on the sustainability of production practices. In environmental terms, conventional agriculture causes soil erosion, pollution and high consumption of bodies of water, greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and loss of biodiversity, among others. Through a systematic literature review, this article aims to identify…

  • Research on Correlation Control of Subjective Patent Indicators Based on Progressive Constraint

    Abstract Patent indicator evaluation is a relatively objective patent quality evaluation method recognized by academia. Some subjective patent indicators are often related, which to some extent interferes with the objectivity of patent evaluation. This study selects five commonly used subjective patent indicators that are directly related to the compilers of patent documents, which includes patent…

  • Technological Convergence in Manufacturing: Research, Adoption and Policy (full-text, dissertation)

    Author: Tausif A. Bordoloi Organization: University of ManchesterSource: A thesis submitted to the University of Manchester for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the Faculty of Humanities, Alliance Manchester Business SchoolYear: 2022 For FULL-TEXT https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/234004561/FULL_TEXT.PDF The notion of cyber-physical convergence, which indicates the pervasive integration of digitaltechnologies in manufacturing, has rapidly gained prominence…

  • Strategies for the Attraction and Conservation of Natural Pollinators in Agroecosystems: a Systematic Review

    Abstract: The objective of this work is to find the most prevalent elements that have positive effects on pollinator density and diversity in crop fields, as reported in the literature, through a systematic review. The search equations yielded 659 papers, from which 138 were filtered and finally 55 were selected by publication date, journal, Scimago…