Following the deaths of Victoria Climbié and of Peter Connelly (Baby P) the media has raged about social work competence, the public have expressed dismay and the government has responded with proposals designed to alter practice procedures. Altering procedures gives…

Using the underlying idea of the current-mode control, a new dynamical, sliding-mode control for the boost dc-dc converter is proposed. Such controller is easy to design, robust under load and input voltage variations, exhibits fast response, does not depend on…

The importance of measuring service quality perceived by customers is an issue since the service quality is a key to success in service oriented industry. The estimation of service quality should be carried out with suitable measurement scales according to…

Numerous bioactive natural products are synthesised by modular polyketide synthases. These compounds can be made in high yield by native multienzyme assembly lines. In contrast, formation of analogues by genetically engineered systems is often considerably less efficient. Biochemical studies on…

Both in Chile and in other countries, managing municipal solid waste (MSW) is a difficult problem, due to the various variables explaining it. Several background data suggest that the possibilities of solving the problem are associated to the education and…

The São Francisco River basin in Brazil is marked by socio-economic disparities and environrnental vulnerabilities. Water managers in the semi-arid region of the basin are faced with several challenges, such as competition among different water user groups, local over-exploitation of…

The Environmental Management System (EGS), was constituted at the University of Antioquia in order to improve the environmental conditions, health and well being levels of the community; promoting the efficient use of resources, involving cultural changes in consume patterns, knowledge…

The improvement or design of a solid waste management system in any locality should be based on the knowledge of the solid waste characteristics, such as generation per capita, density and composition; depending on the type of treatment that is…

To solve the several problems caused from the deficient solid waste management in many of our municipalities, must be considered 4 substantial items: planning, legislation, the most citizen participation and the financing aspect. Failing in any of those subjects is…

The objective of this paper is the development of a mathematical model of anaerobic digestion that simulates the principal control variables in the process, and helps the planning and operational phases in normal and particular situations of operation in the…