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Publication date: 1 February 1976

J.F. Burbridge

Industries which, historically, have had to contend with severe corrosion problems have always been the first to investigate new materials. They had to, and 20 years ago…

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Industries which, historically, have had to contend with severe corrosion problems have always been the first to investigate new materials. They had to, and 20 years ago industries such as the textile, pulp and paper, metal refining and chemical manufacturing turned their attention to reinforced plastics.

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Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, vol. 23 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0003-5599

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Publication date: 1 June 1974

J.F. Burbridge

Millions of pounds are spent every year in the fight against corrosion by users of process plant. Corrosion often necessitates frequent maintenance or replacement of equipment and…

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Millions of pounds are spent every year in the fight against corrosion by users of process plant. Corrosion often necessitates frequent maintenance or replacement of equipment and causes costly production losses. In many instances these problems can be reduced by the use of metal alloys, but even stainless steel, the most commonly used corrosion resistant alloy, is expensive, and if more specialised metals are required the cost of preventing corrosion becomes even higher. Because of this situation reinforced polyester resins are now being used very successfully on a rapidly increasing scale throughout the world in a wide range of industries handling corrosive materials. Probably the best known resins for high corrosion resistance are the bisphenol polyesters, some of which have now been used for constructing process plant for around 20 years. For example Figure 1 shows a tank of reinforced ‘ATLAC’ resin installed by Monsanto Company in America in 1954 to store acid chrome sulphate liquors containing about 20% sulphuric acid and residual amounts of organics at temperatures up to 55°C. Wooden staves and steel hoops were placed round the tank as a precaution, because at that time little was known about the long term performance of glass fibre reinforced polyester. However, the tank was still giving excellent service 17 years later.

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Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, vol. 21 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0003-5599

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Publication date: 28 September 2015

Arief Rahman

Citizens are substantial stakeholders in every e-government system, thus their willingness to use and ability to access the system are critical. Unequal access and information and…

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Citizens are substantial stakeholders in every e-government system, thus their willingness to use and ability to access the system are critical. Unequal access and information and communication technology usage, which is known as digital divide, however has been identified as one of the major obstacles to the implementation of e-government system. As digital divide inhibits citizen’s acceptance to e-government, it should be overcome despite the lack of deep theoretical understanding on this issue. This research aimed to investigate the digital divide and its direct impact on e-government system success of local governments in Indonesia as well as indirect impact through the mediation role of trust. In order to get a comprehensive understanding of digital divide, this study introduced a new type of digital divide, the innovativeness divide.

The research problems were approached by applying two-stage sequential mixed method research approach comprising of both qualitative and quantitative studies. In the first phase, an initial research model was proposed based on a literature review. Semi-structured interview with 12 users of e-government systems was then conducted to explore and enhance this initial research model. Data collected in this phase were analyzed with a two-stage content analysis approach and the initial model was then amended based on the findings. As a result, a comprehensive research model with 16 hypotheses was proposed for examination in the second phase.

In the second phase, quantitative method was applied. A questionnaire was developed based on findings in the first phase. A pilot study was conducted to refine the questionnaire, which was then distributed in a national survey resulting in 237 useable responses. Data collected in this phase were analyzed using Partial Least Square based Structural Equation Modeling.

The results of quantitative analysis confirmed 13 hypotheses. All direct influences of the variables of digital divide on e-government system success were supported. The mediating effects of trust in e-government in the relationship between capability divide and e-government system success as well as in the relationship between innovativeness divide and e-government system success were supported, but was rejected in the relationship between access divide and e-government system success. Furthermore, the results supported the moderating effects of demographic variables of age, residential place, and education.

This research has both theoretical and practical contributions. The study contributes to the developments of literature on digital divide and e-government by providing a more comprehensive framework, and also to the implementation of e-government by local governments and the improvement of e-government Readiness Index of Indonesia.

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E-Services Adoption: Processes by Firms in Developing Nations
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ISBN: 978-1-78560-325-9

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History & Crime
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ISBN: 978-1-80117-699-6

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Publication date: 19 January 2023

Sunaina Gowan

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The Ethnically Diverse Workplace: Experience of Immigrant Indian Professionals in Australia
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ISBN: 978-1-80382-053-8

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Publication date: 1 March 2006

Kelly M. LeRoux and Bethany G. Sneed

Public administration scholarship has yielded important insights about the extent to which government bureaucracies function as representative institutions. While evidence…

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Public administration scholarship has yielded important insights about the extent to which government bureaucracies function as representative institutions. While evidence suggests women and minorities fare better in obtaining higher level positions within government versus the private sector, much less is known about the career trajectories in the third sector. The rise of nonprofit employment has been attributed to widespread government contracting, resulting in a model of government-nonprofit relationships described as complementary and mutually beneficial. Since both are “public-serving,” government and nonprofits share many values. Representative bureaucracy represents one such common value. This article explores the capacity of nonprofit organizations in furthering the aims of representative bureaucracy, and proposes a research agenda for the comparative study of public and nonprofit employment

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International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, vol. 9 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1093-4537

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Publication date: 1 January 1933

THE article which we publish from the pen of Mr. L. Stanley Jast is the first of many which we hope will come from his pen, now that he has release from regular library duties…

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THE article which we publish from the pen of Mr. L. Stanley Jast is the first of many which we hope will come from his pen, now that he has release from regular library duties. Anything that Mr. Jast has to say is said with originality even if the subject is not original; his quality has always been to give an independent and novel twist to almost everything he touches. We think our readers will find this to be so when he touches the important question of “The Library and Leisure.”

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New Library World, vol. 35 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 November 1906

IT is fitting that a new series of this magazine should be introduced by some reflections on the whole question of book selection, both for the general public and libraries.

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IT is fitting that a new series of this magazine should be introduced by some reflections on the whole question of book selection, both for the general public and libraries.

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New Library World, vol. 9 no. 1
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ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 February 1932

FINANCIAL fears are only less cruel than those of war, and lead men into extravagances which they would repudiate indignantly in their cooler moments. If the doings of the Economy…

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FINANCIAL fears are only less cruel than those of war, and lead men into extravagances which they would repudiate indignantly in their cooler moments. If the doings of the Economy Committee at Manchester in relation to children's libraries, as described in the article by Mr. Lamb in our last issue, are true, we have in them an example of a kind of retrenchment at the expense of the young which we hope is without parallel and will have no imitators. Some reduc‐tion of estimates we hear of from this or that place, but in few has the stupid policy which urges that if we spend nothing we shall all become rich been carried into full effect. Libraries always have suffered in times of crisis, whatever they are; we accept that, though doubtfully; but we do know that the people need libraries.

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New Library World, vol. 34 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 July 1991

James H. Bookbinder and Fusun Ulengin

Presents a multiple‐objective mathematical programming model toco‐ordinate logistics decisions with those on the interface between theproduction and marketing departments. The…

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Presents a multiple‐objective mathematical programming model to co‐ordinate logistics decisions with those on the interface between the production and marketing departments. The model can help decide on an overall budget to request from senior management for logistics and these interfaces, and in systematically allocating the funds between transport, inventory and production. In so doing, this multi‐period model specifies the timing and quantity of raw‐material purchases, and the location and timing of production activities and distribution flows. The budget for expenditures on logistics and its interface activities is taken as an objective to minimise, instead of as a given dollar level to be satisfied. A second objective is to maximise the profit of logistics and its related interfaces. Trade‐offs between these two conflicting aims yields the decision maker′s “best compromise” solution.

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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, vol. 21 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0960-0035

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