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Delivering public sector efficiencies: The potential role of capability maturity models in construction [PDF]

This paper is aimed at identifying the potential role of SPICE, especially SPICE level 3, to achieving the proposed UK public sector efficiencies.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Haigh, Richard, Jeong, K. S.   +2 more
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Cinnamaldehyde Acts as a Fungistat by Disrupting the Integrity of Fusarium oxysporum Fox-1 Cell Membranes

Horticulturae
To counter the harmful impacts of agricultural chemicals on the environment and human health, there is an increasing demand for safe, eco-friendly, and potent plant-based biopesticides.
Li-Rong Zhou, Hai-Jun Hu, Jie Wang, Yong-Xing Zhu, Xue-Dong Zhu, Jia-Wei Ma, Yi-Qing Liu   +6 more
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Contribution of Polyphenol Oxidation, Chlorophyll and Vitamin C Degradation to the Blackening of Piper nigrum L.

Molecules, 2018
Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is the most widely used spice in the world. Blackening is considered to be beneficial and important in the processing of black pepper because it contributes to its color and flavor.
Fenglin Gu, Feifei Huang, Guiping Wu, Hongying Zhu   +3 more
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The Effect of Induced Happiness Levels on Academic Performance [PDF]

, 2011
Past research has shown that people who have high levels of happiness show greater job performance and productivity than those who are less happy (Lyubomirsky, King, & Diener, et al., 2005) and that happiness can be improved in both non-depressed and ...
Spice, Laura Marie
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Generalized Sparse Covariance-based Estimation

, 2017
In this work, we extend the sparse iterative covariance-based estimator (SPICE), by generalizing the formulation to allow for different norm constraints on the signal and noise parameters in the covariance model.
Adalbjörnsson, Stefan Ingi, Jakobsson, Andreas, Swärd, Johan   +2 more
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The Fourth Element: Characteristics, Modelling, and Electromagnetic Theory of the Memristor [PDF]

, 2010
In 2008, researchers at HP Labs published a paper in {\it Nature} reporting the realisation of a new basic circuit element that completes the missing link between charge and flux-linkage, which was postulated by Leon Chua in 1971.
Biolek D., Biolek Z., Chen Y., Chua L. O., Chua L. O., Delgado A., Di Ventra M., Fano R. M., Kavehei O., Lehtonen E., Lewis D. L., Li C., Lin Z. H., Raja T., Shin S., Simmons J. G., Sun W., Sun W., Swaroop B., Varghese D., Wang D., Wang D., Wang W., Yu Q., Zhang Y.   +24 more
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Root Exudates from Areca catechu L. Intercropping System Promote Nutrient Uptake and Sustainable Production of Piper nigrum L.

Agronomy
Piper nigrum–Areca catechu intercropping mitigates soil problems related to continuous P. nigrum cropping, but the exact reason for this is not clear. In this study, the intercropping system increased P.
Zhiyuan Li, Yaqi Zhao, Chao Zu, Zhigang Li, Weiquan Zheng, Huan Yu, Shengfeng Gao, Shichao Liu, Baogui Zhang, Xinxin Wang, Can Wang, Jianfeng Yang   +11 more
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SPICE 3: Facilitating organisational process improvement through good practice sharing [PDF]

This paper describes the latest iteration of the SPICE research. SPICE 3 explains the process maturity framework to address the level III of the SPICE model.
Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Haigh, Richard, Jeong, K. S., Kagioglou, Mike, Siriwardena, Mohan   +4 more
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Sermon seasonings: collected stories to spice up your sermons [PDF]

, 1998
Reviewed Book: Milton, Ralph. Sermon seasonings: collected stories to spice up your sermons.
Riegert, Eduard R.
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Did Vasco da Gama Matter for European Markets? Testing Frederick Lane's Hypotheses Fifty Years Later [PDF]

In his seminal publications between the 1930s and 1960s, Frederick Lane offered three hypotheses regarding the impact of the Voyages of Discovery that have guided debate ever since. First, pepper and other spice prices did not rise in European markets in
Jeffrey G. Williamson, Kevin H. O'Rourke
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