This paper presents a database system developed to provide a computerized environment for requirement management during the product definition phase. The scope of this database system is to facilitate and demonstrate a methodology for product definition by recognizing and adopting functional requirement patterns from previous product designs so as to address a broad spectrum of domain-specific ...

Objectives: Extensive use of wheelchair increases caregiver dependency, risk of bedsores, risk of injury during transfer, and so on, and it effectively decreases quality of life, safety, and comfort of the people with disability. Therefore, improving the design of wheelchairs is highly essential in promoting the quality of life and level of participation among people with disability. The design...

Malaysian batik production is dominated by two techniques known as hand-drawn batik, or tjanting, and stamp block. In comparison to block, the more popular tjanting takes a longer time produce. A Standardized Nordic Questionnaire (SNQ) for musculoskeletal symptom examination involving artisans in Kelantan Terengganu identified high rates of disorders respondents due their working posture during...

Lean production has become an integral part of the manufacturing landscape as its link with superior performance and its ability to provide competitive advantage is well accepted among academics and practitioners. Lean production helps producers in overcoming the challenges organizations face through using powerful tools and enablers. However, most companies are faced with restricted resources ...

In systems development projects the activity of prioritising requirements is carried out during the requirements engineering phase. The current trend is to develop systems that are quick-tomarket, bound by strict budget constraints, and released in progressive versions. The inherent risks with this trend include not adequately fulfilling the core requirements or simply missing important ones al...

Lexieal disambiguation can be achieved using different sources of information. Aiming at high performance of automatic disambiguation it is important to know the relative importance and applicability of the various sources. In this paper we classify several sources of information and show how some of them can be achieved using statistical data. First evaluations indicate the extreme importance ...

Several dozen inscriptions in an unknown writing system have been discovered area stretching geographically from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to southern Afghanistan. Most can be dated the period 2nd century BCE 3rd CE, yet all attempts at decipherment so far unsuccessful. The recent discovery of previously near Almosi gorge, Tajikistan, however, allows for a renewed attempt decipherme...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has drastically perturbed the epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) respiratory tract infections in children. reasons for this are not clear. In article, we review current literature and critically discuss different theories to explain why RSV changed during COVID-19 pandemic. Proposed mechanisms include decreased viral immunity vulne...