In a developed economy, market for any product is generally highly competitive. To be successful in such a condition producer has to provide output which has distinctive advantages over others e.g. innovative designs and ideas, extremely good quality related to aesthetics and functional aspects, etc. Quality is a good tool for competition. It is necessary for customer's satisfaction and also fo...

qualities, especially when we find ourselves caught in the soulless, pitiless existence Rapoport describes. Is he unfair? Even he gave the MGB the names of friends and colleagues (p. 120), though throughout the book he tells us the probable dire effects of doing so. Yet he also cites instances of men forgiving colleagues for their betrayal, acknowledging that they could not help it (pp. 210-11)...

“A Good Number of Forms Fairly Beautiful: An Exploration of Biologically-Inspired Automated Design” Taras Kowaliw, Doctoral Candidate Concordia University, 2007 Artificial Embryogeny (AE) can be described as the use of a dynamical system as a mid-step in a design process; Through emulating Biological Embryogenesis, we hope to reach levels of complexity and robustness currently impossible. AE is...

We discuss the properties making a deterministic algorithm suitable to generate a pseudo random sequence of numbers: high value of Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy, high dimensionality of the parent dynamical system, and very large period of the generated sequence. We propose the multidimensional Anosov symplectic (cat) map as a pseudo random number generator. We show what chaotic features of this map ...

There exist some Drawing for any graph G = (V,E) on plan. An important aim in Graph Theory and Computer science is obtained a best drawing of an arbitrary graph. Also, a draw of a non-planar graph G on plan generate several edge-cross. A good drawing (or strongly best drawing) of G is consist of minimum edge-cross. The crossing number of a graph G, is the minimum number of crossings in a drawin...

PURPOSE To explore relationships between reader performance and reader characteristics in mammography for specific radiologist groupings on the basis of annual number of readings. MATERIALS AND METHODS The institutional review board approved the study and waived the need for patient consent to use all images. Readers gave informed consent. One hundred sixteen radiologists independently review...

A simple superfluid model with an effective four body interaction of monopole pairing type is used to explain the staggering of the charge radii in the isotope chains. The contribution of deformation and of the particle number projection are analyzed for the Sn isotopes. Good results are obtained for the staggering parameters and neutron pairing energies. PACS numbers: 21.10.Dr, 21.10.Ft, 21.30...

Global Positioning System ambiguity resolution is usually based on the integer least-squares principle (Teunissen 1993). Solution of the integer least-squares problem requires both the execution of a search process and an ambiguity decorrelation step to enhance the eciency of this search. Instead of opting for the integer least-squares principle, one might also want to consider less optimal in...

Olive trees have been grown since the beginning of civilization, and the consumption of olives and olive products is increasing worldwide, due to their health benefits and organoleptic qualities. To meet the growing market for olives, commercial cultivation of this species is expanding from traditional areas to new regions. Although the Brazilian olive industry has just begun to be establ...