Being in the numeric minority (e.g., being a solo woman in a group of men) influences how well a person performs within a work group. But being the solo member is only one way in which people can be atypical in a group; a person can also represent a social or demographic category that has not typically been associated with the task that the group is working on. Using a design with four categori...

The Hierarchical Task Network (HTN) planning method is conceived of as a useful method for Web service composition as well as classical task planning. However, there are no complete successes of service composition by HTN as yet. The reason is the Web service composition process involves the interactive dataflow between variables in preconditions and input/output parameters of services. Since v...

pythium irregulare oomycetes adapts with environmental changes including crude oil concentration by changing the composition of lipids in the cytoplasmic membrane and providing the required characteristics for adaptation in improper and stressful environmental situations. it was found that cultivation of pythium irregulare lx oomycetes in the nutrient media with different concentrations of crud...