This paper describes the Analyse-Organise-Synthesise methodology of multimedia development. The proposed methodology prescribes a systematic approach to developing multimedia applications. It emphasises reuse of multimedia objects and at the same time addresses quality and productivity of the development process. We illustrate our approach with examples drawn from the use of the MATE system Mul...

Several plants are used for their decorative effect during winter holidays. This review explores the toxic reputation and proposed management for exposures to several of those, namely poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), English holly (Ilex aquifolium), American holly (Ilex opaca), bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara), Jerusalem cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum), American mistletoe (Phoradendron seroti...

We investigated the effect of nestmateship and body size on mate selection through a choice based assay in the primitively eusocial wasp Ropalidia marginata. A recent study has shown that male and female R. marginata mate with their nestmates and non-nestmates with equal probability if no choice is available. That study could also not detect any influence of body size on mating probability in t...

This paper describes the design and implementation of the MATE workbench, a program which provides support for flexible display and editing of XML annotations, and complex querying of a set of linked files. The workbench was designed to support the annotation of XML coded linguistic corpora, but it could be used to annotate any kind of data, as it is not dependent on any particular annotation s...

Producing processes of besek are indicated to be strongly related several concepts mathematics. This research has a purpose obtain detailed information about it. The da-ta was obtained by doing interview with three respondents who have vast experience in making besek. Results the shows there mathematics re-lated producing besek, namely estimation, patterns, and geometry. Esti-mation consists me...

La yerba es el ingrediente del mate, la infusión nacional de Argentina. El mate también popular en otros países, especialmente misma región. Por ello, objetivo este trabajo consiste caracterizar mercado y su historia, describir brevemente cómo pandemia ha afectado consumo los precios. Este artículo aporta evidencia a productores para diseñar estrategia marketing. Palabras clave: concentración m...

as a generalization of the triple i method, the universal triple imethod is investigated from the viewpoints of both fuzzy reasoningand fuzzy controller. the universal triple i principle is putforward, which improves the previous triple i principle. then,unified form of universal triple i method is established based onthe (0,1)-implication or r-implication. moreover, the reversibilityproperty o...

Under sexual selection, mate preferences can evolve for traits advertising fitness benefits. Observed mating patterns (mate choice) are often assumed to represent preference, even though they result from the interaction between preference, sampling strategy and environmental factors. Correlating fitness with mate choice instead of preference will therefore lead to confounded conclusions about t...

Previous studies on sex-differentiated mate preferences have focused on univariate analyses. However, because mate selection is inherently multidimensional, a multivariate analysis more appropriately measures sex differences in mate preferences. We used the Mahalanobis distance (D) and logistic regression to investigate sex differences in mate preferences with data secured from participants res...

Mate preference for well-adapted individuals may strengthen divergent selection and thereby facilitate adaptive divergence. We performed mate choice experiments in which we manipulated male red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra complex) feeding rates. Using association time as a proxy for preference, we found that females preferred faster foragers, which reinforces natural selection because poorly a...