One of the determinants consumer demand for any value added product especially that a perishable item like fish/shrimp is its shelf life. Pickling has long since been one effective ways to preserve foods lean season. The present study was designed assess biochemical and microbiological quality shrimp pickle stored at room temperature refrigerated (4oC). recipe preparation decided based on prefe...

BACKGROUND Digital maturity is the extent to which digital technologies are used as enablers to deliver a high-quality health service. Extensive literature exists about how to assess the components of digital maturity, but it has not been used to design a comprehensive framework for evaluation. Consequently, the measurement systems that do exist are limited to evaluating digital programs within...

Human capital is of paramount importance in the ICT industry. This paper analyses one of the elements which underlies effective management of human assets: performance assessment. This analysis uses the development of a common standard based on the tasks and processes outlined in People CMM, the standard in human resource management designed by the Software Engineering Institute. This framework...

Human capital is of paramount importance in the ICT industry. This paper analyses one of the elements which underlies effective management of human assets: performance assessment. This analysis uses the development of a common standard based on the tasks and processes outlined in People CMM, the standard in human resource management designed by the Software Engineering Institute. This framework...

This paper addresses the question: is higher capability maturity associated with adoption of Quality Assurance (QA) certification? To assess the extent of adoption of third-party QA certification by Australian software developers, a survey of 1,000 software developers was recently conducted. The questionnaire also included an assessment of their capability maturity based on the capability matur...

Usually non-maturity deposits form a considerable part of banks' assets and funding and thus hedging the interest rate risk of them is important. However, the available research addressing non-maturity deposit valuation is very limited. In this Thesis, we compare models for estimating the deposit rate and stock evolution and suggest suitable hedging possibilities for non-maturity deposits. Non-...

Sorghum is a potential energy crop thanks to its high biomass productivity and low input. Biomass yield in sorghum is defined by height and maturity. To develop molecular breeding tools for genetic improvement of these two traits, we have identified simple sequence repeat markers linked to height and maturity using a pool-based association mapping technique. The sorghum mini core collection was...