This paper generalizes a method of generating shift sequences in the interleaved construction proposed by Gong. With the new shift sequences, some new families of p-ary sequences with desired properties can be obtained. A lower bound on the number of new families of binary sequences is also established.

Agency Theory as the dominant view of Corporate Governance disregards that the key task of firm governance is to generate, accumulate, transfer, and protect firm specific knowledge. Three different foundations to the theory of the firm which underpin different concepts of corporate governance are discussed: The traditional view of the firm as a nexus of contracts, the view of the firm as a nexu...

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The determinants of OSHA performance can be examined by breaking the regulatory process into three elements relating to enforcement, compliance behavior, and the adequacy of standards in addressing safety outcomes. This paper develops and applies this framework to the U.S. construction industry during the period 1987 to 1993. Enforcement activity among the firms in the sample was substantial, w...

of key findings 3 1.The economic cycle, structural change and industrial injuries: a theoretical overview 5 A Industrial injuries and the Economic Cycle 5 B Industrial Injuries and Structural Influences 9 C Worker and Firm Characteristics 19 D Concluding comments 23 2. Multivariate analyses of industrial injuries: a review of the empirical evidence 25 A Empirical Methodologies 25 B Industrial i...

This paper presents a study conducted in collaboration with large Canadian engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) firm to identify areas of improvement in the current process of progress reporting and forecasting project status at different targeted future dates. The study focused mainly on trending and time/Cost control of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) pr...

A counterexample is given to the uniqueness result given in the paper by J.Cox and K.Thompson, Note on the uniqueness of the solution of an equation of interest in inverse scattering problem,

DNA is a promising construction material for the supramolecular 'bottom-up' engineering of artificial nanostructured devices. The use of DNA for the selective positioning of macromolecular components, the fabrication of nanostructured DNA scaffolds, as well as the DNA-templated synthesis of nanometer-sized and mesoscopic complexes, consisting of inorganic and bioorganic compounds, are exciting ...

RÉSUMÉ. Cet article présente une description des constructions antithétiques, que l’on a intégrée à une grammaire formelle du français spontané dont l’objectif est d’être finalement utilisée pour le TAL. Ces constructions ont pour caractéristique d’être soumises à des contraintes provenant simultanément de domaines divers (lexique, syntaxe, sémantique et pragmatique). Nous présentons ici une de...

In this work a problem motivated by a real-world case from a beverage distribution firm in Mexico is addressed. Different planning criteria are taken into account in order to create acceptable territory designs. Namely, each territory needs to be compact, connected and balanced according to two attributes (number of costumers and product demand). Two GRASP based heuristics (BGRASP and TGRASP) a...