The paper discusses the determinants of productivity growth in manufacturing foreign subsidiaries in Slovenia. Special attention is given to the impact of 1 Corresponding author: [email protected]. control pattern. We show that productivity growth is significantly and positively correlated with the level of foreign parent companies' control of marketing and strategic business functions. Large...

Asymmetric cell divisions occur repeatedly during plant development, but the mechanisms by which daughter cells are directed to adopt different fates are not well understood [1,2]. Previous studies have demonstrated roles for positional information in specification of daughter cell fates following asymmetric divisions in the embryo [3] and root [4]. Unequally inherited cytoplasmic determinants ...

The unobservable elements in a quantum technology, e.g., the quantum state, complicate system verification against promised behavior. Using model-based system engineering, we present methods for verifying the operation of a prototypical quantum random number generator. We begin with the algorithmic design of the QRNG followed by the synthesis of its physical design requirements. We next discuss...

This paper presents algorithms for computing the length of a sum squares and Pythagoras element in global field $K$ characteristic different from $2$. In first part paper, we present non-dyadic dyadic (if is number field) completion $K$. These two serve as subsidiary steps lengths fields. second procedure constructing an whose equals field, termed element.

The issue of whether, or to what extent, banking and commerce should be allowed to mix is again the focus of a public policy debate. The issue often arises when criteria for permissible activities for a bank and its owners, subsidiaries, and affiliates are being discussed, as they are now. Although there is no hard evidence that combinations of banking and commerce are harmful, there is no evid...

1. The Executive Secretary is circulating herewith, for the information of participants of the fourteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, this note on sustainable agriculture and the sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity: concepts, trends and challenges, as submitted by Bioversity International. The note is circulated in the form and lang...

The objective of this paper is to demonstrate that a combination of a behavior-based monitoring process--using an at-risk behavior and unsafe condition observation system--and an observation-based safety adherence monitoring process that can indicate the compliance level with well-defined and agreed safety critical aspects and operational practices and procedures will be an effective safety man...