Coping with evolution in automated production systems implies cross-disciplinary challenges along the system’s life-cycle for variant-rich systems of high complexity. We provide an interdisciplinary survey on challenges and research directions in the evolution of automated production systems. After an initial discussion about the nature of automated production systems and their specific develop...

Women play a significant role in smallholder production system in Pakistan. They actively participate in various activities relating to crop and livestock production in addition to conducting their routine domestic duties often working non-stop from dawn to dusk. But the extent of their participation varies from region to region. The aim of this field survey was to investigate the involvement o...

The objective of our work is to develop a platform independent management architecture for open distributed systems. In this paper we describe one component of this architecture which enforces the observance of formally definable management policies and executes clerical management tasks automatically. Management components are defined in terms of an objectoriented class structure and policies ...

This paper argues for the immediate use of Kansei engineering to help deal with the chaotic situation of poorly implemented and disconnected technologies. A theoretical criticism of the current industrial capitalism, together with the promotion of a new post-industrial form of capitalism lays the foundation for a explanation of how this transition can be achieved through a proper understanding ...

This paper reports on the progress made to date with the establishment of the National Grid Service, the core of which is based on the nodes recently acquired from funding allocated by the JCSR and CCLRC. Following the analysis of users’ initial requirements, the UK e-Science Grid was set up through the collaborative efforts of the four involved sites and the HPC(x) and CSAR services using the ...

Introduction: Production and applicationofradiopharmaceuticals is one of the priorities in the comprehensive health map of Iran. The present study examines the scientific documentation of the Iranian radiopharmaceutical development program in the horizon 2025 in comparison to other regional competitors. Methods: The present study is a descriptive review p...