Planting ratoon rice can realize one sowing and two harvests, which is of great significance for improving grain yield. However, the effects nitrogen (N) regime in main crop on yield associated physiological mechanisms are not clearly understood. The indica hybrid Liangyou 6326 was used, three N fertilizer levels (100 kg ha?1 (low N, LN), 250 (medium MN), 400 (high HN)) four different ratios ba...

One new species, Schwarzerium yunnanum sp. n. is described from Yunnan Province, China. And a new subgenus Rugosochroma subgen. n. is erected for it. Additionally, Seven species of the tribe Callichromatini are newly recorded from China: Aphrodisium niisatoi Vives & Bentanachs, 2007, Aphrodisium tricoloripes Pic, 1925, Chelidonium violaceimembris Gressitt & Rondon, 1970 (new from Vietnam too), ...

Our paper deals with the security of operational environments for evoting and its importance for the security of electronic elections. So far the security of e-voting was focused on secure e-voting protocols. We show that the security of electronic elections requires a secure operational environment as well. We provide a comprehensive catalogue of organizational and technical requirements which...

Özet. İNNOVA Bilişim Çözümleri A.Ş. bir Türk Telekom Grup şirketi olup; TSE-ISO-EN ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 20000, ISO/IEC 27001 ve TS ISO/IEC 15504 SPICE Seviye 2 uluslararası sertifikasyonlarına sahiptir. Bu model ve standartlara uygun olarak uygulama geliştirme süreçleri yürütülmektedir. Uygulama geliştirme süreçlerinden yazılım güvenilirliği; yazılımın başarısını gösteren en önemli kalite faktörle...

This paper envisions the performance side of large-scale distributed systems. Security is the biggest performance hurdle; accordingly the most efficient technique to maintain or enhance system performance is to provide a reliable Integrated Security Management Process capable to support large-scale high performance distributed systems. A framework describing information security management core...

Schellackia calotesi n. sp. is described from the Thai agamids Calotes mystaceus and C. versicolor. Schellackia-type sporozoites were recovered from blood and liver of one C. versicolor from Kon Kaen North-East Thailand and two C. mystaceus from Chiang Mai, North Thailand. Specimens of both species were fed on sporozoite infected blood, of these only one C. mystaceus developed endogenous infect...

Ingroup bias is a hallmark of intergroup relations. A growing body of research is now showing that outgroup bias is also a prevalent phenomenon, particularly among members of low-status groups. This research examines how perceptions of powerful outgroups are affected by their perceived legitimacy, and the ingroup members' gender, social dominance orientation, and conservatism. Based on a sample...

An outgroup homogeneity (OH) effect implies that outgroup members are perceived to be more similar than ingroup members. At present, however, it is not clear whether the OH effect is truly perceptual. Here, we used an Ebbinghaus illusion to demonstrate the OH effect in perception. Participants were presented with one central face that was surrounded by four surrounding faces. The central face w...

Security is a hot issue to be discussed, ranging from business activities, correspondence, banking and financial activities; it requires prudence and high precision. Since information security has a very important role in supporting activities of the organization, we need a standard or benchmark which regulates governance over information security. The main objective of this paper is to impleme...

Two new species of the genus Tillicera Spinola, 1841 from China are described and illustrated: Tillicera sensibilissp. n. from Yunnan (also from Myanmar, Thailand and Laos) and Tillicera weniisp. n. from Taiwan. Tillicera bibalteata Gorham, 1892, Tillicera hirsuta (Pic, 1926) and Tillicera michaeli Gerstmeier & Bernhard, 2010 are newly recorded from China. Tillicera auratofasciata (Pic, 1927) i...