Software Product Line (SPL) are the answer to the rising demand for configurable and cross-platform systems. For such a system with just 33 configurable features, there are already more possible derivable variants than humans on our planet. Maintaining and analyzing these highly configurable software systems can be a difficult task. It is not uncommon that performance-related issues, especially...

Monodisperse Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanocrystals with tunable shape, crystalline phase, and composition are synthesized by efficient thermolysis of a single source precursor of mixed metal-oleate complexes in hot organic solvents with dissolved sulfur sources. Suitable tuning of the synthetic conditions and the Cu/(Zn + Sn) ratio of the precursor has enabled precise control of the crystalline phase i...

As the need for a more circular model is being increasingly pronounced, a fundamental change in the end-of-life (EoL) management of electrical and electronic products (e-products) is required in order to prevent the resource losses and to promote the reuse of products and components with remaining functionality. However, the diversity of product types, design features, and material compositions...

Although the amount of earth science data is growing rapidly, as is the availability of high performance networks, our ability to access large remote earth science data sets is still very limited. This is particularly true of networks with high bandwidth delay products (BDP), such as those between the US and Europe. Recently, several network protocols have emerged that improve the situation and...

In component-based product populations, feature models have to be described at the component level to be able to benefit from a product family approach. As a consequence, composition of components becomes very complex. We describe how component-level variability can be managed in the face of component composition. First, component variability and dependencies are described in a formal interface...

OBJECTIVE Pregnancy in type 1 diabetic women remains a high-risk situation for both mother and child. In this study, we investigated long-term effects on body composition, prevalence of overweight, and insulin resistance in children of type 1 diabetic women who had had adequate glycemic control during pregnancy (mean A1C 6.2%), and we related their outcome to perinatal factors, including macros...

A genetically modified Bt176 corn hybrid, which contains an insecticidal protein against the European corn borer, and its conventional, nonmodified counterpart were evaluated in 4 separate trials to verify substantial equivalence in feeding value and animal performance. Thirty-six individually kept laying hens and 3 replicates of 94 broiler chickens each, assigned to 12 cages, were fed 2 differ...

In all process Industries, to get quality product as output, the ingredients have to be composed in correct composition. So, to control quality of output product, we have to control the quantity of ingredients to be composed. In this paper, we have designed virtual Instrument which controls the process assessing the percentages of ingredients of any product using Lab VIEW. It checks whether add...

Physicochemical properties (partition and diffusion coefficients) involved in the mobility and release of salt and aroma compounds in model cheeses were determined in this study. The values of NaCl water/product partition coefficients highlighted interactions between proteins and NaCl. However, these interactions were not modified by the product composition or structure. On the contrary, model ...

Development of synthesis protocols for realizing nanomaterials over a range of sizes, shapes and chemical compositions is an important aspect of nanotechnology. A number of recipes have been developed for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles in polar (for example, water) and non-polar organic solvents, each method accompanied by characteristic advantages and disadvantages. Specific applications...