In this work, we present a system for the automated classification of seabed substrates in underwater video. Classification of seabed substrates traditionally requires manual analysis by a marine biologist, according to an established classification system. Accurate, consistent and robust classification is difficult in underwater video due to varying lighting conditions, turbidity and method of...

Method LMI created a questionnaire to cover the five building blocks of workforce development: engaged stakeholders, optimise policies and plans, workforce development, increase performance, professionalization of SCM (USAID|DELIVER 2013). In collaboration with PtD, we then contacted potential case study participants and, when agreed, conducted an interview using the structured questionnaire. L...

A decision support for forecasting of collaboration level of supply chain management (SCM) has attracted lots of important decision making in the SCM managers and chief executive officers (CEOs) However, there are no guidelines and prediction models for SCM collaboration. Therefore, the company which pursues SCM can't execute control of collaboration systematically and scientifically In this re...

Software production problems have forced industrial organisations producing embedded systems to assess and change the disciplines used to manage the software process. The development of software configuration management (SCM) is one of the solutions for problems concerning new product features. SCM is also one of the software processes that requires improvements. The importance of SCM is clearl...

The M protein of Streptococcus canis (SCM) is a virulence factor and serves as a surface-associated receptor with a particular affinity for mini-plasminogen, a cleavage product of the broad-spectrum serine protease plasmin. Here, we report that SCM has an additional high-affinity immunoglobulin G (IgG) binding activity. The ability of a particular S. canis isolate to bind to IgG significantly c...

This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of superposition coded modulation (SCM). Two types of SCM schemes, i.e., the single-code SCM (SC-SCM) and multi-code SCM (MCSCM), are analyzed. The basic features of SCM are described, followed by the informationtheoretic analysis. Different encoding/decoding strategies are compared from the capacity point of view. A semi-analytical evolution techniq...

Which are the open problems in Software Configuration Management (SCM)? The purpose of this paper is to ignite a discussion on current and future SCM directions. Based on the findings of a Dagstuhl Seminar on the current state of Software Engineering, we assess the state of SCM with the goal to identify effective SCM tasks and solutions, to establish a core body of SCM knowledge, and to denote ...

The Drosophila protein Sex Comb on Midleg (Scm) is a member of the Polycomb group (PcG), a set of transcriptional repressors that maintain silencing of homeotic genes during development. Recent findings have identified PcG proteins both as targets for modification by the ubiquitin-like protein SUMO and as catalytic components of the SUMO conjugation pathway. We have found that the SUMO conjugat...

The aim of this study was to estimate heritabilities of and genetic correlations between pathogen-specific subclinical mastitis (SCM) traits and lactation mean somatic cell score (LSCS) in Norwegian Red cattle. Based on data from 130 733 first-lactation cows four binary pathogen-specific SCM traits, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, Streptococcus uberis and coagulase-negative s...