in order to investigate rice competition ability against weeds in direct-seeding and transplanting systems afield experiment was conducted at mahmud abad region of mazandaran province on 2011 growing season. experimental treatments were studied in a split plot factorial design based on randomized complete blocks with three replicates. direct-seeding and transplanting of rice in wet seedbed were...

Cell seeding in a biomaterial is an important process for tissue engineering applications. It helps to modulate tissue formation or to control initial conditions for mechanobiological studies. The compression release-induced suction (CRIS) seeding technique leads to active infiltration of the cell suspension toward the central region of the scaffold. Its effectiveness, however, may significantl...

Formal, modular, and mechanized verification of realistic systems code is desirable but challenging. Verification of machine context management (a basis of multi-tasking) is one representative example. With context operations occurring hundreds to thousands of times per second on every computer, their correctness deserves careful examination. Given the small and stable code bases, it is a commo...

In this paper we evaluate the usefulness of seeding genetic algorithms (GAs) from a case-base. This is motivated by the expectation that the seeding will speed up the GA by starting the search in promising regions of the search space. We evaluate this case-based seeding on popular GA solutions to the Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) and the Job-Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP). We find that seed...

Understanding the process of software adoption is of paramount importance to software start-ups. We study a monopolistic seller’s optimal seeding, sequencing, and pricing strategies under network effects. We demonstrate the importance of adoption sequencing as well as controllability over the seeding process to seller’s profit, consumer surplus, and social welfare. Under multi-pricing, full inf...

It is well known that cheating occurs in sports. In cup competitions, a common type of sports competition, one method of cheating is in manipulating the seeding to unfairly advantage a particular team. Previous empirical and theoretical studies of seeding manipulation have focused on competitions with unrestricted seeding. However, real cup competitions often place restrictions on seedings to e...

Retinoblastoma has the unique capacity to accelerate its own intra-ocular propagation by adopting semi-solid or even liquid growth properties through seeding. Until recently, the presence of any degree of seeding was mostly incompatible with successful conservative management, due to the multiresistant nature of the seeds. Surprisingly, this well-recognized retinoblastoma behavior has not under...

ion in AI and CS In the early days of CS, algorithms were often seen as an abstract formulation of procedures. Nowadays, this workshop illustrates well that category theory is associated to an abstract formulation of CS. The example of computer algebra teaches us that such methodologies do not amount to a full abstraction paradigm. Giunchiglia and Walsh introduced theories of abstraction for me...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by severe neuronal loss as well as the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ), which ultimately leads to plaque formation. Although there is now a general agreement that the aggregation of Aβ can be initiated by prion-like seeding, the impact and functional consequences of induced Aβ deposits (Aβ seeding) on neurons still remain open questions. Here, we find th...