This short paper describes an early stage of research aiming at improving trust prediction in social networks. It builds on recent findings on observed correlation between trust and user similarity. A machine-learning approach to the trust prediction problem with use of contextual information is proposed and experimental work envisaged. An overview of the existing results is presented and it in...

Visual attention spreads over a range around the focus as the spotlight metaphor describes. Spatial spread of attentional enhancement and local selection/inhibition are crucial factors determining the profile of the spatial attention. Enhancement and ignorance/suppression are opposite effects of attention, and appeared to be mutually exclusive. Yet, no unified view of the factors has been provi...

Plants are extremely versatile organisms that respond to the environment in which they find themselves, but a large part of their development is under genetic regulation. The links between developmental parameters and yield are poorly understood in oilseed rape; understanding this relationship will help growers to predict their yields more accurately and breeders to focus on traits that may lea...

drought stress is the most important environmental constraint contributing to grain yield instability of maize(zea mays l.). evaluation of maize genotypes under different stresses would be useful for identifying genotypes that combine stability with high yield potential for stress-prone areas. this study was conducted to estimate grain yield stability of maize hybrids and to identify hybrids th...

mprovement of N2 fixation might be an effective strategy in peanut breeding for high yield under drought stress conditions. However, under water limited conditions peanut varieties having high water-use efficiency (WUE) are favorable. A pot experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions at Khon Kaen University, Thailand during December 2002 to May 2003, and repeated during June 2003 t...

Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses affecting wheat yield. A recurrent selection program was conducted to improve the drought tolerance and yield of bread wheat using drought tolerant advanced breeding lines from a drought tolerant x susceptible cross (HI 1500 x HUW 510). The parental lines were evaluated for yield, biomass and harvest index (HI) in addition to the drought adaptive tra...

46 (eds M.C.S. Wopereis et al.) wateror nutrient-limited production levels in a given rice environment. Yield-reducing factors induce yield losses by reducing or hampering growth, including abiotic and biotic factors. Biotic factors include weeds, pests and diseases; abiotic factors include salinity, alkalinity and iron toxicity. Attainable yield (Ya) refers to the yield that can be achieved wi...