BACKGROUND Larval control is of paramount importance in the reduction of malaria vector abundance and subsequent disease transmission reduction. Understanding larval habitat succession and its ecology in different land use managements and cropping systems can give an insight for effective larval source management practices. This study investigated larval habitat succession and ecological parame...

Despite intense scrutiny from investors, markets, and regulators, many public companies have no formal succession plans. Anecdotal evidence links risk to significant value destruction, but there is limited academic research evaluating the effects of planning on chief executive officer (CEO) turnover outcomes. We provide that reduces cost management transitions by improving their efficiency. Fir...

Abstract In this study, the relationship between CEO temporal focus and family business succession planning is examined moderating effects of interactions environmental uncertainty are assessed. Based on data from 198 CEOs businesses additional 15 semi-structured interviews in China, we find that (i.e., past, present, or future focus) positively associated with planning. addition, strengthen pa...

This paper deals with the 3D structure estimation and exploration of static scenes using active vision. Our method is based on the structure from controlled motion approach that constrains camera motions to obtain an optimal estimation of the 3D structure of a geometrical primitive. Since this approach involves to gaze on the considered primitive, we have developed perceptual strategies able to...

results: Children among the Kanuri were highly valued and desired irrespective of their gender. The ideal family size, according to most of the respondents, was 16 children. Kanuri men are polygamous and can marry up to four wives in order to form large families. However, it is an abomination among Kanuri women to fall pregnant in quick succession; a phenomenon they termed konkomi. Other reason...

We propose Request Confirmation Networks (ReCoNs) to combine neural learning with the sequential, hierarchical detection of sensory features, and to facilitate planning and script execution. ReCoNs are spreading activation networks with units that contain an activation and a state, and are connected with typed directed links that indicate partonomic relations and spatial or temporal succession....