Combinatorial testing of software can be viewed as an adaptation of design of experiment (DOE) methods for industrial applications. Although the general outline of DOE and combinatorial software testing are similar, the application of DOE to software is not a simple translation of DOE methods to a different domain. The unique characteristics of software have required significant advances, and u...

The important developments in industrial fermentation lead to the utilization of microbial enzymes in different applications. Selected organisms Aspergillus fumigatus, A. terreus, Penicillium chrysogenum, P. funiculosum and Fusarium moniliforme. Various environmental parameters like pH, temperature and nutritional parameters such as carbon and nitrogen sources were investigated to optimize the ...

In this paper a conceptual model for the management of closed-loop supply chains of reusable articles is put forward. This framework condenses the more relevant managerial issues arising when reuse is carried out in industrial practice. The model intends to be a guideline for practitioners dealing with this type of challenges and constitutes a first step towards the mitigation of the problemati...

0924-2244/$ see front matter 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2012.12.002 Radiation processing of food proteins e A review on the recent developments Yau-Hoong Kuan, Rajeev Bhat, Ankit Patras and Alias A. Karim* Food Biopolymer Research Group, Food Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malay...

In my first progress report (Yeung, 2000a) I concluded that a more pluralistic industrial geography in recent years has gone beyond conventional economic issues by incorporating some ‘new’ economic knowledges and by providing good glimpses of alternative worlds of industrial change. This incorporation relates to the introduction of social and cultural understandings of conventional economic iss...

W ITH the recent rapid developments in industrial technology, the modern industrial systems have become more and more complex requiring a greater attention to be paid on the stabilizability, the robustness, the reliability, and the optimization issues. The recent developments in slidingmode control and observation techniques serve as powerful tools in this respect. The use of sliding mode contr...

This paper intends to discuss in some detail the implications of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 (Cth) (‘WorkChoices Act’) for industrial relations in New South Wales. The scope of this work does not permit – nor would it be appropriate to include – an examination of the extent to which the WorkChoices Act may invalidate or render inoperative New South Wales industrial...

This Briefing is published twice a year by the Industrial Relations Research Unit (IRRU). It contains summaries of key findings from recent and current research projects and analysis of significant industrial relations developments. The reports aim to inform and contribute to the thinking of practitioners in industrial relations and human resource management. We are currently reviewing the form...

Solid/liquid separations are commonly the first step in any wastewater treatment. Such technologies are mature and new developments are rare. However, in the last decade some significant improvements in separation techniques for industrial wastewater pretreatment have been implemented. Advances in the technology include more efficient, faster centrifugal mixing of treatment chemicals and wastew...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) emerged in the late 1960s as a possible therapeutic alternative to lesioning in patients with severe, chronic, intractable pain. DBS devices in the era were based on cardiac pacing technology but were greatly modified in implementation due to the unique needs of DBS. Clinical studies in the 1970s and early 1980s have revealed a technique with modest results which di...