The majority of embedded applications with real-time constraints monitor and control a technical systems. The correct behavior of such a system typically is described in terms of the technical system. In contrast the embedded hardand software operates on an image of the technical system which is prone to deviations and delays. Therefore a compositional transformation is proposed which maps asse...

The analysis of a program curriculum is traditionally a very subjective task. Perceptions and anecdotes, faculty preferences and content or objectives check-lists are the main sources of information to undergo the revision of the structure of a program. This works proposes a list of simple metrics, that can be easily extracted from readily available academic data that contains the information a...

The development of wisdom agriculture with agricultural found Chinese demand. The development of wisdom agriculture has the characteristics of integrity, functional and systematic. The article analyzes the main issues and influencing factors according to the current wisdom agriculture in China, such as the gap between domestic and abroad, wisdom, the wisdom agriculture rural development e-gover...

The study carried out an assessment of agricultural land management practices in food crops production among small scale farmers in Kwara Sate, Nigeria. Specifically, the study determined the socio economic characteristics of crop farmers in Kwara State; ascertained the cropping patterns common among them; highlighted the soil conservation methods adopted by the farmers; examined the relationsh...

The food price crisis of 2008 has led to the re-emergence of debates about global food security (e.g. Wiggins, 2008) and its impact on prospects for achieving the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG): to end poverty and hunger. On top of a number of shorter-term triggers leading to volatile food prices, the longer-term negative impacts of climate change need to be taken very seriously. The U...