traceability is an ability of system to provide status reports or records pertaining of the current situation in the past. in production systems, traceability to track the product or lot of a product and access to records in the entire production process (or part of the process) of the raw material to finished product that purchased and consumed by customer will be applied. traceability in prod...

This paper examines the use of information technology in the electric and gas utilities of Ukraine, Armenia, and Georgia. Data was gathered through the performance of Year 2000 risk assessments, small business visits, document research, and academic visits between 1999 and 2001. Data was analyzed by comparing IT usage in Ukraine, Armenia, and Georgia to that in the United States. Overall IT usa...

Physical fatigue reveals the health condition of a person at for example health checkup, fitness assessment or rehabilitation training. This paper presents an efficient noncontact system for detecting non-localized physical fatigue from maximal muscle activity using facial videos acquired in a realistic environment with natural lighting where subjects were allowed to voluntarily move their head...

Fingerprint quality assessment is a crucial task which needs to be conducted accurately in various phases in the biometric enrolment and recognition processes. Neglecting quality measurement will adversely impact the accuracy and efficiency of biometric recognition systems (e.g., verification and identification of individuals). Measuring and reporting quality allows processing enhancements to i...

maharlu saline lake is located in the sw of iran. to assess the environmental pollution of thelake, the total concentrations of as, cr, co, cu, cd, pb, zn, ni, fe, and mn were determined in the surfacesediments and water of the lake. as and cr were not detected in the water samples, however, the meanconcentrations of other dissolved metals in maharlu lake water were 0.28 mg/l for cu, 0.28 μg/l ...

this study focused on the role of appropriate equivalence selection of colors in the field of advanced pranic healing (aph), based on mona baker’s equivalence, both at word level and above word level. the partici- pants included 40 bachelor’s students studying in the field of english translation. participants received the colors’ translation test (ctt) included in the book “advanced pranic heal...

background: to evaluate the satisfaction of mothers with the quality of care provided by maternity institutions in east kazakhstan on the basis of the “quality of hospital care for mothers and newborn babies, assessment tool” (who, 2009). methods: this cross-sectional study took place in 2013 and covered five maternity hospitals in east kazakhstan (one referral, two urban and two rural). to obt...

background and aim: although play seems to be a simple concept, it is complex and varies according to individual experiences. play is a process that follows no rule. it is a spontaneous, funny, flexible, completely attractive, vital, and challenging behavior that aims at no goal. pretend play starts in childhood since 18 months. the play is a potential source for assessment of academic skills a...