A set of waxy (amylose-free) experimental spring wheats (Triticum aestivum L.) of diverse parentage were grown, along with two nonwaxy and two partial waxy check cultivars, at diverse North American cultural environments. Grain yield and functional attributes of derived flours were determined. Average grain yield of the waxy lines did not differ significantly from the average yield of the check...

Objectives The objective of this research is to characterize biological, physical and chemical soil quality parameters and monitor their changes over time in minimum tillage and no-till seeding systems as affected by tillage, crop species and management systems to identify soil quality attributes that can be used in the development of best management practices for conserving soil quality and en...

Most formal assessment and evaluation techniques and standards assume that software can be analysed like any physical item. In safety-critical systems, software is an important component providing functionality. Often it is also the most difficult component to assess. Balanced use of process assessment and product evaluation methods is needed, because lack of transparency in software must be co...

This study is designed to explain how restaurant healthy food quality is related to repeat patronage intention. The results indicate that perceived value mediates the positive relationship between the restaurant healthy food and revisit intent. In other words, restaurant healthy food quality increases perceived value in the diner’s mind, which in turn results in a higher level of revisit intent...

The nature of system properties, sometimes called the new “ilities” are discussed, and defined, with particular attention to the differences between the ilities, formalized specification for the ilities, as well as relationships between the ilities. Examples are given including generalized statements about the “ility” of a system, as well as specification statements for requirements definition ...

Information quality frameworks are developed to measure the quality of information systems, generally from the designers’ viewpoint. The recent proliferation of e-services and e-learning particularly raises the need for a new quality framework in the context of e-learning systems. This paper proposes a new information quality framework, with 14 information quality attributes grouped in three qu...

Reliability is always important in all systems but sometimes it is more important than other quality attributes, especially in mission critical systems where the severity of consequence resulting from failure is very high. Software reliability engineering is focused on comprehensive techniques for developing reliable software and for proper assessment and improvement of reliability. Reliability...

Good software architecture is critically important for successful software development. The software architecture can be defined as a set of architectural design decisions. However, the effort for acquiring good software architecture currently lacks of interest and experience in architectural design decisions. For this reason, during acquiring good software architecture, it is difficult to eval...

Improving modularity and reusability are two key objectives in object-oriented programming. These objectives are achieved by applying several key concepts, such as data encapsulation and inheritance. A class in an object-oriented system is the basic unit of design. Assessing the quality of an object-oriented class may require flattening the class and representing it as it really is, including a...

E-commerce is considered an excellent alternative for companies to reach new customers. However, many e-commerce websites have a short life because they don’t meet the minimal software quality requirements. To help the development of quality e-commerce websites, this work identifies and ranks the main quality attributes to this application domain. The survey of the attributes was based on the s...