The requirements engineering (RE) conference is turning 21, our conference is “grown up” now. We take this as a motivation to rethink our responsibility for this conference, and to prepare the path for sustainable RE conferences for future generations. Although sustainability has been broached as conference topic in RE’08, hardly any long-lasting consequences followed. We consider this as vital...

The Brazilian guava processing industry generates 5.5 M Mg guava waste year(-1) that could be recycled sustainably in guava agro-ecosystems as slow-release fertilizer. Our objectives were to elaborate nutrient budgets and to diagnose soil, foliar, and fruit nutrient balances in guava orchards fertilized with guava waste. We hypothesized that (1) guava waste are balanced fertilizer sources that ...

Executive Function Processes: Inhibition, Working Memory, Planning and Attention in Children and Youth with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. (December 2004). Monica Eileen Wolfe, B.A., Texas Woman’s University Co-Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. Cynthia A. Riccio Dr. Michael J. Ash This study examines the roles of inhibition, attention, working memory, and planning in youth with and w...

BACKGROUND In Canada, long waiting times for core specialized services have consistently been identified as a key barrier to access. Governments and organizations have responded with strategies for better access management, notably for total joint replacement (TJR) of the hip and knee. While wait time management strategies (WTMS) are promising, the factors which influence their sustainable i...