This is an annotated bibliography of papers, reports and books pertaining to IEEE Std 1471 (now also international standard ISO/IEC 42010). It was originally prepared for ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 WG42, the Architecture working group of the Systems and Software Engineering Subcommittee of ISO. WG42 is the body performing the joint ISO and IEEE revision of IEEE 1471 as ISO/IEC 42010. Pertaining to includ...

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and its programming standard IEC 61131-3 are widely used in embedded systems for the industrial automation domain. We propose a framework for the formal treatment of PLC based on the IEC 61131-3 standard. A PLC system description typically combines code written in different languages that are defined in IEC 61131-3. For the top-level specification we regard ...

Consumer and household appliances require low-cost ac/dc power supplies complying with EMC standards. The commonly employed passive solutions are bulky and do not provide output voltage stabilization. Active solutions, based on power-factor correctors with high-frequency switching, provide compactness and regulation capability, but are generally expensive due to the need for fast-recovery diode...

Laboratories with a quality system accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard have a definite advantage, compared to non-accredited laboratories, when preparing their facilities for the implementation of the principles of good laboratory practice (GLP) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Accredited laboratories have an established quality system covering the admi...

14-3-3 Dimers are well known to interact with diverse target proteins throughout eukaryotes. Most notably, association of 14-3-3s commonly requires phosphorylation of a serine or threonine residue within a specific sequence motif of the client protein. Studies with a focus on individual target proteins have unequivocally demonstrated 14-3-3s to be the crucial factors modifying the client's acti...

The 14-3-3 family of proteins function as small adaptors that facilitate a diverse array of cellular processes by mediating specific protein interactions. One such process is the DNA damage checkpoint, where these proteins prevent inappropriate activation of cyclin-dependent kinases. The filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans possesses a highly conserved 14-3-3 homologue (artA) that may functi...

In the last two decades several models for evaluating software process capability have been defined and became more and more popular. The application of such models, and in particular the ISO/IEC 15504, determined a general software process improvement in many domains. Nevertheless, the application of the ISO/IEC 15504 standard is still considered by many agile developers as incompatible with a...

PURPOSE The aim of this work was to implement, validate, and compare two procedures for routine image quality (IQ) assurance in dental cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT): 1. the German standard DIN 6868 - 161 introduced in 2013 and 2. the established standard IEC 61,223 - 3-5 for clinical CT x-ray equipment referenced as "DIN" and "IEC" below. MATERIALS AND METHODS The approximated in-plane...

This paper outlines the details of seven case studies involving the pilot usage of the new standard ISO/IEC 29110 standard ‘Lifecycle Profiles for Very Small Entities’, which was specifically designed by Working Group 24 of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 to address the standardization needs of Very Small Entities (VSEs). The purpose of this paper is to add substantially to the body of knowledge and the liter...

In this paper we attempt to find the reasons for low adoption of the international standard ISO/IEC 2700 on information security management. We benchmark ISO/IEC 27001 against the two other widely applied management system standards – ISO 9001 for quality management and ISO 14001 for environmental management We show that besides low adoption rates, ISO/IEC 27001 standard has received significan...