In this letter, we present a wireless sensor network for monitoring the maturity stage of fruit. A dual-polarization coupled patch sensor, which is robust to environmental changes, was designed to operate at 2.45 GHz. It was attached to a Durian fruit for a period of days to measure the magnitude of mutual coupling corresponding mainly to the starch concentration of its pulp. Signal was transmi...

of academic enquiry. The existing evidence from the English-speaking countries may suggest that indeed tourism has matured. However, this does not seem to apply to the academic communities. The limited conditions in terms of tourism scholars, publication spaces and postgraduate courses in countries such as Mexico may actually suggest that tourism is not experiencing a maturity phase. Thus this ...

—Because white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus show no readily discernible external signs of gender, management agencies use surgical biopsies to determine the sex and stage of gonadal maturity of individuals. This procedure is highly invasive and can be difficult under field conditions. Therefore, gonadal tissue and blood were collected from white sturgeon captured in tribal and commercial fi...

The development of e-Government at the local level is becoming the subject of interest of many researchers. The prevailing opinion is that eGovernment is developing as an evolutionary model and while evaluating the status and maturity of the eGovernment the e-Government Maturity Model (eGMM) is in use. During 2009, a survey of maturity of the towns' Web sites in Croatia was conducted. According...

in order to identify the best maturity time for excision of fertilized ovules in interspecific hybridization, intercrosses were made between two diploid (gossypium herbaceum and g. arboreum, 2n=26) and two tetraploid species (g. barbadense and g. hirsutum, 2n=52). flower morphology, growth rate of ovules and ovaries, as well as fiber growth pattern in various time scales post anthesis were reco...

The e-government emerging concept transforms the way in which the citizens are dealing with their governments. Thus, the citizens can execute the intended services online anytime and anywhere. This results in great benefits for both the governments (reduces the number of officers) and the citizens (more flexibility and time saving). Therefore, building a maturity model to assess the egovernment...

Introduction Big data analytics has attracted a lot of attention in recent years from many industries and businesses due to its huge impact on businesses operations, decision making process, and profitability. As increasing the revenue and improving guest experience are the core goals of the hospitality industry, having a proper and efficient big data analytics platform can dramatically lead th...

Objectives: The current study aimed at investigating the relationship between identity status and career maturity among adolescents with visual disorders, as compared to normal adolescents. Methods: The study had two populations: all normal high school students in Tehran city (including boys and girls) and all visually-disabled high school students in Tehran (including boys and girls). The s...

Soluble solids (Brix), carbohydrate, organic acid, lycopene, polyphenols and HMF content of indeterminate round type tomato Lemance F1 fruits were measured in six ripeness stages from mature green to deep red stage. Color of fruits was determined by CIELab system. The L*, a*, b* values were received directly and used to calculate from which the a*/b* ratio was calculated. The Brix, carbohydrate...