Growing concern the world over, related to personal and property safety has propelled rapid growth of security and surveillance related technologies. The biometric system is one such that can provide accurate and reliable scheme for person verification. The main aim of biometric based security system is to make sure that rendered service is accessed only by valid user. Biometric systems are of two types: unimodal and multimodal. In these multimodal biometric systems are gaining more popularity as it is capable of addressing some of the challenges involved in designing a biometric systems such as: non-universality, noise in sensed data, large intra-user variations and susceptibility to spoof attacks. In this paper, we give a brief overview of multimodal biometrics and its advantages, challenges, drawbacks and limitations. We also discuss the performance evaluation of multimodal biometrics for two and three modalities for different combinations of algorithms.

with those of previous work conducted on social exchange. The second part of the introduction presents various research perspectives on the employment relationship. The authors recommend avenues for contingent jobs, for a study of the employment relationship from a temporal perspective, and a multi

Abstract: Herein, the history of katabatic flow study is presented, along with a summary of the current status of katabatic flow research and prospective research avenues.

the research on emotion-related snUs Is then described. Next, we review the components of emotional intelligence. To conclude the review. the role of emotional intelligence in mental health is discussed and avenues for further investigation are suggested. Is "emotional intelligence " 8 contradiction

Many prominent theorists have argued that accurate perceptions of the self, the world, and the future are essential for mental health. Yet considerable research evidence suggests that overly positive selfevaluations, exaggerated perceptions of control or mastery, and unrealistic optimism

(s) on XML, Flash kind of new technologies [1]. It makes a way for new Research methods. This article mainly focuses on Data Set creation on XML Web pages by using Sequential search, Link Extraction and string based classification methods for future research avenues on XML Web pages.

The focus of the firms on their core competencies associated with the increasing complexity of products due to an integration of various technologies has led to an extension of their New Product Development (NPD) activity across organisational boundaries. In this respect, it is now acknowledged that Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) in product development confers a competitive advantage. Nevertheless appraising the benefits of such collaboration on the product development performance is not easy. Our method is based on the “glitch ” concept that enables to appraise ESI benefits from the opposite direction i.e. by identifying what happens when the collaboration with suppliers is absent. Our previous work presented at IPSERA 2011 dealt with an in-depth case study analysis of an unsuccessful collaborative development with a supplier. In this previous paper, we identified ten “glitches ” that prevented from reaping the benefits of supplier involvement. The aim of this paper is to carry out a literature review about failures in collaborative development of new product between a customer and a supplier. By comparing those literature review results with case study results, we aim at proposing a classification of the failures currently encountered in collaborative development with suppliers in order to tackle them.

Abstract Written by a group of political science researchers, this commentary focuses on the contributions of political science to public health and proposes research avenues to increase those contributions. Despite progress, the links between researchers from these two fields develop only slowly

-tions, and behavior. Two avenues for expansion of the TPB are presented. First, the possibility of incorporating the TPB into a dual-process model of attitude-behavior re-lationships is reviewed. Second, the expansion of the TPB to include consideration of the volitional processes determining how goal intentions may

, reproductive biology, genetic resources and breeding of amaranths. Species of interest include: A. blitum, A. caudatus, A. cruentus, A. dubius, A. hypochondriacus, A. spinosus, A. thunbergii, A. tricolor, and A. viridis. Research and development opportunities on nutritive and nutraceutical properties