Creativity and Entrepreneurial Tendencies Among Form Two Malaysian Students

The aim of this study is to design a reliable and valid instrument to assess entrepreneurial tendency and to investigate the relationship of entrepreneurial tendency and creative personality among form two Malaysian students. A sample of 174 form two students taking entrepreneurship as a subject were chosen randomly from the four zones in Malaysia. The validated Entrepreneurship Tendency Inventory (ETI) and a measure of creative personality characteristics, Khatena Torrance Creative Perception Inventory (KTCPI) were administered. Factor analysis revealed the existence of eight factors namely, self-employed, business confidence, business intention, business anxiety, people dependent, forced decision, low self-confidence and contingent decision with internal consistencies ranging from 0.80 (self-employed) to 0.23 (low self-confidence). Self-employed, business confidence, business intention and people dependent are found to relate positively to entrepreneurial tendency. Business Anxiety has a very low correlation with entrepreneurial tendency. Students who perceive themselves as creative based on past creative performances have high levels of initiative, place more importance on what close relatives think and prefer challenging tasks and tend to have higher entrepreneurial tendencies. Further replication of this study is recommended to confirm the reliability and validity of ETI and to further elucidate the relationship between entrepreneurial tendencies and creative personality characteristic

Towards Personalized Prostate Cancer Therapy Using Delta-Reachability Analysis

Recent clinical studies suggest that the efficacy of hormone therapy for prostate cancer depends on the characteristics of individual patients. In this paper, we develop a computational framework for identifying patient-specific androgen ablation therapy schedules for postponing the potential cancer relapse. We model the population dynamics of heterogeneous prostate cancer cells in response to androgen suppression as a nonlinear hybrid automaton. We estimate personalized kinetic parameters to characterize patients and employ $\delta$-reachability analysis to predict patient-specific therapeutic strategies. The results show that our methods are promising and may lead to a prognostic tool for personalized cancer therapy.Comment: HSCC 201

Multi-agent system with iterative auction mechanism for master bay plan problem in marine logistics

The support of containerization to trade development demands an efficient solution method for the container loading problem in order to reduce shipment and handling time. Hence, the stowage planning of containers is critical to provide speedy delivery of resources from the area of supply to the area of demand. Moreover, information on container terminal activities, structure of ship, and characteristics of containers is distributed among stowage planners. This information imposes constraints, and so the master bay plan problem (MBPP) becomes NP-hard. Therefore, a multi-agent systems (MAS) methodology is designed to effectively communicate the information and solve the MBPP sustainably. In the designed MAS methodology, an information exchange system (IES) is created for stowage planners to bid for ship slots in each experimental iterative combinatorial auction (ICA) market. The winner in the ICA experiments is provided with the ship slots, and the entire bay plan is prepared. Further, the ship-turnaround time is validated using the data obtained from the benchmark problem

Turmeric - maize and onion intercropping systems. IV. PAR interception

Experiments conduded at Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu, India) to study the pattern of interception of photosynthetically active radiation in intercropping systems with turmeric (Curcuma longa) - maize (Zea mays) and onion (Allium cepa) indicated that with a high maize population, the mixed canopy could effectively intercept more of available photosynthetically active radiation throughout the growing season, than the sale crop of turmeric, maize or onion. &nbsp

Turmeric - maize and onion intercropping systems II. Leaf area index and dry matter accumulation

Experiments were laid out at Bhavanisagar and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu, India) to study the influence of intercropping on leaf area index and dry matter accumulation in whole plants of turmeric (Curcuma longa), maize (Zea mays) and onion (Allium cepa) when grown in intercropping and sole cropping systems. Maize was intercropped with turmeric in two proportions (50 and 100 per cent of the recommended population levels). Onion was also introduced as additional intercrop with maize with 23 per cent of the population of sole crop. These crops were also raised as sole crops. Leaf area indices and dry matter accumulation of maize and turmeric at different stages were influenced significantly by intercropping systems, in both locations. Intercropping maize in turmeric significantly reduced the growth of the latter. This effect was quite obvious where maize was raised as intercrop at 100 per cent of the recommended population. Sole cropping of turmeric resulted in higher leaf area indices than turmeric raised as intercrop. Raising onion as additional intercrop did not influence dry matter accumulation of component crops appreciably. &nbsp

Turmeric - maize and onion intercropping systems. I. Yield and land use efficiency

Experiments were laid out at Bhavanisagar (Tamil Nadu, India) during 1989 - 90 and at Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu, India) during 1990 - 91 to determine land use efficiency, yield and yield attributes of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) in various jntercropping and sole cropping systems. Turmeric, maize and onion (Allium cepa L.) were raised as sole crops adopting recommended package of practices. Maize and onion were intercropped with turmeric in two proportions (50 and 100 per cent of the recommendedpopulation levels). Onion was also introduced as additional intercrop with maize with 23 per cent of the population of sole crop. Turmeric yields were reduced from 9 to 25 per cent when intercropped with maize. Turmeric yield reductions due to intercropping were associated with reduction in number of tillers, mother rhizome, primary and secondary rhizomes. Maize yields were higher with intercropping than with sole cropping. Even though yield of turmeric was reduced by intercropping, turmeric - maize and onion intercropping resulted in 17 to 34 per cent greater land use efficiency for the 9 months growing season than in· the sole cropping systems. This is important in developing countries where available per capita arable land is low. &nbsp

Turmeric - maize and onion intercropping systems. I. Yield and land use efficiency

Experiments were laid out at Bhavanisagar (Tamil Nadu, India) during 1989 - 90 and at Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu, India) during 1990 - 91 to determine land use efficiency, yield and yield attributes of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) in various jntercropping and sole cropping systems. Turmeric, maize and onion (Allium cepa L.) were raised as sole crops adopting recommended package of practices. Maize and onion were intercropped with turmeric in two proportions (50 and 100 per cent of the recommendedpopulation levels). Onion was also introduced as additional intercrop with maize with 23 per cent of the population of sole crop. Turmeric yields were reduced from 9 to 25 per cent when intercropped with maize. Turmeric yield reductions due to intercropping were associated with reduction in number of tillers, mother rhizome, primary and secondary rhizomes. Maize yields were higher with intercropping than with sole cropping. Even though yield of turmeric was reduced by intercropping, turmeric - maize and onion intercropping resulted in 17 to 34 per cent greater land use efficiency for the 9 months growing season than in· the sole cropping systems. This is important in developing countries where available per capita arable land is low. &nbsp

Turmeric - maize and onion intercropping systems. III. Nutrient uptake

Experiments were conducted at Bhavanisagar and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu, India) to determine uptake of nutrients as influenced by intercropping systems with turmeric (Curcuma langa) - maize (Zea mays) and onion (Allium cepa), and to study nitrogen uptake pattern by various plant parts of turmeric in such situations. The results revealed that nutrient uptake by the intercropping systems was higher than the uptake of either of the sole crops of turmeric, maize and onion. The total uptake of nitrogen by various intercropping systems varied from 61 to 80 per cent more than the uptake of nitrogen by the sole crop ofturmeric at Bhavanisagar and 57 to 77 per cent at Coimbatore. Similarly it varied from 82 to 104 per cent more than the sole crop of maize at both the locations. A similar result was obtained in onion also. Similar trends were observed in uptake of phosphorus and potassium in the intercropping systems. The results indicated that for sustainable production of intercropping systems, meeting the combined nutritional requirements of component crops is essential. &nbsp

Turmeric - maize and onion intercropping systems. I. Yield and land use efficiency

Experiments were laid out at Bhavanisagar (Tamil Nadu, India) during 1989 - 90 and at Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu, India) during 1990 - 91 to determine land use efficiency, yield and yield attributes of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) in various jntercropping and sole cropping systems. Turmeric, maize and onion (Allium cepa L.) were raised as sole crops adopting recommended package of practices. Maize and onion were intercropped with turmeric in two proportions (50 and 100 per cent of the recommendedpopulation levels). Onion was also introduced as additional intercrop with maize with 23 per cent of the population of sole crop. Turmeric yields were reduced from 9 to 25 per cent when intercropped with maize. Turmeric yield reductions due to intercropping were associated with reduction in number of tillers, mother rhizome, primary and secondary rhizomes. Maize yields were higher with intercropping than with sole cropping. Even though yield of turmeric was reduced by intercropping, turmeric - maize and onion intercropping resulted in 17 to 34 per cent greater land use efficiency for the 9 months growing season than in· the sole cropping systems. This is important in developing countries where available per capita arable land is low. &nbsp