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This study examined employer feedback on the job performance of Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management (BSHM) graduates of Mindoro State University–Bongabong Campus, focusing on competence, commitment, collaboration, and credibility. A descriptive–correlational research design was employed to determine the level of graduates’ job performance and to examine the relationship between their length of service in the hospitality industry and workplace performance. Data were collected from thirty (30) employers who served as immediate supervisors, managers, or establishment owners of BSHM graduates employed in hospitality establishments within and outside the province of Mindoro. A standardized Employer’s Feedback on Job Performance Questionnaire was used, and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s r correlation. The findings revealed that the graduates demonstrated a very good level of job performance across all dimensions, indicating strong workplace readiness despite limited industry experience. High ratings were noted in teamwork, ethical conduct, professionalism, and participation in organizational operations. Lower-ranked indicators included adapting to new operating technologies, prioritizing organizational concerns over personal matters, respecting individual differences, and responsible use of organizational resources; however, these areas remained within the very good descriptive level. Correlation analysis showed no significant relationship between years of service and job performance, suggesting that length of industry experience alone does not determine employee effectiveness. The results highlight the importance of employer feedback as a reliable indicator of graduate preparedness and curriculum relevance. The study emphasizes the need for higher education institutions to further strengthen technology integration, ethical development, and career readiness initiatives to enhance graduate employability and alignment with hospitality industry demands.

Automatic software generation based on some specification is known as program synthesis. Most existing approaches formulate program synthesis as a search problem with discrete parameters. In this paper, we present a novel formulation of program synthesis as a continuous optimization problem using an evolutionary approach, known as Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy. We then propose several mapping schemes to convert the continuous formulation into actual programs and propose different restart policies for the evolutionary approach. This is the first work that demonstrates the feasibility of continuous approach in synthesizing complex programs, not just simple toy programs. We compare our system, Genesys , to several recent program synthesis techniques (in both discrete and continuous domains). We find that Genesys synthesizes more programs within a fixed time budget than those existing schemes. For example, for programs of length 10, Genesys synthesizes 28% more programs than those existing schemes within the same time budget.

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MSE retaining wall with concrete facing panels is a pretty popular system used globally to support or enable the construction of infrastructure, forming retaining walls, abutments and wing walls. Polymeric reinforcement strips have been introduced in the MSE wall market as an alternative from traditional reinforcements with performance and cost-effectiveness significant advantages. They are also recommended for non-conventional situations such as marginal fills, chemically aggressive environment or in warm climates, where other reinforcements might be strongly affected by corrosion. Polymeric reinforcing strips, encased in LLDPE coating, have proved to perform like other non-extensible linear reinforcements, reaching higher values of pullout resistance. MSE walls with geostrips can be designed following International Standards, however, some considerations on the design methods applicability and nature of the reinforcements are provided here. MSE walls with polymeric strip were first introduced to the European market in the mid-1970s and their market has been growing ever since all over the world but only recently has been developed in North America. This paper presents two case studies of MSE wall projects reinforced with geostrips recently realized in Maryland and California.

This is a bugfix release for 0.54.0. It fixes a regression in structured array type handling, a potential leak on initialization failure in the CUDA target, a regression caused by Numba's vendored cloudpickle module resetting dynamic classes and a few minor testing/infrastructure related problems. Please see details in the release note: https://numba.readthedocs.io/en/0.54.1/release-notes.html#version-0-54-1-7-october-2021

Lean construction has inspired the AEC industry globally over the last decades, and this manifests within a wide array of contexts. The purpose of this paper is to provide a narrative-based qualitative analysis of the emergence and impact of Lean construction on a national level, notably in the Norwegian AEC industry. The analysis is based on the concept of paradigm shift and on empirical knowledge in the form of narratives. The narratives of practitioners and researchers provide deep insights into how Lean Construction has inspired the Norwegian AEC industry and academia, respectively. The reflections indicate that the introduction of the Lean construction principles and tools in the Norwegian AEC industry has depended on promoters who have been convinced about its advantages. The role of active promoters – in particular Dr. Glenn Ballard – is underlined as key to successful introduction of Lean Construction. Key cultural features of the Norwegian AEC industry are emphasized as important success factors. Lean Construction in Norway needs to be understood as a phenomenon occurring within a setting that is generally advantageous but also following an effort carried out on several levels. Key elements that can be used within other contexts are (1) the existence of promoters, (2) cooperation between industry and academic circles, (3) a high degree of trust and (4) a predominance of bottom-up organizations within the industry with few levels of hierarchy.

The Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic forced the Norwegian male premier league football season to reschedule, reducing the fixture calendar substantially. Previous research has shown that a congested match schedule can affect injury rates in professional football. Therefore, we aimed to investigate whether the Norwegian premier league teams suffered more injuries in the match congested 2020 season than the regular 2019-season. We invited all teams having participated in both seasons to export their injury data. Only teams that used the same medical staff to register injuries in both seasons were included, and to maximise data comparability between seasons, we applied a time-loss injury definition only. Eight of 13 teams agreed to participate and exported their injury data. The 2020 season was 57 days shorter than the 2019 season. The match injury incidence differed insignificantly (incidence rate ratio 0.76 (0.48 to 1.20; p=0.24) in the 2020 season compared to the 2019 season. Furthermore, we found no differences in the number of injuries, days lost to injury, matches missed to injury, or injury severity. We present the first injury data from a complete post-lockdown professional football season. We could not detect any differences between the two seasons, suggesting the congested match calendar in the 2020 season is a safe alternative in future seasons.

This release focuses on performance improvements, but also adds some new features and contains numerous bug fixes and stability improvements. Please find details in the change log and the announcement post on Discourse.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the reproductive performance of Nellore heifers without previous vaccination undergoing fixed-time artificial insemination (FTAI) and subsequent natural breeding under different vaccination protocols against infectious bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1), bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), and bovine leptospirosis (BL). A total of 763 animals were included; the group assignment was as follows: T1, control without vaccination; T2, vaccination against BL; T3, vaccination against BHV-1and BVDV; T4,vaccination against combination of BL + BHV-1and BVDV. Vaccination was started 30 days before FTAI (D-40), and a booster dose was administered at D-10. Serological tests were used to verify the occurrence rate of natural infection by BL, BHV-1, and BVDV. Initial pregnancy was diagnosed at D30, D60, and D120 after FTAI. Final pregnancy rates were evaluated by group, weight, body-condition score, occurrence of estrus, inseminator, bull, and occurrence of abortions or embryonic death. In all groups, results indicated seropositivity of 100% for leptospirosis, 77.0-94.0% for BHV-1, and 64.0-87.0% for BVDV. The vaccination protocol was not a significant influencing factor of pregnancy rate and embryonic or fetal mortality; whereas, animal weight at the beginning of the breeding season and presence of estrus at FTAI were significant influencing factors of pregnancy rate. The vaccination protocol had no interference with the reproductive performance of the experimental groups.