Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for planning a workforce headcount for a given business process. The method comprises the steps of providing as inputs, i) productivity ramp-ups to model the level of experience and to measure the performance of both new hires and current employees, and ii) industry/market attrition rates for employees; and performing an evaluation, using said inputs, of at least one given management objective. On the basis of this evaluation, a future hiring and transition plan is provided for the given business process for a defined period of time. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, uncertainty is associated with one or more of the inputs, and the future hiring and transition plan is provided by using stochastic programming to model the uncertainty associated with at least one of said one or more of the inputs.

Abstract: This present invention relates to new peptides L-N-substituted-alanyl-N-substituted-glycyl-N-substituted-glycyl-L-aspartyl-N-substituted-glycyl-L-lysyl (SEQ ID NO: 1, where R1—R4 of formula 1 are H and R5 of formula 1 is OH) derivatives which can be used as therapeutic agents for allergy/asthma and a process for preparing the said compounds and its formulation for administration by nasal route.