In this paper, we describe the design of a sensor-cloud framework for hosting remote health-care services. First the requirements for delivering remote health-care services are analysed. Next an overview of the sensor-cloud framework is presented. Maintaining health records is an important issue for delivering health-care services remotely. Therefore, a data model for the health record is propo...

introduction: one of the most important indices of effectiveness and delivery quality of sanitary and medical services is patient satisfaction with hospital services. it is necessary that hospitals pay attention to patient's needs and ensure their satisfaction. therefore the current study was conducted with the aim of identifying the level of patient satisfaction with hospital services delivere...

Today, many traditional manufacturing firms are focusing on their service operations, which are often seen as a better source of revenue than the first-time installations. Information and communications technology (ICT) can accelerate this process by offering efficient ways to deliver services to the customers and by allowing companies to transform their traditional product strategies to servic...

This paper considers network services that bind identifiers in the course of delivering messages, and also persistent, point-to-point connections made in the context of such bindings. Five patterns represent the different ways that identifier binding can be accomplished. A formal model incorporating these patterns is used to compare the properties of the patterns, to define desirable network pr...