Information and communication technology applications can help increase the independence and quality of life of older people, or people with disabilities who live in their own homes. A risk management framework is proposed to assist in selecting applications that match the needs and wishes of particular individuals. Risk comprises two components: the likelihood of the occurrence of harm and the...

PIM (Protocol Independent Multicast) is capable of supporting sparse mode (SM) and dense mode (DM) operations. In sparse mode, PIM can use shared trees (RPT) or shortest path trees (SPT) to deliver data packets. One frequently asked questions was how to decide when to use sparse mode and when to use dense mode. What is the criteria? Another unanswered question was whether packets can be lost wh...

This paper deals with the issue of independence Prosecutor’s Office Slovak Republic as an attribute that allows to actually carry out its mission, regardless individual interests parties concerned and government’s political goals basic beliefs. In first chapter, current constitutional regulation in context legal independence. The author points problems arise from absence granting emphasizes nee...

PIM Protocol Independent Multicast is capable of sup porting sparse mode SM and dense mode DM op erations In sparse mode PIM can use shared trees RPT or shortest path trees SPT to deliver data pack ets One frequently asked questions was how to decide when to use sparse mode and when to use dense mode What is the criteria Another unanswered question was whether packets can be lost when receivers...

this paper tries to survey the independence of central bank of iran and its relationship to inflation by using the data of 56 developing countries during 1990s. the results signifies that there are no significant relationship between inflation and the independence of central banks in these countries. in other words, according to the existing evidences, not all the developing countries with high...

small scale industries are suffering most from the marketing problems due to their owners’ attitudes, units’ capacity, and quality of products along with the scale of production. the researchers analyzed the problems of selected twenty small scale industrial units of various industrial groups of industrial estates of sylhet division of bangladesh to get insights of the problem. primary and seco...

Constructing stated-preference (sp) experiments from a choice that the respondent made in a revealed-preference setting can enhance the realism of the sp task and the efficacy of preference revelation. However, the practice creates dependence between the sp attributes and unobserved factors, contrary to the independence assumption that is maintained for standard estimation procedures. We descri...

We studied genetic diversity and differentiation patterns in Neotropical plants to address effects of life history traits (LHT) and ecological attributes based on an exhaustive literature survey. We used generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) to test the effects as fixed and random factors of growth form, pollination and dispersal modes, mating and breeding systems, geographical range and habi...

In this paper, a socially responsible supply chain consisting of one supplier and one retailer is proposed. The supplier decides on replenishment cycle multiplier and the retailer invests in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and decides on the order-up-to-level under a periodic review replenishment policy. The retailer’s decisions impact on the supplier’s probability as well as the supply c...

We present a nonparametric method for selecting informative features in high-dimensional clustering problems. We start with a screening step that uses a test for multimodality. Then we apply kernel density estimation and mode clustering to the selected features. The output of the method consists of a list of relevant features, and cluster assignments. We provide explicit bounds on the error rat...