The increasing popularity of open standards in B2B e-commerce demands more research on generalized trust. This study investigates how a country’s social trust affects the use of open and closed B2B ecommerce. The analysis based on data from 27 European and related countries shows that social trust in a country promotes the use of open B2B e-commerce, but it impedes the use of closed B2B e-comme...

Background One of the most important steps of the health transformation program involves the application of electronic prescriptions (e-prescriptions) in health services. Information technologies are highly important in generating e-prescriptions, which can be described as a document produced by authorized personnel electronically, containing written information and instructions regarding...

E-learning is now playing a very important role in learning processes and the major concern in all education institutions and universities. Open source e-learning platforms are one of the latest e-learning management systems used to deliver e-learning courses in most of the universities and higher educational institutions in the entire world, also in Jordan. There is a need to compare and evalu...

Two stratigraphic sections (Kuh-e-Rahmat and Kuh-e-Sabz) of Upper Cretaceous strata in the Interior Fars region (SW of Iran) were selected. Lower Cretaceous succession of Kuh-e-Rahmat was consisted of Dariyan, Kazhdumi Sarvak and Ilam Formations. The lower contact of the Sarvak Formation with Kazhdumi Formation is described as a transitional type whereas the upper contact of Sarvak Formation wa...

PURPOSE To study the association of apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphisms and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). METHODS After a systematic literature search, all relevant studies evaluating the association between APOE polymorphisms and POAG were included. All statistical tests were calculated with Stata 11.0. RESULTS Twelve independent studies on the APOE gene (1,971 cases, 1,756 control...

<The Theses Alive project, conducted at Edinburgh University Library, aimed to produce an E-Theses repository with a view to providing a solution which may be appropriate for other UK higher education institutions to adopt. This paper examines some of the most interesting and involved areas of that project, including what open access and open source meant for it, and how the Edinburgh Research ...

khanghah gilvan cemetery is located in khalkhal, in the iranian province of ardebil. this cemetery came into light during a highway construction project in khanghah village. until now, three archeological excavations, under the author’s supervision, have been carried out in this cemetery that has resulted in burials from the middle bronze age up to parthian period.   among the excavated burial...

Norwegian Artikkelen rapporterer fra et forskningsog evalueringsprosjekt om nettbasert individuell fjernundervisning for kompetanseutvikling i forbindelse med yrkesmessig attføring. Studentene i undersøkelsen er voksne med ulike helsemessige problemer som er inne i et attføringsløp med sikte på å komme tilbake i arbeid. Som gruppe har deltakerne ulike personlige problemer, vanskeigheter og diag...

SOMMARIO È possibile individuare strumenti e strategie per condividere buone pratiche fra colleghi, comunicare e sfruttare efficacemente le capacità di apprendimento degli studenti, i l tutto a costi molto contenuti? E come? Con un semplice laptop, i tools cooperativi del Web 2.0 e il software Open Source. L’e-learning, sia nei suoi risvolti formali (le cosiddette “piattaforme”) che informali (...