Software architecture provides the high-level design of software systems with the most critical decisions. The source code of a system has to conform to the architectural decisions to guarantee the systems’ success in terms of quality properties. Therefore, architects have to continuously ensure that architecture decisions are implemented correctly to prevent architecture erosion. This is the m...

The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of expert systems technology and its potential applications. The Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) held two workshops of expert systems, the First OECD Workshop on Knowledge-Based Expert Systems in Transportation held in ESPOO, Finland, in June 1990, to review current expert systems activities in the OECD countr...

Sapindus emarginatus is important indigenous plant with lots of traditional importance belongs to family sapindaceae. It is commonly called as Soap nut tree which is found in most of the hilly regions of India. Each and every part of the plant is used traditionally in various ailments. Trees of genus Sapindus are cultivated in many parts of India. The secondary metabolites present in Sapindus e...

Azaphilones which can be isolated from various natural resources like fungi and plant have range of potent biological activities that can be exploited against various diseases. Structure of numerous azaphilones has already been described. The present review talks about activities of azaphilones like anti-cancerous, anti-HIV, anti-nematicidal, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal which have been extensiv...

The general objective of the present study was to investigate how elementary school students engage in their knowledge construction processes in computer-supported collaborative learning. We will report a longitudinal case study of a teacher’s and researchers’ effort to create classroom activities and social practices that support genuine participation in knowledge-creating inquiry. In this cur...

today, expert systems are widely applied in medicine for prognosis, diagnosis, checkup, and treatment of various kinds of diseases. a comprehensive system for the checkup and treatment of different types of diabetes is still lacking. this paper reports development of such a system, its validation, and its utility in facilitating medical decision-making and supporting self-care.