Introduction: In e-learning, people get involved in a processand create the content (product) and make it available for virtuallearners. The present study was carried out in order to evaluatethe first virtual master program in medical education at ShirazUniversity of Medical Sciences according to P3 Model.Methods: This is an evaluation research study with post singlegroup design used to determi...

Nigeria has made frantic efforts towards achieving the millennium development goals (MDGs) as spelt out in the United Nations’ Agenda for the world. A critical assessment of the e-Government strategies in Nigeria is important being responsible for 20% of the population of the entire African continent. This paper presents a review of the e-Government strategies in Nigeria; the human capital deve...

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks mean millions in revenue losses to many industries, such e-commerce and online financial services. The amount of reported DDoS attacks has increased with 47% compared to 2013. One of the reasons for this increase is the availability and ease of accessibility to websites, which provide DDoS attacks as a paid service, called Booters. Although there are...

This paper presents a synchronous telecommuting learning environment named ECHO based on the need to satisfy many pedagogical aspects when dealing with a distance education course hybrid mode delivery system. ECHO, a distributed computer application, is a Collaborative Teleworking Environment that allows for real time transactional and interpersonal communication services via Internet. Numerous...

This chapter begins by introducing the reader to privacy policies, e-services, and privacy management. It then derives the contents of a privacy policy and explains “policy matching”. It next presents an approach for the negotiation of privacy policies for an elearning service. Both negotiating under certainty and uncertainty are treated. The type of uncertainty discussed is uncertainty of what...

CVD is a common killer in both the Western world and the developing world. It is a multifactorial disease that is influenced by many environmental and genetic factors. Although public health advice to date has been principally in the form of prescribed population-based recommendations, this approach has been surprisingly unsuccessful in reducing CVD risk. This outcome may be explained, in part,...

Lori Mestre is Head of the Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champign, e-mail: [email protected]; Lisa Baures is Public Services Librarian/College of Education Liaison at Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, e-mail: [email protected]; Mona Niedbala is Education & Curriculum Materials Librarian at University of Rhode Island, e-mail: [email protected]...

SEPLS are areas with “dynamic mosaics of habitats and land and sea uses where the harmonious interaction between people and nature maintains biodiversity while providing humans with the goods and services needed for their livelihoods, survival and well-being in a sustainable manner” (IPSI Secretariat 2015). They can be found in many parts of the world where humans are directly linked with natur...

We investigate the optical properties of spherical gold and silver clusters with diameters of 20 nm and larger. The light scattering spectra of individual clusters are measured using dark-field microscopy, thus avoiding inhomogeneous broadening effects. The dipolar plasmon resonances of the clusters are found to have nearly Lorentzian line shapes. With increasing size we observe polaritonic red...