The application of knowledge (measured in term entrepreneurship and innovations, research development, software product design) has become one the spring boards economic growth. paper highlights six hindrances to renaissance explosion Africa with special emphasis on inefficiency indigenous systems following colonialism. It further highlighted major challenges such as low capacity invest advance...

The article is devoted to the development and use of intelligent systems in management medical technological processes health-related quality life (HRQOL). relevance work due need for effective healthcare. purpose this study possibilities prospects using information technologies artificial intelligence clinical medicine improve efficiency providing care population. Information retrieval method;...

Normative legal systems have struggled to define international property rights. This struggle has been particularly intense in the area of intellectual property because the level of protection afforded to trademarked goods varies tremendously from nation to nation.1 Thus, international trade often leads to infringement of domestic property rights. The tension between the global mobility of good...

The IEC 61499 standard defines an architecture and software tool requirements for the encapsulation, embedding, deployment and integration of intellectual property (IP) in intelligent devices, machines and systems. A reference framework and engineering methodology is presented for the use of IEC 61499 in the design, development, simulation, testing and implementation of distributed control and ...

The ongoing debate about the identity of the Information Systems (IS) discipline is examined from a new perspective. Two recent studies are contrasted to demonstrate the limits of retrospective analysis for defining the discipline of IS. A new model for discovery transdisciplinary IS research, based on concepts and discourses is suggested. Latent Semantic Analysis is proposed as an approach to ...

Two per cent of people in Australia have intellectual disability and the adults in this population often have poor health status. This poor health can be partly attributed to communication difficulties encountered by people with intellectual disability and also health professionals in consultation settings. The design and development processes of an educational intervention to improve communica...

People with intellectual disabilities are vulnerable in healthcare environments. They experience health and healthcare inequalities, and when admitted to general hospitals are at a greater risk of patient safety incidents. This is well known in specialist services, but less recognized within primary or secondary healthcare. The most significant barriers to safer and better healthcare appear to ...