In this paper, we introduce a real-time actor-based programming language and provide a formal but intuitive operational semantics for it. The language supports a general mechanism for handling exceptions raised by missed deadlines and the specification of application-level scheduling policies. We discuss the implementation of the language and illustrate the use of its constructs with an industr...

An alternative approach, sometimes called the public health or “environmental” perspective, tends to focus on formal laws, policies, and practices that affect the production, distribution, sales, and marketing of alcoholic beverages, or formal mechanisms that affect the drinkers themselves, such as drunk driving laws. These prevention programs generally promote policy changes by working through...

The research in the area of Customer Relation Management (CRM) applied to two prototype studies on learning and mobility offers an opportunity to experiment new multimedia data management, data analysis, and distributed collaboration. Software engineering practices based on cloud technology techniques acquire from the Web what is needed for rapid prototyping and to satisfy the needs of customer...

The West Virginia University Department of Anesthesiology has distributed a weekly newsletter to department members for several years. A recent survey and discussion among members found the newsletter to be useful and important in shaping the culture of the department and marketing it. A weekly format of three to five pages was judged best. News about anesthesiology, department policies, and pr...

Online social network is any electronic tool or application that provides information, allowing collaboration, interaction, and sharing information among users. The social network can be utilized as an e-marketing tool with low-cost and effective source of medium for marketers to identify market needs, customer experiences, competitive movements, and trends. The purpose of this paper is to stud...

In recent years, the food and beverage industry in the US has viewed children and adolescents as a major market force. As a result, children and adolescents are now the target of intense and specialized food marketing and advertising efforts. Food marketers are interested in youth as consumers because of their spending power, their purchasing influence, and as future adult consumers. Multiple t...

Social marketing applies some of the same principles used in commercial marketing for the analysis, planning, execution, and evaluation of programs designed to motivate voluntary behavioral change. It relies on consumer research for understanding the people they hope to change, including their values, aspirations, fears, lifestyle, and factors that motivate and deter them from adopting desired ...