Knowledge Provenance (KP) addresses the problem of how to determine the validity and origin of web information by means of modelling and maintaining information sources, information dependencies, and trust structures. Four levels of KP have been identified: (1) static KP develops the fundamental concepts for KP, and focuses on provenance of static and certain information; (2) dynamic KP conside...

SPECIAL ISSUE PAPERS A New Customer Segmentation Framework Based on Biclustering Analysis Xiaohui Hu, Haolan Zhang, Xiaosheng Wu, Jianlin Chen, Yu Xiao, Yun Xue, Tiechen Li, and Hongya Zhao A Privacy Protection Method Based on CP-ABE and KP-ABE for Cloud Computing Yi-mu Ji, Jie Tan, Hai Liu, Yan-peng Sun, Jia-bang Kang, Zizhuo Kuang, and Chuanxin Zhao A Tri-indicator Evaluation Method on The Ru...

For the planning of relief operations the duration and the necessary resources are key factors for a successful completion. Those factors, however, are difficult to estimate due to the large number of influencing factors in a complex crisis situation. This paper presents a software module that supports the planning by calculating the duration and the required resources for relief measures based...

The analysis of relationships between key performance indicators is one of the challenging tasks in modern business applications. On the one hand, a complex network of key performance indicators, based on sensor data and calculations, is obviously available in technical systems, but on the other hand, the final human decision is based on the information provided by visualization types like dash...

Methods All 16 KPIs were analyzed, including the percentage of patients admitted to the stroke unit, venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in the first 48 hours after admission, pneumonia and hospital mortality due to stroke, and hospital discharge on antithrombotic therapy in patients without cardioembolic mechanism. Results Both centers admitted over 80% of the patients in their stroke unit. T...

Knowledge management systems (KMs) are used to discover, develop, exploit, disseminate, and share organizational knowledge. To achieve these goals, various types of approaches have been explored. Although many KMs issues have been studied, few papers explore performance measurement. To measure the performance of KMs is difficult because mental work may not be observable. The success of KMs is n...

The boiler drum process is a nonlinear, complex and multivariable process which includes significant time delay. Therefore, the control on the water level in the drum is not easy and ideal. The first objective of this paper is to model the drum water level referring to 210 MW power unit for Nassiriyah thermal power plant. The second objective is to study the water level controller operation wit...

Kaempferia parviflora (KP) is an herbal plant in the family of Zingiberaceae. KP mainly contains methoxyflavones, especially 5,7-dimethoxyflavone (DMF), 5,7,4'-trimethoxyflavone (TMF), and 3,5,7,3',4'-pentamethoxyflavone (PMF). The present study was designed to characterize the pharmacokinetics, including bioavailability, distribution, excretion, and identification of metabolites after administ...

Kisspeptins regulate the mammalian reproductive axis by stimulating release of gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH). Different length kisspeptins (KP) are found of 54, 14, 13 or 10 amino-acids which share a common C-terminal 10-amino acid sequence. KP-54 and KP-10 have been widely used to stimulate the reproductive axis but data suggest that KP-54 and KP-10 are not equally effective at elicit...