Everyday stressors are a normal part of adolescence, yet young people differ markedly in their responses. Emotional intelligence (EI), set emotion-related adaptive traits and skills, is thought to be an important individual difference that acts as ‘stress buffer’ safeguard adolescent well-being. EI correlates with reduced perceived life stress levels, but, date, there no attempt understand how ...

A folksonomy refers to a collection of user-defined tags with which users describe contents published on the Web. With the flourish of Web 2.0, folksonomies have become an important mean to develop the Semantic Web. Because tags in folksonomies are authored freely, there is a need to understand the structure and semantics of these tags in various applications. In this paper, we propose a learni...

is inked is marked by a certain pride of accomplishment and a promise for an enduring relationship. Yet, this exuberance is tinged with uncertainty as to what the future may bring. Some relationships grow and flourish, with each side nurturing the other. Others don’t last. The relationship continues as long as there is a mutually agreed-upon equilibrium. However, when this balance is disturbed—...

French literature has shown an enduring fascination with the social figure of the doctor. In Jules Romains' amusing play Knock (1922), and in its later film version (1951), the doctor as deceiver returns to centrestage with a flourish. Molière's seventeenth-century figures were mostly quacks and mountebanks; Knock is something new: he is a health messiah. By enforcing a mental and social hygien...

Much has been said recently on off-loading computations from the phone. In particular, workloads such as speech and visual recognition that involve models based on “big data” are thought to be prime candidates for cloud processing. We posit that the next few years will see the arrival of mobile usages that require continuous processing of audio and video data from wearable devices. We argue tha...

In today competitive business world, organizations and enterprises need to manipulate their business processes. The real key to be successful in these organizations lies in proper business process design and management. Concentrating on business process optimization and improvement, enterprises can achieve reduced costs, increased quality of products, raised efficiency of products, adapting wit...

Optimal Independent Review Board (IRB) structure encompasses ongoing process improvement, ethics policies and continuous relationship building, all sound in evidence. With optimal IRB structure, a global research infrastructure will flourish. Evidence for IRB structure must be detailed and expert operational recommendations should guide. Too, health service research oversight should assist in f...

The Capability Maturity Model (CMM), published by the Software Engineering Institute has been used by software development organizations to improve the processes used to develop software products. The System Administration Maturity Model (SAMM) is an adaptation of the CMM to make it more relevant for system and network administration organizations. The SAMM seeks to describe the key processes r...

main theme a fascinating topic. In Renaissance Europe the insane were frequently at large. The Age of Enlightenment, coinciding with the increased growth of cities, seems to have led to their confinement?and to intensified ill-treatment. The account of these developments enables Dr. Foucault to imply that the role of the doctor as a magician and as the protagonist of society's attitudes to the ...