This paper presents the EU project SHARE which aims at developing a mobile service architecture to support largescale rescue operations with multimedia communication and information services. The task of planning and controlling large-scale rescue operations requires flexible and robust tools which help the rescue forces to do their search and rescue work with maximum efficiency. Resource plann...

This chapter details how Big Data can be used and implemented in networking and computing infrastructures. Specifically, it addresses three main aspects: the timely extraction of relevant knowledge from heterogeneous, and very often unstructured large data sources; the enhancement on the performance of processing and networking (cloud) infrastructures that are the most important foundational pi...

With the progress of virtualization technology, cloud systems have been started to be deployed on a full-scale basis. However, there are many issues in terms of managing cloud systems in a stable and high-quality way. This is because the number of servers becomes immense and dependencies between servers become complex. Conventionally, individual business applications and services have been oper...

A national US survey collected data on herd milk production and management of Holstein herds. Step-wise selection identified management practices that were related to herd milk production using only operations that calculated herd milk production as well as using data from all operations. Results were similar. Milk production was highest in the West. Operations with < 100 dairy cows had lower p...

The integration of IMS networks will enable telecom operators to evolve in a manner transparent to the incessant demand for the multimedia services. However the QoS management mechanisms defined for IMS networks are considered poor in oversight and monitoring real-time services. Moreover the eTOM Framework includes the scenarios of monitoring service delivery that enable real-time tracking serv...

The management of both computer and telecommunication networks is an activity that has as main requirement the integration of heterogeneous systems. This work presents the Artemis tool, which has as key feature the capability to combine distinct systems of network management as well as their information concerning the network in order to exhibit them concisely and through a unique interface to ...

paying attention to customers is necessary for continuing operation in competitive markets today. through customers’ satisfaction, organizations can reduce production costs and increase their revenues. customer relationship management can help the managers and organizations with establishing a constructive relationship with customers and maintaining them. therefore, developing and deploying an ...

When the port of entry of acute type-A aortic dissection is at the level of the horizontal portion of the aortic arch, the latter should be replaced by a prosthesis. To avoid performing this difficult procedure in an emergency situation, we place a stent in the aortic arch. Then we replace the ascending aorta by a prosthesis.

The role of surgical resection in the treatment of pancreatic cancer was established in 1935 by Whipple and associates with the demonstration that resections of the head of the pancreas could be technically performed. Accumulated clinical experience with pancreatic resectioning has demonstrated that radical surgical treatment of pancreatic cancer results in significant morbidity and mortality a...

In a Web Advertising Traffic Operation the Trafficking Routing Problem (TRP) consists in scheduling the management of Web Advertising (Adv) campaign between Trafficking campaigns in the most efficient way to oversee and manage relationship with partners and internal teams, managing expectations through integration and post-launch in order to ensure success for every stakeholders involved. For o...