A workflow involves the coordinated execution of multiple operations and can be used to capture business processes. Typical workflow management systems are centralised and rigid; they cannot cope with the unexpected flexibly. Multi-agent systems offer the possibility of enacting workflows in a distributed manner, by agents which are intelligent and autonomous. This should bring flexibility and ...

Internet offers many choices of products, services and content. But the multitude of choices has altered the manner in which customers choose and buy products and services. Internet searching agents are tools allowing consumers to compare on-line Web-stores’ prices for a product. In the field of electronic commerce, consumers can already benefit from the use of searching agents that automatical...

The increasing occurrence of hospital-acquired infections and the emerging problems posed by antibiotic-resistant microbial strains have both contributed to the escalating cost of treatment. The presence of infection at the wound site can potentially stall the healing process at the inflammatory stage, leading to the development of a chronic wound. Traditional wound treatment regimes can no lon...

The thesis proposes a number of techniques for elaborating requirements constructively from high-level goals. The techniques are based on the KAOS goal-oriented method for requirements engineering. This method consists in identifying goals and refining them into subgoals until the latter can be assigned as responsibilities of single agents such as humans, devices and software. Domain properties...

Individualistic traditions of autonomy have long been critiqued by feminists for their atomistic and asocial presentation human agents. Relational approaches to were developed as an alternative these views. accounts generally capture a more socially informed picture agents, aim differentiate between social phenomena that are conducive our agency versus those pose hindrance agency. In this artic...

Patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant non-small cell lung cancer derive significant clinical benefit from treatment with the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib. Secondary EGFR mutations such as EGFR T790M commonly lead to resistance to these agents, limiting their long-term efficacy. Irreversible EGFR inhibitors such as CL-387,785 can overcome resista...

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women worldwide. associated with a high mortality rate and health-related economic burden. patients have low 5-year life expectancy when diagnosed at advanced stages. Besides, emergence of chemoresistance breast has led to an intense search for alternative anticancer agents. One potential compounds Piperine. Several studies had found that Piperine ...

undoubtedly, one of the most fundamental issues in the study of law is obligation that has diverse types. one of them is alternative obligation which, despite instances in the iranian legal system, has not been mentioned by the civil code and has received less attention from authors. alternative obligation for the parties has several advantages and facilities including further guarantee of the ...

BACKGROUND Asthma and rhinosinusitis are common medical conditions among adults. Alternative treatments could have important impacts on health status among those individuals with these conditions, but specific prevalence data for these treatments are limited. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of specific alternative treatment modalities, including herbal agents, ingestion of caffeinated be...

the main purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of portfolios and conferencing techniques on iranian efl learners' writing skill. the experiment involved iranian intermediate students that were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. the participants of the first experimental group were asked to provide portfolios of their 4 paragraphs during the course ...