Cloud is a concept of updating of resources without affecting the infrastructure to reduce the need of backup system and encourage the continuous execution of application. Cloud provides potential “Reliability” and “Scalability” for the applications either deployed or running on cloud. Cloud computing is offering utility oriented IT services to users worldwide. It will speed up the development ...

Aristotle valued still contemplation as the highest level o activity (and productivity) possible, whereas today, much more visible (but less productive) behaviours are associat ed with the notion of ‘activity’ [4,6]. In many established settings, academia needs to take a step backwards and once again value behaviours associated with communica tion and contemplation, rather than be obsessed with...

An ongoing debate in employment policy is whether promoting small and medium enterprises creates more employment. Do small enterprises generate more employment growth than larger enterprises? We use the elimination of small-scale industry (SSI) promotion in India to address this question. For 60 years, SSI promotion in India focused on reserving certain products for manufacture by small and med...

Hospitalist educators face a number of challenges in teaching clinical reasoning to residents and medical students. Helping to develop trainees' clinical acumen is an essential and highly nuanced process, yet complex patients, documentation requirements, and productivity goals compete with teaching time. Workplace-based assessment is particularly important for residents with the institution of ...

Aims and method To examine research productivity of staff working across 57 National Health Service (NHS) mental health trusts in England. We examined research productivity between 2010 and 2012, including funded portfolio studies and all research (funded and unfunded). Results Across 57 trusts there were 1297 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) studies in 2011/2012, involving 46 140 ...

Although there would appear to be considerable potential for improving the health, productivity and quality of life of the Australian workforce through workplace physical activity (PA) promotion programs, the scientific evidence that such programs are effective is limited. This review appraises the quality of intervention studies conducted since 1997. Most studies included volunteer participant...

Arid and semi arid areas of Balochistan are characterized by low and erratic rainfall and are prone to drought conditions which normally occur every three to four years. Th e prevailing drought is one of the most severe in its magnitude as annual rain (60-150 mm) has been well below average for a continuous period of four to fi ve years in most parts of highland Balochistan. Results from a long...

THE TERM TEAMS is used heavily in industry today, often with little more than a hope behind it. However, as companies strive for greater productivity and responsiveness to market changes, effective teams often play a central role in initiating organizational change. Such real teams may occur in any part of the business, but this article focuses on the particular issues arising in using teams in...

Introduction: the incidence of malnutrition Malnutrition affects large numbers of children throughout the developing world. In Kenya, nearly one-third of children showed evidence of chronic malnutrition in the mid 1990s. A major cause of malnutrition in Kenya1 is inadequate dietary intake, both in terms of quantity and quality.2 The effects of inadequate intake are most pronounced during period...