PROBLEM There is ongoing concern that governments at many levels are not devoting enough attention and resources to sanita tion services, particularly when compared to spending on water supply and other infrastructure services. Additionally, existing sanitation investments and service provision are not often pro-poor. Efforts to increase access to sanitation infrastructure often benefit better-...

This is the fifth anniversary of the Robocup Rescue Simulation Competitions and the tenth anniversary of the disaster that inspired the Competitions. This is a good time to take stock of what milestones have been achieved and what milestones we should be aiming for. Specifically, this paper looks at the goals that led to the establishment of the competition, the current status of the simulation...

This paper discusses various approaches to risk analysis of infrastructure systems. The discussion is applied to electric power delivery systems, i.e. transmission and distribution of electric power, with an emphasis on the electric power grid in Sweden. In reviewing a number of the methods of risk analysis, it is concluded that methods from the systems safety and reliability discipline can to ...

Background: The present study aimed to investigate and rank the effective success factors for e-learning based on the perspectives of the faculty members, students, and technical specialists of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Methods: This descriptive survey was conducted using the qualitative-quantitative method. At the first stage of the qualitative approach, 15 specialis...

Electronic commerce as one of the most important of Innovation aspects in the process of doing business is used by many organizations and companies in the world. Cooperatives as the main part of the country's economy have fundamental role in improving and promoting of economic. Therefore, innovation methods and tools, new processes and perform business tasks such as e-commerce will play an i...

Electronic commerce as one of the most important of Innovation aspects in the process of doing business is used by many organizations and companies in the world. Cooperatives as the main part of the country's economy have fundamental role in improving and promoting of economic. Therefore, innovation methods and tools, new processes and perform business tasks such as e-commerce will play an i...

Evidence suggests that, regardless of the number technical controls in place, organizations will still experience security breaches. Organizations spend millions dollars on their cyber infrastructure that includes and non-technical measures but mostly disregarded most important asset vulnerability human.

Video content delivery over wireless networks is expected to grow drastically in the coming years. In this paper, we investigate the challenging problem of video over cognitive radio (CR) networks. Although having high potential, this problem brings about a new level of technical challenges. After reviewing related work, we first address the problem of video over infrastructure-based CR network...

This paper describes how Department of Defense (DOD) policy groups responsible for net-centricity, interoperability, and transformation can facilitate the creation of a service bus that works for the whole enterprise instead of just within project stovepipes. Modeled after standards bodies like OASIS and open source development groups like The Apache Foundation, the approach defines an enterpri...