Relational Database Management Systems proven to be robust and efficient for storing and retrieving data. However, they have limitations. Sophisticated data processing (a rule-based processing with inferences) is possible but hard to implement. To overcome these problems, several methods have been developed. Data can be processed by a client application (a client-side processing) or by a RDBMS ...

We propose a refinement and a simplification of the behavioural semantics of session types, based on the concepts of compliance and subbehaviour from the theory of web contracts. We introduce three relations on a suitable class of behaviours with higher-order input/output, called “session behaviors”. Such relations, depending on each other, represent the idea of sub-behaviour from the point of ...

This paper reports the detailed results of a study of the impact of the Health Workers for Change (HWFC) workshop series on clients' perceptions of health services, relationships within the health centre and relations between the health facility and the district health system. The study was carried out in three stages: baseline, intervention and evaluation over a period of 20 months. Data, both...