Water management and competition between users in water scarce river basins is a major challenge facing the human race. The inter dependence of users in such basins, necessitates a clear understanding of each user in relation to the location, the water demand, and the duration of water need. The understanding of these factors, together, is very important for the management of water resources in...

Scarcity of water resources and huge costs of establishing new hydraulic installations necessitate optimal exploitation from existing reservoirs. Sustainable management and efficient exploitation from existing finite water resources are important factors in water resource management, particularly in the periods of water insufficiency and in dry regions, and on account of competitive allocations...

Scholars have drawn increasing attention to the implications of dark side social media for users’ online subjective well-being (OSWB). We develop a research framework based on limited-capacity model examine relationship between OSWB and fatigue. Moreover, we explore associations specific aspects related network heterogeneity fatigue users in United States America (USA). Further, mediating effec...

A bstr act: As the amount of information stored on and accessed by computer has increased over the past twenty years, the tools available for organizing and retrieving such information have become outdated. T he folder paradigm has dominated existing user interfaces as the primary mechanism for organizing information for day-to-day use. T his paradigm encourages many-to-one placement of documen...

In systems experiencing water scarcity and consequent intermittent supply, users often adopt private tanks that collect water during service periods and supply users when the service is not available. The tank may be fed by gravity or by private pumping stations depending on the network pressure level. Once water resources are collected, the tank can supply users by gravity if it is located on ...

The large number of non-expert users of Web-based systems need an intelligent and flexible support, even in complex tasks, and we think that problem solving techniques could be exploited to face this challenge. However, users should not be exposed to the complexity of the implementation of the reasoning mechanisms. In this paper, we present STAR, a Web-based system that exploits the configurati...

conclusions the obtained results showed that hcv infection was an alarming problem among opiate users in the eastern part of turkey. it is suggested to rapidly diagnose the infected persons; thus preventive measures and appropriate control may limit further transmission of these infections. background hepatitis b, hepatitis c and hiv infections constitute serious healthcare problems worldwide. ...

A significant body of work on biomedical text mining is aimed at uncovering meaningful associations between biological entities, including genes. This has the potential to offer new insights for research, uncovering hidden links between genes involved in critical pathways and processes. Recently, high-throughput studies have started to unravel the genetic landscape of chronic lymphocytic leukem...

Strengthening semantic and orthographic associations among words in a lexicon may help to improve memory processes related to fluent organizing and retrieval of language. In the present study, we examined how training in several different word games impacts later retrieval access for the words. Games included a word-stem completion task (orthographic), a free association task (semantic), and a ...

OBJECTIVE To determine agreement between two posture assessment survey instruments and which, if any, were correlated with experiencing upper extremity musculoskeletal symptoms. METHODS Thirty undergraduate participants had three postural assessment surveys completed, one each for three separate 7-day data collection periods during a semester. Two observation assessment tools were used, a mod...