The paper focuses on the architecture and characteristics of an advanced e-learning environment that provides integration facilities with dedicated information systems for educational, administrative and research management software systems. The study reveals the design principles and the architecture of the system, the advantages of implementing a flexible system and a proficient system integr...

I t’s been a year since we moved into our new home, the Linus Pauling Science Center at Oregon State University. We are very pleased to work in such modern, state-of-the-art facilities, which have transformed the Institute and elevated it to new heights. The open laboratories and shared core facilities; the bright, well-designed offices and conference rooms; and the informal meeting spaces thro...

A typical computer algebra system (CAS) represents formulas by (what amounts to) trees. By approximating a more general function as a univariate polynomial, it can be represented as an array of coefficients. Another common representation is as a set of values of the function at specified points. In either case, one can compute in this realm of “functions” further by combining such arrays. By ta...

The Medium Energy Ion Scattering facility at the Daresbury Laboratory, one of only a few such facilities in the world, has served the UK community since 1996. It provided a 50-400 keV ion beam and a very comprehensive experimental station where samples could be studied and the energies and angles of the scattered ions measured. It has now closed, but will be be relocated some 50 miles to the Un...

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The DISCUS framework is a generic reusable software architecture that provides high levels of interoperability between Imagery related applications. DISCUS is also a working government furnished testbed that integrates commercial and government software together including imagery applications, mensuration, office automation, mapping, and databases. In the DISCUS experiment we have shown that it...

1Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sana’a, Yemen. ABSTRACT This study in 3 districts of Hajjah governorate, Yemen, used WHO core indicators to investigate irrational prescribing of antimalarial drugs in public and private health facilities. Laboratory diagnosis rates were low in public facilities (21.2% of encounters). Informal p...

Person-centered care is a key concept guiding efforts to improve long-term care. Elements of person-centered care include personhood, knowing the person, maximizing choice and autonomy, comfort, nurturing relationships, and a supportive physical and organizational environment. The Oregon Health & Science University Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence and the state agency that overse...