The Unscheduled Mechanism (UI) enforced in the interstate sale-purchase of power has succeeded in transforming the fabric of the Indian power system operation in a manner unparallel. Nonetheless, categorizing the scheme as a disciplinary and penal mechanism would be like missing bull’s eye wide off the mark. UI rate is much more than what meets the eye. The paper argues that the mechanism is pr...

Users often can not easily express their queries. For example, in a multimedia/image by content setting, the user might want photographs with sunsets; in current systems, like QBIC, the user has to give a sample query, and to specify the relative importance of color, shape and texture. Even worse, the user might want correlations between attributes, like, for example, in a traditional, medical ...

Our project Hospital Management system includes registration of patients, storing their details into the system, and also booking appointments with doctors. software has facility to give a unique id for every patient stores staff automatically. User can search availability doctor using id. The System be entered username password. It is accessible either by an administrator or receptionist. Only...

Many sites have recently begun to encourage user participation and provide consumers with a virtual community wherein the user can create an on-site identity, make friends, and interact with other consumers. We study the interplay between users’ functional and social behavior on media sites and their willingness to pay for premium services. We use data from Last.fm, a site offering both music c...

When user fee exemptions were introduced for children under five years of age in Niger, front-line staff in the health system were not consulted in advance, and various obstacles seriously hindered the policy's implementation. Health workers developed two types of coping strategies. The first dealt with shortcomings of the policy implementation process related to management tools, drug stocks, ...

In eastern Zambia, immunisation by 'infection and treatment' is the main method used to control East Coast fever, an acute and lethal cattle disease. This service, which requires a stringent cold chain, used to be free of charge. When a minimal user fee was introduced, attendance dropped drastically. Consequently, this complex immunisation programme was transferred to veterinary paraprofessiona...

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