In this paper we present Colombo, a framework in which web services are characterized in terms of (i) the atomic processes (i.e., operations) they can perform; (ii) their impact on the “real world” (modeled as a relational database); (iii) their transition-based behavior; and (iv) the messages they can send and receive (from/to other web services and “human” clients). As such, Colombo combines ...

ALASDAIR J. EDWARDS *, SUSAN CLARK , HUSSEIN ZAHIRà, ARJAN RAJASURIYA§, ABDULLA NASEERà and JASON RUBENS Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK àMarine Research Centre, Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Marine Resources, Male', Maldives §Coral Reef Research Programme, National Aquatic Resources Research & Development A...

BACKGROUND In Sri Lanka filariasis is endemic in Southern, Western and North Western provinces covering eight districts designated as implementation units in the Programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (PELF). Despite control activities over sixty years including multidose diethylcarbamazine, 6 mg/kg treatment microfilaria rates had persisted at low levels. Following systematic so...

aLaboratório de Citogenética e Molecular de Insetos, Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas – IBILCE, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” – UNESP, Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, Jardim Nazareth, CEP 15054-000, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil bLaboratório de Biologia Celular, Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e C...

1Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università di Venezia, DD 2137 30123 Venice, Italy 2Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Metallorganica ed Analitica, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padua, Italy 3Dipartimento di Biologia, Via U. Bassi 58/b, Università di Padova, 35121 Padua, Italy 4Dipartimento di Chimica Biologica, Università di Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3 35121 Padua, Italy 5Ist...

Tropical Pyomyositis Diagnosis by a Modern Medical Imaging A Case Report and Review Of Literature L B Samarakoon1*, P Piranavan2, K S Perera1 1General surgical Unit, National Hospital Colombo 2General Medical Unit, Singapore General hospital, Singapore *Corresponding author: Dr L B Samarakoon, General surgical Unit, National Hospital Colombo, No. 8, Samanala pedesa, Niyadhagala Road, Homamgama,...

1 Global Health Initiative, MacMillan Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, 2 HealthNet TPO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3 Sangath, Goa, India, 4 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 5 Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 6 Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda,...

Nihal Perera is an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at Ball State University. He has been Chief Architect-Planner for the Mahaweli Development Project, Sri Lanka, and Regional and Physical Planning Consultant for the Transmigration Project, Indonesia. His most recent publication is Society and Space: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Postcolonial Identity in Sri Lanka (Westview,/998). The colo...