Introduction: The risk of radioactivity addresses human life directly. The natural rock radioactivity is mainly due to 232Th, 238U), and 40K series. Activities involving blasting, crushing, and processing of rocks into numerous pieces lead to release of radionuclides into the atmosphere in the form of dust particles. M...

The appeal of e-Government users to retain control over their personal information, while making use of advanced governmental electronic services through interconnected and interoperable deployments, can be assisted by the incorporation of privacy policy and Preferences documents. This paper addresses the formulation of light-weight and accurate privacy policies, while preserving compliance wit...

The growth in the IT field has redefined the role of the IT manager. The furious pace of growth in global commerce facilitated by the Internet has led to greater governmental role in controlling and regulating E-commerce. Developments in technology have also led to a trend towards digitization of personal, commercial and governmental data. All of this has led to a plethora of laws, both domesti...

Postprint This is the accepted version of a paper published in Zoomorphology. This paper has been peer-reviewed but does not include the final publisher proof-corrections or journal pagination. Metamorphosis in Craniiformea revisited: Novocrania anomala shows delayed development of the ventral valve. Access to the published version may require subscription. Abstract Keywords ontogeny, developme...

It is a great pleasure and privilege to introduce Stuart Orkin, the 2014 recipient of the William Allan Award, the highest honor of our society. Orkin’s research is unmatched for its cumulative impact on the genetic basis of blood diseases and fundamental aspects of mammalian development. His work is a paradigm for the application of molecular genetics to medicine. Stu was born to native New Yo...

In the last decade, caseloads in AFDC/TANF have shifted dramatically up, then down. Existing studies fail to explain the changes well. Also, they do not reveal the policies behind the changes, nor the important role of governmental quality in shaping welfare reform. In this study, I use cross-sectional models based on states, measure welfare reform policies directly using program data, and rela...

We consider frames and Bessel systems generated by iterations of the form {Ag : g ∈ G, 0 ≤ n < L(g)}, where A is a bounded linear operators on a separable complex Hilbert space H and G is a countable set of vectors in H. The system of iterations mentioned above come from the so called dynamical sampling problem. In dynamical sampling, an unknown function f and its future states Af are coarsely ...

In this paper we discuss our preliminary experiences in designing a visual system for social data analysis in collaboration between citizens and municipal authorities through a web-based open government system. Based on the integration of theoretical models with findings from formative evaluations and stakeholder workshops with a prototype system, we present a multiperspective visualization mod...