Volunteer and Technical Communities (V&TCs) with expertise in the collection, analysis and presentation of data and the development of supporting technologies, have potential to inform humanitarian aid organizations and help increase the efficiency of their operations. This study analyzes the role of V&TCs during recent response efforts and identifies a number of challenges of organizational na...

Abstract Introduction Platelet aggregation plays a significant role in the etiology of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, treatments to inhibit platelet aggregation can reduce the risk of coronary thrombosis. Several studies indicated that garlic can inhibit platelet aggregation. This study aimed to determine the effect of garlic in comparison with Plavix on platelet aggregation. Materials ...

This paper describes a novel approach to automate extraction of useful information from tables and to record the knowledge procured in a structured data repository. The approach is based on modeling a behavior of an expert, who collects tabular data and maps them to a predefined relational schema. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach predicts expert decisions with high ac...

The development of cloud computing and distributed technologies has shifted log management operations to an aggregated form. Diverse information devices as well systems perform data collection status analysis through a unified aggregation system. However, with the increasingly diverse business forms, threats confronted by are also mounting, among which leakage, tampering, loss, security vulnera...