Although vast normative e-government literature supports the assertion that implementation of e-government reduces transaction cost and promotes Foreign Direct Investment; empirical evidence to support this thesis is limited. Even more, there is limited attempt when studying this phenomenon to integrate e-government literature with other literatures in which major constructs of interest are roo...

A method for establishing electronic traceability, or e-traceability, of customer measurements to NIST high-dose measurement standards through the use of a measurement conversion factor (MCF) for Bruker e-scan instruments has been developed. The intent is that this factor will be incorporated into an Internet-based transfer dosimetry system, while still maintaining a reasonable and acceptable u...

In this paper we analyse the experience gained in the 2002 and 2003 UK e-voting pilots in the implementation of the e-electoral register of voters. After theoretically establishing the need for an e-register, based on the analysis of the evaluation reports provided and direct observation undertaken in one of the pilots, we describe the systems used and identify the different organisational and ...

One of the most signi cant problems in content-based image retrieval results from the lack of a common test-bed for researchers. Although many published articles report on content-based retrieval results using color photographs, there has been little e ort in establishing a benchmark set of images and queries. Doing so would have many bene ts in advancing the technology and utility of content-b...

Let Pn be the collection of all polynomials of degree at most n with real coefficients. A subtle Bernstein-type extremal problem is solved by establishing the inequality ‖U (m) n ‖Lq(R) ≤ (cm)n‖Un‖Lq(R) for all Un ∈ e Gn, q ∈ (0,∞], and m = 1, 2, . . . , where c is an absolute constant and e Gn := ( f : f(t) = N X j=1 Pmj (t)e −(t−λj )2 , λj ∈ R , Pmj ∈ Pmj , N X j=1 (mj + 1) ≤ n ) . Some relat...

The aim of this study was to identify virulence genes and antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from bovine clinical mastitis in dairy herds in Iran. Sampling was done from 86 inflamed quarters of dairy cows in 8 commercial farms of Alborz province, Iran in summer 2015. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) virulence genes were detected by multiplex PCR and multi-drug resistance ...