Web self service applications deliver technical support to a diverse group of typically anonymous end users. Such applications have to be able to adapt themselves to the level of experience of the user and deliver consistent problems solutions. Since most users are not uniquely identifiable, creating a long term user model is not feasible. The knowledge in the application has to be extremely ea...

This review of the discussions a workshop analyses Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK), examines its potential for rural development, and outlines implications issues. ITK is compared with institutionally organised science technology. It can be seen in terms stock process: rich but underutilised knowledge; processes through which knowledge generated, assimilated, transmitted. Implications incl...

a study was conducted at five villages of dzongu, north sikkim in india to identify various constraints faced by the farmers during poultry production. selection of respondents of poultry farmers was done on the basis of simple random techniques. the data were collected from each respondent through structured questionnaire as well as self observations. the study indicated that the input (82.25%...

The cost reduction of green tea processing, the control of fossil fuel resources, and the curbing of corresponding greenhouse gases emission depend on the energy efficiency of tea processing units. Therefore, it is imperative to identify and analyze factors determining energy efficiency of these agro-industrial units. To this end, the present descriptive survey was carried out on 40 managers of...

Technological progress in the biological sciences is now advancing across such a wide range and at such a pace, that, irrespective of size, no firm can hope to keep up in all the different areas. Participating in innovation networks, bundling of competencies and capabilities, therefore, offers an alternative to extremely expensive go-it-alone strategies, whether carried out by acquisition and m...

intangibility of knowledge and unclear relationship between inputs and outputs has caused difficulties in knowledge production control. in this paper we present a model to clarify the relationships between inputs and outputs in knowledge production and develop knowledge production functions. in order to accomplish this, we extract resources of knowledge production and product utility indices fr...

the main objectives of this paper are measuring the technical efficiency of iranian thermal power plants and investigating the determinants of technical efficiency levels in these plants. stochastic nonparametric envelopment data (stoned) method applied to plant-level data over a period of thirteen years from 1999 to 2011. this is the first comprehensive analysis (to our knowledge) of technical...

background and purpose: a 3-unit course is dedicated to general language in medical universities and the vocabulary and text structure of the courses have usually no relation to medical language. we examine whether teaching general language will be as effective as medical language as assessed through recall of general and medical vocabulary and text structure knowledge. methods: an experimental...