In seeking to understand how the goal of providing efficient and effective mental health services can best be attained, services researchers have developed principles and methods that distinguish it from other research approaches. In 2000, the National Institute of Mental Health called for translational research paradigms that seek to expand the conceptual and methodological base of mental heal...

In SIP-based networks, there is a need to provide basic network media services. Such services include network announcements, user interaction, and conferencing services. These services are basic building blocks, from which one can construct interesting applications. In order to have interoperability between servers offering these building blocks (also known as Media Servers) and application dev...

In SIP-based networks, there is a need to provide basic network media services. Such services include network announcements, user interaction, and conferencing services. These services are basic building blocks, from which one can construct interesting applications. In order to have interoperability between servers offering these building blocks (also known as Media Servers) and application dev...

At independence in 2011, South Sudan's health sector was almost non-existent. The first national health strategic plan aimed to achieve an integrated health facility network that would mean that 70% of the population were within 5 km of a health service provider. Publically available data on functioning and closed health facilities, population distribution, road networks, land use and elevation...

Knowledge base systems have not captured the wide audience enjoyed by database management systems (DBMS). The capabilities of the most high-end knowledge representation and delivery systems are extensive, but may not be pragmatic or accessible to a large community of potential users. We present SOPHIA, a frame-based knowledge architecture which is built upon a relational DBMS (RDBMS) to provide...

Computer-based, networking learning environments play a significant role in the improvement of the learning procedure. Electronic communication and collaboration services provide tutors and trainees with continual, close, and efficient cooperation. An increase in the use of the Internet as a repository of resources for learning, and also as a means for delivery of specially prepared teaching ma...

This paper aregues for long–term awareness in cooperation support systems as a means for simulating physical proximity in virtually collocated groups. It then introduces a modular approach to awareness support. This approach makes it possible to configure the amount and the type of awareness to fit different cooperative settings. An example implementation is described in order to demonstrate th...

Occupational health services are available only to 10– 15% of the workers of the world. In industrialized countries the coverage varies between 15% and 90%, and in developing countries it ranges between a few percent and 20%. Even where such services are available, their quality and relevance may be low (1–3). The needs for occupational health services are growing continuously, however, and new...