In responses to Norheim’s editorial, this commentary offers reflections from Thailand, how the five unacceptable trade-offs were applied to the universal health coverage (UHC) reforms between 1975 and 2002 when the whole 64 million people were covered by one of the three public health insurance systems. This commentary aims to generate global discussions on how best UHC can be gradually achieve...

The Presence Information Data Format (PIDF) defines a basic format for representing presence information for a presentity. That format Schulzrinne, et al. Expires August 19, 2004 [Page 1] Internet-Draft RPID February 2004 defines a textual note, an indication of availability (open or closed) and a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) for communication. The Rich Presence Information Data Format (...

This study attempts to determine the effect of service quality on customer satisfaction both from public and private banks in Tangail city. Service quality of different banks is observed that is provided for their customers. An attempt is made to find out which service quality dimensions may enhance customer satisfaction in a better way. To measure the service quality, an extensive survey of ba...

  The study examined the role of information communication technologies in extension delivery of Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) of Nigeria.  The objectives were to: examine the agricultural extension delivery of ATA; identify ICTs relevant in agricultural extension and application of ATA; examine roles of ICTs in extension of ATA and identify constraints to the use of ICTs in extensio...

Little is known regarding the keeping of animals in the Moretele 1 area of North-West Province, South Africa. Therefore, the status and dynamics of animal husbandry, as well as a general assessment of the needs of animal owners in this area were researched. Results of the investigation will be used to make recommendations for improved veterinary extension servicing in the area. Semi-structured ...

Webmail services are a convenient, internet-based access point for email management. A webmail user must trust the service provider to honor the user’s individual privacy while accomodating their email contents. Webmail users are increasingly conscious of the risk to their privacy as many webmail services have fallen victim to cyberattacks where unwanted observers have exploited server vulnerab...