[60] SingNet (Singapore ISP). Heretical Caching Effort for SingNet Customers. based middleware services, as motivated by our observations in Section 4.4. 6 Conclusions We proposed a layered architecture for cluster-based scalable network services. We identified challenges of cluster-based computing , and showed how our architecture addresses these challenges. The architecture is reusable: autho...

Introduction Since 2001, the Danish healthcare system has been characterized by a focus on the reduction of waiting lists. By introducing activity-based funding of the regions and hospitals, there has been an increase in activity, a reasonably positive development in productivity, a high degree of patient and citizen satisfaction, and a successful reduction of waiting lists. One of the reasons ...

Mining can become more sustainable by developing and integrating economic, environmental, and social components. Among the mining industries, coal mining requires paying a serious attention to the aspects of sustainable development. Therefore, in this work, we investigate the impacting factors involved in the sustainable development of underground coal mining from the structural viewpoint. For ...

background: there are millions of working children worldwide. several causes are suggested for this social evil of which poverty plays a significant role in whether a child will work. objective: to determine the morbidity profile in the working children of gem polishing units of jaipur, india and assess some of its associated socio-economic factors. methods: the present cross-sectional study in...

rice comes second after wheat in iran`s food consumption economy. however iran is one of the greatest rice importer countries all over the world because of its rising population and recent growth in gdp. this paper presents an analysis of cointegration test between rice import and it`s economic factors over the period 1990-2011, employing engle-granger model. at first, dickey-fuller test shows ...

rice comes second after wheat in iran`s food consumption economy. however iran is one of the greatest rice importer countries all over the world because of its rising population and recent growth in gdp. this paper presents an analysis of cointegration test between rice import and it`s economic factors over the period 1990-2011, employing engle-granger model. at first, dickey-fuller test shows ...

How much of the variation among individuals with regard to sense of coherence (SOC) can be explained by some of the important and central factors in people’s lives, above what can be explained by the big five personality factors? Six hundred and ninety-eight randomly selected persons (419 women and 279 men, aged 30–65 years) responded to a questionnaire that measured SOC, the big five personali...

There are many reasons for the health inequities that we see around the world today. Public policy and the way society organises its affairs affects the economic, social and physical factors that influence the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age - the social determinants of health. Tackling health inequities is a political issue that requires leadership, political cour...