Cell phone networks produce a massive volume of service usage data which, when combined with location data, can be used to pinpoint emergency situations that cause changes in network usage. Such a change may be the results of an increased number of people trying to call friends or family to tell them what is happening or a decrease in network usage caused by people being unable to use the netwo...

Social network properties are applied in many research areas to help people discover the intrinsic mechanism of a social organization. The social network analysis has recently been used to study the OSS development community [Xu et al. 2004, Xu1 et al. 2003, Xu2 et al. 2003, Madey et al. 2004, Lopez et al. 2004]. In this paper, we identify the community structure for the SourceForge project net...

Axelrod’s [Axelrod, 1997] cultural dissemination model introduces an agent-based simulation where random agent interactions transmit culture through an agent population, and the system evolves over time to form multiple stable homogeneous cultural regions. We expand upon this work by introducing a quantum model. Agents are represented by quantum registers, and agent interactions are quantum ope...

Abstract Aim The NELA requirements of data collection is known to be mandatory. Our DGH had three years noncompliance. We present an executed plan in the retrospective and prospective process achieve national standard. Method A new structural setup with anaesthetic surgical teams was formalised. recruitment 13 foundation doctors made each were induced a teaching session. Allocation 15–20 hospit...