The rapid developments in the internet software technologies in the wireless networks need platform and language neutral distributed object-oriented components to manage and use different mobile devices and to provide services on top of them. In this paper, we evaluate Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) which is widely used middleware in the wireline network and present the perfo...

Background & Aims: At present due to brain dead patients’ families refuse to organ donation, the number of available organs is less than the requesting cases. The aim of this comparative descriptive study was to compare opinions of donor and nondonor families about relevant factors in their decision making. Methods: participants included 175 members of 71 families (141 members of 56 donor famil...

OBJECTIVES The RTI International-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Evidence-based Practice Center (RTI-UNC EPC) systematically reviewed the evidence on the trend and incidence of cesarean delivery (CD) in the United States and in other developed countries, maternal and infant outcomes of cesarean delivery on maternal request (CDMR) compared with planned vaginal delivery (PVD), factors...

Request-based distribution of software applications over a network is a difficult problem that many organizations face. While several programs address this issue, many lack features required for more sophisticated exports, and more complex solutions usually have a very limited scope. Managing these exports by hand is usually a time consuming and error-prone task. We were in such a situation whe...

H. Ludwig J. Hogan R. Jaluka D. Loewenstern S. Kumaran A. Gilbert A. Roy T. Nellutla M. Surendra To manage the delivery of services competitively on a large, global scale, an IT (information technology) service provider must efficiently use service delivery resources—in particular, skilled service delivery teams. Service requests form a large and important component of the management of a clien...