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The Mechanics Of Implementing Rss - Really Simple Syndication, Umakant Mishra Dec 2011

The Mechanics Of Implementing Rss - Really Simple Syndication, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

RSS is a format to update the frequently updated content in the Internet such as blog entries, news headlines etc. An RSS document contains full or summarized texts plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. RSS stands for Really simple Syndication. RSS feeds benefits publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. A standardized XML file format is used to publish once and viewed by many different programs.

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Dirty Tricks Played By The Domain Registrars, Umakant Mishra Dec 2011

Dirty Tricks Played By The Domain Registrars, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

With the popularity of Internet the number of websites are increasing in exponential rate. Everybody needs a website and every website needs a domain name and a hosting server. Domain names often represent a business organization or a commercial brand. Hence, changing domain names may affect business strategy and result in serious business loss. The domain registrars often take advantage of customers’ ignorance and weakness and trouble them to unduly extract more and more money.

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The Dirty Tricks Played By Web Hosting Agencies, Umakant Mishra Dec 2011

The Dirty Tricks Played By Web Hosting Agencies, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

The number of websites are increasing in exponential rate. There are almost 50,000 websites being launched in every week and a similar number of web hosting companies are thriving to grab that opportunity. This has led to a cutthroat competition between the web hosting companies. The competition has gone beyond the ethical boundaries and many of them follow various unfair practices to attract and retain customers.

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The Value Of Government Mandated Location-Based Services In Emergencies In Australia, Anas Aloudat, Katina Michael, Roba Abbas, Mutaz M. Al-Debei Dec 2011

The Value Of Government Mandated Location-Based Services In Emergencies In Australia, Anas Aloudat, Katina Michael, Roba Abbas, Mutaz M. Al-Debei

Dr. Mutaz M. Al-Debei

The adoption of mobile technologies for emergency management has the capacity to save lives. In Australia in February 2009, the Victorian Bushfires claimed 173 lives, the worst peace-time disaster in the nation’s history. The Australian government responded swiftly to the tragedy by going to tender for mobile applications that could be used during emergencies, such as mobile alerts and location services. These applications, which are becoming increasingly accurate with the evolution of positioning techniques, have the ability to deliver personalized information direct to the citizen during crises, complementing traditional broadcasting mediums like television and radio. Indeed governments have a responsibility …

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A Review Of International Best Practice In E-Governmentsome Lessons For New Adopters, Deogratias Harorimana Sr Oct 2011

A Review Of International Best Practice In E-Governmentsome Lessons For New Adopters, Deogratias Harorimana Sr

Dr Deogratias Harorimana

Efficient bureaucratic processes as essential to attract and retain investment, as well as promote SME growth. The e_Gov is one of many ways emerging economies have used to streamline public service delivery and create a freindly and conducive atmosphere for business -both MNC and SMEs. This presentation provide an overview of some of the World's most recent case examples on the successful design-plan-implementation of eGov to build a strong basis to attract investment and deliver seamless essential services to Citizens.

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A Critical Review Of The Effectiveness Of Fiscal And Monetary Policies In The Pacific Island Countries (Pics) Between 1990-2010, Deogratias Harorimana Mr Oct 2011

A Critical Review Of The Effectiveness Of Fiscal And Monetary Policies In The Pacific Island Countries (Pics) Between 1990-2010, Deogratias Harorimana Mr

Dr Deogratias Harorimana

The purpose of this paper is to critically assess the effectiveness of Fiscal and Monetary Policies in the South Pacific Island Countries. The paper tracks down the economic growth for the last 20 years between 1990-2010, and drawing from key fiscal and monetary policies in place during the time under consideration, as well as specific interventions in the region, we find that: 1) While the South Pacific Island Countries (SPICs) particularly the six major economies (Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, PNG, Samoa, Tonga) pursued fiscal and monetary policies for promoting growth and diversification of their economies, their fiscal policies relied heavily …

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The Human Computer Interaction Issues Associated With The Creation Of Personalized Role Playing Simulations, Eileen O'Donnell, Catherine Mulwa, Mary Sharp, Vincent Wade Sep 2011

The Human Computer Interaction Issues Associated With The Creation Of Personalized Role Playing Simulations, Eileen O'Donnell, Catherine Mulwa, Mary Sharp, Vincent Wade

Eileen O'Donnell

The human computer interaction issues associated with the creation of personalized role playing simulations are discussed in this paper. This paper is aimed at those who are interested in building authoring applications which enable educators to build role playing simulated e-learning resources to use with their students. One of the main issues which have come to our attention is that many learning designers and educators do not understand what exactly it is we are trying to achieve by creating personalized role playing simulations. Also, how to gauge the pedagogic merits which can be achieved by using these e-learning resources. Potential …

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Basic R Matrix Operations, Joseph Hilbe Aug 2011

Basic R Matrix Operations, Joseph Hilbe

Joseph M Hilbe

No abstract provided.

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Applications Of Local Fractional Calculus To Engineering In Fractal Time-Space: Local Fractional Differential Equations With Local Fractional Derivative, Yang Xiao-Jun Jun 2011

Applications Of Local Fractional Calculus To Engineering In Fractal Time-Space: Local Fractional Differential Equations With Local Fractional Derivative, Yang Xiao-Jun

Xiao-Jun Yang

This paper presents a better approach to model an engineering problem in fractal-time space based on local fractional calculus. Some examples are given to elucidate to establish governing equations with local fractional derivative.

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A Short Introduction To Local Fractional Complex Analysis, Yang Xiao-Jun Jun 2011

A Short Introduction To Local Fractional Complex Analysis, Yang Xiao-Jun

Xiao-Jun Yang

This paper presents a short introduction to local fractional complex analysis. The generalized local fractional complex integral formulas, Yang-Taylor series and local fractional Laurent’s series of complex functions in complex fractal space, and generalized residue theorems are investigated.

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A New Viewpoint To The Discrete Approximation: Discrete Yang-Fourier Transforms Of Discrete-Time Fractal Signal, Yang Xiao-Jun Jun 2011

A New Viewpoint To The Discrete Approximation: Discrete Yang-Fourier Transforms Of Discrete-Time Fractal Signal, Yang Xiao-Jun

Xiao-Jun Yang

It is suggest that a new fractal model for the Yang-Fourier transforms of discrete approximation based on local fractional calculus and the Discrete Yang-Fourier transforms are investigated in detail.

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Extracting A Basic Use Case To Let Policy Makers Interact With Citizens On Social Networking Sites, Timo Wandhoefer, Mark Thamm May 2011

Extracting A Basic Use Case To Let Policy Makers Interact With Citizens On Social Networking Sites, Timo Wandhoefer, Mark Thamm

Timo Wandhoefer

The following paper describes a basic use case to let policy makers interact with citizens on Social Networking Sites such as Facebook and Twitter. This use case is extracted from the exploration of a couple of more detailed eParticipation scenarios. As result we determined the core actions, extract topics from Social Networking Sites, respond to topics and launch new topics.

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President Atypon Systems Inc., Gordon C. Tibbitts Iii Mar 2011

President Atypon Systems Inc., Gordon C. Tibbitts Iii

Gordon C. Tibbitts III

Open Access funding models for Open Access

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Cyberinfrastructure Inside Out: Definition And Influences Shaping Its Emergence, Development, And Implementation In The Early 21st Century, Kerk F. Kee, Lucy Cradduck, Bridget Blodgett, Rami Olwan Jan 2011

Cyberinfrastructure Inside Out: Definition And Influences Shaping Its Emergence, Development, And Implementation In The Early 21st Century, Kerk F. Kee, Lucy Cradduck, Bridget Blodgett, Rami Olwan

Rami M Olwan

No abstract provided.

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Local Fractional Functional Analysis And Its Applications, Yang Xiao-Jun Jan 2011

Local Fractional Functional Analysis And Its Applications, Yang Xiao-Jun

Xiao-Jun Yang

Local fractional functional analysis is a totally new area of mathematics, and a totally new mathematical world view as well. In this book, a new approach to functional analysis on fractal spaces, which can be used to interpret fractal mathematics and fractal engineering, is presented. From Cantor sets to fractional sets, real line number and the spaces of local fractional functions are derived. Local fractional calculus of real and complex variables is systematically elucidated. Some generalized spaces, such as generalized metric spaces, generalized normed linear spaces, generalized Banach's spaces, generalized inner product spaces and generalized Hilbert spaces, are introduced. Elemental …

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Local Fractional Laplace’S Transform Based Local Fractional Calculus, Yang Xiaojun Jan 2011

Local Fractional Laplace’S Transform Based Local Fractional Calculus, Yang Xiaojun

Xiao-Jun Yang

In this paper, a new modeling for the local fractional Laplace’s transform based on the local fractional calculus is proposed in fractional space. The properties of the local fractional Laplace’s transform are obtained and an illustrative example for the local fractional system is investigated in detail.

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Fundamentals Of Local Fractional Iteration Of The Continuously Nondifferentiable Functions Derived Form Local Fractional Calculus, Yang Xiaojun Jan 2011

Fundamentals Of Local Fractional Iteration Of The Continuously Nondifferentiable Functions Derived Form Local Fractional Calculus, Yang Xiaojun

Xiao-Jun Yang

A new possible modeling for the local fractional iteration process is proposed in this paper. Based on the local fractional Taylor’s series, the fundamentals of local fractional iteration of the continuously non-differentiable functions are derived from local fractional calculus in fractional space.

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Local Fractional Integral Transforms, Yang X Jan 2011

Local Fractional Integral Transforms, Yang X

Xiao-Jun Yang

Over the past ten years, the local fractional calculus revealed to be a useful tool in various areas ranging from fundamental science to various engineering applications, because it can deal with local properties of non-differentiable functions defined on fractional sets. In fractional spaces, a basic theory of number and local fractional continuity of non-differentiable functions are presented, local fractional calculus of real and complex variables is introduced. Some generalized spaces, such as generalized metric spaces, generalized normed linear spaces, generalized Banach’s spaces, generalized inner product spaces and generalized Hilbert spaces, are introduced. Elemental introduction to Yang-Fourier transforms, Yang-Laplace transforms, local …

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Prevalence Of Piscine Myocarditis Virus (Pmcv) In Marine Fish Species, Torstein Tengs Dr. Jan 2011

Prevalence Of Piscine Myocarditis Virus (Pmcv) In Marine Fish Species, Torstein Tengs Dr.

Dr. Torstein Tengs

No abstract.

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Analyzing The Role Of Icts In The Tunisian And Egyptian Unrest From An Information Warfare Perspective, Brett Van Niekerk, Kiru Pillay, Manoj Maharaj Jan 2011

Analyzing The Role Of Icts In The Tunisian And Egyptian Unrest From An Information Warfare Perspective, Brett Van Niekerk, Kiru Pillay, Manoj Maharaj

Manoj Maharaj

In January 2011, the Tunisian government stepped down after weeks of protests; this was followed by unrest and protests in Egypt against the Egyptian government, leading also to the resignation of its president. Demonstrations in both countries were facilitated in some part by the online social media and related information and communications technologies that impacted the flow of information. The manner in which the information and communication technologies were employed suggests that the uprisings were a form of social information warfare. To provide an alternative understanding of the role of technology and information in the events that led to the …

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The Information Warfare Lifecycle Model, Manoj Maharaj, Brett Van Nikerk Jan 2011

The Information Warfare Lifecycle Model, Manoj Maharaj, Brett Van Nikerk

Manoj Maharaj

No abstract provided.

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Strategic Planning For Digital Convergence In South African Businesses, Manoj Maharaj, Kiru Pillay Jan 2011

Strategic Planning For Digital Convergence In South African Businesses, Manoj Maharaj, Kiru Pillay

Manoj Maharaj

No abstract provided.

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A Pattern Based Approach For The Derivation Of Base Forms Of Verbs From Participles And Tenses For Flexible Nlp, Ram Gopal Raj Jan 2011

A Pattern Based Approach For The Derivation Of Base Forms Of Verbs From Participles And Tenses For Flexible Nlp, Ram Gopal Raj

Ram Gopal Raj

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is an integral part of a conversation and by proxy an integral part of a chatterbot. Building a complete vocabulary for a chatterbot is a prohibitively time and effort intensive endeavor and thus makes a learning chatterbot a much more efficient alternative. Learning can be performed from many facets including individual words to phrases and concepts. From the perspective of words, the grammatical parts of speech become important since they allow meaning and structure to be derived from a sentence. Verbs tend to be unique since they have different forms, namely participles and tenses. As such …

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A Model For Determining The Degree Of Contradictions In Information, Ram Gopal Raj Jan 2011

A Model For Determining The Degree Of Contradictions In Information, Ram Gopal Raj

Ram Gopal Raj

Conversational systems are gaining popularity rapidly. Consequently, the believability of the conversational systems or chatterbots is becoming increasingly important. Recent research has proven that learning chatterbots tend to be rated as being more believable by users. Based on Raj’s Model for Chatterbot Trust, we present a model for allowing chatterbots to determine the degree of contradictions in contradictory statements when learning thereby allowing them to potentially learn more accurately via a form of discourse. Some information that is learnt by a chatterbot may be contradicted by other information presented subsequently. Choosing correctly which information to use is critical in chatterbot …

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A One-Mode-For-All Predictor For Text Messaging, Ram Gopal Raj Jan 2011

A One-Mode-For-All Predictor For Text Messaging, Ram Gopal Raj

Ram Gopal Raj

This paper discusses the enhancements made on the current mobile phone messaging software, namely the predictive text entry. In addition, the application also has a facility to abbreviate any unabbreviated words that exist in the dictionary, so that the message length can be reduced. The application was tested in a computer-simulated mobile environment and the results of the tests are presented here. These additional features will potentially enable users to send messages at a reduced length and thus reduce the cost of sending messages. Moreover, users who are not adept in using the abbreviations can now do so with features …

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Using Agents To Improve The Usability Of The Psp Automated Tool, Zarinah Mohd. Kasirun Assoc. Prof. Jan 2011

Using Agents To Improve The Usability Of The Psp Automated Tool, Zarinah Mohd. Kasirun Assoc. Prof.

Zarinah Mohd. Kasirun Assoc. Prof.

Various tools have been produced to assist personal software process (PSP) practitioners in implementing their processes, which require strong discipline from the individual software engineer. Nevertheless, most of the currently available tools still require software engineers to become involved in time-consuming manual processes and offer limited assistance. This research study presents the substantial potential for software agents to be incorporated into PSP automated tools by introducing four new agent-based features. These features are the proactive interface agent, an integrated Gantt chart with sensor-based scheduling, prediction ability and indirect management through multi-agent deployment. This agent has the additional features of flexibility …

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An Approach For Crosscutting Concern Identification At Requirements Level Using Nlp, Zarinah Mohd. Kasirun Assoc. Prof. Jan 2011

An Approach For Crosscutting Concern Identification At Requirements Level Using Nlp, Zarinah Mohd. Kasirun Assoc. Prof.

Zarinah Mohd. Kasirun Assoc. Prof.

Poor requirements analysis process results in incomplete software applications. Some requirements appear as scattered and tangled concerns within requirements document. Hence it is difficult to identify such requirements. A number of research approaches such as Theme/Doc, early aspects identification, information retrieval and aspects identification using UML have been developed to identify crosscutting concern at the requirements level. Nevertheless, these approaches are only supported by semiautomated tools whereby human intervention is required to achieve the desired results. This research focuses on developing a tool to automatically identify crosscutting concern at the requirements level. A model based on Theme/Doc and early aspects …

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Identifying Students’ Summary Writing Strategies Using Summary Sentence Decomposition Algorithm, Rukaini Abdullah Jan 2011

Identifying Students’ Summary Writing Strategies Using Summary Sentence Decomposition Algorithm, Rukaini Abdullah

Rukaini Abdullah

Summary writing is one of the important skills taught in schools. A summary is a condensed version of an existing text. Its production differs from other types of writing where it requires the use of specific strategies. Most research on summary assessments focused on the end product of summary writing instead of its process. Research has shown that lack of strategic skills is a cause of students’ difficulties in writing good summaries. There are a few systems available to assist teachers in assessing students summaries based on content and style. But virtually none have been developed to assess the process …

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Reliability Evaluation Of Slopes Using Particle Swarm Optimization, Mohammad Khajehzadeh, Mohd Raihan Taha, Ahmed El-Shafie Jan 2011

Reliability Evaluation Of Slopes Using Particle Swarm Optimization, Mohammad Khajehzadeh, Mohd Raihan Taha, Ahmed El-Shafie

Mohammad Khajehzadeh

No abstract provided.

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Identifying How Novice Researchers Search, Locate, Choose And Use Web Resources At The Early Stage Of Research, Maizatul Akmar Ismail Jan 2011

Identifying How Novice Researchers Search, Locate, Choose And Use Web Resources At The Early Stage Of Research, Maizatul Akmar Ismail

Maizatul Akmar Ismail

This paper describes the process of identifying novice researchers' information needs. The study sampled postgraduate students at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Malaysia. The study utilized three types of data gathering techniques: (a) observations to gauge further understanding the novice researchers' information seeking behaviour while searching for research related sources on the Web; (b) a questionnaire-based survey to identify the artifact or the resources they use for the research activities; and (c) interviews with expert researchers to gauge further information needs of novice researchers. Results indicate that novice researchers rely on thesis, e-book, journals …

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