E-readiness can be defined as the degree to which a community is prepared to participate in the networked world. In this paper the concept of e-readiness is used in terms of how internal and external factors affect the delivery of online education offered by universities. The paper applies the macro level five forces model as adopted by Chan and Welebir (2003) in the context of micro (universit...

.. Objective: To detect carotid atherosclerosis in symptomatic patients with risk factors noninvasively using carotid Doppler ultrasonography in Divisional Head Quarter Hospital Mirpur Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Study design: Prospective Observational study. Place and duration of study: Kashmir institute of cardiology Div. Headquarters Teaching Hospital Azad Jammu & Kashmir AJK (Mohi-ud-Din Islamic ...

Identifying twins for a population-based register can be achieved through birth records or community surveys. We studied the feasibility and effectiveness of different methods of identifying and recruiting twins to establish a population based register. To trace twins a population survey was carried out using an interviewer administered questionnaire. We also inspected the birth registration ce...

The embarrassingly parallel nature of the Bisection Algorithm makes it easy and efficient to program on a computer, but with an expensive time cost when all symmetric tridiagonal eigenvalues are wanted. In addition, few methods can calculate single eigenvalue in for now, especially specific order. This paper solves issue new approach that parallelize iteration. Some pseudocodes numerical result...

Background: Stroke having two major types, is a clinical presentation which presents loss of brain function; risk factors & complications may vary and ultimately can lead to death Objective: To determine stroke outcome its association with complications. Methods: Observational cross-sectional study, conducted from Nov 2015 Aug 2016 at DHQ Teaching Hospital, KMU Institute Medical Sciences, K...

This study was designed to investigate the effects of eye tracking stimulation on the movement of the body's center of gravity (CG) and the head in aged persons 60 years old and above. Twenty-three healthy aged subjects ranging from 60 to 79 years old and 10 healthy young subjects were asked to pursue a pendulously moving horizontal target when standing with the feet together. The frequencies o...

This paper examines the relationship between financial inequality, competitive balance and attendance at English professional league soccer. It is shown that while financial inequality among the clubs has increased, competitive balance has remained relatively stable and match attendance appears unrelated to competitive balance. A clearer test of the relationship between these three variables is...