This document presents thoughts on the potential impact of supporting HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) technologies in Content Distribution Network Interconnection (CDNI) scenarios. The intent is to present the authors’ analysis of the CDNI-HAS problem space and discuss different options put forward by the authors (and by others during informal discussions) on how to deal with HAS in the context o...

Software configuration management (SCM) is the discipline of controlling the evolution of large and complex software systems. Current SCM systems are themselves large and complex. Usually, their underlying models are hard-wired into the program code, which is written manually. In contrast, we present a modular and modeldriven approach to software configuration management which (a) reduces devel...

In the Trusted Architecture for Securely Shared Services (TAS) EC FP7 project we have developed a method to provide semantic support to the process modeler during the design of secure business process models. Its supporting tool, called Knowledge Annotator (KA), is using ontology-based data matching algorithms and strategy in order to infer the recommendations the best fitted to the user design...

Postpartum depression affects an estimated 13% of women who have recently given birth. This article discusses several alternative or complementary therapies that may serve as adjuncts in the treatment of postpartum depression. The intent is to help practitioners better understand the treatments that are available that their clients may be using. Complementary modalities discussed include herbal...

This paper describes the negotiation component of E-Alliance, a software infrastructure defined for supporting negotiation activities in concurrent inter-organizational alliances. The E-Alliance’s main intent is to preserve the autonomy of organizations grouped in an alliance. The purpose of this work is to offer support for small and medium enterprises which cannot or do not want to fulfill a ...

The paper outlines a theoretical framework for the conceptualisation and design of collaborative systems for design organisations. The intent is to examine and support the idea of ‘co-purposing’ as an influential design metaphor for the analysis of design teams and the development of design support collaborative systems in contexts where systems’ designers collaborate with their clients. By off...

abstract aims: the reason of selecting self-immolation as a mean to commit suicide is unclear. this study was designed to compare 2 groups of people with and without intention to suicide that had self-immolated. instrument & methods: all 227 self-immolated patients who had been admitted to the burn unit of imam khomeini hospital of kermanshah city, iran, during 2003 to 2004  participated in thi...

Environmental law plays a key role in shaping policy for sustainability of social-ecological systems. In particular, the types of legal instruments, institutions, and the response of law to the inherent variability in social-ecological systems are critical. Sustainability likely must occur via the institutions we have in place, combined with alterations in policy and regulation within the conte...

The project EO2HEAVEN “Earth observation and environmental modelling for the mitigation of health risks” advanced knowledge on the impact of environmental factors on public health outcomes. The multidisciplinary and user-driven project approach focused on the effect of atmospheric pollution (in case studies in Durban / South Africa and Saxony / Germany) on cardiovascular and respiratory disease...