In the US, community technology centers (CTC) are a policy response to facilitate the diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) to citizens who might otherwise lack access to these resources. The implicit assumption guiding CTC initiatives is that access to ICT will improve the life chances of the individuals who become involved in these centers. It is, however, prudent to e...

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 523 I. BACKGROUND ........................................................................... 525 A. Common Law Research Exception ......................................... 525 B. The Statutory Safe Harbor Provision: 271(e)(1) .................... 528 II. CASE LAW: THE SAFE HARBOR STATUE PROTECTION ...

Wireless medical body sensor networks enable a new way of continuous patient monitoring, extending the reach of current healthcare solutions. They improve care giving by a flexible acquisition of relevant vital sign data, and by providing more convenience for patients. Applying the general concept of sensor networks to the medical domains requires development of reliable, distributed microsyste...

The development and management of alliances is a critical strategic skill in hospitality and tourism. Very little can happen in these sectors without multiple firms working collaboratively with one another to serve the consumer. All over the world companies are entering into alliances (see Table 1). However, research in this and other sectors suggest that most will fail leaving both partners sa...

AIM To explore the perspectives and experiences of nurse instructors and clinical nurses regarding the assessment of safe nursing care and its components in clinical practice. BACKGROUND Safe nursing care is a key aspect of risk management in the healthcare system. The assessment of safe nursing care and identification of its components are primary steps to establish patient safety and risk m...

A method for the realization of fail-safe sequential circuits is presented where flip-flops are employed for representing the internal states. First, such a design technique where the circuit will be trapped in an erroneous state into which it is transferred by a fault is shown. Further, the condition for assuring that the circuit will be dropped into the particular (predetermined) final state ...

One of the relevant tasks of the teaching-learning process is that of evaluation. In this sense, estimating the academic performance exhibited by the final evaluation of a student, at the end of the current semester, has become of particular interest for students, parents, educators, educative managers and researchers alike. More specifically, the current paper is focused in determining whether...

We consider the problem of efficient and reliable computing on EREW PRAM whose processors are subject to random independent stop-failures with constant probability p < 1. An algorithm for such a fault-prone machine is called safe if it solves a problem of size n with probability exceeding 1 d/n, for some constant d independent of n. Our main contribution is a safe algorithm for the well-known l...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between safety attitude and practices of nurses at emergency departments, in hospitals. Study samples: A total of 251 nurses working in the emergency department at 18 hospitals, which have over 300-beds in K-do and C-do (province) from May to July, 2014. Methods: A descriptive research study using a survey questionnaire on safet...

Dental practice is the integral component of the oral health. Though the dental practice is in close relation with that of the medical practice, it has its own distinctiveness in relation to safe practice. The safe dental practice should not only assure good oral and general health but also improve social interaction by enhancing physical appearance, esthetics, etc. For the safe dental practice...