The common perspective of nearly all “self-*” approaches is that of considering human beings as “non-self” from the information system perspective (Figure 1-a). Indeed, one of the very common goals of all approaches is to move humans out-of-the-loop, by making information systems able to perform in an autonomous way all that kind of (costly and often too complex to bear) human activity related ...

Here we describe two cases of papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential in adolescent boys. One case was a 16-year-old boy with a polypoid mass beside the right ureteral orifice and the other case was a 13-year-old boy with a papillary mass beside the left ureteral orifice. The initial presentation was hematuria in both cases and the bladder mass was detected by ultrasonography. ...

As the problem of urban traffic congestion spreads, there is a pressing need for the introduction of advanced technology and equipment to improve the state-of-the-art of traffic control. As on date Traffic problems are increasing because of the number of vehicles are increasing by leaps and bounds beside the resources available with the current infrastructure are limited. A methodology has been...

this study aimed at investigating the reliability, predictive validity, and self-esteem and gender bias of confidence-based scoring. this is a method of scoring in which the test takers receive a positive or negative point based on their rating of their confidence in an answer. the participants, who were 49 english-major students taking their grammar course, were given 8 multiple-choice tests d...