Highly distributed data management platforms (e.g., PNUTS, Dynamo, Cassandra, and BigTable) are rapidly becoming the favorite choice for hosting modern web applications in the cloud. Among other features, these platforms rely on data partitioning, replication and relaxed consistency to achieve high levels of performance and scalability. However, these design choices often exhibit a trade-off be...

There is some controversial discussion within the therapy of craniomandibular disorders (CMDs) about the mode of action of occlusal splints. Here we present a case report on one CMD-patient measuring cerebral activation changes with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) before and after therapy with a stabilization splint. Wearing the Michigan splint for 11 nights and partially days resu...

MANET is tremendous increasing area now days for researcher in mobile computing and wireless technology. Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) is group of wireless mobile nodes which dynamically exchange data among themselves without the reliance on a fixed base station. Since of MANET challenges, such as mobility and dynamic nature it is not secure network. MANET is more open to different types of a...

Land cover mapping is very important for evaluating natural recourses, understanding the societal and business activities. The remote sensing techniques provide effective and efficient methods to create such maps. To high spatial resolution imagery such as SPOT5 imagery, the land cover classification precision will be improved with the knowledge, Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data and the spati...

A report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 2000 claims that 9% of the global farm animal population is in a critical condition and 39% is threatened with extinction. Production efficiency, exploitation and conservation of animal genetic resources are crucial not only for the global economy, but also for the environment. As many as 30% of poultry breeds ar...

The primitive reflexes and the postural reactions comprise one of the earliest, simplest, and most frequently used tools among child neurologists to assess the central nervous system integrity of infants and young children. Infants with cerebral palsy have been known to manifest persistence or delay in the disappearance of primitive reflexes and pathologic or absent postural reactions. The clin...

Now-a-days, the globalization approach can be clearly observed in countries' movement toward the knowledge-based economy. It is inevitable to support knowledge-based institutions and companies in order to realize the expected goals including development of science and technology, meeting the domestic industries' needs and moving toward a knowledge-based economy. For this purpose, the main prior...

The advent of microprocessors has opened up several product opportunities that simply did not exist earlier. These intelligent processors have invaded and embedded themselves into all fields of our lives be it the kitchen (food processors, microwave ovens), the living rooms (televisions, airconditioners) or the work places (fax machines, pagers, laser printer, credit card readers) ...etc. As th...

OBJECTIVE(S) Citation tracking is an important method to analyze the scientific impact of journal articles and can be done through Scopus (SC), Google Scholar (GS), or ISI web of knowledge (WOS). In the current study, we analyzed the citations to 2011-2012 articles of Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences (IJBMS) in these three resources. MATERIAL AND METHODS The relevant data from SC, GS...

While many countries have increased the opportunities for patient choice of provider, there is debate to what extent this has had positive effects on efficiency and quality of healthcare provision. First, some conditions should be met to exercise such choice, of which the most important is the provision of reliable data on providers' performance to both patients and physicians as their agents, ...