Many courtiers around the world have started their e-government programs. E-government portals will be increasingly used by the citizens of many countries to access a set of services. Currently, the use of the e-government portals arises many challenges; one of these challenges is the security issues. E-government portals security is a very important characteristic in which it should be taken i...

We simulate the process of possible interactions between a set of competitive services and a set of portals that provide online rating for these services. We argue that to have a profitable business, these portals are forced to have subscribed services that are rated by the portals. To satisfy the subscribing services, we make the assumption that the portals improve the rating of a given servic...

The Web Portal Usability (WPU) project focuses on usability in the development of modern web portals. Web portals are a key part of software development. They are created to provide a group of users with access to a collection of internet services. State-of-the-art methods for usability engineering have only had very limited influence on development of web portals. The methods are costly to app...

DNA enters the herpes simplex virus capsid by way of a ring-shaped structure called the portal. Each capsid contains a single portal, located at a unique capsid vertex, that is composed of 12 UL6 protein molecules. The position of the portal requires that capsid formation take place in such a way that a portal is incorporated into one of the 12 capsid vertices and excluded from all other locati...

This paper examines the economic and political conditions that influence people’s attitudes regarding a municipality break-up. The theoretical model predicts intra-municipal differences in tax bases, political preferences, and population size to affect the expected gain from secession. The predictions of the model are tested using data on local referenda about municipality partitioning in Swede...

This article describes a software named KnotPortal for visualization of branched covers knots based on an idea by Bill Thurston to view knot as portal other universes. Our implementation allows users explore these knotted portals either screen or in virtual reality using head-mounted device with room-tracking. not only see glued different worlds, but experience them being able walk through the ...

We address the notorious metastability of Standard Model (SM) and promote it to a model building task: What are new ingredients required stabilize SM up Planck scale without encountering sub-Planckian Landau poles? Using extended by vectorlike fermions, we chart out corresponding landscape Higgs stability. find that gauge portal mechanism, triggered charge carriers, opens sizable room for stabi...

Sec.A1503.001.AAAUTHORITY TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS. (a) A municipality by ordinance may issue revenue bonds to: (1)AAestablish, improve, enlarge, extend, or repair: (A)AAan airport of the municipality; or (B)AAa building, improvement, landing field, or other facility or service the municipality considers necessary, desirable, or convenient for the efficient operation and maintenance of an airport...