the objective of this study was to compare an indirect elisa, based on a purified 60 kda envelope glycoprotein (gp51su), with a pourquire indirect elisa for the detection of antibodies to the bovine leukemia virus. for conducting this research, 340 serum samples were collected from two different breeds of cows (sarabi and holestin) in different herds. commercial elisa revealed positive results ...

Service selection is a major constraint to discover and deliver services in a user friendly manner. In our system, we are enhancing and evaluating reliability of service discovery by adapting Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) Algorithm in ontology repository to discover selected services. Our proposed technique is useful for ordinary search as well as semantic search corresponding to the servic...

Volume 3, Issue 2, February 2014 Page 186 Abstract Mobility management solutions were designed having in mind simpler scenarios and requirements from the network and where roaming could often be taken care of with previously established agreements. With more and more services coming up and wide area of application the user centricity is of utmost importance and hence mobility management needs t...

This paper explores possible steps toward incorporating the increasingly important topics of service and service systems into the core of the IS field, thereby moving toward a service-oriented core without abandoning existing tool-oriented concepts and methods. Incorporating more of a service mindset into IS would add to the many service-related topics that it already contains. A service mindse...

Technology has for long been used as a pedagogical aid in learning. While technology has numerous ways of providing pedagogical assistance, the current paper attempts to focus on online discussion boards as a pedagogical tool in an elearning environment. The paper highlights some of the pedagogical attributes of online asynchronous discussion boards that do not exist in a traditional classroom ...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze shifts in the producer– consumer relationship resulting from the increased use of digital technologies. In this study, we aim to understand how this relationship is fundamentally changing and the role of digital technologies in such a change. Therefore, we provide a state-of-the-art review of information systems and management literature using analysis te...

The Indian Retail Market is witnessing a revolution. The increased consumer demand, increased availability of real estate, allowing of FDI in retail and rationalizing of the tax structure are creating the foundation for significant growth in the organized retail sector thus increasing the competition among the firms. Information technology can reinforce the competitive advantage for the retail ...

The present paper proposes a preliminary annotation framework for the study of multimodal coherence in print ads. is firmly based on review current theorizing cohesion and coherence. Following guidelines good empirical practice, scheme tested 50 ad samples, seeking to illustrate genre-specific qualities identify difficulties applying conceptual frameworks data. employs six dimensions coherence:...