1998 ABSTRACT i ABSTRACT Interest in the World Wide Web (WWW or web) is growing at a rapid pace. As more organisations and individuals seek a presence on the WWW, the size and complexity of web pages is growing at a rapid pace. However web page development is still predominantly performed in an ad hoc manner, often resulting in cost overruns, quality degradation, and maintenance problems. Altho...

BACKGROUND This study aimes to evaluate the failure to thrive (FTT) recurrent event over time. METHODS This longitudinal study was conducted during February 2007 to July 2009. The primary outcome was growth failure. The analysis was done using 1283 children who had experienced FTT several times, based on recurrent events analysis. RESULTS Fifty-nine percent of the children had experienced t...

In order to support its research, development and engineering activities in the area of distributed simulation for materiel procurement, training, and operations, TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory has developed (and continues to enhance) an Electronic Battlespace Facility (EBF). In the vision of TNO-FEL, the EBF will form the basis of a coherent Netherlands defense modeling and simulation ...

Tracking data provenance (or lineage) has become increasingly important in many large-scale applications. Till now, a few methods have been proposed to record data provenance. However, most of them mainly focus on deterministic databases except Trio style lineage that aims at probabilistic databases. Processing provenance upon probabilistic database is even challenging because of the exponentia...

Knowledge of the spatial distribution and evolution of embedded charge in thin dielectric materials has important applications in semiconductor, high-power electronic device, high-voltage DC power cable insulation, high-energy and plasma physics apparatus, and spacecraft industries. Knowing how, where, and how much charge accumulates and how it redistributes and dissipates can predict destructi...

This study investigated the infection of Perkinsus beihaiensis (Perkinsozoa) in the oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae, both from a long-line cultivation system and from a nearby intertidal zone of mangrove, both in the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil. The collections were performed in October and November 2012, and in January 2013. The oysters (n = 300) were measured, examined macroscopically ...