Advances in information and communication technologies, particularly the emergence of the Internet as a major source of global information have encouraged tertiary educators to develop rich, technology-based learning environments. Moreover, ready access to multimedia at the desktop provides the opportunity to develop engaging and interactive learning resources to enhance traditional learning en...

Advances in information and communication technologies, particularly the emergence of the Internet as a major source of global information have encouraged tertiary educators to develop rich, technology-based learning environments. Moreover, ready access to multimedia at the desktop provides the opportunity to develop engaging and interactive learning resources to enhance traditional learning en...

While A/V technology has gotten increasingly more cost-effective, its deployment in instructional settings has typically not taken best advantage of its capabilities, resulting in low quality data that hampers the analysis process. This paper will outline a two-year process of the design and evolution of recording technology packages for use in a range of science education instructional setting...

The mid-1990s marked the widespread adoption of intranets by organizations to facilitate communication between geographically dispersed organizational units. Since then the knowledge barriers to adoption have been lowered by the emergence of advanced development tools and later the availability of ready-made " intranet-in-a-box " packages as well as an elevation of the general awareness and kno...

Many modern businesses have implemented information technology in a seamless inter-functional manner based on integrated databases. However, few business schools have followed suit by integrating information technology seamlessly into core curricula. Proprietary enterprise resource planning software packages show promise but have not been adopted in a widespread manner by academic departments f...

Decision support systems (DSS) technology is undergoing rapid innovation and evolution. DSS software facilities continue to become more comprehensive and may soon include a broad range of communications support features. We are also beginning to see that expert systems technology will enhance traditional DSS capabilities. The focus on hardware for DSS has shifted from the minicomputer and mainf...

• Dependencies: Software packages may need other software packages to run, and often they don't tell exactly what other packages they need but leave a large room for choice. Also, some software packages cannot be installed at the same time. This makes the job of tools that automatically download required software packages difficult. Distribution maintainers want to make sure that there is alway...

Microelectronic packages continue to undergo significant changes to keep pace with the demands of highperformance silicon. From the traditional role of space transformation and mechanical protection, packages have evolved to be a means to cost-effectively manage the increasing demands of power delivery, signal distribution, and heat removal. In the last decade or so, increasing frequency and po...

A total of 57 clam packages that were collected from supermarkets and fish markets from 11 different sites in western Japan between 8 December 2005 and 6 September 2006 were examined for human enteric viruses (i.e., norovirus, Aichi virus, rotavirus, adenovirus, hepatitis A virus, and astrovirus), using PCR and reverse transcription PCR. Sixty-one percent of the packages were contaminated with ...