In this paper, we describe a new approach to enhance the performance of CORBA-based applications. For that purpose, we improve access to CORBA objects with the help of value types. In this way, only few changes are necessary to speed up existing CORBA applications. Moreover, we discuss several techniques for updating cache objects within the scope of the CORBA event service. Finally, we compare...

BACKGROUND In 2010, a new telephone service, NHS 111, was piloted to improve access to urgent care in England. A unique feature is the use of non-clinical call takers who triage calls with computerized decision support and have access to clinical advisors when necessary. Aim. To explore users' acceptability of NHS 111. DESIGN Cross-sectional postal survey. SETTING Four pilot sites in Englan...

Green technology innovation has become a breakthrough topic in the coordinated development of economic growth and environmental protection. Although Internet is likely to key driver transformative change innovation, studies on impact internet infrastructure green analyses paths are still extremely scarce. Based sample China’s listed companies from 2009 2019, this paper treats Broadband China pi...

Transportation infrastructure significantly contributes to a nation’s prosperity by facilitating workers’ access to employers, consumers’ access to shopping and leisure activities, and firms’ access to capital, labour and potential customers. The public sector has generally provided the vast amount of a nation’s infrastructure – roadways, waterways, railways and airways – and expanded it to sat...

as one way to approach industrial symbiosis, environmental infrastructure sharing is principally concerned with providing an integrated environmental utility system for clustered firms. it is based on the assumption that environmental infrastructure sharing can improve the regional competitive advantage by reducing overall cost and improving environmental performance. in order to verify the ass...

The shared care paradigm is the current response to the crisis of industrial countries' health systems. The underlying information systems have to meet the shared care paradigm of communication and co-operation between all the partners involved in. This communication and co-operation must be provided in a secure way. The paper presents the required security infrastructure which has been analyse...