background : the study of reproductive behaviors is one of the important factors of population. it plays a pivotal role in the growth of population.  reproductive behaviors are influenced by the cultural values and traditional beliefs of individuals. the aim of the present study is to compare reproductive behaviors of nomadic and non-nomadic tribes in the semirom province, and determine factors...

The paper describes a nomadic information system under development by GMD in the HIPS project that supports nomadic activities adapted to the individual visitor of a museum. The world-wide Web, wired and wireless connectivity to networks, and small mobile devices allow for supporting nomadic activities by information and communication technology to an extensive degree. Mobile information techno...

Multilevel selection is a powerful theoretical framework for understanding how complex hierarchical systems evolve by iteratively adding control levels. Here I apply this framework to a major transition in human social evolution, from small-scale egalitarian groups to large-scale hierarchical societies such as states and empires. A major mathematical result in multilevel selection, the Price eq...

The traditional architecture of Ethiopia is manifold and spreads over a wide range climatic zones topographies, serving diversity societies. Within these contexts, the architectural traditions that have emerged show extraordinary quality adaptability. All basic kinds building construction can be found in diverse Ethiopian cultures types. In this paper, selected examples rich heritage, from mass...

This paper describes a multithreaded runtime system for distributed memory multicomputers that significantly reduces the number of message transfers when compared to conventional " remote memory access " approaches. Instead of statically executing on its assigned processor and fetching data from remote storage, a Nomadic Thread transfers itself to the processor which contains the data it needs....

The achievements in pervasive and nomadic computing, today, allow us to take and use our mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets everywhere we go. However, the mobility came at a cost: the small screen space of mobile devices leads to a deficient Human-ComputerInteraction (HCI) across several aspects, ranging from missing overview and awareness about the own digital information flow, to ...

no more than 150 words): Mobile and wearable computing and wireless multimedia communication enable new forms of user adaptive applications that are becoming popular in these days. Users of nomadic information systems either have connected devices with them all the time or can use existing stationary devices to access a nomadic system personalized to their needs. This class of applications brin...

Existing workflow languages for nomadic or mobile ad hoc networks do not offer adequate support for dealing with the volatile connections inherent to these environments. Services residing on mobile devices are exposed to (temporary) network failures, which should be considered the rule rather than the exception. This paper proposes a nomadic workflow language built on top of an ambient-oriented...