INTRODUCTION 1. Performance standards (PS) have been developed to facilitate the validation of proposed similar or modified versions of the in vitro IL-8 Luc assay and to allow for their timely inclusion in the Test Guideline (1). Similar or modified versions of the in vitro IL-8 Luc assay will only be added to the Test Guideline after review and agreement that all criteria described in the PS ...

<div align="center">This study aimed to investigate whether a personality disposition called perfectionism plays significant role in predicting the sense of mattering. The two major elements perfectionism, namely evaluative concern (ECP) and personal standard (PSP) was investigated. ECP considered as predictor due nature its contingency upon one’s perception others’ acceptance, while PSP ...

Introducing a new device to a network or to another device is one of the most security critical phases of communication in personal networks. It is particularly challenging to make this process of associating devices easy-to-use, secure and inexpensive at the same time. A cornerstone of this process is key establishment. In this paper, we first present a taxonomy of protocols for key establishm...

During a revisit to modal identification in the past three decades, an overview of the major developments and issues in modal identification is motivated. A brief review on the progress from Single-Input/Single-Output (SISO), Single-Input/Multi-Output (SIMO) to Multi-Input/Multi-Output (MIMO) identification in frequency, time and spatial domain, is presented. The latest developments and issues ...

This paper investigates architecture and interface design issues in engineering conversational multimedia interfaces for accessing network-based services. In particular, we focus on the problem of providing conversation-capable multimodal, multimedia services that can be accessed from a variety of communication devices and environments (telephones, PDAs, desktops etc) with a “consistent” user e...

This paper describes a multi-agent, personalised learning system operating over the Web. The system is called Web F-SMILE and is meant to help novice users learn how to manipulate the file store of their personal computer. In order to provide adaptive help and tutoring, Web F-SMILE has assigned an agent to constantly observe the user and collect information about him/her. This information is ma...

In an increasingly mobile world, many citizens and professionals are frequent travellers. Access during unplanned care to their patient summary, their most essential health information in a form physicians in another country can understand can impact not only their safety, but also the quality and effectiveness of care. International health information technology (HIT) standards such as HL7 CDA...