Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing is currently attracting enormous media attention, spurred by the popularity of file sharing systems such as Gnutella, eDonkey and BitTorrent. The peers are simply autonomous, or as some call them, first-class citizens. P2P networks provide a new distributed computing paradigm on the Internet for information sharing. The decentralized nature foster knowledge sharing ...

searching efficiency is a key parameter of functional response which is in turn the major components in the selection of predators and parasitoids for biological control. searching efficiency of scymnus syriacus mulsant feeding on aphis craccivora koch was determined at five different experimental arenas (i.e. 195, 247, 304, 385 and 650 cm2) on broad bean (vicia fabae l.). to do this, functiona...

Introduction: Inactivated influenza vaccines are traditionally produced in chicken embryonated eggs but its limitations in producing the required doses in pandemic outbreaks quickly enough has made searching for alternative modes of production necessary. The use of cell culture-based vaccine production is one way of overcoming the limitations of the egg-based method and securing a more rapid re...


 Information search behavior is an attitude or action in seeking finding the information needed. important to do get required that can help solving problems. Kriklas (2006: 16), argues activity determining and identifying messages satisfy perceived needs. The method used this research a qualitative describe nature of problems being monitored. Sulistyo-Basuki 78) describes intending comple...

Although the Web is almost omnipresent in many children’s lives, most children lack adequate Web searching skills as well as skills to process and critically evaluate Web information. In this article, we describe and evaluate an educational program that aimed at acquiring Web skills in the context of a content knowledge domain. Through a multiple case study design we wanted to gain insight into...

the human resource managers have to make strategic andprospective decisions to respond to the unexpected changes in nationaltire industry. in this regard, system dynamics is one of the most practicaltools for searching causal structures in systems, simulating theirbehaviors against unpredicted variations, and making some reactivepolicies for possible future conditions. we try to predict and sen...

Domestic dogs are skillful at using the human pointing gesture. In this study we investigated whether dogs take contextual information into account when following pointing gestures, specifically, whether they follow human pointing gestures more readily in the context in which food has been found previously. Also varied was the human's tone of voice as either imperative or informative. Dogs were...