With the advent of ubiquitous computing environments, it has become increasingly various context-aware technology implemented. It is researched; however, rather than providing a simple situations, is not possible following the large scope of context-aware data. Nevertheless, it is possible to effectively manage and categorize information by using the characteristic of professional contextual in...

INtrODUctION Generally believed critical to facilitating multi-dimensional instructional experiences for participants in a range of educational environments (for example, as accessed through academic institutions, corporate staff development, professional organizations, and so forth), the use of learning communities as an important instructional method is widely recognized across academic disci...

This investigation, conducted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), examined Emirati college students’ needs, help-seeking attitudes, preference for source of help, and perceptions of counseling services offered on campus. Most participants reported moderate levels of personal, academic, career, and interpersonal needs, although results varied along gender lines. Overall, participants displayed sl...

Pervasive computing environments will combine everyday physical spaces with network aware devices and services; hence providing computing behaviour that is much more entwined with the environments we inhabit. Within such environments, a nomadic user will own and make use of many services attached to, and organised around, physical space. This study introduces the concept of a personal operating...

Purpose of the paper and literature addressed: Collaborative processes play an important role in the business marketing literature, as close interaction between buyers and sellers is a key to understanding inter-organizational exchanges. The recently emerged Service-Dominant logic also emphasises the importance of interaction and relationships in all exchange. Compared with the IMP discourse, t...

BACKGROUND Professional societies and associations of occupational medicine (OM) play a key role in the development and cohesion of the speciality including its interaction with other disciplines. AIMS To understand the way the speciality operates across Europe, a survey of the current European professional bodies of OM specialists was conducted on behalf of the European Union of Medical Spec...

The increasing cost of energy and the worldwide desire to reduce CO2 emissions has raised concern about the energy efficiency of information and communication technology. Whilst research has focused on data centres recently, this paper identifies office environments as significant consumers of energy. Office environments offer a great potential of energy savings, given that office hosts often r...