We develop a novel visual approach to evaluating an Internet pricing scheme using a 3Dmetric model, which encompasses the dimensions of technical complexity, economic efficiency and social impact. We review the history of Internet pricing research over the last decade, summarizing the key features of the most significant models, and analyzing and evaluating them using our 3D model. Based on the...

Community genetics is a new discipline which aims to provide genetic services to the community as a whole. As a science, community genetics encompasses all research needed to develop and evaluate its application. There is no question that the development of community genetics is necessary in Brazil. The implementation of such programs in our country, especially for hemoglobinopathies, has been ...

This paper will explore the argument that some developing countries, Venezuela in particular, could benefit from a systemic information technology (IT) policy that enhances and improves the processes of a country’s socio-economic development. Furthermore, some of the IT issues surrounding Venezuela’s operation in the global arena will be discussed recognising that a more dynamic approach, which...

This article explores the usefulness of the human rights paradigm for dealing with the legal, political, and social questions raised by health issues, with particular emphasis on the role of health professionals. Health and human rights, each ways of defining and advancing human well-being, have the individual as their major concern. The concept of health rights encompasses individual autonomy ...

The principal website of the UK government, " Directgov " , is examined to determine whether it is a good example of e-government, in both narrow and broader senses. The narrow definition measures the website " s success largely on economic factors whereas the broader definition encompasses the extent to which it facilitates or enables aspirations towards e-democracy. It is concluded that, desp...