BACKGROUND Blended learning (BL) in a cell biology course of the premedical program at the Kasturba Medical College International Centre, Manipal, India, commenced in 2006. The program provides training in basic sciences to students, especially from the United States and Canada. The approach to the study was phenomenographic, with a qualitative study design using an open-ended questionnaire, fo...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a technological topic with a very important societal impact. IoT application domains are various, such as smart cities, precision farming, smart factories, smart buildings, etc, and the diversity of these application domains is the source of the very high technological heterogeneity in the IoT, leading to interoperability issues. The semantic web principles and t...

The use of virtual-reality technology in the areas of rehabilitation and therapy continues to grow, with encouraging results being reported for applications that address human physical, cognitive, and psychological functioning. This article presents a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis for the field of VR rehabilitation and therapy. The SWOT analysis is a commonly...

The future Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission will provide twodimensional maps of water elevation for rivers with width greater than 100 m globally. We describe a modeling framework and an automatic control algorithm that prescribe optimal releases from the Selingue dam in the Upper Niger River Basin, with the objective of understanding how SWOT data might be used to th...

The Semantic Web of Things (SWoT) is a novel paradigm, blending the Semantic Web and the Internet of Things visions. Due to architectural and performance issues, it is currently impractical to use available reasoners for processing semantic-based information and perform resource discovery in pervasive computing scenarios. This paper presents a prototypical mobile reasoner for the SWoT, supporti...

This article presents a case study of a marketing audit of the Lee County Library System, a rural public library system located in southwest Georgia. Marketing audits are an underutilized but needed tool for public libraries. In this audit, the library system’s mission, goals, environments, community and employee demographics, and a SWOT analysis were evaluated, resulting in several recommendat...

Good performance within a company is the result of correct interaction of business management with its internal and external environment. The recognition of internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as external opportunities and threats, takes place on the basis of a SWOT-analysis. However, despite their importance, many companies often only have vague ideas of their competitive strengths and ...

Electronic government (e-gov) may present a considerable number of opportunities but can also pose some threats. For the opportunities to be exploited and threats avoided, this study presents a SWOT analysis of the services provided by e-gov sites from the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, Brazil. This analysis enabled the development of a SWOT mat...