Software product line (SPL) is a software engineering paradigm for software development. SPL is important in promoting software reuse, leading to higher productivity and quality. A software product within a product line often has specific functionalities that are not common to all other products within the product line. Those specific functionalities are termed “variant features” in a product l...

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Consolidated Enterprise IT solutions have proven to enhance business efficiency when significant fractions of local computing activities are migrating away from desktop PCs and departmental servers and are being integrated and packaged on the Web into “the computing cloud.” Whether referred to Grid, Utility or Cloud Computing, the idea is basically the same: instead of investing in and maintain...

CASE STUDY REPORT Board Profile The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board (KPDSB) is located in the Thunder Bay region of Ontario and is one of the most geographically dispersed school boards in the province. The school board’s population is highly diverse, with a large and growing Aboriginal population. KPDSB has a student population of 6300 in 24 schools (18 elementary schools and 5 seconda...

The Galton board is an upright board with evenly spaced nails driven into its upper half. The nails are arranged in staggered order. The lower half of the board is divided with vertical slats into a number of narrow rectangular slots. From the front, the whole installation is covered with a glass cover. In the middle of the upper edge, there is a funnel in which balls can be poured, the diamete...

T he role of medical devices, such as bronchoscopes, in the transmission of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has long been recognized, however, the evidence that environmental and medical equipment surfaces play a role in the transmission of HAIs has been weak. Studies have demonstrated that pathogens can be transmitted from surfaces to personnel and patients, and that these pathogens ar...