BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine effectiveness of first aid dressings in extinguishing burning white phosphorous (WP), eliminating WP pieces from the surface, inhibiting re-ignition on the model (fresh bacon covered with military uniform), and preventing from late re-ignition caused by persistent WP pieces. MATERIAL AND METHODS Burning WP was extinguished with several dressin...

In the predicate calculus, variables provide a flexible indexing service that selects the actual arguments to a predicate letter from among possible arguments that precede the predicate letter (in the parse of the formula). In the process of selection, the possible arguments can be permuted, repeated (used more than once), and skipped. If this serviCe is withheld, so that arguments must be the ...

The study was carried out at Agarfa ATVET College dairy farm to evaluate the reproductive performance of Holstein Friesian× Arsi and Holstein Friesian ×Boran cattle. For the study, records compiled from 1983 to 2012 at the Agarfa dairy farm were used as original data. The effects of breed, bloodlines, season and parity on the reproductive traits were evaluated. Data were analyzed using the gene...

In order to accurately predict the Web service Qos in a highly dynamic environment,we put forward a Qos dynamic prediction method based on Semi-Markov Processes(SMP) and Case-based Reasoning(CBR).This method firstly uses semi-Markov process to predict business state of web service in the future, and then applies the technology of CBR to predict Web service QoS, for example,when the service deal...

A major merit of the Web Service Modeling Ontology WSMO is the wellstructured and unambiguous definition of the description elements for its components. This allows developing concise, generic inference mechanisms for basic Semantic Web Service technologies like Web Service Discovery as the detection of suitable Wed Services for solving a Goal. This paper introduces WOOGLE, a basic but powerful...

quality of service (qos) is an important issue in the design and management of web service composition. qos in web services consists of various non-functional factors, such as execution cost, execution time, availability, successful execution rate, and security. in recent years, the number of available web services has proliferated, and then offered the same services increasingly. the same web ...

service oriented enterprises (soes) are subject to constant change and variation. in this paper, the changes are considered from an economic perspective based on service culture notion. once a change is implemented, the costs of some member services may increase, whereas the costs of some other services may reduce. we construct a game theoretic model trying to capture the possible conflicting i...