Recent surveys on e-commerce sites confirm the increased use of the Web for shopping. The reasons of these trends have been attributed to different factors such as convenience, saving time, absence of sales pressure, among others. However, an essential site characteristic that should also be taken into account is the quality in use. In this paper, we present a case study on five ebookstores in ...

While fine needle aspiration (FNA) is certainly not a new biopsy technique, recent developments in advanced imaging techniques, molecular testing, and targeted therapies have coincided with a rapid increase in the number of FNA procedures being performed. Concurrently, the demand for on-site evaluation of adequacy (OSEA) has also increased, outstripping the capacity of available cytopathologist...

Web is becoming more and more important each day for business, education, sharing information and for communication. Every passing day the number of companies, organizations and individuals publishing their web sites is increasing. Everyone wants their web site is of good quality. Some quality metrics may affect indirectly on the popularity through their effect on the performance or the usabili...

Research was sponsored by a grant from the NSF Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems (IMS). Abstract – Evaluating coexistence between wireless local area networks and wireless personnel area networks is an important issue for determining usage policies for wireless devices that are collocated and sharing the same frequency spectrum. A method is presented for evaluating the impact Bluetooth...

The massive construction in poor lands has encouraged engineers to use deep foundations in order to transfer superstructure loads to the subsoil. Since soil excavation, sampling, and laboratory testing as a part of site investigation are relatively difficult, in-situ tests such as cone penetration test (CPT) as a very informative test may be recommended. The CPT has been widely used in engineer...