In this paper we identify and evaluate arguments for and against offering assisted reproductive technologies (ART), specifically IVF, to HIV discordant couples (male partner HIV positive, female partner HIV negative). The idea of offering ART to HIV discordant couples generates concerns about safety and public health and raises questions such as: what is an acceptable level of risk to offspring...

We are pleased to present a collection of papers on various topics within the area of Informatics and Information Technologies (IIT). The whole collection has been authored by students. We approached selected authors of papers originally presented at the annual IIT Student Research Conference, IIT.SRC 2011 which was organized by the Slovak University of Technology and attended by its students s...

In this paper, a dynamical multiple criteria model of integrated adaptive planning and scheduling for complex technical – organizational system (CTOS) is presented. Various types of CTOS are used nowadays, for example: virtual enterprises, supply chains, telecommunication systems, etc. Hereafter, we mostly interpret CTOS as the systems of the above-mentioned types. The above-mentioned CTOS pecu...

The paper focuses on the urgency of the implementation of cloud technologies, which are a necessary condition for the development of enterprise management systems, give rise to a complex of insufficiently studied phenomena and processes and determine the need to find new tools in making and implementing reasonable management decisions. In the process of research, the sequence of construction an...

Learning is collaborative process where teacher/ tutor/ instructor and student work together. Loosing face to face audiovisual communication in electronic and distant learning can be replaced by a video conference. Another possibility is to use embodied conversational agents with the ability to synthesize human speech and simulate facial expressions (talking head). This paper summarizes the sta...