This paper presents a framework of the evolution of information and communication technology (ICT) applications in agriculture and rural development based on comparative experiences of South Africa and Kenya. The framework posits that full deployment of ICT in agriculture and rural development will be a culmination of several phases of changes that starts with e-government policy design, develo...

Effective countermeasures against explosive increase in healthcare expenditures are urgently needed. A paradigm shift in healthcare is called for, and academics and governments worldwide are working hard on the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) as a feasible and effective measure for reducing medical cost. The more prevalent the disease and the easier disease outco...

We see the letters ICT, everywhere. ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology. The concepts, methods and applications involved in ICT are constantly evolving in our daily lives. The Rural development in India is one of the most important factors for growth of the Indian economy. The present strategy of rural development mainly focuses on poverty alleviation, better livelihood, pro...

A crucial challenge in the teaching and learning of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in developing non-Western countries is the irrelevance of much Western learning content, materials, tools, and methods from the perspectives of local communities. Our approach for designing an ICT course is based on the concept of ethnocomputing — finding culturally suitable entry points for un...

The simultaneous, concerted transfer of electrons and protons--electron-proton transfer (EPT)--is an important mechanism utilized in chemistry and biology to avoid high energy intermediates. There are many examples of thermally activated EPT in ground-state reactions and in excited states following photoexcitation and thermal relaxation. Here we report application of ultrafast excitation with a...

In the individual organization level, it is quite usual to distribute information technology into the basic infrastructure and to the applications resting on it. This kind of thinking is not so well developed in the national level, even though we there too clearly identify several kinds of infrastructures, such as those connected with traffic, waste management, education, power and energy suppl...

The development of information technology is able to solve problems in various areas of life, including education. Some examples of the application of information technology in education, among others: e-learning, e-library, e-module, blended learning, and more. One school in Bali that also apply information technology in the learning process, namely SMK TI Udayana. Application forms of informa...

This paper describes application-specific and technology specifications related to ICT-based approach for the support of policy modelling as proposed in the EU funded FP7 ICT OCOPOMO project. In this particular approach strategic planning is supported by a combination of narrative scenarios, agent-based modelling, and e-Participation tools (all integrated via an ICT e-Governance platform). The ...

For more than a century, there has been an ongoing paradigm debate between qualitative and quantitative methodological communities that has led to a growing interest in the mixed methods approach. This article seeks to contribute to this ongoing discussion by presenting results of a mixed methods study employed to explore gender issues in the access, application, and attitudes toward informatio...

Services making use of information and communication technology (ICT) are of potential interest to face the challenges of our aging society. Aim of this article is to describe the possible field of application for ICT-supported services in the management of older adults, in particular those with functional impairment. The current status of ICT-supported services is described and examples of how...