Tourism has become a very important and dynamic sector both in the world economy and particular in the developing countries. Its growth affects not only the activities directly linked to tourism but also other sectors. Tourism is already an important sector in some developing countries and will become so for others. Developing countries have been fast growing in tourism industry terms in the wo...

The objective of this research was to develop a screening inventory for Thai Muslims spouses at risk of domestic violence behaviors in Satun Province. The study was conducted with the subject group of 1,140 households consisting of 2,280 people recruited through multi-stage sampling. The data were analyzed using the R program to find out the indexes of item-objective congruence, t-values, corre...

Recent years have seen a proliferation of ‘composite indicators’ or ‘indexes’ of governance. Such measures can be useful tools for analysing governance, making public policy, building scientific knowledge, and even influencing ruling elites, but some are better tools than others and some are better suited to certain purposes than others. This paper provides a framework of ten questions to help ...

In this paper, a new kind of repairable system with repairman vacation and warning device is discussed, in which the delayed vacation rate and failure rates are functions related to system working time. The system model is established by using probability analysis method, which then is translated into a initial value problem of a class of abstract semi-linear evolution equation in a suitable Ba...

Abstract Ensuring reliability and continuity of energy supply is the main goal local governments distribution companies. The means capability a power grid to agreed amount energy, specific quality, without cuts. expectations concerning quality supplied ensuring its are constantly growing, any cuts have significant impact on comfort life manufacturing service sector. To increase improve conditio...

A comparative study was performed on the initial and final bacillary indexes of 213 multibacillary leprosy patients who received 12 doses (Group 1: 128 patients) or 24 doses (Group 2: 85 patients) of multidrug therapy (MDT/WHO) to measure the effectiveness of the two regimens. All patients were evaluated at treatment baseline, 12 months, and 24 months. The reduction in bacillary levels and mean...

In order to evaluate the graduates attending second-round examination objectively, this study established graduate second-round examination evaluate system based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method. Evaluation indexes in the system included knowledge structure, scientific research ability and comprehensive quality of graduates attending second-round exa...

In structural reliability analysis, simulation methods are widely used. The statistical characteristics of failure probability estimate these have been well investigated. this study, the sensitivities and its with regard to sample, called ‘contribution indexes’, proposed measure contribution sample. indexes in four methods, i.e., Monte Carlo (MCS), importance sampling (IS), line (LS) subset (SS...

This paper demonstrates the advantage of combining a ranked output from a fulltext index and another from an index generated using generic summary texts. Our main ndings are as follows: (1) The combination of a fulltext-based run and a summary-based run can signi cantly outperform either alone, especially when the fulltext evidence is emphasized. (2) The primary role of the summary index in the...

In recent years, along with rapid developments in technology, computer systems haveincreasingly become more integrated and more modular. Indeed, the reliability and efficiency ofcomputer systems are of high significance. Hence, the quantitative evaluation of the optimizationof reliability indexes in computer systems is considered to be a crucial issue. Reliabilityenhancement of computer systems...