In Web Service research, providing methods and tools to cater for automatic composition of services on the Web is still the object of ongoing research activity. Despite the proposed approaches this issue remains open. In this paper we propose a seamless way to compose automatically web services from expressed abstract process model. The process of composition is based on web service popularity ...

The findings of theoretical investigations indicate that short-term auditor tenures may contribute to further audit report lags (ARLs). On the other hand, auditor industry expertise represents one of the determinant factors contributing to audit quality, which has been widely studied in numerous researches. Indeed, the better the quality of audit, the less delayed would be the audit report. As ...

It has come to our attention that there appears to be an error in the recent article by Nashef et al. [1]. In the section ‘Calibration and discrimination of the new model’, it is stated that a validation dataset of 5553 records was used (of which 232 died). However, in Table 7, it states that the Hosmer–Lemeshow test was applied to 15 952 records (of which 605 died). A reader might conclude tha...

BACKGROUND After the introduction of modern laboratory instruments and information systems, preanalytic phase is the new field of battle. Errors in preanalytical phase account for approximately half of total errors in clinical laboratory. The objective of this study was to share an experience of an education program that was believed to be successful in decreasing the number of rejected samples...

introduction: implementation of training programs can help an organization to supply the required specialist manpower and to solve personnel productivity problems. therefore, the implementation of training programs will increase the effectiveness and productivity of personnel services in an organization. to better implement and improve the quality of training programs some necessary conditions ...

This study compared farmers’ rating of extension effectiveness in technology dissemination to the level of adoption. In conducting the study, 180 farmers participating in extension programme in Cross-River State were randomly selected through multi-stage random sampling technique. The data collected through a structured questionnaire were analyzed using the t-test of significance of difference ...