This study investigated predictors of utilization of the computer-based telemedicine in three rural Missouri counties. Participating health care agencies were given computers and access to an Internet-based workstation that provided e-mail and World Wide Web (WWW) services. Utilization data for e-mail messages sent and WWW pages accessed were collected through proxy servers. A survey was distri...

the study was carried out to assess the effects of the root and tuber expansion programe (rtep) on the livelihood of project beneficiaries in kwara state, nigeria. a 3-stage sampling technique was adopted for the study, selecting a total of 80 cassava processors from two agricultural development programe (adp) zones in the state. structured interview schedule was used as instrument to elicit pr...

The study was carried out to assess the effects of the Root and Tuber Expansion Programe (RTEP) on the livelihood of project beneficiaries in Kwara State, Nigeria. A 3-stage sampling technique was adopted for the study, selecting a total of 80 cassava processors from two Agricultural Development Programe (ADP) zones in the State. Structured interview schedule was used as instrument to elicit pr...

This paper presents the design and implementation of RTEP (Real-Time Ethernet Protocol), which is a softwarebased token-passing Ethernet protocol for multipoint communications in real-time applications, that does not require any modification to existing Ethernet hardware. This protocol allows the designer to model and analyze the real-time application using it, because it is based on fixed prio...

At the University of Missouri, our long involvement in telemedicine has been motivated not only by academic curiosity but also by a very practical desire to find out whether and how telemedicine can help deliver better rural health care in the growing number of communities we serve. Although studies of focused applications are valuable, our questions involved the feasibility and value of teleme...

Article history: Received 5 September 2016 Received in revised form 14 October 2016 Accepted 18 October 2016 Domestic consumers can reduce their electricity expenditures by shifting their loads to slots of low power usage during demand response (DR) in a smart grid (SG) power system. Efficient shifting of loads can be used to reduce the peak-to-average (PAR) of power network, which is highly de...

The study evaluated the effect of IFAD credit supply on rural farmers in Rivers State. Data for the study were collected using a structured questionnaire administered to 90 farmer’s beneficiaries using a multi-stage sampling technique. The regression result shows that semi-log function gave the best fit with the highest value of coefficient of multiple determination (R 2 ) of 0.8758 and seven e...