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A novel document ranking algorithm that supports mobile healthcare information access effectiveness
(Academic Journals Inc., 2011)
This study presented DROPT; an acronym for Document ranking Optmization algorithm approach, a new idea for the effectiveness of meaningful retrieval results from the information source. Proposed method extracted the frequency ...
Situation-aware routing based on link quality for static mesh networks with mobile nodes
(Telkom, 2011)
Situation-aware routing seeks to improve quality of service on hybrid wireless mesh networks by making routing decisions based on the current situation of the network. BATMAN-adv is a mesh routing protocol that counts ...
Molecular characterization of the 16S rRNA Gene of helicobacter fennelliae isolated from stools and blood cultures from paediatric patients in South Africa
(Hindawi, 2011)
Forty strains of H. fennelliae collected from paediatric blood and stool samples over an 18 year period at a children's hospital in
Cape Town, South Africa, were amplified by PCR of the 16S rRNA. Two distinct genotypes ...
Mental health services in Ethiopia: emerging public health
(WB Saunders, 2011)
Summary: Objectives: Examine the mental health issues in Ethiopia in relation to services offered in
this direction.
Study Design: Retrospective.
Methods: Results of the 2005 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey and ...
Fate of sulphate removed during the treatment of circumneutral mine water and acid mine drainage with coal fly ash: Modelling and experimental approach
(Elsevier, 2011)
The treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) and circumneutral mine water (CMW) with South African coal fly ash (FA) provides a low cost and alternative technique for treating mine wastes waters. The sulphate concentration ...
Engaging ICTs as a “Tool” for eHealth prioritization on human development and poverty reduction in the African region
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Inc., 2011)
The association connecting information and communication technologies (ICTs) and well-being
or poverty remains vague and research today has resulted to divergent conclusions. This paper
defines ICTs as “tools” that facilitate ...
A query-based SMS translation in information access system
(Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Pvt. Ltd., 2011)
Mobile technology has contributed to the evolution
of several media of communication such as chats, emails and
short message service (SMS) text. This has significantly
influenced the traditional standard way of expressing ...
UDCA: Energy optimization in wireless sensor networks using uniform distributed clustering algorithms
(Academic Journals Inc., 2011)
Transceivers are the major energy consumption in a Wireless Sensor Network which is made of low-power, small in size, low cost and multi-functional nodes. These sensor nodes are operated by batteries which put significant ...
Peer-to-Peer Computing and Grid Computing: towards a better understanding
(Akamai University, 2011)
Currently, both Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P) and Grid Computing have remained the most vibrant and useful forms of distributed computing all over the world. Their applications are such that they cut across both academia ...
First report of Sporolithon ptychoides (Sporolithales, Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) for the Atlantic Ocean
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
Samples corresponding to Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich were collected in
the mesophotic zone (50 m depth) south of Espírito Santo State, Brazil. The
collected material presented features characteristic of the species ...