I have a passion for frameworks. In more than 20 years as a professional developer, I’ve never worked on a computing platform that did everything I needed it to do to build applications productively. The Microsoft .NET platform is wonderful, but it doesn’t always do quite what I want or need. To address those needs, I’m always looking for tools and frameworks, and sometimes I end up creat…
An index is an optionally created database object used primarily to increase query performance. The purpose of a database index is similar to an index in the back of a book. A book index associates a topic with a page number. When you’re locating information in a book, it’s usually much faster to examine the index first, find the topic of interest, and identify associated page numbers. With…
There is a wealth of alternative literature on cryptography, thus presenting a healthy range of options for a reader wishing to pursue cryptography from a variety of different perspectives. A substantial number of cryptography books focus on presenting the mathematical aspects of cryptography. Many of these are textbooks targeted at computer science or mathematics undergraduate students.Forourp…
People on the outside of software development projects see them spew out a multitude of tools that shift work from people to computers. But the view inside a project is—all too often—different. There, we see days filled with repetitive manual chores. At one desk, a tester is entering test data into a database by hand. At another, a programmer is sifting through the output from a version co…
Philosophy and business don’t always get along well. Philosophy is generally not much concerned with the practical implications of its investigations and, conversely, business is often deeply interested in the tactical outcomes of its operations. And ethics is a loaded word. Preconceived notions of what ethics mean, even as a le gitimate field of study, often make people shy away from it as…
English Pronunciation in Use Advanced gives students of English practice in pronunciation to help improve both speaking and listening. Although it has been written so that it can be used for self-study, it will work equally well in a class situation with a teacher. It will be particularly useful for students whose English is adequate for most social, professional or educational purposes, bu…
allows automated recognizing of the metadata and structured facts related to the disease outbreaks collects an average 50000 news articles per day from about 1400 news portals and about 150 specialized Public Health sites 43 languages current ontology contains 2400 disease names, 400 organisms, 1500 political entities and over 70000 location names including towns, cities, provinces …
This paper highlights relevant curriculum issues that were identified in a Management Information Systems (MIS) program review undertaken by a group of business faculty in a small regional university. The program review was initiated to improve job marketability of graduates and student enrollment. The review process is described as a collective effort in continuous improvement in program p…
Supply Chain Management Information System (SCMIS) in automobile industry has gained importance recently due to its ability to reduce cost and increase responsiveness in the supply chain. The system provides high quality, relevant and timely information that supports decision making. The implementation of this system is a complicated process with significant risk as huge amount of money and…
The purpose of this course is give students a broad, yet deep understanding of the issues involved in the design and analysis of experiments in each of the major experimental traditions in the discipline, including experimental political economy, political psychology and survey experiments (we will also briefly touch on field experiments, “natural” experiments and quasi- experimental desi…
The role of Management information system (MIS) in business environment has evolved over time to become an integral part of its business operations in Nigeria. The use of information systems (ISs) has increased in the last 10 years not only by firms, but also by individuals and even governments. The use of ISs was encouraged by the technological breakthroughs; the advancements in telecommunicat…
This comprehensive overview to information systems management is an enhanced version of an original title regularly updated since its original format more than ten years ago. Its expanded format successfully guides the student reader through a basic introduction to aspects of information technology both within systems and as systems in their own right. Using case-driven analyses in order to exp…
The monarch of ancient times mingled the functions of priest and judge. It is therefore not altogether surprising that even today a judicial system should be stamped with a certain resemblance to an ecclesiastical hierarchy. If the Church of the Middle Ages was "an army encamped on the soil of Christendom, with its outposts everywhere, subject to the most efficient discipline, animated with a c…