Design rainfall temporal pattern is an important input to the rainfall-based flood estimation methods. Although temporal patterns generally show a high degree of variability from storm to storm, an average temporal pattern is generally used in the Design Event Approach, the recommended...

In this paper, we propose a unified framework for trust management that can cover a broad variety of trust mechanisms including reputations, credentials, local data and environment parameters. The proposed trust management framework leverages established standards and it covers a broad variety...

Traditional reviews and previous meta-analyses of self-concept interventions have underestimated effect sizes by using an implicitly unidimensional perspective that emphasizes global self-concept. In contrast, this research employed a synergistic blend of meta-analysis and multidimensional...

Consumers have been a driving force in the growth of complementary healthcare in Western nations. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), in its various modalities, is increasingly used by the Australian public (MacLennan, Wilson & Taylor 2002). International publications have revealed the...

Many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) tend to gradually adopt Web based business applications to enhance their business processes. To support this gradual adoption we need a framework that supports iterative development. Further processes that have been supported by web based business...

The decision-making strategies of pilots were examined using a linear modeling technique. Three hundred twenty-six American, 104 Norwegian, and 51 Australian pilots completed a scenario-based judgment task in which they assigned a comfort rating to each of 27 weather scenarios for each of three...

Purpose ? The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the usage of the word critical in the social sciences, to review how being critical is a process through which criticism is a positive act, and to highlight the relevance of such a perspective in relation to international...

Since year 2000 Advance enterprise Information Management Systems Research Group (AeIMS) has been studying how Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) can make use of advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to become globally competitive by making the business processes efficient...

Every epoch seems to be characterized by a world view of what is good and desirable for society, and the present pursuit of development, and more recently sustainable development, reflects this world view. Consequently, despite the vast expansion in the world?s capacity to produce material goods...

Throughout the centuries, business lives have been changing and modifying. Each era in history brought new needs, demands and requirements. During the Agricultural era land and tools played important roles, while during the Industrial era machines and factories played a dominant role in shaping...