ETS (Efficient, Transparent, and Secured) Self-healing Service for Pervasive Computing Applications

To ensure smooth functioning of numerous handheld devices anywhere anytime, the importance of self-healing mechanism cannot be overlooked. Incorporation of efficient fault detection and recovery in device itself is the quest for long but there is no existing self-healing scheme for devices running in pervasive computing environments that can be claimed as the ultimate solution. Moreover, the highest degree of transparency, security and privacy attainability should also be maintained. ETS Self-healing service, an integral part of our developing middleware named MARKS (Middleware Adaptability for Resource discovery, Knowledge usability, and Self-healing), holds promise for offering all of those functionalities

Credibility of Deterrence Threats- A Social Psychological Perspective

In view of the prevailing ambiguities, impressionistic beliefs and perhaps distortions that shroud the contemporary deterrence theory and the various strategies of deterrence associated with it, this paper attempts to break fresh grounds, particularly in the area of threat credibility. By focusing the level of analysis somewhere between the individual personality and social structures and thus using a social psychological approach, it attempts to explain the behaviour (as related to the credibility of deterrence threats) of national decision-makers, during acute international crises. After analyzing and re-evaluating the relevant literature in the field, the paper presents a functional model of threat perception involving two opponents. The model takes into account such variables as: (1) basic human needs; (2) role of reference groups; (3)credibility and specificity of international threats; (4) leaders intentions and predispositions; and (5) self-perception of threats. The major conclusions of the paper are: (1) no communicative means for influencing human behaviour are uniformally effective because of the problem of distortion of perception; evidence suggests in most cases rationality under high fear is impaired because fear tends to reduce the range of clues which are available for the consideration of the threatened party

A Prototype of Lecturer Course Allocation System

This project is an implementation of a lecturer course allocation system (LECAS) which enables every lecturer can register courses by online as well as can view course schedule. The goal of is prototype is to provide the course schedules that would allow lectures to register courses that they plan to teach for the coming semester in the fast and possible ways. The objective of LECAS is to provide lecturers to get a convenient and efficient way during registering the courses. There are four users that can access the system such as; admin, lecturers, coordinator, and head department, each of them have different privileges in which they can access through internet and a web browser anytime and anywhere. Furthermore, this prototype has been developed by using java Servlet page (JSP) with MySQL for database. This prototype was developed based on the proposed requirement of system and was evaluated by using perceived usefulness and ease of use where the respondents are from University Utara Malaysia (UUM) lecturers. The feedbacks from 30 respondents about the system prototype are quite good which are showed with 5.46 grand mean for perceived usefulness factor and 5.37 grand mean for perceived ease of use factor with the scale of 7. Therefore, it can be concluded that the prototype is useful and easy to use. This prototype is expected to facilitate the other university to develop and enhance the system for lecturer registration time

CONCEPTS OF ISLAMIC KNOWLEDGE AND THE ENGLISH LEXICON THE SCIENCE OF ISLAMIC TERMS AND THE QUESTION OF EQUIVALENCE WITH ENGLISH WORDS

This study is a qualitative research on the concepts of Islamic knowledge and how they relate to the English lexicon. The locus of the research paper is the epistemic context of the concepts of Islamic knowledge and linguistic context of the English lexicon. The specific themes at the centre of the study are Islamic terms and English words. The Islamic epistemological context overarches the theme of Islamic terms and the linguistic context overarches the theme of English words. The paper elucidates the sources of the concepts of Islamic knowledge that provide the crucial context of discussing the Islamic terms. The study discusses the Islamic terms that symbolize and convey the concepts of Islamic knowledge and their meanings within the context of the Islamic epistemological tradition. The paper proceeds from there to delineate the conceptual variable formulated in the research that explains the question of the equivalence of these Islamic terms with English words. This conceptual variable makes a significant distinction by clarifying that the translation is from Islamic terms into English words; not between two languages. Having defined and explained the corpus of Islamic terms, the selected Islamic terms are then juxtaposed with the definitions of the English words that are regarded and usually used as their equivalents. The research examines the meanings of the English words comparing them with meanings of Islamic terms. The study shows that the meanings expressed by the Islamic terms, because they symbolize and convey the concepts of Islamic spiritual knowledge, are not captured by the English words. The conceptual system of the meanings of the Islamic terms come from the spiritual knowledge of Islam whilst the English words, though having concise and precise definitions and meanings in their linguistic context, indicate a temporal axiological orientation

Ultrasonographic Biometry of the Ovaries of Pregnant Kundhi Buffaloes

Sixteen gravid uteri of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th month of pregnant Kundhi buffaloes were collected from Hyderabadslaughterhouse for this study. The ovaries were separated from gravid uteri of Kundhi buffaloes and ultrasonographicbiometry was performed by ultrasound machine (HS-2000, Honda electronics Co. Ltd., Japan). The ovaries wereexamined for presence of follicles and/or corpus luteum. The length, width and height of ovaries and corpus luteum (CL)were recorded and measured. The average weight of ovaries with corpus luteum during 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th month's ofpregnancy was 4.6 + 0.345, 5.90 + 1.134, 6.10 + 1.179, and 6.50 + 1.139 gms, respectively. The average weight of CLduring 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th month of pregnancy was 2.0 +0.162, 2.4 + 0.35, 2.6 + 0.27, and 3.0 + 0.49 gm, respectively.The average weight of ovaries of non-gravid uterus of same buffaloes was 2.7 + 0.35, 3.6 + 1.10, 3.9 + 1.15, and 4.2 +1.09 gm during 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th month of pregnancy respectively. The average size of the left and right ovary was 29.0+ 1.2 mm and 20.01 + 2.15 mm respectively and the average size of CL was 17.13 + 3.15 mm. There was significantincrease in the weight, length, width and height of ovaries and corpus leutum as pregnancy advances than non-pregnantbuffaloes. A greater number of ovarian structure (follicles) was found at the time of oestrus than anoestrus period

Admission and Visa process of Norway for Pakistani Students

This is a brief guide over the process of admission and visa to Norway for students from Pakistan

Comparative Analysis of Parallel vs Series Hybrid Electric Powertrains

In the United States, more than a quarter of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions (27%) are attributed to the transportation sector which comprises mainly of vehicles powered by internal combustion engines (ICE). To reduce the dependence on fossil fuels and the resulting GHG emissions associated with conventional ICE vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles are being promoted as a viable near-term vehicle technology. This paper is a comparative experimental study of two types of hybrid systems: parallel (also known as plug-in hybrid) and series (also known as extended-range electric) hybrid systems. The two hybrid systems are modelled on an electric bicycle platform and field tested to analyze their performance. The fuel economy was measured and compared in L/100km and the electric powertrain efficiency of the system was measured and compared in watt-hours per kilometer (Wh/km). A sensitivity analysis is carried out in terms of different transmission gear ratios and the variable setpoints in the hybrid control logic to access the impact these factors have on the performance of the hybrid system. This paper focuses only on the technological aspect of the hybrid system and any social and policy aspects associated are not considered. The constructive modeling of the hybrid system, the limitations faced during the process and the results of the field tests are presented