finish with a brief look at a collaborative effort within the research community to develop a common network simulator. 1 Introduction Due to the network's complexity, simulation plays a vital role in attempting to characterize both the behavior of the current Internet and the possible effects

for online consumer shopping tasks and the role they play within the context of the Elaboration Likelihood Model’s central and peripheral routes of persuasion. The components convenience, access to information, and trust were implemented in an online shopping task. Specific preferences of respondents

The recent advances in MEMS, embedded systems and wireless communication technologies are making the realization and deployment of networked wireless microsensors a tangible task. Vital to the success of wireless microsensor networks is the ability of microsensors to "collectively perform

to purchase expensive hardware and software, deal with software upgrades, and hire professionals for administrative and maintenance tasks which are taken over by the service provider. We have developed and deployed a database service on the Internet, called NetDB2, which is in constant use. In a sense, data

: In this paper the architecture of the VITAL-KR is described. Author: Enrico Motta and Arthur Stutt Collaborators (VITAL Partners): SYSECA - SYSECA TEMPS REEL (Coordinator) * NOTT - UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM * BULL - BULL CEDIAG AC - ANDERSEN CONSULTING ONERA - ONERA PTT - ROYAL PTT NEDERLAND

With the tremendous amount of information that becomes available on the Web on a daily basis, the ability to quickly develop information agents has become a crucial problem. A vital component of any Web-based information agent is a set of wrappers that can extract the relevant data from

With the tremendous amount of information that becomes available on the Web on a daily basis, the ability to quickly develop information agents has become a crucial problem. A vital component of any Web­based information agent is a set of wrappers that can extract the relevant data from

magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), preventing the collection of vital performance data. During this task, subjects report by button-press the number of words (1–4) on the screen, regardless of word meaning. Interference trials contain number words that are incongruent with the correct response (e.g., ‘‘two

This paper presentr one approach to assessment of students with severe mental retardation, as implemented in the Harris County Department of Education in Houston, Texas. The paper views assessment as a strategic problem-solving process that acquires information vital for making programmatic

A research synthesis was conducted to examine the relationship between a written emotional expres-sion task and subsequent health. This writing task was found to lead to significantly improved health outcomes inhealthy participants. Health was enhanced in4 outcome types--reported physical health