Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractResistance Factors in the Implementation of Software Process Improvement Project in MalaysiaMohd Hairul Nizam Md. Nasir, Rodina Ahmad, Noor Hafizah HassanFor the past two decades, improving the quality of software has become an important agenda in the software industries as they have been assessed according to standards such as the CMM, CMM-I, ISO 9000 SIX-SIGMA and etc. As the result, software process improvement project implementations have been the main targets by most software companies. However, many initiatives are facing variety … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 4, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2008 · 7,334 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractGovernance and Democratic Procedures in the Information Society EraAthanasios I. BozinisThe use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in today’s democratic societies has always two sides: the well-intended, which is the expansion of the democratic participation, and the bad-intended, the one that causes concentration. This research analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the use of e-democracy and claims that the integration of electronic democracy within a country will be based … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2007 · 7,363 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFrom Flexicurity to FlexicArity? Gendered Perspectives on the Danish modelLise Lotte HansenIn Europe, flexicurity is seen as a way to develop labour markets so they will stay or be more competitive and at the same time secure the European welfare tradition. The Danish welfare society builds on a division of work and co-operation between the labour market and the welfare state. This division and co-operation also applies to the Danish flexicurity … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2007 · 8,011 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA UDDI Search Engine for SVG Federated Medical Imaging Web ServicesSabah Mohammed, Jinan Fiaidhi, Marshal HahnWith more and more medical web services appearing on the web, web service's discovery mechanism becomes essential. UDDI is an online registry standard to facilitate the discovery of business partners and services. However, most medical imaging applications exist within their own protected domain and were never designed to participate and operate with other applications across the web. However, private UDDI … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2006 · 7,014 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEducational Attainment of Jordan's Population and Labor ForceMwafaq D. Al-KhaldiThe analysis of the educational attainment by Gender tells us about the general demand for education and qualitative change both in population and labor force. The term educational attainment used here refers to the actual level of education completed by a person as it is superior to the enrolment ratio - as a proxy for educational attainment - especially for … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2006 · 8,012 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEclecticism Beyond Orthodoxies: African Social Science Research in the Fight Against HIV/AIDSAmbe-Uva T. NomThis study examines the importance of social science research on HIV/AIDS in Africa. There is a dearth of social science research on HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa as available literature focus essentially on biomedical and epidemiological aspect of HIV/AIDS research and behavioral changes. In Africa however, efforts at preventing and mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic will have to consider the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2005 · 6,973 accessesView PDFCite