This thesis will explore the design and optimization of a peer-to-peer network application as a solution to complex content management problems. Currently, most content management systems are expensive, cumbersome and inflexible custom solutions that require knowledge workers to change their…

The results of a decade of work in Artificial Intelligence have brought us to the threshold of a new phase of knowledge-based programming -- in which we can design computer systems that (1) react reasonably to significantly complicated situations and…

This study compares the effectiveness of online textual glosses enhanced with modified corpus-extracted sentences presented in concordance lines and textual glosses enhanced with dictionary definitions drawn from an online learner’s dictionary for academic vocabulary learning at higher proficiency levels. Particularly,…

Open source lectures not only provide knowledge-seekers with convenient ways to obtain knowledge and information, they also serve as potential language learning resources that provide extensive language input and repeated exposure to vocabulary within specific topics or disciplinary. This current…

With retail-war becoming harsh, companies desire to be rescued by using experiential approach. Consequently, visual display is gaining huge acknowledgement in the Indian retail scene. But, to our surprise, there is dearth of empirical researches in grocery visual merchandising. Retailers…

This research paper addresses the ethical issues facing the construction industry in Kenya. It forms a framework for ethical standards in the construction industry by recommending concrete measures on the cases of collapsing buildings such as Nyamakima building in Nairobi…

This study was aimed at strengthening primary school children’s capacities as ‘health-promoting actors’. A participatory action research (PAR) design was implemented in five semi-rural primary schools in Mahasarakham Province. Selected students were identified as health promoting targets and planned for…

This study was aimed at strengthening primary school children’s capacities as ‘health-promoting actors’. A participatory action research (PAR) design was implemented in five semi-rural primary schools in Mahasarakham Province. Selected students were identified as health promoting targets and planned for…

The paper contributes to the body of knowledge in the area of economic growth and fiancé by reviewing empirical works to assess the link and causality between economic growth and financial development. The paper is significant since economies aim at…

This paper examines the factors that affect Internet and E-commerce adoption among small exporting handicraft firms in Ghana.  Using interviewing, the study presents an in-depth analysis of the cases of two major Ghanaian Handicraft Exporters that have been using the…