Journal editors expect good quality articles to be published periodically but authors expect whatever is their write-up to be published possibly in an earlier issue. This is the only difference in looking at journal from two different perspectives. Authors seem to be panicky whether they could meet their deadline of promotion and editors will be un...
Jurgen Habermas's theory of the public sphere provides a model of idealised democratic debate. Three major features of this model can be identified - universal access, rational debate, and a disregard for rank. I analyse the model, and use it to examine Slashdot, a popular Web site, as an actualisation of public space.
The South African Government has launched a drive to provide Telecentres to communities and Internet access to schools. The Telecentres are normally centrally located with respect to clusters of schools and other community services. In the context of this drive, a Telecentre was established in Manguzi, a remote town in the KwaZulu Natal province in...
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This paper uses a unique data set covering 12 national systems to document the current state of electronic purse projects in Europe. Specifically, it presents and compares rates of penetration and use, and analyses their evolution over time. While one or two EPs perform significantly better than the others, retailer acceptance and consumer uptake i...
In 2013, a workshop was held in Kathmandu that explored systematic reviews – what they are, how they are developed, how they are used in evidencebased clinical guidelines, and how they can inform the clinical research agenda. The workshop was funded by the Gates Foundation through FIGO, and organised by the Nepal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaec...
This paper advocates re-focusing interaction design towards aesthetics and compositions. Inspired by current movements within human-computer interaction, product design, materials science, and architecture, we argue that a central problematic concerned with reconciling the digital and physical has always shaped the field. Rather than bridging atoms...
Aims: This study aims to assess the knowledge and use of contraceptives and the associated factors among the married reproductive aged women residing in squatters of Kathmandu, Nepal.Methods: This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in six squatter settlements of Kathmandu in February 2015. A total of 156 married reproductive aged women...
Aims: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of medical versus the surgical methods and to determine the outcome of both the methods with respect to complications like incomplete abortion, bleeding and sepsis.Methods: This study was conducted at BP Koirala Institue of Health Sciences. Total of 80 patients, 40 in each group were enrolled in th...
The music industry is [still] in a genuine maelstrom. Globalization is affecting this industry more than many other industries and it is primarily induced by developments in Information Technology. The foremost avenue for change is through the institution providing the foundation of the industry - copyright, which [may] be largely disabled. The odd...
