this study investigates the relationship between extraversion/introversion personality dimension and the use of strategic competence (sc) in oral referential communication by iranian efl learners. referential communication refers to a kind of guided communication in which the referents (or topics) are given to the speakers to convey their meanings to the listeners. 50 sophomore english students...

An information architecture (IA) specification is given for a dutch organization, the CBR (Central Bureau for certificates of driving proficiency). A discussion of the specification process shows that other issues are taken into account than those tackled by the information planning method used. However, this is done in an informal and intuitive manner. We argue that the specification of altern...

A remarkable feature of human beings is their capacity for creative behaviour, referring to their ability to react to problems in ways that are novel, surprising, and useful. Transformational creativity is a form of creativity where the creative behaviour is induced by a transformation of the actor’s conceptual space, that is, the representational system with which the actor interprets its envi...

We analyse two basic strategies for the development of tightly coupled, federated information systems: top-down and bottom-up. Both approaches are compared relative to the specific requirements of information integration in evolving environments, such as the intention of treating different kinds of heterogeneity, preserving source autonomy and enabling change management while ensuring consisten...

The concept of oncolytic virus (OV)-mediated cancer therapy has been shifted from an operational virotherapy paradigm to an immunotherapy. OVs often induce immunogenic cell death (ICD) of cancer cells, and they may interact directly with immune cells as well to prime antitumor immunity. We and others have developed a number of strategies to further stimulate antitumor immunity and to productive...

Research on innovative methods for Conceptual Design of Control Strategies (CDCS) is of great theoretical and engineering meaning. In this paper, TRIZ-aided innovation in CDCS was proposed. At first, a systematic approach to build a new theory of inventive problem solving specialized for control strategies (TRIZ-CS) was proposed with its systemic structure was given. Then the Block-Signal analy...

Despite recent currency crises, most of the Asia-Pacific economies continue to be among the most attractive markets in the world and now appear to be recovering rapidly. An important element in understanding the dynamics of firm strategies in Asia is the nature of nonmarket strategies, which concern efforts to respond to and influence the political-economic-social environment. To examine such n...

INTRODUCTION Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a recently discovered class of non-coding functional RNA which has attracted immense research interest. The growing corpus of literature in the field provides ample evidence to suggest the important role of lncRNAs as regulators in a wide spectrum of biological processes. Recent evidence also suggests the role of lncRNAs in the pathophysiology of ...