Dietmar Janetzko Dept. of Cognitive Science University of Freiburg W{7800 Freiburg Stefan Wess Dept. of Computer Science University of Kaiserslautern W{6750 Kaiserslautern Erica Melis Dept. of Computer Science University of Saarbr ucken W{6600 Saarbr ucken Abstract While most approaches to similarity assessment are oblivious of knowledge and goals, there is ample evidence that these elements ...

This document reports the first phase of an ongoing project aimed at combining technology roadmapping (TRM), a methodology for technology and innovation planning, and TRIZ, an approach for systematic inventive problem solving. The overall objective is to develop an enhanced methodology for systematic innovation planning, strategy and problem solving. This report is focussed on providing an unde...

LIFE+ project “Strategies to improve and protect soil quality from the disposal of olive oil mills’ wastes (OOMW) in the Mediterranean PROSODOL”, aims towards the development and application of technologies for the protection, improvement and remediation of soils which are polluted from the disposal of OOMW. In this effort, two major geospatial web-based application tools were developed and imp...

aesthetics relates to felt meaning generated from sensory perceptions, and involves subjective, tacit knowledge rooted in feeling and emotion. we believe the aesthetics of management is important, but little understood, aspect of organizational life. we propose that followers use their aesthetic senses in making these assessments. in this article we try to discover the role of aesthetic in man...

aim and background: this study seeks the effect of teaching problem solving on self-efficacy and perceived self-efficacy in adolescents.   methods and materials: in this quasi-experimental study using three group with pre-test and post-test, on hundred sixty students were randomly selected via multi-stage sampling, and were divided into 64 students of experimental group and 62 students of place...

teacher autonomy is viewed very differently: one teacher may view autonomy as a means to gain substantial freedom from interference or supervision; another may view it as the freedom to develop collegial relationships and accomplish tasks that extend beyond the classroom; and even some others may perceive it as a means for principals to avoid their duties (frase and sorenson, 1992). although th...