Recently, several innovative tools have found their way into mainstream use in modern development environments. However, most of these tools have focused on creating and modifying code, despite evidence that most of programmers’ time is spent understanding code as part of maintenance tasks. If new tools were designed to directly support these maintenance tasks, what types would be most helpful?...

We present a new algorithm for solving basic parametric constructible or semi-algebraic systems like C = {x ∈ C, p1(x) = 0, , ps(x) = 0, f1(x) 0, , fl(x) 0} or S = {x ∈ R, p1(x) = 0, , ps(x) = 0, f1(x)> 0, , fl(x)> 0}, where pi, fi ∈Q[U , X], U = [U1, , Ud] is the set of parameters and X = [Xd+1, , Xn] the set of unknowns. If ΠU denotes the canonical projection onto the parameter’s space, solvi...

q uality of working life (qowl) is the attitudes of employees towards their job, especially their work outcomes including job satisfaction, mental health, and safety which directly influence organizational outcomes. therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate train drivers' qowl and determine its influencing factors. in this descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional study, qowl was...

objectives: this study investigated the efficacy of working memory training for improving working memory capacity and related auditory stream segregation in auditory processing disorders children. methods: fifteen subjects (9-11 years), clinically diagnosed with auditory processing disorder participated in this non-randomized case-controlled trial. working memory abilities and auditory stream s...

Since COVID-19 was announced as a pandemic by WHO with strict emphasis on hand washing and disinfection, various media have focused the suffering of patients Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). In eyes general population, those (OCD) are viewed germophobic extreme cleaners who compulsively wash their hands. The same behaviors now encouraged to decrease one’s risk infection transmitting COVID-1...

objectives: the purpose of this research was to explore the possible differences in the working memory of monolingual (persian) and bilingual  (persian-baluchi) children. we wanted to examine if there is a statistically significant relationship between working memory and bilingualism. methods: four working memory (wm) tests, assessing three wm components, were administered to 140 second grade s...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to further current understanding of the relationship between consumption attitudes and new product adoption and how the relationship may be contingent upon consumers’ other characteristics. Design/methodology/approach – Following a contingency framework, five consumption attitudes derived from Schwartz’s value systems framework were examined, along with de...

Modelling is a key activity in conceptual design and system design. Through collaborative modelling, end-users, stakeholders, experts and entrepreneurs are able to create shared understanding about a system representation. This paper reports on a literature review to provide an overview of the commonalities and differences in collaborative modelling research. We develop a framework of analysis ...

DiFac is an IST research project (FP6-2005-IST-5-035079) funded by the European Commission within the 6 Framework Programme priority called “Collaborative Working Environment”. The project aims to the development of an innovative Collaborative Manufacturing Environment (CME) for the next generation of Digital Factory in order to support SMEs competitiveness. The paper presents the activity perf...

This paper presents a methodology for identifying and resolving various kinds of inconsistency in the context of merging dependency and multiword expression (MWE) annotations, to generate a dependency treebank with comprehensive MWE annotations. Candidates for correction are identified using a variety of heuristics, including an entirely novel one which identifies violations of MWE constituency...