We discuss how an Enterprise Modelling approach, namely C3S3P, has been applied in an automotive supplier company. The paper concentrates on the phases of the C3S3P development process such as Concept Study, Scaffolding, Scoping, and Requirements Modelling. We have also presented the concept of task pattern which has been used in the MAPPER project for capturing, documenting and sharing best pr...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine whether major depressive episodes (MDE) contribute to a lower rate of participation in three prevention activities: blood pressure checks, mammograms and Pap tests. METHODS The data source for this study was the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS), a longitudinal study that started in 1994 and has subsequently re-interviewe...

Participation of the parietal and frontal cortical areas in pattern discrimination learning was studied in cats. Extirpation of the parietal cortex (fields 5 or 7) produced a deficit of visual discrimination of simultaneously presented patterns, but the animals were able to relearn the task. Postoperative learning of simultaneous discrimination was abolished, although successive discrimination ...

angular deformities of the lower limbs are common during childhood. in most cases this represents a variation in the normal growth pattern and is an entirely benign condition. presence of symmetrical deformities and absence of symptoms, joint stiffness, systemic disorders or syndromes indicates a benign condition with excellent long-term outcome. in contrast, deformities which are asymmetrical ...

OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to understand the relationship between need and help-seeking behaviour in older adults by examining the patterns of food insecurity and participation in food assistance programmes (FAP), i.e. the Food Stamp Program and home-delivered meals. DESIGN Data from two longitudinal studies were used. The studies were designed to obtain nationally representative infor...

BACKGROUND Low participation rates can lead to sampling bias, delays in completion and increased costs. Strategies to improve participation rates should address reasons for non-participation. However, most empirical research has focused on participants' motives rather than the reasons why non-participants refuse to take part. In this study we investigated the reasons why older people choose not...

As software is becoming more and more interweaved with people, organizations, and social systems, the users we face are becoming more and more complex in all aspects. On the other hand, user participation is largely ignored in traditional requirements elicitation methods (including Model-Driven Requirements Elicitation (MDRE) methods). In this paper, we adopt user modeling techniques into requi...

This paper investigates the age-dependency of participation and unemployment by integrating job search with intertemporal optimizing behavior of finitely-lived households. We find that search frictions and tax rates distort the decisions of older workers to a much larger extent than that of young workers. This finding provides an explanation of the observed fall of participation rates of elder ...

The beated controversy over "citizen participation," "citizen conuol," and "maximum feasible involvement of the poor," has been waged largely in ( enDS of exacerbated rhetoric and misleading euphemislDS. To encourage a more enlightened dialogue, a typology of citizen participation is offered using examples from three federal social programs: urban renewal. antipoverty, and Model Cities. The typ...