Executive functions (EF) reached full maturity during the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Human studies provide important information about adolescent developmental trajectories; however, little remains known about the neural circuits underlying the acquisition of mature EF. Ethical and technical considerations with human subjects limit opportunities to design experimental studies tha...

To support the difficult process of SOA adoption, SOA maturity models are published. In this thesis a literature analysis introduces the area of SOA maturity models and highlights benefits and criticism. As a result, the combined SOA maturity model (CSOAMM), a model to facilitate the interpretation and comparison of SOA maturity models, is proposed. CSOAMM is a model with 10 levels that describ...

This paper describes an evaluation template for expert review of maturity models. The template addresses the different aspects involved in assessing both the construct and instruments of maturity models. It was produced via an extensive literature review of principles of design, development and evaluation of maturity models. This template can be beneficial to creators of maturity models since i...

In order to identify and explore the strengths and weaknesses of business intelligence (BI) initiatives, managers need to assess the maturity of their BI efforts. For this, a wide range of maturity models has been developed. In this paper, we present an overview of BI maturity models and elaborate their methodical and conceptual characteristics. This overview helps to understand the topic of BI...

M.T. Bardo et al. (eds.), Inhibitory Control and Drug Abuse Prevention: From Research to Translation, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1268-8_11, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 Abstract Moving beyond studies of age differences in “cool” cognitive processes related to risk perception and reasoning, new approaches to understanding adolescent risk behavior highlight the influence of “hot” socia...

Power usage within a Data Center (DC) goes beyond the direct power needs of servers to include networking, cooling, lighting and facilities management. Data centers range from closet-sized operations, drawing a few kilowatts (kW), to mega-sized facilities, consuming tens of megawatts (MWs). In almost all cases, independent of size there exists significant potential to improve both the economic ...

This paper describes the use the Information Orientation (IO) Maturity Model as the basis of a MBA course-based project. The IO model explicitly draws the relationship between business performance and several information and technology management concepts. More importantly, the IO Model is accompanied by a specific method of gathering and analyzing data, and includes general recommendations on ...

Data centres are complex eco-systems that interconnect elements of the ICT, electrical, and mechanical fields of engineering and hence the efficient operation of a data centre requires a diverse range of knowledge and skills from each of these fields. The Innovation Value Institute (IVI), a consortium of leading organizations from industry, the not for profit sector, and academia, have develope...

The interrelationships among five measures of physiologic maturity for 50 French-Canadian girls are evaluated--menarche, peak height velocity (PHV), 75% skeletal maturity, appearance of the ulnar sesamoid, and 90% dental development. The mean ages of occurrence of the events differed significantly (P less than 0.01). Menarche and 90% dental maturity showed the least variability. Ages of PHV, me...

The quality of a product can be assessed either directly by looking into the product itself, or indirectly through assessing the process used to develop that product. In the software engineering field, there are currently numerous capability and maturity models for assessing a set of specific software processes, but very few product maturity models for those interested in assessing the quality ...