We present a new approach to a componentware development methodology based on a system of process patterns. We argue that organizing the development process by means of a pattern system results in higher flexibility compared to traditional ways of defining development processes. This is especially important in the context of componentware. Finally, we propose a pattern catalog with a selection ...

Biometric systems based upon finger vein images have been shown to be vulnerable to presentation attacks. In this supplement, we detail a variety of methods extending local binary patterns (LBP) which can be used to distinguish between fake and real finger vein images in terms of description and implementation / experimentation parameters used.

The aim of this study was to investigate cross-sectional associations between dietary patterns and academic performance among 14-year-old adolescents. Study participants were from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study. A food frequency questionnaire was administered when the adolescents were 14 years old, and from the dietary data, a 'Healthy' and a 'Western' dietary pattern wer...

Food consumption patterns are influenced by a number of factors, including social and cultural factors. It is difficult to effect dietary change, and one possible barrier to dietary change is optimistic bias. Research indicates that individuals tend to believe that they are less likely to experience negative events, and more likely to experience positive events than their peers; this phenomenon...

Recently, the impact of design patterns on software quality has attracted a gradual attention since design patterns encapsulate valuable knowledge to resolve design problems and improve design quality. As an attempt towards the investigation of applying goals and design patterns to realize the model transformation, we proposed, in this paper, a goal-driven model transformation by applying desig...

Recently, the growing popularity of model driven frameworks and methodologies, as well as the Model Driven Architecture (MDA) initiated by Object Management Group (OMG) has implied an increasing focus on model transformation. Meanwhile, the impact of design patterns on software quality has attracted a gradual attention since design patterns encapsulate valuable knowledge to resolve design probl...