In current-day software development, programmers often use programming patterns to clarify their intents and to increase the understandability of their programs. Unfortunately, most software development environments do not adequately support the declaration and use of such patterns. To explicitly codify these patterns, we adopt a declarative meta-programming approach. In this approach, we reify...

Nowadays, at industrial research level, seems to be recognised that the collaboration among firms is becoming a relevant and effective way of operating. For the enterprises rather than compete on costs it could be necessary increase the product/service value added; this goal could be effectively achieved by collaborating with other firms in the value chain. In this preliminary work, we provide ...

In current organizations, the models of knowledge creation enunciate concrete processes and elements that drive the production of knowledge aimed at satisfying organizational objectives. The Knowledge Life Cycle (KLC) model of the KMCI provides a comprehensive framework for situating learningoriented artefacts as part of the organizational context. Recent work on the design and creation of lear...

abstract background: ethics was discussed for many years in medical ethics through rules, theories, hypothesis and religious. there are some organs in iran that working on ethics. department of medical science is one of them that has his own instructions on ethics. this study aims to review some of the challengeable issues in medicine. conclusion: department of ethics in iranian academy of medi...

Although codified knowledge and its capture is commonplace, tacit knowledge has up until recent years proved elusive in its inclusion within the organisation's knowledge base. Codified knowledge or articulate knowledge is knowledge that we are all quite familiar with and includes for all intents and purposes the entire range of printed and electronic media. We present here an approach aimed at ...

This article contributes to the broadening agenda of critical globalisation(s) research by analysing one of the most fundamental ideological foundations of the current global transformation in a historical perspective: the ideology of "domination over nature" that was implemented in Europe from 1500 onwards. Humans have always shaped and altered their environment according to their needs and as...