Nowadays the maritime operational picture is characterised by a growing number of entities whose interactions and activities are constantly changing. To provide timely support in this dynamic environment, automated systems need to be equipped with tools— lacking in existing systems—for real-time prioritisation of the application tasks (missions), selection and alignment of relevant information,...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate, within a cross-cultural context, the psychometric properties of scores derived from the Perceived Locus of Causality Questionnaire (PLOCQ) and the Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS). Both questionnaires are grounded in self-determination theory and are commonly employed in physical education research. Method: Secondary school students from...

Contemporary discussions have generally defined a trait as a pervasive, cross-situational consistency in behavior. A careful examination of Allport's (1937, 1961, 1966) writings reveals that he did not believe in such pervasive consistencies. In fact, he maintained that behavior in different situations is frequently inconsistent, even contradictory, because different traits are aroused to diffe...

Nowadays the maritime operational picture is characterised by a growing number of entities whose interactions and activities are constantly changing. To provide timely support in this dynamic environment, automated systems need to be equipped with tools— lacking in existing systems—for real-time prioritisation of the application tasks (missions), selection and alignment of relevant information,...

Situational applications enabled through Web service mashup technologies and lightweight protocols have attracted tremendous attention in the area of social computing, Web 2.0 and increasingly in the business context. Short-term tasks can be dealt with by ad-hoc building pipes of data services that together expose required capabilities. Nevertheless existing approaches such as Yahoo Pipes! , Go...

threat assessment in the computer networks of organizations can reduce damage caused by attacks and unexpected events. data fusion models such as the jdl model provide efficient and adequate sensors to gather the right information at the right time from the right components. this information then is refined and normalized to provide situational awareness and assess events that may be intended a...

The Flemish Admission Exam `Medical and Dental Studies' is comprised of four cognitive ability tests and four situational tests, namely two work samples (i.e., a lecture and a medical text) and two video-based situational judgement tests (i.e., a physician±patient interaction and a medical expert discussion). On the basis of the Admission Exam scores of 941 candidates (359 men, 582 women) this ...

L. Cherbakov A. Bravery B. D. Goodman A. Pandya J. Baggett The recent rise of grassroots computing among both professional programmers and knowledge workers highlights an alternative approach to software development in the enterprise: Situational applications are created rapidly by teams or individuals who best understand the business need, but without the overhead and formality of traditional ...