In this paper, we demonstrate the capability of mass, a real-time design language, for large systems speciication. The paper presents a hierarchical speciication of an automatic cruise controller that evolves through stepwise reenement. In particular, we show modular design, the separation of the functional and reactive concerns, and the succinct and intuitive nature of speciications in mass.

An approach for guiding the construction of use case specifications is presented. A use case specification comprises contextual information of the use case, its change history, the complete graph of possible pathways, attached requirements and open issues. The proposed approach delivers a use case specification as an unambiguous natural language text. This is done by a stepwise and guided proce...

Handwritten autobiographies from 180 Catholic nuns, composed when participants were a mean age of 22 years, were scored for emotional content and related to survival during ages 75 to 95. A strong inverse association was found between positive emotional content in these writings and risk of mortality in late life (p < .001). As the quartile ranking of positive emotion in early life increased, t...

An epistemologically and cognitively founded pedagogical learning/teaching model tackling these goals is developed. Possible solutions will be suggested by developing a meta-model for learning/teaching processes in a stepwise manner. It turns out that philosophy of science concepts play a crucial role in these processes. Furthermore, the role of micro-learning and technologically supported (mob...

Citation: Uslu, F., & Gizir, S. (2017). School belonging of adolescents: The role of teacher–student relationships, peer relationships and family involvement. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 17, 63‒82. http://dx.doi.org/10.12738/ estp.2017.1.0104 * This study has been developed from the master’s thesis conducted by Fatma USLU at the Institute of Educational Sciences of Mersin Universit...

This paper aims at constructing stepwise test procedures based on the Bonferroni{ Holm principle for a multi{way ANOVA. Especially for the two{way ANOVA it is shown, that the procedures keep the multiple level. These theoretical results are supplemented by a simulation study to compare the multiple procedures regarding two power concepts and to learn about which of the introduced procedures is ...

The study has modified UTAUT (Venkatesh et. al., 2003) to determine technology acceptance of web-based learning system of Taiwan technical university students. This study used cluster sampling and stepwise regression analysis to determine the relationships among constructs. Research results showed that performance expectancy, attitude toward using technology, facilitating conditions, self-effic...