Received: 4 May 2008 Revised: 7 October 2008 2nd Revision: 25 June 2009 Accepted: 25 June 2009 Abstract Software development is a complex undertaking that continues to present software project teams with numerous challenges. Software project teams are adopting extreme programming (XP) practices in order to overcome the challenges of software development in an increasingly dynamic environment. T...

Ownership type systems structure the heap and enforce restrictions on the behavior of a program. Benefits of ownership type systems include simplified program verification, absence of race conditions and deadlocks, and enforcement of architectural styles. Dependent classes are a generalization of virtual class systems that allows one class to depend on multiple objects. Dependency is expressed ...

The feeling of "ownership" over an external dummy/virtual body (or body part) has been proven to have both physiological and behavioural consequences. For instance, the vision of an "embodied" dummy or virtual body can modulate pain perception. However, the impact of partial or total invisibility of the body on physiology and behaviour has been hardly explored since it presents obvious difficul...

BACKGROUND Malaria is a serious health concern in Africa. In Cameroon, an endemic country where malaria remains a major public health problem, several control measures have been put in place among which the use of insecticide-treated bednets (LLINs/ITNs) is considered one of the core vector control strategies. However, the greatest challenges include ownership and utilisation by individuals and...

this study examined the relationship between psychological ownership dimensions and deviant behavior of physical education teachers in bojnourd city. this study was applied in terms of aim and descriptive - correlation in terms of data collection. the statistical population consisted of male and female physical education teachers in bojnourd city (n=160) and 113 teachers were randomly selected....

Established firms often face significant obstacles to innovation. As a solution, it has been suggested to form corporate ventures. Based on a sample of corporate and independent ventures in German manufacturing, we show that corporate ventures are more innovative than the control group of independent ventures. In particular, corporate ventures are more successful at developing radical innovatio...

Nonprofit organizations may predominate when output quality is difficult to monitor. Hospital care has this characteristic. This study compared program cost and quality of care for Medicare patients hospitalized following onset of four common conditions by hospital ownership. Payments on behalf of Medicare patients admitted to for-profit hospitals during the first 6 months following a health sh...