This panel addresses the perspective that agents and workflow can be seen as an evolution of components and scripting. There are several ways in which agents can be used to perform or support a workflow, and several ways in which workflow can be used to orchestrate or control the interactions between agents. The panelists explore several of these connections and various applications of agents a...

Abstract The quality of individuals’ social relationships consistently predicts greater well-being. But little is known about the relative importance different relationship types for life satisfaction, including friendships compared to other relationships. Some have theorized that one intimate all you need. However, romantic partners, family, and friends may contribute uniquely or interactively...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my committee members Drs. I couldn't have finished my work without the help of my lab members, in par-thoroughly enjoyed my stay at Georgia Tech with other lab members. I would like to thank my parents and sister who made so many sacrifices to help me achieve my goals. Without their support I could not dream to reach this juncture in my life. I would also ...

Stock options have been criticized as fair weather friends: good at motivating and retaining executives when the market is going up, but of little incentive value when the market is going down. The veracity of this criticism is of particular importance to executives at information technology (IT) companies, where options are used aggressively and where stock declines in 2000 were extreme. In th...

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the associations between bullying victimization and life satisfaction in primary school children also investigate interactive effects of left-behind status on satisfaction. Materials Methods: Bullying was measured using Chinese version revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire. Life assessed Multidimensional Students' Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS). is compo...

Based on survey data collected from 151 community-dwelling solitary Chinese older adults in Hong Kong, the present study used path analysis to examine the mediating role of sense of loneliness in the relationship between different sources and directions of social support and life satisfaction. The results showed that sense of loneliness mediated the effects of support from families, friends, an...

BACKGROUND We examined adolescents' differentiation of their self-reported physical and mental health status, the relative importance of these variables and five important life domains (satisfaction with family, friends, living environment, school and self) with respect to adolescents' global quality of life (QOL), and the extent to which the five life domains mediate the relationships between ...

The effect of A-block polydispersity on the phase behavior of AB-diblock copolymer melts is examined using a complete self-consistent field theory treatment that allows for fractionation of the parent molecular-weight distribution. In addition to observing the established shift in phase boundaries, we find the emergence of significant two-phase coexistence regions causing, for instance, the dis...

This study investigated predictors of happiness and life satisfaction in Rwanda. Data from the World Value Survey (2007; 2012) and gathered from 3,030 Rwandese (age ranging 16 to 90 years, mean age = 34.2, SD = 12.7; 50.5% were females) were pooled for the analysis. For the comparison, international World Value Survey data were utilized. A fixed effects multilevel regression model was used to p...