Problem statement: Problem behavior theory describes both protective factors and risk factors to explain adolescent problem behaviors, such as delinquency, alcohol use, and reckless driving. The theory holds that problem behaviors involving risky behavior are used by adolescents as a means to gain peer acceptance and respect. Problem behaviors constitute a significant part of gaining independen...

This essay has the purpose of presenting the results of a work performed as part of Third International Business Process Intelligence Challenge. This challenge presents an event log from Volvo IT Belgium Company related with incident and problem management, focusing on a couple process owner ́s questions. The authors of this document present the analysis realized applying different kind of tools...

The state space explosion problem is the most burning problem of formal verification methods like model checking. In the behavior protocol checker, a tool for model checking of software components, various optimization of state representation were implemented thus speeding up the checking process. In some special cases, however, the optimization introduces a problem referred to as the “spearhea...

We examined articles in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis in which results of functional analyses indicated that problem behavior was maintained by multiple sources of reinforcement. Data for 88 (16.9%) of 521 subjects reported in 168 studies met the criteria for multiple control. Data for 11 subjects (2.1%) involved a single response topography, whereas data for 77 subjects involved mul...

We study a nonlinear transmission problem for a plate which consists of thermoelastic and isothermal parts. The problem generates a dynamical system in a suitable Hilbert space. Main result is the proof of asymptotic smoothness of this dynamical system and existence of a compact global attractor in special cases.

background: the main purpose of this study was to assess the factorial validity and reliability of the iranian versions of the personality and behavior system scales (49 items) of the ahdq ( the adolescent health and development questionnaire ) and interrelations among them based on jessor's pbt (problem behavior theory) . methods: a multi-staged approach was employed. the cross-cultural adapta...