Several new modularity technologies have been proposed that improve separation of concerns in programming languages. The initial efforts to demonstrate these technologies are usually focused on a single programming language. Since we live in a polyglot world, this proposal addresses the goal of being able to take these new powerful technologies to other languages. The approach uses software gen...

We explore the connection between term rewriting systems (TRS) and aspect-oriented programming (AOP). Term rewriting is a paradigm that is used in fields such as program transformation and theorem proving. AOP is a method for decomposing software, complementary to the usual separation into programs, classes, functions, etc. An aspect represents code that is scattered across the components of an...

BACKGROUND The present study aimed to evaluate the biomechanical exposure to the trapezius muscle activity in female weavers for a prolonged period in the workstation A (suggested by previous studies) and workstation B (proposed by the present study). METHODS Electromyography data were collected from nine females during four hours for each ergonomically designed workstation at the Ergonomics ...

Environmental temperatures that exceed body temperature (Tb) force endothermic animals to rely solely on evaporative cooling to dissipate heat. However, evaporative heat dissipation can be drastically reduced by environmental humidity, imposing a thermoregulatory challenge. The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of humidity on the thermoregulation of desert birds and to compare t...

We investigate pattern and process in the transmission of traditional weaving cultures in East and Southeast Asia. Our investigation covers a range of scales, from the experiences of individual weavers ('micro') to the broad-scale patterns of loom technologies across the region ('macro'). Using published sources, we build an empirical model of cultural transmission (encompassing individual weav...

In theory, the expressive power of an aspect language should be independent of the aspect deployment approach, whether it is static or dynamic weaving. However, in the area of strictly statically typed and compiled languages, such as C or C++, there seems to be a feedback from the weaver implementation to the language level: dynamic aspect languages offer noticeable fewer features than their st...

Historical introductions of species into new habitats can create rare opportunities to test evolutionary hypotheses, such as the role of natural selection in maintaining traits. This study examines two independent introductions of the African village weaverbird (Ploceus cucullatus) to islands where selection on egg appearance traits is expected to differ markedly from that of the source populat...

The silk industry in Kancheepuram is one of the fastest growing industries in India. The industry currently employs more than 30,000 weavers in the art of saree making. This was not the scenario in the past. The industry had to compete with the synthetic fiber industry in many aspects. One of the major drawbacks of the silk industry in Kancheepuram was the lack of support from technology. The i...