conclusions persian version of the self-management scale for patients with epilepsy is valid and reliable to measure the dimensions of self-management in iranian patients and it can be used to measure epileptics’ self-management. further research on the safety of this tool is recommended. results the validity of all items was above 0.63 and their content validity indexes (0.81-1) were appropria...

Two main approaches to knowledge management (KM) have been followed by early adopters of the principle: the process-centred approach, that mainly treats KM as a social communication process; and the product-centred approach, that focuses on knowledge artefacts, their creation, storage and reuse in computer-based corporate memories. This distinction is evident not only in KM implementations in c...

This paper presents an approach to software assessment using a new software tool that integrates most of the known static metrics. A six-step method shows how to use metrics to obtain a picture of the software project. The method is visual and each step provides graphical representations of the data. Successive integration of data results in normality profiles. Examples illustrate each step. Th...

This paper describes the process of the conception of a software tool of TELE management. The proposed management tool combines information from two sources: i) the automatic reports produced by the Learning Content Management System (LCMS) Blackboard and ii) the views of students and teachers on the use of the LCMS in the process of teaching and learning. The results show that the architecture...

Today, grant proposals submitted to the German Research Foundation (DFG) are paper documents. They are received by ordinary mail, manually entered into a proprietary software system and, finally, information relevant to the specific task is extracted manually and sent to other departments involved in the reviewing/approval process. Of course, all these activities are purely hard-copy based. Thi...

We present our EU-sponsored research in the domain of individual knowledge management and collaborative learning: the MailTack system. MailTack is a stand-alone software tool that we use to understand and support our behaviour in complex e-mail discussions with the aim of contributing to a systematic Individual Knowledge Management and Team Learning. Based on a constructivist understanding of k...

In this paper, a system for capturing and maintaining design rationale is described. The significant contribution of this work is to address the problem of ensuring that the model is followed by the user and to extend the model to include risk analysis. This is accomplished using a software tool (PPIS) that allows the structure of the argumentation process to be made explicit and visible in the...

This paper examines the actual and potential use of software tools in research in the arts and humanities focussing on audiovisual materials such as recorded speech, music, video and film. The quantity of such materials available to researchers is massive and rapidly expanding. Researchers need to locate the material of interest in the vast quantity available, and to organise and process the ma...