Conceptual modeling is the defining characteristic of object-orientation and provides a unifying perspective and a pedagogical approach focusing upon the modelling aspects of object-orientation. Reinforcing conceptual modelling as a basis for CS1 provides an appealing course structure based on core elements from a conceptual framework for object-orientation as well as a systematic approach to p...

Research shows that middle school is an important juncture for a student where he or she starts to be conscious about academic achievement and thinks about college attendance. It is already known that access to financial resources, family background, career aspirations and academic ability are indicative of a student’s choice to attend college; though these variables are interesting, they do no...

Online social networking tools developed for educators promise better mentorship, professional development and resource sharing among teachers. This paper presents a model of teacher mentoring behaviors within an existing middle school teacher social networking site. We analyze how teachers help others in discussion forums and learn a model that describes their behavior. Our initial results ind...

Specifically, the framework of methods and technology representing the VPH will have to possess three fundamental attributes: • descriptive: the framework should allow observations made in laboratories, in hospitals and in the field, at a variety of locations worldwide, to be collected, catalogued, organized, shared and combined in any suitable way • integrative: the framework should enable exp...

1 Towards a Novel Approach for Enterprise Knowledge Capitalization Utilizing an Ontology and Collaborative Decision-Making: Application to Inotis Enterprise Fatima Zohra Benkaddour, Laboratoire d’Informatique Oran (LIO), Département d’Informatique, University of Oran1 Ahmed BenBella, Oran, Algeria Noria Taghezout, Laboratoire d’Informatique Oran (LIO), Département d’Informatique, University of ...

In the battle to control escalating health care costs, predictive models are increasingly employed to better allocate health care resources and to identify the “best” cases for preventive case management. In this investigation we predicted the top 0.5% most costly cases for year N+1, given a population in year N , with data for the period 1997-2001 taken from the MEDSTAT Marketscan Research Dat...

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