We review the definition of evolvability as it appears on the literature. In particular, the concept of software evolvability is compared with other system quality attributes, such as adaptability, maintainability and modifiability.

This paper incorporates a rich set of physical water quality attributes, as well as site and household characteristics, into a model of recreational lake usage in Iowa. Our analysis shows individuals are responsive to physical water quality measures. Willingness-to-pay estimates are reported based on improvements in these measures.

In today's healthcare system, there is an imbalance between what patients expect of caregivers' care and their perception of the care they get. How is it possible to reduce this imbalance? The aim of this paper was to describe attributes associated with meaningful encounters in the Swedish healthcare system based on patients' and caregivers' written narratives and to note the differences and si...

The employee turnover ratio is comparatively very high in Information Technology industry. Because of time constraint, HR managers are not able to identify the preferences of each employee in the process of designing motivational strategies. Hence, there is need for an expert system, which can help HR managers in designing motivation strategies. We are working on development of expert system on...

INTRODUCTION Despite limitations in evidence, the current Clinical Practice Guideline advocates Motivational Interviewing for smokers not ready to quit. This study evaluated the efficacy of Motivational Interviewing for inducing cessation-related behaviors among smokers with low motivation to quit. DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS Two-hundred fifty-five daily smokers r...

Why do some chief executive officers (CEOs) appoint sustainability (CSOs) for their firms while others not? We answer this question by examining CEOs' attention allocation to competition stakeholders' approval, which can be triggered both industry peers' corporate social responsibility (CSR) and irresponsibility (CSiR). An increase in CSR triggers observing that peers have improved thus pose a ...

Ongoing product design has been defined as a complex problem solving task that is central for the development of new products. Despite its importance, existing work mostly focused on studying how designers' creativity at initial stages influences radical innovations. However, role non-creativity related mechanisms later still not well understood. Our contribution to analyze motivational factors...