of the perpetrators were friends or relations; 17 % were (ex-)partners. The waiting time in the Charité emergency departments amounted to 58 minutes on average, the medical treatment time 55 minutes. About 80 % of the personnel evaluated the "stuprum kit" as being altogether good or very good. More than ⅓ considered the time and room conditions as being unsuitable or rather unsuitable for the s...

This panel addresses the perspective that agents and workflow can be seen as an evolution of components and scripting. There are several ways in which agents can be used to perform or support a workflow, and several ways in which workflow can be used to orchestrate or control the interactions between agents. The panelists explore several of these connections and various applications of agents a...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my committee members Drs. I couldn't have finished my work without the help of my lab members, in par-thoroughly enjoyed my stay at Georgia Tech with other lab members. I would like to thank my parents and sister who made so many sacrifices to help me achieve my goals. Without their support I could not dream to reach this juncture in my life. I would also ...

Stock options have been criticized as fair weather friends: good at motivating and retaining executives when the market is going up, but of little incentive value when the market is going down. The veracity of this criticism is of particular importance to executives at information technology (IT) companies, where options are used aggressively and where stock declines in 2000 were extreme. In th...

Studies examining friendships among Mexican-American adolescents have largely focused on their potentially negative influence. The current study examined the extent to which deviant and achievement-oriented friend affiliations are associated with Mexican-American adolescents' school adjustment and also tested whether support from friends and parents moderates these associations. High school stu...