Resource quality is one of the dimensions of software quality assessment and must be appropriately addressed in service-oriented architecture. In this paper some resource metrics for distributed systems that conform to the service-oriented concepts will be proposed. Similarities and differences between service-oriented, component-based and web-based software engineering approaches will be analy...

With the advent of aspect-oriented programming, the need for adequate techniques for handling aspect-oriented artifacts in the early phases of the software engineering process has emerged. In this paper, we present an aspect-oriented language extension for an integrated modeling language based on object models. We present the way aspect constructs can be handled in requirements and architectura...

eco-innovation is an actual topic as it links two key issues, innovation and sustainability. theenvironmental respect and innovation are important drivers of competitiveness. firms are willing to knowwhat to do to improve their eco-innovative capacity. the objective of this paper is to empirically determinewhat common characteristics have the most environmental oriented innovative firms. we ana...

Microfinance institutions are considered as an effective tool for achieving the objective of financial inclusion. To achieve this objective it is necessitate that MFIs should be sustainable while reaching the poorest of poor. After the Andhra Pradesh Microfinance Crisis, 2010 sustainability and outreach of MFIs in India is doubtful and questionable. Present paper attempts to look into various d...

Health impact assessment (HIA) methods are used to evaluate the impact on health of policies and projects in community design, transportation planning, and other areas outside traditional public health concerns. At an October 2004 workshop, domestic and international experts explored issues associated with advancing the use of HIA methods by local health departments, planning commissions, and o...

A pulsed crossed beam technique is used to measure ionization cross-sections of metallic atoms. Relative values of cross-sections of single, double and triple ionization of magnesium have been successfully measured with good accuracy over the 0-700 eV range. Absolute values of cross-sections have been obtained by normalization to a theoretical value at high electron energy. Results are compared...

The paper examines the role of executive compensation in inducing management behavior that triggers private securities litigation. Incentive pay in the form of options is found to increase the probability of securities class action lawsuits, holding constant a wide range of other firm characteristics. In contrast, base pay levels and share ownership do not have a significant impact on lawsuit i...

Health impact assessment (HIA) is a prospective decision-making aid tool that aims to improve the quality of policies, programmes or projects through recommendations that promote health. It identifies how and through which pathways a decision can impact a wide range of health determinants and seeks to define the distribution of effects within populations, thereby raising the issue of equity. HI...