Quality issues and their connection with structural aspects of process models have been recently studied, but there is still a notable lack of research into quality aspects of activity labels in business process models. In this paper, we investigate whether the guideline to use verb-object labels actually contributes to improved model quality in terms of less ambiguity and higher usefulness. In...

In this paper we examine the problem of extracting schema-conforming metadata out from HTML sources. A technique founded on semistructured data analysis is explained. It is based on the combination of HTML styles, which abstract the visual characteristics of documents, and document-oriented context-free grammar, which provide structural information. This technique is flexible enough to be appli...

Structural operational semantic specifications come in different styles: small-step and big-step. A problem with the big-step style is that specifying divergence and abrupt termination gives rise to annoying duplication. We present a novel approach to representing divergence and abrupt termination in big-step semantics using status flags. This avoids the duplication problem, and uses fewer rule...

This paper reports on a novel technique for the separation of characters and words that are connected through touching or overlapping of characters between adjacent lines of text. The technique employs structural knowledge of handwriting styles where overlap is most frequently observed. The method is shown to work well in the most usual cases and resolve many of the more difficult cases observe...

This study analyzed the writing style of Manuel Arguilla in ‘How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife’ order to propose guidelines for describing style. The use structural grammar helped describe stylistic functions words; nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; sentences; sentence length, structures, patterns, voice; local color: nativist diction. These features were identified, counted, tabulat...

The paper presents empirical results of the study structural organization learning styles among students with unequal risk Internet-dependent behavior based on and psychological analysis. purpose this research was to students, taking into account degree their behavior. features in Internet space are analyzed. relevance is due fact that introduction a persons life has changed his thinking and, g...

abstract aim: aim of study was to determine structural model of relationships between psychosocial developments of offspring’s with spiritual intelligence (sq) and parenting styles of their mothers. method: research method was correlational and statistical population were 29,474 female and male universities students of alborz province in the 2015-16 academic year. by multi-stage random sampling...

Background: Psychological elements could have effective roles on applications for cosmetic surgery and also on their precognition and satisfaction with surgery.  The present study aimed to investigate the relationship of perfectionism, early maladaptive schemas, and attachment styles with body image concern through the moderating role of self-esteem in cosmetic surgery applicants. Methods: It ...