Although object-oriented paradigm is becoming a more realistic approach to the development of large-scale software systems, the existing object-oriented notations and methodologies do not fully support the development of distributed object systems. In this paper, we integrate Meta-Object Protocol (MOP) into a de facto standard object-oriented modeling language UML together to build a software a...

This study describes the reported observations of protective services workers who varied in the accuracy with which they could discriminate abusive from nonabusive mother-child interactions. Participants viewed videotapes of two abusive and two nonabusive dyads. They noted behaviors that suggested an abusive history and behaviors that suggested a nonabusive history for each dyad. Comparisons of...

Highly oriented VO2 thin films were grown on sapphire substrates by the sol-gel method that includes a low pressure annealing in an oxygen atmosphere. This reduction process effectively promotes the formation of the VO2 phase over a relatively wide range of pressures below 100 mTorr and temperatures above 400◦C. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that as-deposited films crystallize directly to t...

regarding the highly intensive competition in the market, nowadays using customer-oriented strategies is necessary for retention and attraction of the costumers. nevertheless, using those kinds of strategies depends on understanding customer behavior patterns and classification of customers in accordance with those patterns. the current study aims to determine the strategies for dealing with ne...

background: a great deal of attention has been given to the study of learning disorders. hence, the aim of this research was to study the effect of emotion regulation training in decreasing emotion failures and self-injurious behaviors among students suffering from specific learning disorder. methods: this was an experimental study with the pre-test, post-test and a control group. research popu...

social development undoubtedly requires people participation in different domains. it seems without participation, we cannot achieve a people-centered, inclusive and sustainable social development. in the social development process, all citizens with various ethnic and religious interests are able to affect on all the social phenomena and variables, based on their competencies and mental capaci...

In a 2011 study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, Steven Woltering and colleagues demonstrate that children with externalizing behaviors who respond to cognitive behavioral therapy show electroencephalogram-defined neural markers of improved self-regulation (1). In this commentary, I review this study and the rationale for my proposal that children with externalizing behaviors who...

We describe an approach for developing explanation facilities for cognitive architectures based on techniques drawn from objectand aspect-oriented software engineering. We examine the use of responsibility-driven design augmented with scenario-based techniques and classresponsibility-collaboration (CRC) cards to identify explanation behaviors for cognitive model elements, and discuss the explan...

We analyze student affect data in order to locate bottlenecks in an introductory programming course. By tracking students’ affective states and behaviors over five laboratory sessions distributed over nine weeks, we find that students exhibit a significantly greater amount of confusion when expected to implement object-oriented constructs such as constructors and object interaction. When asked ...

Bundles of polar filaments which interact via active elements can exhibit complex dynamic behaviors. By using a simple and general description for the bundle dynamics, we find regimes for which density profiles propagate as solitary waves with a characteristic velocity along the bundle. These behaviors emerge from an interplay of local contractions in the bundle and relative sliding of opposite...