What makes some acts immoral? Although Western theories of morality often define harmful behaviors as centrally immoral, whether this is applicable to other cultures is still under debate. In particular, Confucianism emphasizes civility as fundamental to moral excellence. We describe three studies examining how the word immoral is used by Chinese and Westerners. Layperson-generated examples wer...

Urban traffic control of modern cities, especially at intersections, has always been a crucial aspect of human civilization. In fact, the phenomenon of traffic congestion has become predominant due to the rapid increase in the number of vehicles and in the transportation demand. Especially over the last decade, traffic congestions have attracted great attention because of the worldwide energy c...

The idea behind Aspect-Oriented Modeling (AOM) is to apply aspect-oriented techniques to (software) models with the aim of modularizing crosscutting concerns. This can be done within different modeling notations, at different levels of abstraction, and at different moments during the software development process. This paper demonstrates the applicability of AOM during the software design phase ...

Introduction Interconnects are an important cost driver in advanced 3D chip packaging. This holds for Through Silicon Vias (TSV) for chip stacking, but also for other integrated Sitechnology. Especially in applications with a low number (<100 mm) of relatively large (10-20 μm diameter), high aspect ratio (1:5-1:20) interconnects, conventional wafer level plating processes are slow and become cu...