This paper reports on an ongoing effort to enable the rapid development of multi-party virtual human negotiation scenarios. We present a case study in which a new scenario supporting negotiation between two human role players and two virtual humans was developed over a period of 12 weeks. We discuss the methodology and development process that were employed, from storyline design through role p...

Nowadays, there is an agreement among organizations that reinforcing of education leads to the improvement of organizational performance. The emphasis on the human capital in organizations reflects the view that market values depend less on tangible resources, but more on intangible ones, particularly human resources. The main purpose of this study was to design a model for faculty members in p...

Human performance considerations are expected to be central to the performance of advanced Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems. The development of information systems and decision aids in these advanced systems will be simultaneously driven by technical and human capabilities coupled with operational requirements. An Integrated Human Centered Systems Approach is suggested which considers the h...

In this article, capacities and freedom approach, as well as lifestyles are explored taking into account child nutrition, and other relevant dimensions of human life more than just economic and other elementary resources, and also social, cultural, psychological, values and freedom dimensions. Nourishment, health and survival are considered some of the elementary capabilities, and the concept o...

This paper investigates the energy service companies (ESCOs) in China from perspective of technological capability (TC) development. The conventional development model manufacturing emerging economies has been adapted to examine four dimensions TC (investment, production, linkage and innovation) through a qualitative analysis multiple case studies. Small medium-sized private ESCOs can perform w...

the following study aims to present a consistent framework for the sustainable development of the troglodyte village of kandovan, taking into consideration the present situation of the village and the paramount importance of preserving its unique way of life with the ultimate goal of making efficient improvements on the living conditions of its inhabitants. located in north-western iran, this t...

background: it is necessary to get information on nutrition situation in children and epidemiology of the malnutrition to use for planning and health policy making, therefore this study aimed to identify the role of human development on nutrition situation in children under-five years of old worldwide.methods: this ecological study was performed on the relation of the nutrition situation of chi...