The word autism is derived from the Greek word ―autos‖ which means ―self‖ and describes conditions in which a person is removed from social interaction, that is, an isolated self.1 Unlike many other brain disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder (―ASD‖) ―does not appear to be a clear unifying mechanism at either the molecular, cellular or systems level.‖2 ―Because autism is characterized by groups o...

Jennifer Kirstin Benz: A Framework for Understanding the Role of Self-Interest in Attitude Formation (Under the direction of Thomas Carsey) In this paper I present a framework based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model of persuasion to explain the interplay of self-interest with symbolic beliefs and sociotropic perceptions in determining policy preferences. In developing the self-interest framew...

Software reliability and correctness remain a major problem in industry. The goal of our study is to propose a software component design framework which promote the highest formal level compatible with economic, organizational and programmer skills constraints. The support of our approach is a model of self-documented and self-testable classes, that uses design-by-contract mechanisms, object-or...

the reproductive performance of a dairy herd has a significant effect on the profitability of that herd. common measures of reproductive performance are days to first service, days to conception, calving interval, services per conception, conception rate, estrus detection rate, and pregnancy rate. most cow operations would benefit economically by reducing the number of operational days, decreas...

This paper presents a new self-organizing model based on the generalized particle dynamics (GPD) for virtual enterprises.̂ Differing from traditional organizing model for virtual enterprises, the GPD-based selforganizing model may provide the optimal organization for desired virtual enterprises according to historical organizations and current requirements. The GPD conception, algorithm and its ...