It is proposed that the distinction between basic and higher cognitive processes can be captured by the difference between associative and relational processes. Properties of relational processing include reification of the link between entities, so higher-order relations have lower-order relations as arguments, whereas an associative link per se cannot be a component of another association. Th...

Warpage and shrinkage control are important factors in proving the quality of thin-wall parts in injection modeling process. In the present paper, grey relational analysis was used in order to optimize these two parameters in manufacturing plastic bush of articulated garden tractor. The material used in the plastic bush is Derlin 500. The input parameters in the process were selected according ...

Artifacts are entities characterized by data of interest (constituting the state of the artifact) in a given business application, and a lifecycle, which constrains the artifact’s possible evolutions. In this paper we study relational artifacts, where data are represented by a full fledged relational database, and the lifecycle is described by a temporal/dynamic formula expressed in μ-calculus....

PURPOSE Reflection is increasingly being used in higher education, but the criteria to assess the depth of reflection in student essays are difficult to define. This article tested the hypothesis that a good reflective essay contains more terms indicating mental processes. METHODS The authors selected two essays written by first year medical students at The University of Hong Kong, after thei...

Few studies have examined how e-business processes can be leveraged to create business value. By examining the technical, relational and business components of an e-business process, we propose a three-layer structure to identify the source of e-business value in procurement, channel management, and customer service processes. We tested research model using structural equation modeling with dat...

Research on media effects suggests that the collaborative technologies (CTs) used by teams influence intervening group processes and ultimately team effectiveness. While much of the work on media effects has not occurred in a field setting, we believe it can be useful in explaining how choices about technological capabilities help or hinder the relational development and task outcomes of teams....