I consider the problems of process system architecture in the context of the Perry-Wolf model of software architecture: process elements are executed in process systems by both machines and people; data elements tend to be informal documents in process systems rather than formal, machine manipulatable objects; and connecting elements are much more complex in process systems, involving both auto...

Specifications for security protocols range from informal narrations of message flows to formal assertions of protocol properties. This paper discusses those specifications, emphasizing authenticity and secrecy properties. It also suggests some gaps and some opportunities for further work. Some of them pertain to the traditional core of the field; others appear when we examine the context in wh...

We present initial designs toward a system facilitating ad hoc communication among staff in a large chronic care hospital for patients with neurological disorders and brain injury. We identify unique characteristics of the hospital and its context, and we discuss potential benefits of employing document-centric mixed reality as a means of enhancing the informal communication practices that supp...

Background: The informal caregivers of the patients with COVID-19, who are in direct contact with patients and Coronavirus, experience many psychological issues and are prone to illness anxiety disorder. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of virtual training of Benson relaxation technique on illness anxiety disorder in the informal caregivers of the patie...

the informality of possession and lack of security in residence are among the characteristics attributed to the informal settlements, as well as, they are a key to other problems’ solutions. this essay investigates some of the typical cases of iran’s informal settlements, and this intends to find out the possession conditions, as well as, the conditions necessary for the recognition of the ...

The modeling, representation and use of context is the challenge for the coming years in Artificial Intelligence, especially when we now face very large knowledge bases, complex problems and multimedia means. The notion of context is important since it can capture many of the interesting aspects of the way we understand the world, such as relativity, locality, partiality, and contextdependence....

OBJECTIVE To understand the knowledge and services of informal providers and to explore their role in addressing the human resource gap in Uttar Pradesh, India, within the context of maternal health. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study is exploratory in nature, conducted in four blocks of four districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 114 informal pro...

Information and communications technology (ICT) could support ambient assisted living (AAL) based interventions to provide support to informal caregivers of people with dementia, especially when they need to cope with their feelings of overburden or isolation. An e-learning platform (understAID application) was tested by informal caregivers from Denmark, Poland, and Spain to explore the technic...