This research examines a chronic problem in academic settings – inappropriate copying or misuse of source materials–i.e., plagiarism. We conduct a computer-based writing experiment to examine the effects of psychological and situational characteristics on subjects’ propensity to misappropriate text. Specifically, we examine to what extent such misappropriations may be explained by available tec...

Using 3.3 pb of data collected with the CMD-2 detector in the 720 – 840 MeV c.m. energy range, the branching fraction of the conversion decay ω → πee has been measured: B(ω → πee) = (8.19 ± 0.71± 0.62) · 10. The upper limits for the branching fractions of the following conversion decays have been obtained at the 90% confidence level: B(ρ → πee) < 1.6 · 10, B(ρ → ηee) < 0.7 · 10 and B(ω → ηee) <...

Many traditional designs consist of some geometrical properties of symmetry, periodicity/repetition, recursion or cycle with an endless stroke, especially in Tamil Kolam, Celtic knots, African Sona, Vanuatu Nitus, Arabesque or Asian knot etc. People like to feel infinity, recurrency and dynamism especially of trace animation in these cycle patterns, and are attracted by such a fact that the pat...

iran is a large country with a vast variety of tribes and ethnic groups. these various tribes are unified with a national language and culture while using their own local languages and enriching ethnic art forms. among iranian ethnic groups, the turkmen are remarkable for their art of carpet weaving which has a unique structure compared to other designs and textures. the charming motifs on turk...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to present an alternative approach to the problem of accuracy estimation for smartdesigns’ class (also named space-filling or intelligent design) by making use of the design’s geometrical properties. Design/methodology/approach: The assumed topographical condition: ‘all design cases have to be on the defined surface’ is reversed into a curvilinear coordinate sy...

Using a discourse analytic qualitative approach, we investigated the naturally-occurring discourse that arose as part of two kinds of regular course activities, synchronous and asynchronous computer-mediated discussions. The messages contributed by members of a graduate course were analyzed for the kind of discourse functions and the kind of politeness strategies they displayed. Results indicat...

A mathematical approach to solve the porthole die design problem is achieved by statistical analysis of a large amount geometric data successful designs. Linear and logarithmic regression are used analyse geometrical 596 different ports from 88 first trial dies. Non-significant variables or high correlated discarded according knowledge extrusion process criteria. This paper focuses on validatio...