In this paper, we discuss the importance of considering the action character of information when modelling information in business processes. The Language Action Perspective (LAP) is described and proposed as the perspective of choice for information modelling – now and for the future. It is emphasized that two of the most important research areas in the new millennium are to further develop LA...

lopt was set based on scaled nominal values of all muscle-tendon parameters for an average adult male from literature [1]. Scaling algorithm from SIMM was followed. Since the Gastrocnemius muscle was modeled as an effective representation of the two heads, all parameters set were for the bigger, more pennate medial head. Maximal muscle contraction vmax values for all subjects were set as in [2]...

The communicative action perspective of business processes and information systems has attracted much attention recently. A viable approach in this area is: Action Workflow. This paper investigates the use of Action Workflow as a generic business framework, relating it to the alternative Business as Action game Theory. The latter provides a more exhaustive description of various business action...

Human collaboration applications and distributed systems are expected to beneet from a group multicast service, both in terms of performance and design simm plicity. We argue that such a service must be scalable both in the number of potential senders and receivers. The success of ATM will in part depend on the availl ability of an eecient group multicast service. We provide a brief description...

The increasing market turbulence and the increasing need for the creation of competitive advantages force businesses to rethink the way they perform their business. This rethinking is often performed unstructured or fragmented, and they fail to consider the business as a whole. Therefore there is a need for making a diagnosis as a basis for redesigning the business. In order to perform this dia...

We study the feasibility of fabricating an optical link for the SLHC ATLAS silicon tracker based on the current pixel optical link architecture. The electrical signals between the current pixel modules and the optical modules are transmitted via micro-twisted cables. The optical signals between the optical modules and the data acquisition system are transmitted via radiation-hard/low-bandwidth ...

BACKGROUND This study was aimed to assess the effectiveness of a newly designed orthosis on knee contact forces in subjects with knee osteoarthritis (OA). MATERIAL AND METHODS Five patients with OA participated in the study. All had knee OA on the medial side according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria, medial knee pain and radiographic osteophyte on the medial side of knee joi...