Fundamental nano-patterns are simple, static, binary properties of Java methods, such as ObjectCreator and Recursive. We present a provisional catalogue of 17 such nano-patterns. We report statistical and information theoretic metrics to show the frequency of nano-pattern occurrence in a large corpus of open-source Java projects. We proceed to give two example case studies that demonstrate pote...

In order to handle massively parallel systems and make them usable, an adaptive, application-oriented operating system is required. The application-orientedness is represented by the family concept of parallel operating systems. Incremental loading of operating system services supports the family character by automatically extending the system's active object structure when it is necessary. Thi...

Even though companies maintain highly-structured, traditional business data in relational databases, large amounts of information are available in semi-structured text sources, such as indexed online newspapers , patent information, literature citations or business prooles. This information is ooered by commercial providers who maintain complete control over access language, schemas and update ...

We investigated the psychometric properties of a Dutch translation of the Personal Meaning Profile in a heterogeneous group of cancer patients. Our study resulted in a relatively short scale consisting of 39 of the 57 original items, divided into 5 factors, labeled 'relation with God'; 'dedication to life'; 'fairness of life'; 'goal-orientedness' and 'relations with other people', which can be ...

Self-sacrificing behavior of the leader and the extent to which the leader is representative of the group (i.e., group prototypical) are proposed to interact to influence leadership effectiveness. The authors expected self-sacrificing leaders to be considered more effective and to be able to push subordinates to a higher performance level than non-self-sacrificing leaders, and these effects wer...

BACKGROUND Despite recent developments in post-graduate family medicine training in Japan, the numbers of junior doctors entering family medicine residencies are still limited. The objective of this qualitative study was to investigate the possible factors associated to the career choice of family medicine, especially in the context of the newly established family medicine programs in Japan. ...

Recurrence formulations for various problems, such as finding an optimal order of matrix multiplication, finding an optimal binary search tree, and optimal triangulation of polygons, assume a similar form. These formulations are known as dynamic programming approaches. We study a distributed version of the CYK algorithm of membership problem for context-free languages as an example of the dynam...

Neoliberal strategy, which was adopted and implemented after 1987, lies behind the success of South Korean conglomerates ( chaebols ), it strengthened during Asian financial crisis in 1997. Faced with new spatio-temporal conditions massive struggle workers, started a project to restore capitalist power. To this end, actively supported political powers who represented them American Japanese stra...