1 I n t r o d u c t i o n With the success of object-orientation in complex application domains, an interest in reverse engineering of legacy relational databases into object-oriented specifications has been risen. Such a specification can be seen as defining a view of the relational database in terms of an object-oriented data model. The derivation of such a view has received considerable at t...

Representing and reasoning about orientation information is an important aspect of qualitative spatial reasoning. We present a novel approach for dealing with intrinsic orientation information by specifying qualitative relations between oriented line segments, the simplest possible spatial entities being extended and having an intrinsic direction. We identify a set of 24 atomic relations which ...

From a phenomenological perspective, faces are perceived differently from objects as their perception always involves the possibility of a relational engagement (Bredlau, 2011). This is especially true for familiar faces, i.e., faces of people with a history of real relational engagements. Similarly, valence of emotional expressions assumes a key role, as they define the sense and direction of ...

The purpose of the research is to designate relationship between happiness levels and goal orientation athletes who do individual team sports. In this study, relational scanning model, one general has been used. group consisted 238 engaged sports 376 selected by random sampling method. research, Happiness Scale (HS) developed Demirci Eksi (2018), Task Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (TEO...

This article provides an integrative introduction to a PCSP journal issue on using case studies to develop theory. The case studies explore a variety of conceptual models, including two-person relational theory in psychoanalysis (Messer, 2011); interpersonal defense theory (Westerman, 2011); and assimilation theory (Schlieke, Stiles, et al. [2011]; and Gray & Stiles [2011]). In addition, the ca...

This chapter reviews a body of research on cultural differences in framework theories for engaging with nature, focusing primary on Indigenous American and European-American comparisons. NativeAmerican samples reveal a pattern of converging observations that point to a relational epistemological orientation and a propensity for systems level thinking. In contrast, Non-Native samples show observ...

the aim of this study was to design the strategic orientations model of market, brand and entrepreneurship in the food industry in iran.  the organizational decisions are not formed  in a vacuum but in the economic and cultural environmental context of each country, they are much influenced by many different factors. this study is of applied type and was conducted in two stages. first after an ...