Interest in evaluating conceptual modelling techniques has recently experienced a revival, in part due to widespread adoption of the Unified Modelling Language (UML). In addition, the use of ontology as a framework for evaluating conceptual modelling techniques has gained acceptance. In this paper, we consider implications of applying one aspect of the ontology of Mario Bunge to conceptual mode...

increasing complexity of treatment and current psychological health problems reveals the importance of uniqueness psychological health care in the nursing profession . therefore the need to have a clear conceptual base in psychological nursing is recommended. often psychological nurses have accepted a modified approach about collaborative interaction in current theories (such as psychoanalyses ...

theorization in sociological literature in general and in sociology of the family in particular suffers from conceptual confusion. the proposer of the concept: “iranian tripod system” tries to analyze the family situation and its changes in iran through modernity. the present paper studies the conceptual framework of iranian tripod system and its related quadrilateral concepts: “iranian society...

In today's increasingly competitive business environment, the use of knowledge to gain a competitive advantage has become a serious concern for all organisations. However, despite the increasing number of studies relating to Knowledge Management (KM) in developed countries, few studies have explored this issue within the context of developing countries. Moreover, some industries have been affec...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) health care systems worldwide are faced with the challenge of responding to the needs of people with chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart failure and mental illness. Chronic disease management (CDM) is a systematic approach to improve health care for people with chronic disease. This paper studies two different approaches to the management ...

PEIRCE is a project aiming to build a state-of-the-art, industrial strength conceptual graphs workbench. PEIRCE is integrating the conceptual graphs development eeorts that are taking place around the world. There are already over 40 researchers from over 8 countries involved in the project. This paper describes the PEIRCE project and the structure for managing the distributed development of PE...

Despite substantial research on IT implementation in the IS field, the healthcare industry has historically been considered a technological laggard and lacks direction on how to successfully infuse new technological innovations within individuals work practices. Theoretically, mobile-health (mhealth) technologies, if infused in work practices can potentially enhance the quality of healthcare de...

Designed for and evaluated by computer science researchers, medical doctors and civil and mechanical engineers, the Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) tool HERMES (Karacapilidis and Papadias, 1998, 2001) is about to be adapted for another kind of audience, i.e. the communities of practices (CoPs) under the name “COPE_IT!” (http://copeit.cti.gr/) and currently developed in the framework of the ...

Conceptual modelling is probably the most important aspect of a simulation study. It is also the most difficult and least understood. Over forty years of simulation research and practice have provided only limited information on how to go about designing a simulation conceptual model. This paper, the first of two, discusses the meaning of conceptual modelling and the requirements of a conceptua...