Bidirectional model transformations create or update a target model according to a base model and vice versa using a single transformation specification for both directions. Triple graph grammars, for example, define which model elements shall exist and how they should reference each other without repeating information for both directions. They can also copy values of simple-typed attributes, s...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of capitated transportation brokerage services on Medicaid beneficiaries' access to care and expenditures. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING The study period from 1996 to 1999 corresponds to the period of a natural experiment during which Georgia and Kentucky implemented transportation brokerage services. Effects were estimated for asthmatic children and diabetic adul...

Despite widespread recognition of a research-practice gap in multiple service sectors, less is known about how pre-existing communication channels facilitate the flow of information between researchers and practitioners. In the current study, we applied an existing typology of brokerage developed by Gould and Fernandez (Sociol Methodol 19:89-126, 1989) to examine what types of brokerage facilit...

This research examines the unskilled labor migration using private intermediaries in South Korea. The study also reviews Employment Permit System of Korea this regard. empirical took place with a supplementary trip visiting origin, Bangkok, Thailand. A qualitative method was used predominant part being semi-structured interview Thai undocumented workers Daegu. fills gap existing body by uncover...

Electronic commerce has enjoyed great success in the retail brokerage industry. Attracted by commission savings, consumers' use of on-line brokerage firms has grown. However, brokerage customers may have difficulty comparing total trading costs, which consist of both the commission the broker charges and the cost of executing a trade. This paper reports on an experiment to examine whether order...

One of the major purposes of optimization in civil engineering is to perform a suitable design for the structure. This goal has to fulfill technical criteria and contain the minimum economical costs. Building frames are of the most customary civil engineering structures. Therefore, optimization of these types of structures could be of a great concern from the economical viewpoints. One of the c...

Zusammenfassung Der vorliegende narrative Übersichtsartikel stellt zunächst verschiedene Definitionen von Verschwörungstheorien und Verschwörungsmentalität vor präsentiert Studien zu Zusammenhängen zwischen Persönlichkeitseigenschaften, Symptomen psychischer Störungen Verschwörungstheorien. Anschließend werden die Kontinuumshypothese des Wahns sowie neuere Konzeptualisierungen allgemeinem paran...