The literature offers many descriptions of the benefits of using DSLs, including improved development productivity, flexibility, maintainability, and separation of business and technical aspects. For instance, Don Batory and his colleagues report on their use of DSLs to implement a command-and-control simulator. 2 Their case study demonstrated added development productivity and flexibility with...

Productivity is the key indicator of the performance of organizations at each level, which is considered a mental concept. By changing the patterns of thought, one could hope to improve productivity and change individual and organizational performance. A closer look at what common values, attitudes, norms, and beliefs among members of the organization will make everyone consistently work toward...

BACKGROUND Consumption of oral contraceptive pills (OCP) is a known risk factor for cerebral venous and sinus thrombosis (CVST) among women. We determined whether misuse of OCP could increase the risk of CVST in women. METHODS A case-control study was conducted from 2003 to 2007 on 64 female patients with CVST admitted to Al- Zahra medical center and 232 healthy age-matched female OCP users a...

Today, vast volumes of goods are transported all over the world in containers. Customs authorities are charged with detecting smuggling and can find indications of this by screening documentation on containers that is by law provided by shippers and carriers. In the Contain project, Decision Support Systems for customs to do this risk profiling are developed. In order to test these systems, we ...

E-Commerce can be streamlined if products and services are unambiguously identified with industryagreed XML tags through the coding of products and services according to standard classification conventions, such as the Universal Standards Products and Services Classification (UNSPSC). Standardized coding allows for more effective electronic purchasing management by spend analysis ,and assists m...

Rapid evolvements of mobile broadband application services have attracted much attention from business owners and executives in recent years. However, researches have shown that numerous challenges and obstacles are involved in the successful implementation of a mobile application service. Therefore, a meaningful implementation model is needed. By looking through related works and relative case...

national identity, an ever-changing and multidimentional phenomenon, is the product of a continuous historical process which has always been influenced by environmental conditions. the study of the comprising elements of national identity is the objective of another project of recognizing nations. national identity of iranians is rooted in two sets of beliefs: zoroastrianism, the ancient native...

upon initial investigation, the rich and tumultuous history of caucasus riddled with an abundance of complexities leaves researchers bewildered. throughout this vast land, dozens of tribes each comprised of different races and ethnicities are intertwined, while maintaining their unique cultures and customs. thus, this complicated the researcher’s task at hand. however, this elaborate perplexity...