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Pattern-based software architecture for service-oriented software systems
Service-oriented architecture is a recent conceptual framework for service-oriented software platforms. Architectures are of great importance for the evolution of
software systems. We present a modelling and transformation technique for service-centric distributed software systems. Architectural configurations, expressed through hierarchical architectural patterns, form the core of a specification and transformation technique. Patterns on different levels of abstraction form transformation invariants that structure and constrain the transformation
process. We explore the role that patterns can play in architecture transformations in terms of functional properties, but also non-functional quality aspects
The Changing Face of Economics? Ethical Issues in Contemporary Economic Schools as a Consequence of Changes in the Concept of Human Nature
The last financial crisis combined with some recent social trends (like growing inequality or environmental problems) inspired many contemporary economists to the
re-evaluation of actual economic knowledge in the search for solutions to these
problems. Modern economic schools (especially heterodox ones) stress the meaning
of ethical issues in economics more often. The thesis of the paper is that this revival
of the ethical face of present economics depends very strongly on the changing assumptions of human nature within economics and other disciplines which work
alongside economics, such as social psychology or business ethics, for instance. In
order to prove the thesis, the paper provides an evaluation of current economic
schools, especially within the heterodoxy, in search of their ethical aspects, and presents them as a result of the changing assumptions about human beings within those
schools. This ethical dimension of human beings manifests itself in different ways,
which can be perceived as a result of it being based on different ethical schools and
different psychological and philosophical assumptions about human nature. Therefore, the paper also considers the current developments of the view on human beings
in contemporary schools of economic ethics
Implication of two new paradigms for futures studies
The paper considers the emergence of two recent perspectives in futures work. One is evolutionary futures studies. The other is critical futures studies. After describing aspects of
each, the paper considers them as alternative rival paradigms in relation to criteria that include: the role of the human being as a subject, the role of interpretation and differences in methodological premises. It concludes that both have contributed to the development of futures methods but that a number of theoretical and methodological problems still remain unsolved
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The Human–Nature Relationship and Its Impact on Health: A Critical Review
Within the past four decades, research has been increasingly drawn toward understanding whether there is a link between the changing human–nature relationship and its impact on people’s health. However, to examine whether there is a link requires research of its breadth and underlying mechanisms from an interdisciplinary approach. This article begins by reviewing the debates concerning the human–nature relationship, which are then critiqued and redefined from an interdisciplinary perspective. The concept and chronological history of “health” is then explored, based on the World Health Organization’s definition. Combining these concepts, the human–nature relationship and its impact on human’s health are then explored through a developing conceptual model. It is argued that using an interdisciplinary perspective can facilitate a deeper understanding of the complexities involved for attaining optimal health at the human–environmental interface
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