Academic literature on the topic 'Ifmu language'

Web engineering is a systematic approach to develop web applications, and numerous web engineering methods have been proposed. These methods were extended through defining new models by using different mechanisms to capture the web application concepts. Due to the complexity rising of web applications, the web engineering methods cannot provide web solutions anymore. Even though Interaction Flow Modeling Language (IFML) is recently proposed as a new method for developing web applications, it has limitations. Therefore these methods need to be improved. In this paper, we present the ability of IFML extensibility to support new concerns from web applications. Moreover, we extend IFML through UML mechanisms to support new concerns from the context to the user interface. The new IFML solves the lack of context web application through defining a new model and becomes a new direction to develop concerns modern web applications.

Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) present a powerful part of software systems that allows a simplified assimilation and manipulation by users throw visual objects such as text, image and button. however, with the increasing complexity of GUIs and the diversity of their interaction mode required by users to access information anywhere and anytime, the need for designing efficient and more adaptive user interfaces has become a necessity. Therefore, UIs researchers have attempted to address these issues by designing user interfaces at a high level of abstraction to separate GUI’s specification from its implementation. Besides, the OMG (Object Management Group) adopted the Interaction Flow Modeling Language (IFML) as a standard in March 2013 for this purpose. In this paper, we present a new model driven development approach to efficiently execute the abstract representation of software’s front-end with focus on navigation between the views. We introduce a IFML virtual machine IFVM which executes user interfaces by passing from IFML models to be translated into an intermediate bytecode representation proposed as the instruction set of IFVM virtual machine.

Penjualan produk dan interaksi dengan konsumen adalah proses yang sering dilakukan di usaha/toko yang bergerak di bidang penjualan. Proses penjualan biasanya dilakukan secara langsung dan bertatap muka dengan konsumen. Persoalan penjualan secara langsung berkaitan dengan ruang lingkup dan waktu yang terbatas. Pada penelitian ini penulis merancang dan mengembangkan toko online dengan studi kasus Toko Winata dan menggunakan metode Interaction Flow Modeling Language (IFML). Fungsi dari metode IFML adalah membantu mempermudah komunikasi desain interaksi dengan pemangku kepentingan non-teknis. Fokus penelitian ini adalah pada tampilan antar muka yang menarik, kemudahan penggunaan, serta penyampaian informasi produk kepada konsumen dengan memanfaatkan website sebagai salah satu layanan secara online. Penelitian ini akan membahas mengenai penjualan produk dan interaksi dengan konsumen secara online. Dengan adanya toko online ini diharapkan dapat memberikan peningkatan pendapatan pada Toko Winata dan keuntungan berupa ruang lingkup yang lebih luas dan waktu yang banyak sehingga dapat menjawab persoalan penjualan secara langsung.

Development and deployment technologies for data-intensive web applications have considerably evolved in the last years. Domain-specific frameworks or model-driven web engineering approaches are examples of these technologies. They have made possible to face implicit problems of these systems such as quick evolving business rules or severe time-to-market requirements. Both approaches propose the automation of redundant development tasks as the key factor for their success. The implementation of CRUD operations is a clear example of repetitive and recurrent task that may be automated. However, although web application frameworks have provided mechanisms to automate the implementation of CRUD operations, model-driven web engineering approaches have generally ignored them, so automation has not been properly faced yet. This paper presents a pattern-based development approach for the Interaction Flow Modeling Language as a way to finally automate repetitive specification tasks. Our approach is illustrated by defining and applying IFML patterns for CRUD operations. Additionally, a supporting tool, which enables automation, is shown. The suitability of our approach and the utility of its tool have been evaluated by its application into several real projects developed by a software company specialized in model-driven web application development. The results obtained present evidence of a significant productivity improvement obtained by the automation of the IFML specification of CRUD operations.

Abstract Modern user interfaces (UIs) are increasingly expected to be plastic, in the sense that they retain a constant level of usability, even when subjected to context changes at runtime. Self-adaptive user interfaces (SAUIs) have been promoted as a solution for context variability due to their ability to automatically adapt to the context-of-use at runtime. The development of SAUIs is a challenging and complex task as additional aspects like context management and UI adaptation have to be covered. In classical model-driven UI development approaches, these aspects are not fully integrated and hence introduce additional complexity as they represent crosscutting concerns. In this paper, we present an integrated model-driven development approach where a classical model-driven development of UIs is coupled with a model-driven development of context-of-use and UI adaptation rules. We base our approach on the core UI modeling language IFML and introduce new modeling languages for context-of-use (ContextML) and UI adaptation rules (AdaptML). The generated UI code, based on the IFML model, is coupled with the context and adaptation services, generated from the ContextML and AdaptML model, respectively. The integration of the generated artifacts, namely UI code, context, and adaptation services in an overall rule-based execution environment, enables runtime UI adaptation. The benefit of our approach is demonstrated by two case studies, showing the development of SAUIs for different application scenarios and a usability study which has been conducted to analyze end-user satisfaction of SAUIs.

AbstractPerson-centred care that respects a patient's personhood is the gold standard in dementia care, which is often difficult to achieve given the complexity of caring for people with dementia. This article delves into the narration style of formal care-givers from a variety of ethno-cultural backgrounds in search of linguistic cues that may be related to their emphasis on a person-centred approach to care. A qualitative study, using a discourse analysis of semi-structured interviews with 20 formal care-givers in an institutional setting, was employed. The care-givers fell into three groups: Arabs, immigrants from the former Soviet Union (IFSU) and Jews born in Israel (JBI). Our results show 20 figurative language expressions (FLEs) in the narratives of the JBI care-givers and 11 among the IFSU care-givers. In contrast, the Arab care-givers conveyed 48 FLEs. Many of the Arab care-givers’ FLEs were not associated with the ‘regular’ domains articulated by other care-givers (family, children, militaristic language) and were primarily individual-focused, emphasising the personhood of the patient. These findings, together with relevant theoretical literature, suggest that the extensive use of figurative language by Arab care-givers may be a possible tool assisting these care-givers to employ a person-centred approach, manifested in their stress on the personhood of the patient. Such tools may be useful for better achieving person-centred care for these patients.

Use of medical devices in the home that had previously been used in a healthcare facility is increasing as more care is being transferred to the home environment. To accommodate these changes, instructions for use (IFU) for these devices must be clear and understandable for patients and caregivers to be able to operate them safety. IFUs that use illustrations and graphics rather than text to convey information may make user guides more accessible. This project consisted of two phases to determine the appropriate design of a visual user guide (VUG). During the first phase, a heuristic evaluation of the manufacturer’s IFU for an infusion pump was conducted. In the second phase, the heuristic evaluation results were used to inform the development of a VUG. Two rounds of iterative user testing were then conducted with a sample of target end users, with each round resulting in updates to the VUG. Findings demonstrated both major deficiencies in the usability of the manufacturer’s IFU, and improvements in helpfulness ratings and subjective participant feedback as the VUG was updated based on testing recommendations. The study demonstrates the value of visual guides for patients using medical devices and the use of discount usability techniques to identify major design issues.

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This thesis aims to show that it is possible to better prepare the students from IFMA for academic mobility in France, considering the linguistic-enunciative-discursive needs of students who have already experienced the exchange through the Science without Borders program (Ciências Sem Fronteiras) and as a consequence to reflect future offers of French courses for international academic mobility in IFMA. The general objective, therefore, is to present didactic reflections on French teaching and learning for international academic mobility, from a dialogic perspective, based on the experience of IFMA students at French universities. In order to achieve our general objective, the following research question needs to be answered: how can a teaching-learning proposal of French, in the dialogic perspective, respond to the needs of the IFMA exchange students at the French university? To reach this answer, one needs to know: (a) From the point of view of the Brazilian exchange students, what are the main linguistic-enunciative-discursive needs experienced in French universities? and (b) How does a didactic practice focusing on the language as an interaction contribute to the Brazilian programs of international academic mobility? This thesis dialogues with the theoretical and methodological perspective of Bakhtin and the Circle, known as a dialogical perspective, and on the prototypical didactic procedure of French for Academic Purposes (FOU). The context covered is that of professional education in Brazil, based on the Federal Institute of Maranhão – IFMA and the linguistic-enunciative-discursive needs felt by the students in French universities, which must emerge from the analysis of the speeches of the IFMA exchangers by the Science Without Borders program in France. The participants are the professor/researcher and the six students, who experienced the exchange experience in France. The selected corpus covers the period from 2011 to 2017. We applied a questionnaire to the students using the SurveyMonkey platform. The questionnaire along with its answers formed the starting point of the corpus. In addition to the questionnaire, the corpus is composed of an interview (questions and answers) with the purpose of clarifying and/or amplifying the answers of the questionnaire. The results point out obstacles in the integration of the Brazilian students in the French university in three inseparable levels: Linguistic, Enunciative and Discursive. Therefore, the needs are linked to the non-sharing of the French language-culture in use and the non-active understanding of the statements; which leads to the emergence of problems in the construction of knowledge. In order to address this issue, it is necessary to construct didactic practices that enable Brazilian students to become agents of language, intercultural agents, and thus allow them to learn to learn in another way. In the end, the student must be able to exist/act in the academic sphere as a result of an active understanding of the French language
Nesta tese, considera-se possível preparar melhor os estudantes do IFMA para a mobilidade acadêmica na França, levando em consideração as necessidades linguístico-enunciativo-discursivas emersas dos estudantes que já vivenciaram o intercâmbio pelo programa Ciência sem Fronteiras, e, como consequência, refletir didaticamente sobre futuras ofertas de cursos de francês para fins de mobilidade acadêmica internacional no IFMA. O objetivo geral, portanto, é apresentar reflexões didáticas sobre o ensino-aprendizagem do francês para a mobilidade acadêmica internacional, na perspectiva dialógica, com base na experiência de estudantes do IFMA em universidades francesas. O objetivo geral, para ser alcançado, implica a seguinte pergunta de pesquisa: como uma proposta de ensino-aprendizagem de francês, na perspectiva dialógica, pode responder às necessidades dos intercambistas do IFMA na universidade francesa? Para construir essa resposta, precisa-se saber: (a) Do ponto de vista dos intercambistas brasileiros, quais são as principais necessidades linguístico-enunciativo-discursivas vividas na esfera universitária francesa? e (b) De que forma uma prática didática com foco na língua como interação pode contribuir com os programas brasileiros de mobilidade acadêmica internacional? O recorte teórico está fundamentado na perspectiva teórico-metodológica de Bakhtin e o Círculo, conhecida como perspectiva dialógica e no procedimento didático prototípico do Francês com Objetivo Universitário – FOU. O contexto abordado é o do ensino profissional no Brasil, com base no Instituto Federal do Maranhão – IFMA, e das necessidades linguístico-enunciativo-discursivas sentidas pelos estudantes na esfera universitária francesa, que devem emergir da análise dos discursos dos intercambistas do IFMA pelo Programa Ciência sem Fronteiras na França. Os participantes são o professor-pesquisador e os seis estudantes, que vivenciaram a experiência de intercâmbio na França. O corpus selecionado envolve o período de 2011 a 2017. Foi aplicado inicialmente um questionário aos seis estudantes via plataforma digital SurveyMonkey, ponto de partida do estabelecimento do corpus, assim como as respostas dele derivadas. Além do questionário, o corpus é composto por uma entrevista (perguntas e respostas) com o objetivo de esclarecer e/ou ampliar as respostas do questionário. Os resultados apontam óbices na integração dos estudantes brasileiros na universidade francesa em três planos, inseparáveis, linguístico-enunciativo-discursivo. Portanto, as necessidades ligam-se ao não compartilhamento da língua-cultura francesa em uso e à compreensão não ativa dos enunciados; o que faz emergir fronteiras para a construção do conhecimento. Em resposta, é necessário construir práticas didáticas que possibilitem aos estudantes brasileiros tornarem-se agentes de linguagem, agentes interculturais e, assim, permitir que eles aprendam a aprender de outra forma. Ao final, o aluno deve poder existir-agir na esfera acadêmica com e graças à língua francesa