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How (and why) developers use the dynamic features of programming languages: The case of smalltalk
(2013)The dynamic and reflective features of programming languages are powerful constructs that programmers often mention as extremely useful. However, the ability to modify a program at runtime can be both a boon - in terms of ... -
How accountability type influences information search processes and decision quality
(2019)This study investigates how accountability type (process or outcome) and causal chain framing influence information search processes and decision-making quality. Drawing on the accountability literature and causal reasoning ... -
How Can I Use This Method?
(IEEE, 2015)Code examples are small source code fragments whose purpose is to illustrate how a programming language construct, an API, or a specific function/method works. Since code examples are not always available in the software ... -
How can working time analysis contribute to the production efficiency of dairy farms in mountain regions?
(2018)The aim of the present study was to (1) estimate the labour input on loose and tie stall housing dairy farms in South Tyrol; (2) to develop a tool for the extension service available to propose strategies for improving ... -
How colonial railroads defined Africa’s economic geography
(CEPR Press, 2017)At the turn of the 19th century, sub-Saharan Africa was the least urbanised region in the world, with only about 50 cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants. By 2010, the number of cities had increased to almost 3,000. This ... -
How cultural and contextual variables affect the disclosure and transparency of pro-forma indicators
(2017)The paper analyses how company-specific financial factors and country-specific institutional and cultural factors affect the extent to which companies disclose Non-GAAP Financial Measures (NGFMs) in their financial ... -
How developers perceive smells in source code: A replicated study
(ELSEVIER, 2017)Context. In recent years, smells, also referred to as bad smells, have gained popularity among developers. However, it is still not clear how harmful they are perceived from the developers' point of view. Many developers ... -
How developers use the dynamic features of programming languages: The case of smalltalk
(ACM, 2011)The dynamic and reflective features of programming languages are powerful constructs that programmers often mention as extremely useful. However, the ability to modify a program at runtime can be both a boon-in terms of ... -
How Developers' Collaborations Identified from Different Sources Tell us About Code Changes
(IEEE, 2014)Written communications recorded through channels such as mailing lists or issue trackers, but also code co-changes, have been used to identify emerging collaborations in software projects. Also, such data has been used to ... -
How Did Organizational Resilience Work Before and after the Financial Crisis? An Empirical Study
(2018)The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of organizational resilience as an attitude, depending on the adoption of corporate governance, environmental and social practices (CESPs), in order to react to unexpected ... -
How do API Changes Trigger Stack Overflow Discussions? A Study on the Android SDK
(ACM, 2014)The growing number of questions related to mobile development in StackOverflow highlights an increasing interest of software developers in mobile programming. For the Android platform, 213,836 questions were tagged with ... -
How do developers react to API evolution? A large-scale empirical study
(Springer New York LLC, 2016)Software engineering research now considers that no system is an island, but it is part of an ecosystem involving other systems, developers, and users. When a framework or a library evolves, its clients often must adapt. ... -
How do developers react to API evolution? the Pharo ecosystem case
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015)Software engineering research now considers that no system is an island, but it is part of an ecosystem involving other systems, developers, users, hardware, ... When one system (e.g., a framework) evolves, its clients ... -
How do family firm CEOs perceive their competitive advantages and disadvantages? Empirical evidence from the transportation industry
(2013)This paper explores the CEOs' perceptions of potential competitive advantages and disadvantages deriving from the unique bundle of resources that arises from the interaction between the family and the business systems. We ... -
How do Italian vocational teachers educate for a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship? Development and initial application of the SIE questionnaire
(2018)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how educators can teach the key competence of a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship (SIE) as a cross-curricular subject in compulsory education. It draws both on the ... -
How do plants - having different exudation patterns - shape a similar microbial community?
(2016)Microorganisms associated with plants have been shown to improve plant growth and yield participating in the biogeochemical cycles of elements in soil. For these reasons, the rhizosphere microbiome is considered one of the ... -
How do software startups pivot? Empirical results from a multiple case study
(Springer, 2016)In order to handle intense time pressure and survive in dynamic market, software startups have to make crucial decisions constantly on whether to change directions or stay on chosen courses, or in the terms of Lean Startup, ... -
How does pattern of feeding and rate of nutrient delivery influence conditioned food preferences?
(2007)Ruminant herbivores have been shown to learn about food properties by associating food flavours with the food’s post-ingestive consequences. Previous experimentation supporting the conditioned food aversion/preference ... -
How Drought Affects Agricultural Insurance Policies: The Case of Italy
(2018)Despite their growing intensity and the enormous costs, adverse meteorological events are still perceived as “exceptional”. Among the adverse weather events, the management of drought risk plays a key role due to the more ...
