A Complex Network Perspective on Clinical Science

A Complex-Network Perspective on Alexander’s Wholeness

The wholeness, conceived and developed by Christopher Alexander, is what exists to some degree or other in space and matter, and can be described by precise mathematical language. However, it remains mysterious and hard to grasp. This paper develops a complex network perspective on the wholeness to better understand the nature of order or beauty, and apply it into sustainable design. I bring to...

Complex Query Processing on Web Graph: a Social Network Perspective

A social network represents a social community as a directed graph. Communication on the Web has given rise to social network formation like, Web Community, Referral System etc. An earlier effort has proposed a data model for such Web-based social network. Present paper discusses the relevant index structures for processing queries on a social network schema based upon the proposed data model. ...

The Massey's method for sport rating: a network science perspective

We revisit the Massey’s method for rating and ranking in sports and contextualize it as a general centrality measure in network science.

Islamic & non Islamic Countries Cooperation: Perspective on Science Diplomacy Model

Practising Active Science With Child Refugees: A Clinical Perspective

In this paper, pilot sessions in Rwanda and Nepal are analysed to evaluate the therapeutic benefit of active science for traumatised child refugees. The nature of the activities, choice of tools, organisation of the sessions, group size, and the role of the educators are investigated. Despite the lack of quantitative assessment, practical suggestions and theoretical issues emerge. Activities fa...