“A cool kid”

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'Cool', Brands and 'Cool' Brands

The term ‘cool’ is widely used expression in popular culture. This word is prefixed liberally with anything including people, behavior, place and brands. Notwithstanding ambiguity about what it stands there is complete clarity that it certainly adds value. ‘Cool’ in this perspective is precious resource which can be used in brand building. The authors’ exploration into its genesis and meaning r...

I kid you not.

Vivian Siegel is at the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (e-mail: [email protected]) It is up to each of us to help all the Sarah Palins of this world, and all the Joe the Taxpayers behind them, understand and appreciate the value of all kinds of research, both within and beyond our borders As the Editor of a journal focused on t...

The Comeback Kid?

Balloon angioplasty revolutionized coronary revascularization; however, elastic recoil and restenosis caused by cellular proliferation are major drawbacks of angioplasty. Intracoronary stenting, which could tackle dissections and eliminate elastic recoil, became the next mode of intervention but was limited by stent thrombosis and increased neointimal hyperplasia, leading to in-stent restenosis...

Integration-Kid: A Learning Companion System

This paper describes a learning companion system called Integration-Kid in the domain of learning indefinite integration. A learning companion system is an intelligent tutoring system of a new breed. Apart from the teacher, a learning companion models after an additional agent, called the learning companion. The learning companion acts as a companion for the human student in learning. Thus the ...