A timely issue

A timely issue

The subject of time appears across domains of science and the humanities. One can find it in philosophy, physics, biology, and psychology. In each of these fields, it poses a serious scientific problem and on many occasions leads to considerable debate and even the revision of theories. In psychology, time is equally important both as an objective factor, being a foundation for measuring change...

Introduction to the special issue: timely detection of cervical cancer.

Among women in Latin American and Caribbean countries, where cervical carcinoma is the most common type of cancer, efforts to detect and treat the disease have been largely unsuccessful due to the practice of screening young women at low risk who attend family planning clinics and prenatal care visits. All women, regardless of age or socioeconomic status, must have access to screening and trea...

Accounting in Islamic Perspective: A Timely Opportunity A Timely Challenge

Accounting from Islamic Perspectives (AIP) is an emerging field. Recent years have attracted scholars from around the world who have contributed their thoughts about how accounting can be seen from the Islamic lens. However, the efforts so far are rather fragmented and without a clear agenda for future research. This paper presents a review of the literary achievements made in the field and the...

A Timely Resolution

Timely Dataflow: A Model

This paper studies timely dataflow, a model for data-parallel computing in which each communication event is associated with a virtual time. It defines and investigates the could-result-in relation which is central to this model, then the semantics of timely dataflow graphs.