Bharati Mukherjee’s jasmine: A quest for self-identity

A Framework for Information Systems Metaresearch: The Quest for Identity

The quest for self-identity: not all cancer stem cells are the same.

A central critique of the cancer stem cell (CSC) hypothesis involves the robustness of CSC markers. Zorniak and colleagues suggest that different progenitor marker profiles can classify CSCs, and improved modeling of cellular hierarchies can be achieved by incorporating inter- and intratumoral diversity.

Traditional medicine and the quest for national identity in Zimbabwe.

This article traces and analyses efforts by practitioners of traditional medicine to obtain official recognition of their sector in post<olonial Zimbabwe. Beginning with a brief historical background of the role of traditional medicine in the colonial period, during which traditional medical practice was marginalised and denigrated, while efforts were made to promote western medicine by the col...

Governing Network Evolution in the Quest for Identity

This paper provides a managerial account of network governance by exploring how initially non-powerful agents, driven by the quest for distinctive identity, shape the governance of their networks over time. The research design is that of a longitudinal comparative case study of the trajectories of three renowned, Oscar-winning Spanish filmmakers. It scrutinizes data coming from original intervi...

The Quest for Self-Model in Self-Managing Networks

Although autonomic networking has beeen discussed in related research activities in the last few years, there is neither a commonly accepted model nor a common understanding of the necessary components of an autonomic networking environment, which are also practically applicable. We present a simple model based on the notion of self that is perceived by human beings and deduce its components fr...