CULTIVATING THE BALANCE SENSE

Cultivating the sense of belonging and motivating user participation in virtual communities: A social capital perspective

Virtual communities (VCs) are attracting more attention as they provide a platform for people to share experiences and knowledge, which may further impact their purchase decisions. From a social capital perspective, this study investigated factors that cultivate a VC member’s sense of belonging and their effects on facilitating his participation in the VC in terms of the intentions to get and s...

Cultivating “The Seventh Sense” – metacognitive strategising in a New Zealand secondary classroom

Equilibrioception: A Method to Evaluate the Sense of Balance

In this study, we present an algorithm for the assessment of one’s own perception of balance (equilibrioception). Upright standing position is maintained by continuous updating and integration of vestibular, visual and proprioceptive information, so that a compensatory reaction can be implemented when perturbations occur. This ability to monitor and maintain balance can be considered as a physi...

Cultivating the uncultured.

The recent application of molecular phylogeny to environmental samples has resulted in the discovery of an abundance of unique and previously unrecognized microorganisms. The vast majority of this microbial diversity has proved refractory to cultivation. Here, we describe a universal method that provides access to this immense reservoir of untapped microbial diversity. This technique combines e...

Cultivating the Agent Economy

Advances in eletronic commerce and agent technology are pushing the world rapidly toward ever-increasing ebusiness automation. The logical development of this movement is agent-based electronic commerce, in which software agents act as autonomous (or semi-autonomous) businesses in their own right, buying and selling information goods and services online. We review some of the forseeable develop...