Focussing on excellence

Focussing on Extra-Ordinary Users

“Universal Access” is often focused on modifying main-stream products to respond to the demands of older and disabled people – which implies an extremely wide range of user characteristics. “Accessible” system design can produce systems which may be “accessible” but are in no sense “usable”. Many system developers also seem to believe that a consideration of older and disabled people mean the a...

Focussing and proof construction

This paper proposes a synthetic presentation of the Proof Construction paradigm, which underlies most of the research and development in the so-called “logic programming” area. Two essential aspects of this paradigm are discussed here: true nondeterminism et partial information. A new formulation of Focussing, the basic property used to deal with non-determinism in proof construction, is presen...

Essays on Teaching Excellence

The Power of Metaphor As human communicators, we unconsciously use metaphor as a tool that helps us make sense of reality. Metaphors serve as filters for our perceptions, providing a kind of framework within which we interpret our experiences and assign meaning to them. When filters work negatively or inaccurately, they may delete or distort information or cause us to make false generalizations...

Spotlight on Excellence in Research

Hepatitis C : A Literature Scan focussing on the International Dimensions

Index Blood Safety ....................................................................................... 1 Genotypes .......................................................................................... 3 HIV/HCV Co-infection......................................................................... 5 Natural History.............................................................................