FROM PERIPHERY TO THE CENTRE: POST-COLONIAL FICTION VS. COLONIALIST FICTION

CCD vs. CMOS: Facts and Fiction

past five years of the potential for CMOS imagers and of the impending demise of the incumbent image-sensing technology, CCDs. Strong claims by the proponents of a resurgent CMOS technology have been countered by equally forceful claims by CCD defenders. In a pattern typical of battling technologies (both with significant merits but also lacking maturity in some regards), users have become leer...

Learning facts from fiction

People s knowledge about the world comes from many sources, including fictional ones such as movies and novels. In three experiments, we investigated how people learn and integrate information from fictional sources with their general world knowledge. Subjects read a series of short stories that contained information about the real world. After a short delay, all participants took a general kno...

Humanoid Robots - From Fiction to Reality?

Humanoid robots have been fascinating people ever since the invention of robots. They are the embodiment of artificial intelligence. While in science fiction, human-like robots act autonomously in complex human-populated environments, in reality, the capabilities of humanoid robots are quite limited. This article reviews the history of humanoid robots, discusses the state-of-the-art and specula...

Fiction indexing and the development of fiction thesauri

Lymphedema: separating fact from fiction.

Lymphedema is a feared complication of cancer treatment and one that negatively impacts survivorship. The incidence of breast cancer-related lymphedema ranges from 6% to 70%, but lymphedema may be a common and under-reported morbidity. No standard guidelines for its diagnosis and assessment exist. Although the true etiology of lymphedema remains unknown, radiation, chemotherapy, type of breast ...