Going Back

Going back and forth in metacommunication threads

This paper presents an exploratory study about how savvy end users configure return points in mediated interactions with Web applications through WNH (Web Navigation Helper), a user agent that supports rephrasing, explanation, commentary and elaboration of interaction in scripted Web activities. The study is part of a long-term research on selfexpression through software programming. Savvy user...

Ontologies And Databases: Going Back And Forth

Interoperability of ontologies and databases has received a lot of attention recently. However, most of the work has concentrated on specific problems (such as storing an ontology in a database or making database data available to ontologies) and referred to specific models for each of the two. Here we propose an approach that aims at being more general and model independent. In fact, it works ...

Exercise stress testing in women: going back to the basics.

Marked reductions in cardiovascular mortality in women have occurred for the first time this decade as a result of advances in medical treatment, improvement in medical technology, and a greater focus on women and their cardiovascular risk.1 Nonetheless, cardiovascular disease remains the No. 1 cause of death for women in the United States, and more women die from cardiovascular disease than me...

Global Capitalism and Commodity Chains: Looking Back, Going Forward

This paper assesses the achievements and limitations of commodity chain research as it has evolved over the last decade. The primary objectives are two-fold. First, I highlight an important but generally unacknowledged break between the original world-systemsinspired tradition of commodity chain research and two subsequent chain approaches, the global commodity chain (GCC) and global value chai...

Going back home - Social simulation and artificial intelligence