Imago mortis. Holenderskie pośmiertne portrety dziecięce z XVI–XIX wieku

Mossy cells in epilepsy: rigor mortis or vigor mortis?

Mossy cells are bi-directionally connected through a positive feedback loop to granule cells, the principal cells of the dentate gyrus. This recurrent circuit is strategically placed between the entorhinal cortex and the hippocampal CA3 region. In spite of their potentially pro-convulsive arrangement with granule cells, mossy cells have not been seriously considered to promote seizures, because...

The Rigor Mortis Enquiry

Rigor or Rigor Mortis?

The past decade has witnessed a growing controversy over the status of formal approaches in political science, and especially the growing prominence of formal rational choice theory. Rational choice models have been an accepted part of the academic study of politics since the 1950s, but their popularity has grown signiacantly in recent years.1 Elite academic departments are now expected to incl...

Peer review: rigor? Or rigor mortis?

R ecent years have witnessed decreased budgets for scientific research, and these developments sharpen the competition for publication space in highprofile journals. The favorable (and coveted) perceptions that come with such publications bring a decided edge in the competitive arenas of grant funding and career advancements after all. But grave concerns are once again surfacing that this fixat...

On the Implementation of IMAGO System

Mobile Agents are mainly intended to be used for network computing applications distributed over large-scale computer networks. An intelligent mobile agent is a selfcontained process, dispatched by its principal, roaming the internet to access data and services, and carrying out its assigned decision-making and problem-solving tasks remotely. In this paper, the author will present the design an...