Thematic section

THEMATIC SECTION: RESULT-VERIFYING COMPUTING Introduction

Suppose that after a lengthy computation the computer gives you some real number, and you want to be sure that this number is the correct result, or at least close to it. Or you need to know whether the problem (a nonlinear system, a differential equation, etc.) has a solution at all and where the solution(s) may be, or how much the results can vary if there are tolerances in the input. In this...

Thematic Section The Social Irresponsibility of Corporate Tax Avoidance: Taking CSR to the bottom line

JOHN CHRISTENSEN AND RICHARD MURPHY ABSTRACT Tax revenues are the lifeblood of democratic government and the social contract, but the majority of multinational businesses have been structured so as to enable tax avoidance in every jurisdiction in which they operate. John Christensen and Richard Murphy of the tax justice network argue that policy measures are required to redress the distortions ...

The Social Psychology of Citizenship, Participation and Social Exclusion: Introduction to the Special Thematic Section

The aim of this special thematic section is to bring together recent social psychological research on the topic of citizenship with a view to discerning the emerging trends within the field and its potential contributions to the broader interdisciplinary area of citizenship studies. Eight papers spanning diverse theoretical traditions (including social identity, social representations and discu...

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Thematic Extractor

We have created a system that identifies musical keywords or themes. The system searches for all patterns composed of melodic (intervallic for our purposes) repetition in a piece. This process generally uncovers a large number of patterns, many of which are either uninteresting or only superficially important. Filters reduce the number or prevalence, or both, of such patterns. Patterns are then...