The study of the cognitive and neural underpinnings of aesthetic appreciation by means of neuroimaging techniques has yielded a wealth of fascinating information. Although the results of these studies have been somewhat divergent, here we provide an integrative view of the early approaches, which identified some of the core mechanisms involved in aesthetic preference. Then, a number of more spe...

In order to reflect more fully the conflict between the potential for mutual gain and the prospect of divergent interests that characterizes the relationship between foreign investors and host country governments, we add institutional context to the traditional bargaining power perspective. We propose that change in the regulative institutions embodying an initial bargain is more likely to occu...

During maternal separation, some primate and nonprimate species show a biphasic (active/passive) response. The second stage is characterized by reduced activity, a hunched body posture, and other behaviors. Traditionally, the second stage has been referred to as "despair" and is considered an animal model for human depression. Recent research in psychoneuroimmunology suggests an alternative hyp...

Cauchy principal value is a standard method applied in mathematical applications by which an improper, and possibly divergent, integral is measured in a balanced way around singularities or at infinity. On the other hand, entropy prediction of systems behavior from a thermodynamic perspective commonly involves contour integrals. With the aim of facilitating the calculus of such integrals in thi...

Professional IT specialists are still being shocked by inadequacy between the fast IT development in 1970’s and technological decline in 21st century. The stagnation of ICT technologies and their application in social and economic practices in Poland inspired the authors to search for causes and conditions. The authors present the divergent JIBC December 2010, Vol. 15, No.3 2 interpretations of...

This paper presents a framework for discussing issues of ownership in connection to virtual worlds. We explore how divergent interests in virtual property can be mediated by applying a constructivist perspective to the concept ownership. The simple solutions offered today entail that a contract between the game producer and the gamer gives the game developer exclusive rights to all virtual prop...

This article considers Open Access (OA) training and the supports and structures in place in academic libraries in the United States from the perspective of a new librarian. OA programming is contextualized by the larger project of Scholarly Communication in academic libraries, and the two share a historical focus on journal literature and a continued emphasis on public access and the economics...

We are delighted to have obtained feedback on our target article from such a distinguished and scientifically diverse set of commentators. It is precisely such a confluence of divergent perspectives that is crucial at this point in establishing the viability of the dynamical perspective in social psychology. Our stated aims in the target article were to describe an existing field of science tha...

we used qcd factorization for the hadronic matrix elements to show that the existing data, in particular the branching ratios br ( ?j/?k) and br ( ?j/??), can be accounted for this approach. we analyzed the decay within the framework of qcd factorization. we have complete calculation of the relevant hard-scattering kernels for twist-2 and twist-3. we calculated this decays in a special scale ( ...

Intermittent exotropia (IXT) is the most common form of childhood exotropia 2 with an incidence of 32.1 per 100,000 in children under 19 years of age. The strabismus is characterized by an exodeviation of one eye that is interspersed with periods of ocular alignment. Reliable measurement of the deviation is often hindered by the variable nature of the strabismus, and without careful observation...