The personal computer of the future will offer its owner an information manipulatio, 9~stem (IMS). It will be a totally integrated system being able to manipulate arbitrary information structures, eg programs, prose, graphical objects and sound. An IMS will be an important step towards achieving the goal that we can do all our work on-line -placing in computer store all of our specifications, p...

BACKGROUND Stress and stress-related illnesses are increasing among medical specialists. This threatens the quality of patient care. In this study we investigated (a) levels of job stress and job satisfaction among medical specialists, (b) factors contributing to stress and satisfaction and (c) the effect of stress and satisfaction on burnout. METHODS A questionnaire was mailed to a random sa...

Time granularity constraint reasoning is likely to have a relevant role in emerging applications like GIS, time management in the Web and Personal Information Management applications for mobile systems. This paper reports recent advances in the development of a system for solving temporal constraint satisfaction problems where distance constraints are specified in terms of arbitrary time granul...

This paper describes the novel use of volume rendering for the visualization of MICOM oceanographic data and the tracking of mesoscale eddies. We present methods for generating 3D volumetric data and describe how to use VIRVO to build an animation for MICOM Gulf Stream motion data. This put the data in a format that easily gives oceanographers the ability to visualize mesoscale eddies from any ...

The emergence and convergence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as the mobile phone and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) along with radical changes in work practices the fundamental issue of mobility. Current debates on mobility almost exclusively focus on human mobility freed from geographical constraints with support of ICTs. However, mobility should not only be link...