We describe some common problems experienced by users of computer-based text chat, and show how many of these problems relate to the loss of timing-specific information. We suggest that thinking of chat as a streaming media data type might solve some of these problems. We then present a number of alternative chat interfaces along with results from user studies comparing and contrasting them bot...

This work analyzes the sanitary question in the modernity-postmodernity debate. Such analyses are performed form a philosophical position that states the crisis of Modernity and questions the ideological twist that to itself propitiates postmodernity, shutting out questioning views or visions. It propitiates an alternative view of politics, thinking of it from the potency plane and giving a rol...

Costa-Pierce (2002) defined "ecological aquaculture" as an alternative model that uses ecological principles and ecosystems thinking as the fundamental organizing paradigm for the development of aquaculture. Ecological aquaculture incorporates—at the outset—the principles of natural and social ecology, planning for community development, and concerns for the wider social, economic, and environm...

This paper presents a metamodel that addresses service system design and innovation by traversing and integrating three essential layers, service activities, service systems, and value constellations. The metamodel's approach to service systems as service-in-operation is an alternative to another currently used approach that views service systems as systems of economic exchange. The metamodel a...

the purpose of this article is to determine elements of strategic thinking in the context of iranian organizations and to find out the interactions and relationships among determined elements. a literature review and also in-depth interviews with experts are conducted to identify strategic thinking elements. interpretive structural modeling methodology is used for analyzing and determining the ...

Cognitive functions such as a perception, thinking and acting are based on the working of the brain, one of the most complex systems we know. The traditional scientific methodology, however, has proved to be not sufficient to understand the relation between brain and cognition. The aim of this paper is to review an alternative methodology – nonlinear dynamical analysis – and to demonstrate its ...

The summit included discussions on the industry’s hottest topics. These included the evolution of endotoxin detection methodologies, horseshoe crab conservation, the issue of low endotoxin recovery (LER), an overview of the validation procedure required when using an alternative endotoxin testing method, such as Lonza’s PyroGeneTM recombinant Factor C (rFC) assay, as well as the use of automati...

Traditional 3d modeling software utilizes a complex interface that restricts free conceptual thinking. We have developed an alternative approach that is based on making marks with the body in space. This simplified interface reduces cognitive overhead, enhancing the conceptual development of geometric shapes. This system uses the Responsive Workbench to display geometry in the space of the user...

The wide-range used distance measurement in digital image processing is the Euclidean norm nowadays. This is defined over the set of the real numbers that is why it does not suit the digital approach, perfectly. The use of neighborhood sequences is an alternative to the Lp metrics and because they are based on the set of integers it is more suitable for digital thinking. In this paper we summar...