Probably one of the reasons the paper was awarded the best paper award is the social implication and the practical applicability that the technology described in the paper has. It is not so often that you come across papers in computer science that have such a broad social implication. As the authors argue, even a partial solution to the problem that the paper attempts to solve would have a bro...

Nursing theory critique is an essential exercise that helps nursing students identify nursing theories, their structural components and applicability as well as in making conclusive recommendations about the theory. This paper shall highlight the theory of transition as put forth by Afaf Ibrahim Meleis and Karen, L. Schumacher in their work titled: “Transitions: A central concept in nursing.” M...

Allantoin began to gain acceptance in the U.K. medical community in the early 20th century based on longstanding anecdotal evidence supporting its beneficial activity. This provided the foundation for the current use of allantoin in a broad spectrum of personal care formulations, including hand lotions and creams; sun and after-sun products; shave and aftershave products; shampoos and other hai...

The need for critical tables has grown out of the spectacular fecundity of modern experimental research. Some fifty thousand scientific periodicals throughout the world present a wealth of material with which it is impossible for any one individual to come into mere physical contact, much less to digest and evaluate. A large part of the material thus published which is pertinent to critical tab...

Management theorists generally define organizational culture as relatively idiosyncratic, organization-related beliefs that are shared among individuals within an organization or part of an organization . . . We describe this as the prevailing focus the field places on organizational microcultures and distinguish it from what we term interorganizational macrocultures, by which we mean the relat...

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Neuroeconomics proposes radical changes in the methods of economics. This essay discusses the proposed changes in methodology, together with the the neuroeconomic critique of standard economics. We do not assess the contributions or promise of neuroeconomic research. Rather, we offer a response to the neuroeconomic critique of standard economics. † This research was supported by grants from the...

In 1989 Nature published a paper by Lewis [1] showing no excess heat in a cold fusion experiment. Several researchers including Noninski, Miles and Fleischmann discovered errors in this paper. Noninski wrote a critique of the paper describing one of these errors, and submitted it for publication. David Lindley, an editor at Nature, rejected the critique. This paper examines some of the errors i...

A recent article in the Journal of Management gives a critique of a Bayesian approach to factor analysis proposed in Psychological Methods. This commentary responds to the authors’ critique by clarifying key issues, especially the use of priors for residual covariances. A discussion is also presented of cross-loadings and model selection tools. Simulated data are used to illustrate the ideas. A...