This paper describes a proposal of a ‘from A to Z’ virtual learning process and its preliminary validation which consists of representing the knowledge, authoring graphically the subject-matter domain, modelling the students’ believes and offering to each learner a personalised suitable feedback.

In the very near future gravitational wave astronomy is expected to become a reality, giving us a completely new tool for exploring the universe around us. We provide an introduction to how interferometric gravitational wave detectors work, suitable for students entering the field and teachers who wish to cover the subject matter in an advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level course. ...

I thank all the discussants for their many critiques and comments, and for their considerable efforts. Many of the points raised are ones with which I (at least in part) agree. It therefore seems easiest to first deal with a number of points with which I don’t agree. First, Fuchs states (and Bentley appears to assume) that my analysis is documented in a book and in a movie, neither of which I h...

The modern world has seen an increase in interest in the areas related to the ethics of the sovereign good. A number of studies have focused on this subject matter and several academicians have exposed a number of ethical and philosophical dilemmas related to the concept of ethics in public administration. Despite the increasing number of studies that have focused on the importance of administr...

In this paper I show that Proclus is an adherent of the Classical Model of Science as set out elsewhere in this issue, and that he adjusts certain conditions of the Model to his Neoplatonic epistemology and metaphysics. In order to show this, I develop a case study concerning philosophy of nature, which, despite its unstable subject matter, Proclus considers to be a science. To give this scienc...

The recent literature on organizational theory has been dedicating a considerable attention to the relationship networks. In spite of this, however, it is possible to notice that there are many theoretical problems concerning this subject matter. In fact, dealing with relationship networks can be considered as one of the most complex challenges to be faced by researchers in organizational theor...

Quality control is a critical issue in online health information provision, where domain experts play an important role in evaluating and selecting quality and relevant resources to meet health consumers’ individual knowledge needs. This research aims for a semi-automated approach to tackle challenges domain experts encounter in resource quality evaluation and description in the context of heal...

Qualitative visual analysis of flow patterns in cerebral aneurysms is important for assessing the risk of rupture. According to current research, the flow patterns close to the aneurysm surface (e.g. impingement zone) provide a good insight. Streamlines can be easily interpreted and are commonly used for visualizing and exploring blood flow. However, standard ways of seeding these streamlines, ...

This paper presents findings from quantitative analyses of UK press and print media coverage of evolutionary psychology during the 1990s. It argues that evolutionary psychology presents an interesting case for studies of science in the media in several different ways. First, press coverage of evolutionary psychology was found to be closely linked with the publications of popular books on the su...

Although significant progress has been made towards effective insight discovery in visual analytics systems, there are few effective approaches for managing the large number of insights generated in visual analytics processes. This paper presents ManyInsights, a multidimensional visual analytics prototype that integrates several novel insight management approaches proposed by the authors in the...