The massive growth of online social networking platforms in recent years has brought with it increasing privacy concerns. Rarely do long periods of time pass without some major privacy issue being brought to light. In this paper we present our study regarding media coverage of privacy issues in social networks, and the effects thereof. We gathered all news articles from over 30 German media sou...

Entada simplicata, formerly recognized as a variety of E. polystachya, is reinterpreted as a distinct legume species, based on consistent differences regarding their leaves (number of pairs and width of leaflets), and fruits (mesocarp presence, stipe and funiculus length). Illustrations and a distribution map are provided for E. simplicata, which is endemic to Roraima State, northern Amazonia, ...

We present a method for mapping the content of a text collection. This method uses linguistic analysis to relate terms extracted from the texts and clusters them into thematic topics mapped onto a 2D space. While the graphic display of domain topics is useful for several information-driven tasks, the focus of the paper is more on the comparison of journal ranking by productivity (number of publ...

abstract thematic development refers to the way theme and rheme in the clause are developed. the theory of rhetorical structure can be defined as the strategies that follow specific ways to make writing more persuasive. the present study aimed to examine how iraqi writers maintain cohesion in the text by analyzing the patterns of thematic progression in various rhetorical sections in an online ...

Interestingly, the next sentence in the introduction tells us that ‘ [t]he thematic organization of this volume reflects the major characteristics of Greek’ (). Unfortunately, the thematic organization of the volume fails to be reflected in the arrangement of the chapters, which turns out to be alphabetical. It may very well be that in the editors’ minds there is some thematic organization in ...

This paper deals with a presentation of the system access to the building up of information system which covers automatic control theory – so called CAAC (Computer Aided Automatic Control). This system access is illustrated by the presentation of solving of some basic elements of so called „Problem Specification“ of CAAC frame. In this paper is shown the part of CAAC system tree structure of th...

Based on eleven themes, this paper synthesizes in-depth case studies that present historical accounts on the development ‘success’ for a number of more economically advanced countries. The coverage includes Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden), non-Nordic advanced countries (Ireland, Japan, and Switzerland) and transition economies (Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland), along...

This thematic collection includes three failed replications of the initial rotating screen experiments with 41⁄2and 51⁄2-month-old infants (Baillargeon, 1987a; Baillargeon, Spelke, & Wasserman, 1985). Readers should be aware that Lécuyer in France (using computer-animated events) and Slater in England are currently conducting replications of these same experiments, with highly promising results...

Learning Management Systems or e-Learning systems have been typically deployed to provide a means for the deposition of content which students access in a browse mode. Often a discussion space is provided to facilitate some course relevant communication. In this article we argue that if the e-Learning system can be adapted to match the educational design of particular courses, both students and...

abstracts Sections: pp 2–5 Plenary Lecture Abstracts pp 6–47 Session Abstracs the abstracts in each section are displayed in alphabetical order according to (first) author