The introduction of new communication and information technologies in work communities have primarily been used to create new channels of communication and/or reduce the cost of communication among members in the workplace. Ironically, the pervasiveness of electronic communication media in virtual work communities make it increasingly difficult for individuals to discern social structures. Fort...

In its traditional formulation as an explanatory principle, reflexivity means that any object of thought contains in itself the thinking activity that generates it. Applying the concept of reflexivity to the question of financial markets valuation, Soros concludes that economic reality is actively shaped by the perceptions of market participants. This leads him to a theory of investment radical...

We consider the following stochastic model for a mobile service scenario. Consider a stationary Poisson process in R, with its points radially ordered with respect to the origin (the anchor); if d = 2, the points may correspond to locations of e.g. restaurants. A user, with a location different from the origin, asks for the location of the first Poisson point and keeps asking for the location o...

This paper focuses on the argumentative role of derisive laughter in broadcast political debates. Using Discursive Psychology (DP) we analyse how politicians use as an resource multi-party interactions, form debates about UK and European Union. Specifically, explore both pro- anti-EU to manage issues who-knows-what who-knows-better. We demonstrate uses by focusing two discrete, yet pervasive, i...

We consider the following stochastic model for a mobile service scenario. Consider a stationary Poisson process in R, with its points radially ordered with respect to the origin (the anchor); if d = 2, the points may correspond to locations of e.g. restaurants. A user, with a location different from the origin, asks for the location of the first Poisson point and keeps asking for the location o...

Feeling more than usually like the proverbial plodding policeman, I received inspiration as the second large drop of water exploded on the aforementioned pate. Naiis, floor-boards, water-pipes, burst. Don't panic, do something, keep cool, ask wife, Where's wife? Shopping who knows where, for who knows how long. Alright, don't panic, any doctor can cope with emergencies. Turn the water off. Simple.