This paper introduces a first outline of a typology of distributed knowledge co-creation in virtual communities based on Porter‘s typology of virtual communities. The typology is based on empirical results from the analyses of social media, and a discussion of case study results from India proves the adaptability as well as usefulness of the typology. At the same time, the case study serves as ...

Ideas of Statistical Physics are very relevant for cosmic structures especially considering that the field is undergoing a period of exceptional development with many new data appearing on a monthly basis. In the past years we have focused mostly on galaxy distributions and their statistical properties. This led to an interesting debate which will be resolved by the next generation of data in a...

Departments of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts-New England Medical Center, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA Biochemistry and Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts-New England Medical Center, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA Internal Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts-New England Medical Ce...

There are some of them who have left a name so that men declare their praise, and there are some who have no memorial, who have perished as though they had not lived." Ecclesiasticus, 44, v. 1 It is said that the devil quotes scripture for his purposes, so may I be allowed to open with that quotation from the Book of Ecclesaisticus. Or, perhaps even more suitable for our purpose is the same tho...