The success of pregnancy and infant loss support groups in helping parents, especially mothers, deal with the emotional trauma of stillbirth is well established in sociological and psychological research literature. More recent studies have focused on the emergence of virtual perinatal loss support groups and communities which offer a convenient means of accessing an extensive group of supporte...

Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) is a new multidisciplinary research area aiming at establishing theories for the computerised support of working groups in organisations, the so-called groupware systems. Beside sociology and management science, this field requires knowledge from various areas of computer science: data-communication, human-computer interfaces, information systems desig...

Name ................................ Job title ................................... 1 Look at your job description. Are there any areas that should be included? Are there areas which should be removed? Is there anything that is not clear to you? 2 List the people who report to you. Name the person to whom you report. Is this actually happening? Do you exchange feedback with them? Is this feedba...

Telektronikk 1.2008

In this paper we attempt to survey some of the ideas Mark Mahowald has contributed to the study of the homotopy of spheres. Of course, this represents just a portion of Mahowald’s work; some other aspects are described elsewhere in this volume. Even within the restricted area of the homotopy of spheres, this survey can only touch on some of Mahowald’s most seminal contributions, and will leave ...