The bene ts of computational re ection are the abilities to reason and alter the dynamic behavior of computation from within the language framework. This is more bene cial in concurrent/distributed computing, where the complexity of the system is much greater compared to sequential computing; we have demonstrated various benets in our past research of Object-Oriented Concurrent Re ective (OOCR)...

This study explores how third-party assurance seals, a privacy service provided by vendors to mitigate customers’ fears, has an impact on on-line customer satisfaction and repeat-purchase intention. It asks the following research questions: Do assurance seals influence on-line service experience? If so, how do they affect consumers’ satisfaction and repeat-purchase intention? The study shows, f...

An American naturalist has well described this little book, as one of the minor classics of evolutional literature. Admirable in its clearness and lucidity, admirable in the evolution of its evolutionary theme, admirable in its portrayal not only of the central figure but of his environment, it is above all admirable in the skill with which it depicts the combined insight and patience, breadth ...

There has recently been an increased interest in end-of-life experiences (ELEs) humans,but ELEs non-human animals have not yet assessed. In this paper, wepresent findings from a study we performed to collect and analyze reports about remarkablebehavioral aspects of during their last phase life. After publicappeals which asked for animals, received numerousresponses pet owners. We were able grou...

Hobson (2009) highlights the contribution of lucid dreaming research to the field of consciousness study. Hobson (2009) also sites a lack of paradigms and theoretical models of consciousness to advance lucid dreaming research. However in addition to Hobsons’ AIM model (Hobson, Pace-Schott & Stickgold, 2000), there exists discussions of developmental models of consciousness that include lucid dr...

This book is a thin gem having two main parts: Part mDifferential Dynamical Systems and Part 2--Bifurcations. The approach to these subjects is a thorough grounding in dynamics on manifolds in finite-dimensional and Banach spaces, invariant sets and attractors, especially stable, unstable, and center manifolds for maps and semiflows; however, there is no mention of inertial manifolds, which are...

The Theory of Approximation. By Dunham Jackson. New York (American Mathematical Society Colloquium Publications, Volume 11), published by this Society, 1930. v+178 pp. In 1885 Weierstrass announced his now famous theorem: Any continuous function j•(#)> defined over a finite interval (a, b), can be approximated in (a, b) uniformly and indefinitely by a sequence of polynomials Pn(x), whose degree...

Animal Physiology by Knut SchmidtNielsen has been a classic in its field since its first publication in 1975. During my undergraduate years, I remember using an older edition as a supplement to an introductory biology course. I look back on the Schmidt-Nielsen text as a source of clear exposition for principles that govern life. Like the past edition, the fifth edition, is also an excellent tex...

The bene ts of computational re ection are the abilities to reason and alter the dynamic behavior of computation from within the language framework. This is more bene cial in concurrent/distributed computing, where the complexity of the system is much greater compared to sequential computing; we have demonstrated various benets in our past research of Object-Oriented Concurrent Re ective (OOCR)...

ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, BELFAST: 1903-1953. By Robert Marshall, M.D , F.R.C.P.(Lond.), F.R.C.P.I., D.P.H. (Pp. 139 + xv; plates 12. 7s. 6d.). Belfast: W. and G. Baird. 1953. GRADtTATES of the Belfast medical school the world over will welcome this fine and fitting tribute to the wvork of the Royal Victoria Hospital. The Board of Management have been fortunate in that the oneperson pre-eminentl...