A Look Back, A Look Forward

ILP: A Short Look Back and a Longer Look Forward

Inductive logic programming (ILP) is built on a foundation laid by research in machine learning and computational logic. Armed with this strong foundation, ILP has been applied to important and interesting problems in the life sciences, engineering and the arts. This paper begins by briefly reviewing some example applications, in order to illustrate the benefits of ILP. In turn, the application...

A look back and a look ahead.

The author reviews a series of predictions made more than two decades ago regarding nursing and nursing administration. These concerned the work of nursing, the workers involved in nursing, the environment surrounding practice, and the nurse's role. While many of the forecasts were right on target, others fell short of the mark; both are discussed in light of the challenges facing nurse adminis...

A look back, a look ahead.

A look back and a look forward: the Journal of Health communication celebrates 100 issues.

From 1995 to 2012 wasn’t just the time span for the first 100 issues of the Journal of Health Communication—it also was a time of many changes for the professional field that this journal covers. I think of four that especially merit mention as we look back and look forward on the field and the Journal of Health Communication’s contribution to it. It was a time of passing for some of the 20th c...

Host Manipulation by Parasites: A Look Back Before Moving Forward.

The ability to manipulate host behaviour is among the most fascinating and best-studied adaptations of parasites. In this opinion article, we highlight trends and biases in the study of this phenomenon that may cloud or limit our understanding of its evolution. For instance, reviews and theoretical studies have shown a disproportionately sharp increase in the past decade relative to empirical s...