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Virtual Scientific Collaboration and Nonaka's Ba

Each year, at enormous expense, scientists travel to meetings to exchange knowledge. Because great value is attributed to these gatherings, more should be learned about scientific meetings in virtual places which is considerably less expensive. Scientific conferencing in virtual meeting places has been ongoing since the early 90's. Observations of people experiencing these virtual places prompt...

Beyond polemic.

Delicate Decisions

The anti-apoptotic BCL2-family member MCL1 can be induced by a number of growth factors and promote cell survival. However, how growth factors maintain MCL1 levels to prevent apoptosis has been unclear. Maurer et al. now report that the control of MCL1 stability by glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3) is an important mechanism for the regulation of apoptosis by growth factors and AKT/protein kinas...

Recycling the Cycle of Perception: A Polemic

Proactive An agent achieves goals, implicit or explicit. Its behaviour is teleological, planned and future-oriented. Reactive An agent perceives and reacts to environmental change. Its behaviour is causal and past-determined. Model-based It uses models of the world to guide its perception and behaviour. Learning-oriented It acquires new behaviours and new models. Rational It reasons, solves pro...

How the Law School Fails: A Polemic