“So Many Stars that Yell Above and None Is Seen”

Successful therapies for Alzheimer’s disease: why so many in animal models and none in humans?

Peering into the field of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the outsider realizes that many of the therapeutic strategies tested (in animal models) have been successful. One also may notice that there is a deficit in translational research, i.e., to take a successful drug in mice and translate it to the patient. Efforts are still focused on novel projects to expand the therapeutic arsenal to "cure mice...

So Many users - So Many Perspectives

Visualization — the transformation of data and information into multimedia including pictures, animation and 3D scenes — enables users to understand information more naturally. It reveals patterns and relations in the information which may otherwise remain hidden. As a consequence, it can provide a single user with enough valuable information to support decision making. In addition to this, vis...

None, One, Many - What's the Difference, Anyhow?

We observe that compared to natural and modelling languages, the differences in expression required to deal with no, one, or many objects in programming languages are particularly pronounced. We identify some problems inherent in type-based unifications of different numbers, and advocate a solution that builds on the introduction of multiplicity as a new grammatical category of programming lang...

So Many WAM Variations, So Little Time

So Many Zebras, So Little Time: