Want Change Not Coins

Waste Not , Want Not !

Computer systems are not the monolithic machines they used to be. In the early days of computer science (until the late 70s), most computer systems included exactly one component to perform a given task: one (type of) disc for persistence, one CPU for processing and one volatile RAM to hold intermediate data. Today, the architecture has developed into a heterogeneous landscape of components: di...

Waste not, want not.

As of the writing of this Editorial, the current JCI Editorial Board has evaluated approximately 7,000 manuscripts over the past 22 months for their suitability for publication in our journal. While many of you have received a negative decision on your manuscript, I suspect few are aware of the changes we have made to our review process to limit reviewers' requests for what is in our view unnec...

Metabolic syndrome: Waist not want not.

COINs change leaders - Lessons Learned from a Distributed Course

In this paper we analyze the communication network of 50 students from five universities in three countries participating in a joint course on Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs). Students formed ten teams. Interaction variables calculated from the e-mail archive of individual team members predict the level of creativity of the team. Oscillating leadership, where members switch between ce...

Medication costs in Wisconsin Medicaid: Waste not, want not?