The linear electrodynamic properties of graphene – the frequency-dependent conductivity, the transmission spectra and collective excitations – are briefly outlined. The non-linear frequency multiplication effects in graphene are studied, taking into account the influence of the self-consistent-field effects and of the magnetic field. The predicted phenomena can be used for creation of new devic...

Contrary to current textbooks ... the observed world does not proceed from lower to higher "degrees of disorder", since when all gravitationally-induced phenomena are taken into account the emerging result indicates a net decrease in the "degrees of disorder", a greater "degree of structuring" ... classical equilibrium thermodynamics ... has to be completed by a theory of 'creation of gravitati...

This paper examines educational components that influence the creation of mash-up designs in a Personalised Learning Environment (PLE). These educational components are linking widgets, small tools, to psychopedagogical information and competences of a learner. Taking these into account principles and rules for an adequate PLE mash-up can be identified and empirically studied. Finally an approa...

The subject of creation has long been recognized as central to Leibniz's philosophy. In general, the tendency has been to understand Leibniz's view of the creation of the universe as the actualization of a set of possible substances which stand together in a relation of pre-established harmony. From there, scholarly interest generally seems to shift to questions concerning Leibniz's views on su...

Customer value creation is allegedly at the centre of relationships between service recipients and service providers (such as financial service organisations in general, and commercial banks in particular). This research considers the role of customer value creation in the strategic response of banks to external changes in their growth opportunities. The analysis established that there had been...

Customer value creation is allegedly at the centre of relationships between service recipients and service providers (such as financial service organisations in general, and commercial banks in particular). This research considers the role of customer value creation in the strategic response of banks to external changes in their growth opportunities. The analysis established that there had been...

Ken Himma argues that a human being becomes a moral person at the commencement of brain activity. In response to Himma, the author offers (1) brief comments on Himma's project, (2) an alternative account of the human person that maintains that a human being is a human person by nature as long as it exists, and (3) a counterexample to Himma's position that shows it cannot account for the wrongne...

Organizations present their existence on social media to gain followers and reach out the crowds. Social media-related tasks applications, such as graph construction, sentiment analysis, bot detection, are required identify entities' account types. Some applications focus personal accounts, whereas others only need nonpersonal accounts. This paper addresses classification problem using minimum ...