Adaptive hypermedia systems (AHS) offer an alternative to the traditional “one-size-fitsall” hypermedia and Web systems by adapting to the goals, interests, and knowledge of individual users represented in the individual user models. This paper serves as a review of all different variables reported in the literature that have been used in AHS.

Understanding cultural phenomena on Social Networks (SNs) and exploiting the implicit knowledge about their members is attracting the interest of different research communities both from the academic and the business side. The community of complexity science is devoting significant efforts to define laws, models, and theories, which, based on acquired knowledge, are able to predict future obser...

Purpose: While most literature concerning knowledge sharing examines it as an organizational method for innovation and value creation, this paper considers online knowledge sharing as an individual behavior decision embedded in a virtual community. We attempt to explore which sharing behavior can help individual participants gain a better position in an online community, improving social status...

The practical worker in clinic or guidance bureau has longrecognized the existence of a factor in human adjustment which he has called interest. There has been a considerable period of scientific description of this factor. Recently, within the last ten years in fact, interests have been submitted to measurement. Such measurement of interests gives every promise of contributing to the happy and...

This paper questions the utility of the ethical principles that are usually invoked to deal with genomic issues, particularly genetic databases. Concepts such as solidarity, benefit sharing, equity, public participation, and collective identity are discussed. The author argues that genetic banks are precipitating new concern over group interest, as opposed to concern over issues arising from in...

of Chapter 3 [Idealist mistakes & Materialist corrections] Idealist misconceptions On Hierachy On Religion Consciousness throughout history An idealist conception of Humans On Language & Idealism Individuality according to Materialism Individualism created Individualism in a class perspective Relation of individual to class interests The role of will in the desires of an individual Individualit...