development of any organization largely depends on the proper use of its human resources. as organizations become much larger, these problems are naturally added to these enormous labor force. one of the topics organizational communities of irancan be considered as a unfamiliar subject and less likely to be found in research is the phenomenon of organizational silence; despite the fact that sil...

Abstract This contribution argues that evolutionary economic geography needs to widen its conceptual apparatus in order engage with the grand challenges of our times. Instead understanding evolution as a gradual, path-dependent and geographically localized process, current result from various global political-economic transformations requiring an outcome variational transformational change, inc...

We investigate a case of automated energy-budget-aware optimization of the physical position of nodes (sensors) in a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN). This problem has not been presented in the literature yet, as opposed to antenna and routing optimization, which are relatively well-addressed. In our research, which was inspired by a safety-critical application for firefighters, the sensor net...

In vertebrate animals, the sterol metabolic network is emerging as a central player in immunity and inflammation. Upon infection, flux in the network is acutely moderated by the interferon (IFN) response through direct molecular and bi-directional communications. How sterol metabolism became linked to IFN control and for what purpose is not obvious. Here, we deliberate on the origins of these c...

Brian Charlesworth (Edinburgh University) concluded that the two major evolutionary problems were the “origin of life” and the “evolution of human consciousness and cognition.” Toward the latter issue, this chapter traces a path linking the molecular origins of adaptive behaviors in unicellular organisms to the synaptic mechanisms of human cognition and its medical disorders. This framework has...