Attaining “Common Knowledge” is essential in the formation of deals and agreements, but hard to achieve over point-to-point communication networks such as Internet. While blockchain technologies provide a helpful mechanism form technical consensus, originally created resolve double-spending problem, little does it address impediments proper contract that have do with quality exogenous data, asy...

B UNNELL in tile United States and Hilgenfeldt in (3ermanv long ago stressed the fact that any grip with normal sensory function, even if weak, is preferred to a prosthesis. This fact is evident and easy to demonstrate by cases from one's own experience. A lack of sensibility only on the radial side of an index finger greatly impairs the facility to obtain a satisfactory result after a free ten...

To perform tasks on the semantic web, software agents must be able to communicate with other agents using domain ontologies, even when considering different ontologies. In this regard, it is necessary to address semantic interoperability to enable agents to recognize common concepts and misunderstandings. In this paper, the authors propose the use of negotiation concepts in business scenarios f...

We present guidelines to standardize the reporting of phase 1 and phase 2 neuro-oncology trials. The guidelines are also intended to assist with accurate interpretation of results from these trials, to facilitate the peer-review process, and to expedite the publication of important and accurate manuscripts. Our guidelines are summarized in a checklist format that can be used as a framework from...

This study examined the neuropsychological functioning in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and comorbid ASD and ADHD (ASD + ADHD), using five domains of the Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment (NEPSY): Attention and Executive Functions, Language, Visuospatial Processing, Sensorimotor Functions, and Memory and Learning. The participants wer...

BACKGROUND The occlusion of the lateral thalamic arteries leads to infarcts of ventrolateral thalamic nuclei, the ventroposterior nucleus, and the rostrolateral part of pulvinar, and produces hemisensory loss with or without hemiataxia. Cognitive impairment after such strokes has not been systematically studied. OBJECTIVE To determine the nature and the extent of long-lasting cognitive defici...