This paper develops a framework of a theory for the emergence of social reality that turns out by relating three different models or agent architectures, respectively: a model of the emergence of social hierarchies, an architecture of a normative system and an architecture of the delegation of social control. This reflects a complex feedback loop of the emergence of an autonomous sphere of soci...

This study demonstrates that the absorption and scattering cross sections and asymmetry factor of randomly oriented and optically soft bispheres, quadspheres, and circular rings of spheres, with either monodisperse or polydisperse monomers, can be approximated by an equivalent coated sphere with identical volume and average projected area. This approximation could also apply to the angle-depend...

Negative entropy has been known in Casimir systems for some time. For example, it can occur between parallel metallic plates modeled by a realistic Drude permittivity. Less well known is that negative entropy can occur purely geometrically, say between a perfectly conducting sphere and a conducting plate. The latter effect is most pronounced in the dipole approximation, which is reliable when t...

Both candidates and voters have increased their use of the Internet for political campaigns. Candidates have adopted many internet tools, including social networking websites, for the purposes of communicating with constituents and voters, collecting donations, fostering community, and organizing events. On the other side, voters have adopted Internet tools such as blogs and social networking s...

The article attempts to discuss certain issues related to contemporary identifications, social changes and technological development that are reflected in the transnational sphere. The first one refers to the possibility of individual action within social settings and therefore the extent of individual freedom from exterior influences is at the forefront. The second one tackles the individual o...

The concept of Social Informatics emerged along with the growing role of information and communication technologies (‘ICT’) in the 1970s and was articulated in Rob Kling’s work in the 1980s and 1990s. In recent years, the notion of Social Informatics has been rapidly expanding in various contexts. Following an overview of related activities on the University of Ljubljana website (http://social-...

This Paper aims to measure social health of the youth. The theoretical framework of this research is based on the standard indicators of Keynesian and methodology of the survey is cross-correlation too. The population included 18-30 years old youth in South Khorasan in Ghaen. The sample size of 400 cases was selected based on f Cochran Formula through random cluster sampling and standardized qu...

INTRODUCTION While social media has the potential to be used to make professional and personal connections, it can also be used inappropriately, with detrimental ramifications for the individual in terms of their professional reputation and even hiring decisions. This research explored students' and faculty members' perceptions of the acceptability of various social media postings. METHODS Th...