In the emerging agile manufacturing paradigm, there is a great need for a flexible and re-configurable IT platform to form virtual enterprises. In this paper, according to the functional requirements of virtual agile manufacturing, a pragmatic Web-based platform entitled ‘‘E-DREAM’’ has been developed to support the virtual enterprising. Firstly, this paper discusses the E-DREAM basic architect...

In this position paper we present a novel approach to neurobiologically plausible implementation of emotional reactions and behaviors for real-time autonomous robotic systems. The working metaphor we use is the “day” and “night” phases of mammalian life. During the “day” phase a robotic system stores the inbound information and is controlled by the light-weight rule-based system in real time. I...

This paper presents a recent study focusing on how Internet users introduce themselves publicly in cyberspace through personal web pages, personal diaries and web sites where they can search for relationships, love, or friendship. Our goal is to analyse the extent to which personal relationships are considered from a marketing standpoint, and in what sense we can talk about how personal relatio...

Abstract Background Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTI) are characterized by fulminant destruction and high mortality rates. Primary treatment is surgical debridement antibiotics; hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) may be considered as adjuvant therapy. HBOT for NSTI remains controversial given the lack of quality evidence. frequently used at our institution; however, early COVID-19 pandemi...

tions. 1917. Price 6s. net. The analysis of the dream was initiated by Dr. Hughlings Jackson as the key to many problems of psychiatry. Dr. John Abercrombie, Dr. W. B. Carpenter, and others have pointed out that the understanding of dreams is closely linked with the investigation of mind. The theories and demonstrations on cerebral localisation have brought into the forefront the anatomical con...