First draft only-please do not quote from the contents without the prior permission of the authors. Comments would be very welcome. Abstract The paper explores the nature of the regulatory process in both organisations and societies. It clarifies the commonalities and differences in these processes at these two levels tracing the way there is an increasing 'accounting turn' in the actual regula...

There is much to learn from what Turing hastily dismissed as Lady Lovelace’s ‘objection’: ‘digital computers’ can indeed surprise us. Just like a piece of art, algorithms can be designed in such a way as to lead us to question our understanding of the world, or our place within it. Some humans do lose the capacity to be surprised in that way: it might be fear, or it might be the comfort of ideo...

History of CP hip concern Surgical Treatment in CP 1. First CP deformity-Ankle 2. Adducted dislocated hip (adductor lengthening and varus osteotomy) DDH treatment 1960s and 70s-great interest in DDH Developed screening, harness treatment Indications for surgical treatment Pelvic Osteotomies-Salter, Pemberton Dega-first report in 1932, most common in Eastern Europe DDH Treatment 1960s through 19...

Governments should issue tax credits for organ donations to ensure that bereaved families honor donor’s wishes, says an ethicist and visiting fellow at the Université de Montréal in Québec. If an advocate acting on behalf of a deceased donor received a modest tax credit, fewer donations would be “vetoed” by family members and people would be more likely to discuss organ donation with their love...

Aaløkken, Trond Abdel Razek, Ahmed Abdelnoor, Michael Abdulqadhr, Goran Abildgaard, Andreas Achiam, Michael Ahlström, Håkan Akagi, Ryota Åkesson, Michael Aksglæde, Karin Albrizio, Mauro Alegre Castellanos, Alvaro Algin, Oktay Alibek, Sedat Alm Carlsson, Gudrrun Alonso-Bartolomé, Pilar Alt, Celine Amer, Heba Andelic, Nadia Andersen, Erik Andersen, Hilde Andersen, Michael Andersson, Mats Anguh, T...

Rapid advances in speech recognition theory, as well as computing hardware, have led to the development of machines that can take human speech as input, decode the information content of the speech, and respond accordingly. Real-time performance of such systems is often dominated by the evaluation of likelihoods in the statistical modeling component of the system. Statistical models are typical...

The paper presents the results of the empirical study devoted to mapping and measuring the aggregated political positions – viewed as a specific form of discursive public opinion – expressed by ordinary citizens on a discussion forum on the Russian internet. The study is considered as part of the broader inquiry into the field of online deliberations. New evidence is discussed in this regard by...