This article discusses the possibilities that a deeper engagement with the work of Gabriel Tarde opens for Actor-Network Theory (ANT). It argues that the combination of ANT’s methodological and analytical orientation and Tarde’s neo-monadology offers an appropriate framework for the study of new forms of political activism. Findings from an ethnographic research on the conflict surrounding the ...

We have deened a new network programmingmodel called Mobile Assistant Programming (MAP) for development and execution of communication applications in large scale networks of heterogeneous computers. MAP assistants are high-level interpreted programs that can move between nodes, create clones and report results. Their execution is asyn-chronous and persistent to allow client disconnections and ...

In this paper design of low pass optimal block digital filter is compared with traditional low pass overlap-save block digital filter. Simulation results show that global error obtained by optimal method is lower than that obtained by traditional overlap-save method. Index Terms Block digital filters, optimum design, overlap-save method, frobenius norm, aliasing, time-varying system.

Abstract Background The health sector is pivotal to mitigate climate change due its responsibility for 4-5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2019, the carbon footprint NHS England totalled 25 megatonnes dioxide equivalent (CO2e). Aim To reduce number unnecessary opening suture packs and wastage environmental, social, financial costs in general surgical procedures. Method A prospective aud...

A representation changer is a function that converts a concrete representation of an abstract value into a different concrete representation of that value. Many useful functions can be recognised as representation changers; examples include compilers, and arithmetic functions such as addition and multiplication. Functions that can be specified as the right inverse of other functions are special...

We examine the Fisher market model when buyers, as well as sellers, have an intrinsic value for money. We show that when the buyers have oligopsonistic power they are highly incentivized to act strategically with their monetary reports, as their potential gains are unbounded. This is in contrast to the bounded gains that have been shown when agents strategically report utilities [5]. Our main f...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke thrombolysis is highly time-critical, but data on long-term effects of small reductions in treatment delays have not been available. Our objective was to quantify patient lifetime benefits gained from faster treatment. METHODS Observational prospective data of consecutive stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis in Australian and Finnish centers (199...