The range of possible domain models on which an explanation can be based is often large, yet human explainers are able to choose models that address a questioner's informative needs without undue obscurity. However, few existing explanation systems use knowledge bases providing multiple models of their topics of explanation let alone account for the selection of a model for a given explanation....

This essay discusses the Wilsonian concept analysis of the term ‘virtual clinical simulation.' It follows the 11 steps of Wilson’s method of concept analysis consecutively. The first two steps including identifying and isolating questions of the concept. Thirdly, exemplars are identified and described. Afterwards, the analyst identifies contrary cases that exclude the essential characteristic o...

Abstract: Despite the public attention on the threat to sales and use tax revenues from electronic commerce, details on the current impact are limited. In this paper, the state and local sales tax bases in Florida are examined for an e-commerce effect. The data indicate strong revenue growth across much of the state and some anecdotal evidence that high-profile sales categories, with strong com...

Trust has been identified as the key to e-commerce because it is crucial wherever uncertainty and interdependence exist. The strong association between a high level of trust and the banking sector has not yet been fully translated in the electronic world. The aim of this article is to develop and validate a multi-dimensional model of trust for Internet banking. The data are collected through 44...

Introduction and Foundation This chapter describes a novel approach to understanding and treating addictions. This approach involves the use of EEG biofeedback (neurofeedback) as a viable modality for treating addictions. When surprising and relevant clinical data emerge in the course of developing a treatment model, the data can compel a reappraisal of assumptions. A conceptual framework is th...

So long as metaphysicians limit their inquiries to the laws of mental action, and omit therefrom an investigation of the organic conditions under which that action takes place, so long will mental philosophy, and the whole theory of human nature in all its aspects, he incomplete. The power of the soul over the hody has been amply illustrated, because little physiology and less anatomy are requi...

1 The closed world view In his book The Value of Science Poincaré criticizes a certain view on the growth of mathematical knowledge: " The advance of science is not comparable to the changes of a city, where old edifices are pitilessly torn down to give place to new ones, but to the continuous evolution of zoological types which develop ceaselessly and end by becoming unrecognizable to the comm...

This paper integrates extant literature on retailing and consumer choice to develop an economic model of consumer choice in which a consumer self-selects on-line shopping. Three important factors impacting consumer choice of on-line shopping: (1) the online shopping utility (2) the consumers’ perceived product and service risks (Perceived Privacy Protection, Perceived Security Protection etc.) ...

Consumer adoption of smart phones is growing globally at an exponential rate presenting significant commercial opportunities for all organizations. The percentage of the population using mobile phones in Ireland is the largest in Europe, with market revenue of i2 billion in 2009, and 117.3 percent penetration. However, the commercial growth potential of smart phones is being hindered by an indu...

This paper presents an analysis of different types of pragmatic failure in the interactional behaviour of the ‘autistic’ protagonists of three recent novels. Three main types of pragmatic failure occur across all three novels: problems with informativeness and relevance in conversational contributions; problems with face management resulting in unintentional impolite behaviours; and problems wi...