Cyberbullying is defined as bullying via electronic means including the defining characteristics of repetition over time, intent to harm, and power imbalance. However, this normative top-down definition is discussed controversially. We argue that the term “cyberbullying” and the associated defining criteria might constrict our focus artificially. Therefore, we investigate bottom-up which aspect...

This paper investigates the techno-cultural issues surrounding Virtual Reality on the present-day Web, or 'Web3D', over the Internet by developing as its illustration a particularly UK (United Kingdom) cultural event, the St Albans Virtual Beer Festival, which mimicked the actual, real beer festival that ran in September 2000. Given the planned cultural focus and the short turnaround of time av...

The present study begins to fill a gap in the recruitment literature by investigating whether the effects of negative publicity on organizational attractiveness can be mitigated by recruitment advertising and positive word-of-mouth. The accessibility–diagnosticity model was used as a theoretical framework to formulate predictions about the effects of these recruitment-related information source...

This paper proposes two hypotheses on the publicity requirement and the limitations of possession to provide information for legal titling. It then tests these hypotheses by examining how legal systems deal with possession in movable and immovable property, and comparing actual and documentary possession. It concludes that exercise of possession is effective as a titling mechanism when it is ob...

INTRODUCTION Aspirin was discovered in 1897 and marketed initially as an analgesic. Over the years it has been used for other purposes including the prevention of both arterial and venous thrombosis, and as an antiinflammatory drug.More recently there has been interest in the use of aspirin for primary and secondary prevention of cancer. A recent study published in the Lancet,1 showing impressi...

One of the advantages of the Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) compared to Fourier Transform (e.g. Discrete Cosine Transform DCT) is its ability to provide both spatial and frequency localization of image energy. However, WT coefficients, like DCT coefficients, are defined by magnitude as well as sign. While algorithms exist for the coding of wavelet coefficients magnitude, there are no efficien...