The cognitive deficits in schizophrenia are discussed in terms of the other symptoms of the disorder, as well as according to a translational approach that involves using similar or analogous tests for humans and experimental animals. This approach, it is argued, will enable the testing of novel drugs and the development of adequate etiological models of schizophrenia.

Network services must self-adapt dynamically in order to accommodate available resources, system errors, and changing requirements. This need for self-reliance will increase with the growing flexibility and heterogeneity that characterizes such network technologies as sensor (ad hoc) networking, grid computing, and pervasive computing. The downside of traditional distributed network management ...

We present a bottom-up approach to the problem of fixing psychological requirements to concept possession. It is argued that four constraints are required: abstraction, directedness, multimodality and off-line processing. Taken together, these psychological requirements yield a view of concepts similar (on certain aspects) to “dual” philosophical pictures: both inferential role and referential ...

New conditions contributes the emergence of new concepts of innovation strategies in the enterprise. The study conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit shows a new approach to innovation. Future innovations will be enforced and invented by users (clients)and they will be a key element of competitive advantage. The company will therefore be forced to turn their customers to its information s...