The Network for Computational Nanotechnology Cyberinfrastructure Node (NCN CI) is responsible for the operation and support of the cyber-platform nanoHUB.org, serving a large scientific community centered around the nanoscience and nanotechnology fields. The word “community” is constantly on our minds. One definition of community is a “body of persons of common and especially professional inter...

64 Computer T raditionally, the term community refers to a location where people with common interests gather to share experiences, ask questions, or collaborate. Because they are present in the same locale, members can meet easily to learn from each other by sharing their explicit knowledge and revealing information about their successes and failures. Alternatively, people who share a common i...

Online communities enabled by mobile communication have needs for sharing experiences and common interests in a context sensitive manner. However, due to the current division of creation, delivery and access functionality of multimedia to applications, much user effort is needed to communicate efficiently. This paper presents an approach for a user interface for mobile terminals to present and ...

in every community, higher values and interests have a special position. in the form of the concept of public order, national legal systems support these higher values and interests against the individual interests and freedom. in these systems, the function of public order is to limit contractual freedom and to prevent from enforcement of foreign law and awards. although the international comm...

Many digital platforms, regardless of their business domain, follow the common practice of incorporating social and community features in order to increase their user engagement and expand their online community. Although this practice is advocated by the literature and clearly makes sense, its implications are not well understood. In this research, we aimed to close this literature gap, provid...

The invention of the Bitcoin protocol has opened the door to new forms of financial interaction. One such form may be to adapt Bitcoin technology for use as a community currency. A community currency is a form of money issued by a non-government entity to serve the economic or social interests of a group of people, often in a small geographic area. We propose a model of a community cryptocurren...

Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs) are increasingly implemented in medical school admissions. In this paper, we investigate the effects of vocational interests, previous academic experience, gender and age on SJT performance. The SJT was part of the selection process for the Bachelor's degree programme in Medicine at University of Groningen, the Netherlands. All applicants for the academic year...

social development undoubtedly requires people participation in different domains. it seems without participation, we cannot achieve a people-centered, inclusive and sustainable social development. in the social development process, all citizens with various ethnic and religious interests are able to affect on all the social phenomena and variables, based on their competencies and mental capaci...