The temporal granularity of consciousness may be far less fine than the real-time information processing mechanisms that underlie our sensitivity to small temporal differences. It is suggested that conscious time perception, like space perception, is subject to errors that belie a unitary underlying representation. E. R. Clay's (The Alternative: A Study in Psychology, 1882) concept of the "spec...

Today we have approx. 1 billion Internet connections and more than 3 billion mobile phone subscribers. Both numbers are steadily increasing. Information fl ows around the world instantly through electronic media. Today, people send more than 1500 emails per person per year, and the distance or the size of the mail does not increase the cost. One can send a person’s annual accomplishment of crea...

Polyautoimmunity is one of the major clinical characteristics of autoimmune diseases (ADs). The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of ADs in spondyloarthropathies (SpAs) and vice versa. This was a two-phase cross-sectional study. First, we examined the presence of ADs in a cohort of patients with SpAs (N = 148). Second, we searched for the presence of SpAs in a well-defined gro...

We propose a novel computer-based design method for planning process-driven buildings. The method binds functions to processes, in order to avoid (1.) functions that are not present in any process and (2.) processes that lack some of their required functions.