The slime mould Physarum polycephalum has been used in developing unconventional computing devices for in which the slime mould played a role of a sensing, actuating, and computing device. These devices treated the slime mould rather as an active living substrate yet the slime mould is a selfconsistent living creature which evolved for millions of years and occupied most part of the world, but ...

As a society we have to re-imagine our health and social care models to meet the challenge of an ageing population with greater levels of chronic disease. The digital revolution offers us the potential to leverage technological innovations to develop proactive 'connected' health and social care models that are built around the patient's needs to facilitate efficient management of wellness and h...

This article discusses the nature of the operation Merge, and the possibility of unconventional mergers, with some attention to the issue of representation. Regular Merge has three possible effects, depending on the input. Next to ‘first-time’ merge, there are both ‘internal’ and ‘external’ remerge. The last creates a temporary doubly-rooted structure, which potentially results in a configurati...

This study proposes potential replacement for the Portland-based cement, which is a common sealant used in deep high-temperature geothermal wellbore completions. The experimental laboratory studies were focussed on alkali-activated aluminosilicates. It was proven, that so-called, geopolymer-based sealing systems exhibit high compressive and flexural strength at elevated temperatures, good resis...

This is the last in a series of 5 articles providing a contemporary overview and introduction to unconventional dentistry (UD) and its correlation to unconventional medicine (UM). UD and UM both present important concerns for health care professionals and for the general public. Professional concerns include risks to the practitioner and the patient. UD is of special concern because of the pote...

For the iron-based high Tc superconductor LaFeAsO1−xFx, we construct a minimal model, where all of the five Fe d bands turn out to be involved. We then investigate the origin of superconductivity with a five-band random-phase approximation by solving the Eliashberg equation. We conclude that the spin fluctuation modes arising from the nesting between the disconnected Fermi pockets realise, basi...

We are interested in exploring ways in which unconventional modes of computation may provide new directions for future developments in Computer Music. Research into Unconventional Computing (Calude et al. 1998) is aimed at computational paradigms other than the standard von Neumann architecture, which have prevailed in computing since the 1940s. This paper presents an investigation into the fea...

Extended Abstract: This paper has several objectives. First, it separates randomness from lawlessness and shows why even genuine randomness does not imply lawlessness. Second, it separates the question “why should I call a phenomenon random?” (and answers it in part one ) from the patent question “What is a random sequence?” for which the answer lies in Kolmogorov complexity ( which is explaine...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce and conceptualize the topic of Model-based management (MBM) in organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The relevance of different types of models for management is elaborated, and a research agenda for this new topic is proposed. Findings – An analysis of the concept, role and function of models in the context of management and organizati...