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Informatics and Applied Mathematics

Compositionality

Compositionality

Founded in 2017, Compositionality welcomes research articles in English in the field of the mathematics of composition across all disciplines. The journal is published by the Compositionality Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

  • Director of publication: John Baez
  • Editors-in-chief: Aleks Kissinger ; Joachim Kock
  • Medium: electronic
  • Frequency: annual
  • Date created: 2017
  • Date of publication on Episciences: 2024
  • eISSN: 2631-4444
  • Subjects: mathematics, computation, logic, physics, chemistry, engineering, linguistics, cognition
  • Language of publication: English
  • Review process: single blind peer review
  • CC BY 4.0 licence
  • Publisher: Compositionality Charitable Incorporated Organisation
    • Address: 108 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PE
    • Country: United Kingdom
  • Contact: compositionality AT episciences.org
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Homotopy Theoretic and Categorical Models of Neural Information Networks

In this paper we develop a novel mathematical formalism for the modeling of neural information networks endowed with additional structure in the form of assignments of resources, either computational or metabolic or informational. The starting point for this construction is the notion of summing functors and of Segal's Gamma-spaces in homotopy theory. The main results in this paper include functorial assignments of concurrent/distributed computing architectures and associated binary codes to networks and their subsystems, a categorical form of the Hopfield network dynamics, which recovers the usual Hopfield equations when applied to a suitable category of weighted codes, a functorial assignment to networks of corresponding information structures and information cohomology, and a cohomological version of integrated information.
Manin, Yuri
September 06, 2024
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A Framework for Universality in Physics, Computer Science, and Beyond

Turing machines and spin models share a notion of universality according to which some simulate all others. Is there a theory of universality that captures this notion? We set up a categorical framework for universality which includes as instances universal Turing machines, universal spin models, NP completeness, top of a preorder, denseness of a subset, and more. By identifying necessary conditions for universality, we show that universal spin models cannot be finite. We also characterize when universality can be distinguished from a trivial one and use it to show that universal Turing machines are non-trivial in this sense. Our framework allows not only to compare universalities within each instance, but also instances themselves. We leverage a Fixed Point Theorem inspired by a result of Lawvere to establish that universality and negation give rise to unreachability (such as uncomputability). As such, this work sets the basis for a unified approach to universality and invites the study of further examples within the framework.
Gonda, Tomáš
August 29, 2024
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Health Sciences

PSPA

[Le partenariat de soin avec le patient : analyses]

PSPA

Le partenariat de soin avec le patient : analyses

A product of the first International Colloquium on Care Partnership with the Patient in France (Nice, October 2019), the journal Le partenariat de soin avec le patient : analyses, carried by the Centre d’innovation du partenariat avec les patients et le public (CI3P), came into being in 2020. This biannual journal publishes articles in French in the health sciences at both micro (clinical), meso (services, networks and organisation) and macro (health policy) levels.

  • Director of publication: Jeanick Brisswalter
  • Editors-in-chief: David Darmon and Luigi Flora
  • Medium: electronic
  • Frequency: biannual
  • Date created: 2020
  • Date of publication on Episciences: 2024
  • eISSN: 2726-484X
  • Subjects: medical humanities, health sciences
  • Language of publication: French
  • Review process: single blind peer review
  • CC BY 4.0 licence
  • Publisher: Université Côte d’Azur
    • Address: Centre d’innovation du partenariat avec les patients et le public (CI3P), Faculté de médecine de l’Université Côte d’Azur, 28 avenue Valombrose, 06107 Nice Cedex 2
    • Country: France
  • Contact: pspa AT episciences.org
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Qui sont les patients partenaires formés par le DU Art du soin en partenariat avec le patient ?

Cet article est la présentation des premiers résultats d’une étude sur les patients partenaires et le partenariat patient menée auprès des diplômés du DU Art du soin en partenariat avec le patient depuis sa création. Consacré à l’aspect purement « patients partenaires » de l’enquête, il se donne pour objet d’établir le profil de ces patients partenaires, de rendre compte de leurs missions, des obstacles auxquels ils se trouvent confrontés et des déterminants de leur engagement.
Liguori, Florence
July 17, 2024
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Les enquêtes SCAPE en Suisse pour recueillir l’opinion des patientes et patients et favoriser le partenariat patient-chercheur

Recueillir l'opinion des patientes et patients est fondamental pour personnaliser les soins, promouvoir la prise de décisions partagée et favoriser l'engagement des patientes et patients dans les soins. La collecte systématique et à large échelle de ces opinions permet également d’évaluer l’impact des soins sur la santé et à quel point les soins répondent aux besoins des personnes. Les enquêtes SCAPE, introduites en Suisse en 2018, ont pour objectif de recueillir et analyser systématiquement les expériences de soins des patientes et patients atteints de cancer, fournissant des données essentielles pour améliorer la qualité des soins en oncologie. Une spécificité importante des enquêtes SCAPE est d’avoir impliqué des patientes et patients partenaires de recherche dès le début du processus de mise en place des enquêtes. Tout au long de ce partenariat, leur savoir expérientiel a été pleinement reconnu, enrichissant ainsi la qualité, la pertinence et la valeur de SCAPE. La qualité de leur engagement sera évaluée afin de valoriser leur travail ainsi que leur implication précieuse et de tirer des enseignements pour guider de futurs projets visant à améliorer la qualité des soins, en partenariat avec des patientes et patients.
Rezzonico, Valérie
July 17, 2024
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Social Sciences and Humanities

Transformations

[A DARIAH Journal]

Transformations

A DARIAH Journal

Transformations:A DARIAH Journal is a multilingual journal created in 2024 by the European research infrastructure DARIAH ERIC. It’s an ongoing publication with thematic issues in Digital Humanities, humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts. The journal is particularly interested in the use of digital tools, methods and resources in a reproducible approach. It welcomes scientific contributions on collections of data, workflows and software analysis.

  • Director of publication: Toma Tasovac
  • Editor-in-chief: Toma Tasovac
  • Managing editors: Anne Baillot, Françoise Gouzi
  • Medium: electronic
  • Frequency: ongoing
  • Date created: 2024
  • Date of publication on Episciences: 2024
  • eISSN: pending
  • Subjects: Digital Humanities, Social Sciences and Humanities, Arts
  • Languages of publication: English, French, German, Spanish
  • Review process: open peer review
  • CC BY 4.0 licence
  • Publisher: DARIAH ERIC
    • Address: 54 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris
    • Country: France
  • Contact: transformations AT episciences.org
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