Previous and recent research has analyzed this network structure of online discussions for different and relevant purposes, e.g. the resolution of problems in e-learning platforms [2], the response of online communities to natural disasters [3], the spread of rumors in social media [4], etc.
We organized a forum on 'Global Governance and Chinese Overseas Investment' as a sub-forum of the G20 Think Tank Summit at Beijing, providing a discussion platform for different stakeholders under China's new 'One Belt One Road' initiative.
The pH stabilization for (ΔΔ G°37,pH = −1.56 kcal/mol) and (ΔΔ G°37,pH = −0.73 kcal/mol) can be attributed to the and segments (see the discussion above for different pH stabilization observed for and when lowering pH from 7 to 5.5), respectively, with no contribution from the and segments.
But in the financial world Iceland is now a hot topic of discussion for a different reason: many people suggest that it could become the "first national casualty" of the ongoing credit crunch.
For me, it was when we received a $400 invoice for my wife's delivery of our daughter at an in-network hospital, which is a discussion for a different article.
(Of course, if everybody did redeem their free items, you have to wonder what the net effect on the loyalty schemes on offer would be, but that is probably a discussion for a different day).
Finally, the long duration of the forum discussions allowed for different aspects of the topic to be explored in-depth and gave time for participants to express their own, evolving views [ 37].
Though see Lewis 1986 for discussion of different ways to draw the abstract/concrete distinction.
