A Proper Place Sevilla

Putting Risk in Its Proper Place

This paper examines preferences towards particular classes of lottery pairs. We show how concepts such as prudence and temperance can be fully characterized by a preference relation over these lotteries. If preferences are defined in an expected-utility framework with differentiable utility, the direction of preference for a particular class of lottery pairs is equivalent to signing the nth der...

On the Proper Place of Semantics in Machine Translation*

This paper owes much, both directly and indirectly, to Don Walker. Indirectly, it concerns a topic which was of great interest to both of us, and which we often discussed. Don helped me to clarify my own ideas and was always both perceptive and practical, a rare combination which made discussion with him constantly illuminating. There is also a direct debt; it was written at a time when I was h...

The Proper Place for Hydrogen in the Periodic Table

A puzzling mystery attends this title. Quite remarkable, after more than 130 years of construction, the place of hydrogen in the periodic table is still the subject of doubt, confusion, and inadequate explanation that appears to be little more than numerology. In 1956 and 1964, with additional comments in 1985 and 1987, R. T. Sanderson has pointed out the essential elements of this puzzle (1).

Is the observation unit a proper place to observe a trauma patient with minor injuries?

Introduction A short-term observation unit (OU) opened in September 2008 designed for decision making and continuously assess patients about their need for stay, and potential for discharge within 24 hours. Patients assessed in the emergency department (ED) and having no/minor signs of injury are therefore a group of patients considered being eligible for care in an Observation unit (OU). Our a...

Woman's Proper Place: a History of Changing Ideals and Practices, 1870 to the Present