Ideal clocks—a convenient fiction

Fuzzy sets-a convenient fiction for modeling vagueness and possibility

This paper is a reply to Laviolette and Seaman’s critical discussion of fuzzy set theory. Rather than questioning the interest of the Bayesian approach to uncertainty, some reasons why Bayesian find the idea of a fuzzy set not palatable are laid bare. Some links between fuzzy sets and probability that Laviolette and Seaman seem not to be aware of are pointed out. These links suggest that, contr...

Convenient Conversation

Office workers are today often faced with the dilemma of being focused on the present activity and yet available for incoming calls on their mobile phone. Current technology does not support this situation. Many intrusive calls seem to occur as consequence of the lack of information about the recipient's context. The focus of this thesis is the initiation of mobile communication via mobile phon...

Fiction indexing and the development of fiction thesauri

Historicity of Categories of Fiction: Virginia Woolf’s Concept “Modern Fiction”

This article attempts to construct Woolf’s concept of “modern fiction” in modern context within the two dimensions: fiction’s category and historicity. Firstly, based on the essay “Modern Fiction”, the article aims to construct the connotation of “modern fiction”, which takes “historical consciousness”, “the duration of life”, “man’s subjectivity”, “the complexity of psychological structures” a...

A Convenient Small Osmometer

A description is given of a simple, rugged instrument for determining the osmotic pressure developed by a solution of a high polymer. Other small osmometers described previously [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]/ have been, in some respects, too inconvenient to use. Although relatively easy to make, glass osmometers are fragile and may require frequent repairs. Small metal osmometers, in addition to being rugged...