Statistical implications of protocol violations.

Policy Implications of Technology for Detecting P2P and Copyright Violations

The effectiveness of many proposed policies regarding both online copyright protection and network neutrality depend on the extent to which it is technically possible to detect peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P), the transfer of copyrighted files, or both. There are many detection approaches, some performed primarily by network operators and some by application-layer agents. This paper describes c...

Implications of lepton flavor universality violations in B decays.

Present measurements of b→cτν and b→uτν transitions differ from the standard model predictions of lepton flavor universality by almost 4σ. We examine new physics interpretations of this anomaly. An effective field theory analysis shows that minimal flavor violating models are not preferred as an explanation, but are also not yet excluded. Allowing for general flavor violation, right-right vecto...

The continuum model: statistical implications.

The Continuum Model postulates that preparations for the initiation of DNA synthesis takes place continuously, and in all phases of the cell cycle. There are no Gl-specific events involved in the initiation of DNA synthesis. The statistical predictions of the Continuum Model are now presented with four basic variables: (1) the rate of initiator synthesis, (2) the time for passage through the re...

The Statistical and Policy Implications

Are Miracles Violations of the Laws of Nature?

Classical theism holds that God rules the world not only indirectly, by the natural laws established with creation, but through actions or direct interventions that interfere with natural processes and human actions. These direct interventions are usually called miracles. Modern Western philosophy, at least starting from Spinoza and Hume, has defined miracles as “violations of the laws of natur...