What if it were not the custard cream that did for them? Disease Maps: Epidemics on the Ground. Tom Koch.

Population strategies for prevention? If only it were that simple!

What would you do if it were your kid?

What if Chomsky were right?

The outcome of scientific research depends on how a phenomenon is viewed and how the questions are phrased. This applies also to the nativist view of language acquisition. As a complement to MacWhinney’s discussion of nativism from the viewpoint of cognitive psychology, I would like to devote this commentary to the question of the title from the viewpoint of computational linguistics. Formally,...

What if entropy were dimensionless?

One of entropy’s puzzling aspects is its dimensions of energy/temperature. A review of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics leads to six conclusions: ~1! Entropy’s dimensions are linked to the definition of the Kelvin temperature scale. ~2! Entropy can be defined to be dimensionless when temperature T is defined as an energy ~dubbed tempergy!. ~3! Dimensionless entropy per particle typicall...

Ground rotations : what do they tell us , that we did not know before ?

Currently there are two types of measurements that are routinely used to monitor global and regional seismic wave fields. Standard inertial seismometers measure three components of translational ground displacement (velocity, acceleration) and form the basis for monitoring seismic activity and ground motion. The second type aims at measuring the deformation of the Earth (strains). It has been n...