Selectionist evolutionary theory has often been faulted for not making novel predictions that are surprising, risky, and correct. I argue that it in fact exhibits the theoretical virtue of predictive capacity in addition to two other virtues: explanatory unification and model fitting. Two case studies show the predictive capacity of selectionist evolutionary theory: parallel evolutionary change...

Sintered NdFeB magnets are relatively complex multiphase systems containing Nd2Fe14B matrix and about 15% of other intermetallics such as Nd1+εFe4BB4, Nd-oxides (Nd-rich phase), etc. Boron rich Nd1+εFe4B4 B forms in irregularly distributed heavily faulted grains of roughly the same size as those of the Nd2Fe14B phase [1]. The Curie temperature of this phase is 13K and, therefore, it is not ferr...

Ortony and Turner's (1990) arguments against those who adopt the view that there are basic emotions are challenged. The evidence on universals in expression and in physiology strongly sug~ests that ~he~e is a biological basis to the emotions that have been studied. Ortony and Turner's reviews of thls hterature are faulted, and their alternative theoretical explanations do not fit the evidence. ...

We describe a stochastic birth-and-death model of evolution of horizontally transferred genes in microbial populations. The model is a generalization of the stochastic model described by Berg and Kurland and includes five parameters: the rate of mutational inactivation, selection coefficient, invasion rate (i.e., rate of arrival of a novel sequence from outside of the recipient population), wit...

Abstract Groundwater dynamics in continental rift zone settings remain poorly understood because of the spatial heterogeneity flow, storage, and recharge dynamics. The Central Kenya Rift is an excellent example where, though groundwater important for domestic, irrigation, geothermal energy exploitation, its hydrogeological properties largely unknown. Existing conceptual models assume flow from ...

[1] We examine the work energy budget of actively deforming fault systems in order to develop a means of examining the systemic behavior of complex fault networks. Work done in the deformation of a faulted area consists of five components: (1) work done against gravity in uplift of topography (Wgrav); (2) internal energy of the strained host rock (Wint); (3) work done resisting friction during ...

This paper presents a new method for locating faults in multi-terminal direct current (MTDC) networks incorporating hybrid transmission media (HTMs), including segments of underground cables (UGCs) and overhead lines (OHLs). The proposed travelling wave (TW) type method uses continuous wavelet transform (CWT) applied to a series of line current measurements obtained from a network of distribute...