R. L. da Silva 1, H. A. Albuquerque 1, R. M. Rubinger 2, A. G. de Oliveira 1, G. M. Ribeiro 1, and W. N. Rodrigues 1 1Departamento de Fı́sica, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 702, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil 2Departamento de Fı́sica e Quı́mica, Instituto de Ciências, Universidade Federal de Itajubá, Caixa Postal 50, 37500-903, Itajubá, MG,...

Accurate postal code maps could play an important role within GIS as the postal code has the potential to link the address description of buildings and their location in a certain global reference system. This relationship is possible in both directions: address matching and geocoding. These operators demand a certain mechanism in translating an exact geometric position (i.e. WGS84 coordinate) ...

Abstract This paper describes our reconstruction of the apparatus used in C.S. Peirce and Joseph Jastrow’s 1885 psychophysical experiment, “On Small Differences Sensation” how it relates to persistent questions scientific theories measurement. We situate work broader context nineteenth-century discussions about status psychology as a science emphasize role measurement experiment determining tha...

ONE might not immediately associate postage stamps with the promotion of mental health ?although philately as a strain-relieving pastime is not without its therapeutic value?but stamps have long since acquired a wider significance than Sir Rowland Hill could ever have envisaged. They have become established as miniature advertising posters, exemplifying on world-wide correspondence an immense v...