Non-structure preserving phonological processes are defined by the emergence of a segment which is assumed to be absent from the lexical inventory of the language in question and, hence not contrastive. A central tenet of Optimality Theory (OT; Prince & Smolensky 1993/2004, McCarthy & Prince 1993, 1995, 1999), the Richness of the Base Hypothesis (RotB; Prince & Smolensky 1993) states that lingu...

With the increased usage of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the US comes a need for evidence-based and integrated care systems which encourage open communication between patients and providers. This paper introduces a conceptual framework for integrative care delivery, with shared decision making being the "connecting force" between holistic treatment and improved health outcome...

Scalability is a critical metric when evaluating the design of any distributed system. In this paper we examine Suite 2 of the Tenet Network Protocols, which supports real-time guarantees for multi-party communication over packet switched networks. In particular, we evaluate the scalability of both the system design and the prototype implementation of the signaling protocol, RCAP2. The scalabil...

BACKGROUND Skeletal muscle wasting is considered the central feature of cachexia, but the potential for skeletal muscle anabolism in patients with advanced cancer is unproven. OBJECTIVE We investigated the clinical course of skeletal muscle wasting in advanced cancer and the window of possible muscle anabolism. DESIGN We conducted a quantitative analysis of computed tomography (CT) images f...

B A C K F I R E ? In late June, Hong Kong media reported China’s PLA-AF (People’s Liberation Army – Air Force) would seek to become a ‘strategic air force’ with the acquisition of the Russian Backfire cited as a core tenet of this fundamental policy change. To best appreciate the potential strategic impact of the Backfire upon the Asia Pacific region it is worth exploring the capabilities of th...

Elisabeth Cardis , Ausrele Kesminiene , Victor Ivanov , Irina Malakhova , Yoshisada Shibata , Valeryi Khrouch , Vladimir Drozdovitch , Evaldas Maceika , Irina Zvonova , Oleg Vlassov , André Bouville , Guennadi Goulko , Masaharu Hoshi , Alexander Abrosimov , Jadvyga Anoshko , Larisa Astakhova , Sergey Chekin , Evgenyi Demidchik , Rosaria Galanti , Masahiro Ito , Elena Korobova , Evgenyi Lushniko...

The series constitute ‘ideas in progress,’ after the notion described by I.J. Good in ‘The Scientist Speculates.’ Good also describes ideas about ideas as ‘partly baked ideas’ believing that “ ... it is often better to be stimulating and wrong than boring and right.” While the papers do not take this tenet as an excuse for licence at the expense of rigour, they are exploratory and the ideas may...

The series are ‘ideas in progress,’ after the notion described by I.J. Good in ‘The Scientist Speculates.’ Good also describes ideas about ideas as ‘partly baked ideas’ believing that “ ... it is often better to be stimulating and wrong than boring and right.” While these papers do not take this tenet as an excuse for licence at the expense of rigour, they are exploratory and the ideas may chan...

Although a primary tenet of neurosurgical oncology is that survival can improve with greater tumor resection, this principle must be tempered by the potential for functional loss after radical removal. Current neurosurgical innovations aim to improve our anatomical, physiological, and functional understanding of the surgical region of interest to prevent potential neurological morbidity during ...

The series constitute ‘ideas in progress,’ after the notion described by I.J. Good in ‘The Scientist Speculates.’ Good also describes ideas about ideas as ‘partly baked ideas’ believing that “ ... it is often better to be stimulating and wrong than boring and right.” While the papers do not take this tenet as an excuse for licence at the expense of rigour, they are exploratory and the ideas may...