Out of the galaxy of Filipino he­ roes there em erges one whom histo ry has garlanded as “the grea test genius ever produced by the Malay rac e ”—Dr. Jose Rizal. W riters and eulogists on both sides of the Pacific acclaim him as “the g rea tes t F ilipino of a ll tim es. ” H e was an exquisite poet and nov­ e list, a renow ned sc ien tis t and lin­ guist, a sage educator and reform er, d a crus...

Ch ar ac te r C re at ion Ev er yo ne s ta rts a s a Le ve l 1 hu m an w ith n o cl as s. (H eh , h eh .) Lo ok a t yo ur s ta rti ng c ar ds . If yo u ha ve an y R ac e ca rd s (C yb or g, M ut an t, Fe lin e) or C la ss ca rd s (P sy ch ic , B ou nt y H un te r, Tr ad er , G ad ge te er ), yo u m ay ( if yo u lik e) pl ay o ne o f e ac h ty pe b y pl ac in g it in fro nt o f yo u. I f yo u ha...

Editor's Note: M ike Kendall, 34, a Notre D am e graduate, discussed bis cand idacy fo r the D em ocratic n o m in a tio n to the U nited States Senate w ith S a in t M ary's E xecutive E ditor M ary Agnes Carey yesterday. The Jasper, Ind., D em ocrat, a fo r m e r O bserver fea tu re s writer, w ill fa ce in cu m b en t Sena tor R ichard Lugar i f K endall secures the M ay p r im a ry no m in ...

In a t r i a l s tudy , abou t 500 R u s s i a n v e r b s w e r e c o d e d us ing 44 p o t e n t i a l c l a s s i f i c a t o r y c r i t e r i a . T h r o u g h s o r t i n g and the i n t r o d u c t i o n of a m e t r i c , n u m e r o u s g r o u p i n g s w e r e ob t a ined . I n i t i a l r e s u l t s s u g g e s t tha t , wi th p r o p e r r e f i n e m e n t s , the a p p r o a c h...

g l o b a l c o m p e t i t i v e n e s s h a s r e c e n t l y b e c o m e a b i g c h a l l e n g e f o r m a n y c o m p a n i e s a r o u n d t h e w o r l d, w h i c h a r e f o r c e d t o s e e k l o w e r c o s t s a n d h i g h e r q u a l i t y f o r w h a t t h e y p r o d u c e. t h e p r o s p e r i t y o f m a n u f a c t u r i n g f i r m s d e p e n d s o n s e l e c t i n g a n...

The s tudy o f v i s i o n , in b o t h man and mach ine , i s v iewed as t h e d i s c o v e r y o f c o n s t r a i n t s . Computa t i o n a l c o n s t r a i n t s o f t e n i m p l y assumpt ions neces sa ry f o r a c h i e v i n g a p r o b l e m ' s s o l u t i o n , w h i l e p s y c h o l o g i c a l and n e u r o p h y s i o l o g i c a l ones r e s t r i c t the manner in wh ich such...

and Applied Analysis 3 fj yj t, x and gj yj t, x denote the activation functions of the jth unit at time t and in space x; constant Dik ≥ 0; di yi t, x presents an amplification function; ci yi t, x is an appropriately behavior function; aij and bij denote the connection strengths of the jth unit on the ith unit, respectively; τj t corresponds to the transmission delay and satisfies 0 ≤ τj t ≤ ...

s i n c e t h e l a t e 1960s, s e v e r a l c o n s t i t u t i v e m o d e l s h a v e b e e n d e v e l o p e d f o r s a n d s d e s c r i b i n g t h e i r s t r e s s-s t r a i n e h a v i o r. m o s t o f t h e s e m o d e l s w e r e e s t a b l i s h e d b a s e d o n a m e a s u r e o f t h e p l a s t i c w o r k a n d s o m e y i e l d c r i t e r i a, a m o n g t h e m b e i n g t ...