The nerve originates from the L2/L3 segments and travels down, lateral to the psoas muscle. It crosses the iliacus muscle deep to the fascia and then passes through or under the lateral part of the inguinal ligament. It runs superficially and divides into anterior and posterior branches to innervate the lateral thigh. The course of the nerve can be variable. One study of cadaveric specimens fou...

ActiveMath is an intelligent e-Learning system that exhibits some Semantic Web features. Its content knowledge representation is a semantic XML dialect for mathematics; semantic search is enabled; some of its components work as a web service and, vice versa, it employs certain foreign web services, e.g., for diagnostic purposes. In this paper, we describes features which have not been presented...

Interrupts are superficially similar to threads, but there are subtle semantic differences between the two abstractions. This paper compares and contrasts threads and interrupts from the point of view of verifying the absence of race conditions. We identify a small set of extensions that permit thread verification tools to also verify interrupt-driven software, and we present examples of source...

Building on a long tradition of earlier work, Johnson (2009:293) identifies three unique properties that distinguish gapping from superficially similar elliptical constructions, such as pseudogapping, e.g. Some had ordered mussels, and others had ∆ swordfish. First, gapping is restricted to coordination structures (2) (Jackendoff 1971:22, Hankamer 1979:18f.). Second, the gap in gapping cannot b...

We use the method of Maximum (relative) Entropy to process information in the form of observed data and moment constraints. The generic “canonical” form of the posterior distribution for the problem of simultaneous updating with data and moments is obtained. We discuss the general problem of non-commuting constraints, when they should be processed sequentially and when simultaneously. As an ill...

What are they? The gibberellins make up a family of small organic compounds derived from a common 20-carbon precursor. They regulate growth and development in plants and their chemical structure superficially resembles that of steroid hormones. So far, more than 100 gibberellins have been identified. Fortunately, any one plant species produces only a few of the known gibberellins. Furthermore, ...