The flavor physics and CP violation, which is the main theme of B physics, has been also investigated in K physics for a long time. The first discoveries of particle-antiparticle (K-K̄0) mixing and CP violation are examples of its achievements. Since K contains s-quark, the K-physics is complementary with the B-physics which studies the transitions from bquark. In an experimental viewpoint, most...

We examine a choice setting in which residential electricity consumers may respond to incentives other than contemporaneous prices. We test predictions from the standard model of utility maximization using data from a natural field experiment that exposed some households to a change in their electricity rates. Households reduce electricity usage in response to a decrease in electricity prices, ...

Online political discussion amongst citizens has often been labelled uncivil. Indeed, as online discussion allows participants to remain relatively anonymous, and by extension, unaccountable for their behaviour, citizens often engage in angry, hostile, and derogatory discussion, taking the opportunity to attack the beliefs and values of others without fear of retribution. Some commentators beli...

A flash crowd is a surge in traffic to a particular web site that causes the site to be virtually unreachable. We present a model of flash crowd events and evaluate the performance of various multi-level caching techniques suitable for managing these events. Our results show that significant reductions in client response times and server and network loads can be achieved during flash crowds usi...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the most suitable effect-site concentration of remifentanil during lightwand intubation when administered with a target-controlled infusion (TCI) of propofol at 4.0 μg/mL without neuromuscular blockade. DESIGN Prospective study using a modified Dixon's up-and-down method. SETTING Operating room of an academic hospital. PATIENTS 28 ASA physical status 1 and 2 p...