J. H. Chen, T. K. Fang,* C. C. Chu, T. S. Yih, and T. N. Chang Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Engineering, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan 242, Republic of China Department of Physics, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan 242, Republic of China Department of Physics, National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan 32054, Republic of China Department of Physics and Astro...

Thorsten Scheuermann COMP 242 Spring ’02

Recently, the application of the conventional rule based expert system for disease risk determination in medical domains has increased. However, a major limitation to the effectiveness of the rule based expert system approach is the sharp boundary problem that leads to underestimation or overestimation of boundary cases, which ultimately affects the accuracy of their recommendation. In this pap...

By recovering the pre-critical foundations of Immanuel Kant's political idealism, this article elucidates his fundamental concern with reorienting “point view” real princes and sovereigns to cause peace. I trace priority reading Pierre Bayle, whose skepticism illustrated that true nature rendered Saint-Pierre's ideal peace “not possible.” Beginning in 1756, Kant reframed perpetual as ultimate h...

OBJECTIVES Unrelieved pain is a substantial public health concern necessitating improvements in medical education. The Advancing the Provision of Pain Education and Learning (APPEAL) study aimed to determine current levels and methods of undergraduate pain medicine education in Europe. DESIGN AND METHODS Using a cross-sectional design, publicly available curriculum information was sought from...

Heyer, W. Ronald. Studies in Larval Amphibian Habitat Partitioning. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 242, 27 pages, 3 figures, 14 tables, 1976.—Habitat partitioning by larval amphibians was studied in two environments. A two-year study was undertaken at the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies and a comparative dry and wet season study was completed at Barro Colorado Isla...