Although substantive due process is one of the most confusing and controversial areas of constitutional law, it is well established that the Due Process Clause includes a substantive component that “bars certain arbitrary wrongful government actions ‘regardless of the fairness of the procedures used to implement them.’” The Court has recognized substantive due process limitations on law-enforce...

Using a new s-nucleosynthesis code coupled with the stellar evolution code Star2003, simulations have been performed to study the impact of the convection treatment on the s-process during core He-burning of a 25 M⊙ star (ZAMS mass) with an initial metallicity of Z=0.02. Particular attention has been devoted to the impact of the extent of overshooting on the s-process efficiency. The results sh...

The statistical transformation theory contains procedures for the computation of measurement probabilities, but requires for its completion a statement about the state-change due to the measurement process. An ansatz suggested for this by J. von Neumann is discussed and rejected. An ansatz is proposed for the state-change which is essentially identical to the " reduction of the wave function. "...

This article, which is based on and expands on an amicus brief the authors submitted to the United States Supreme Court, first provides the moral argument in favor of the insanity defense. It considers and rejects the most important moral counterargument and suggests that jurisdictions have considerable leeway in deciding what test best meets their legal and moral policies. The article then dis...

of the lungs, including alveoli, is usually divided into two portions, i.e., the airway and the respiratory portion. Although the latter is morphologically subdivided into the respiratory bronchioli, alveolar ducts, alveolar sacs and alveoli, it will be much more useful to divide the respiratory portion into two parts, i.e., the central ducts succeeding the airway and alveoli surrounding the ce...