It is sometimes thought that the lottery paradox and the paradox of the preface demand a uniform solution (Hunter (1996) and Foley (1992), for example). Let us see why that appears to be the case. I am justified in believing that my lottery ticket—call it t1—will not win, on statistical grounds. Those grounds apply equally to any other ticket, so I am justified in believing of any other ticket ...

A PhD and medical doctor turned ethicist, Leon Kass calls himself an unlicensed humanist. Throughout his unique career he has sought to impact others and engage important cultural issues. This he has accomplished over the course of many years by studying biochemistry, teaching humanities, writing articles and books on ethics, and serving as chair of the President?s Council on Bioethics. Kass ha...

John C. Lorenz is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, where he has worked on sedimentary and natural-fracture reservoir characterization issues. His work has focused on the Rocky Mountain region but has extended to reservoirs in other parts of the world. Lorenz earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University and joined Sandia in 1981. Previously he was with the P...

introduction: with increasing production of health information, information technologies have been used for better management and usage of such data. this enormous increase in gathering and storing of information and widespread accessibility also concerns individuals regarding privacy and security of information. this research is concerned with this issue due to decisions on establishing indivi...

In this Special Issue of the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, attention is given to the new image of 'courseware'. A collection of contributions originating from the University of Twente discusses aspects of this changing image. Now what is changing? From the contributions some strong impressions can be derived. Courseware, the generic term used for educational software and related paper ...

A survey of programming-related documentation for LTEX. Included are references to printed and electronic books and manuals, symbol lists, FAQs, the LTEX source code, CTAN and distributions, programming-related packages, users groups and online communities, and information on creating packages and documentation.

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Purpose: In spring of 2007, Arizona State University Libraries held a focus group of selected faculty to discover their perceptions and use of electronic books (e-books) in their research and teaching. Methodology/approach: We employed the services of the Institute of Social Sciences Research to recruit and moderate the focus group. The following major themes were explored: 1) use of e-books as...