Substances to be purified by dialysis are placed in collodion bags together with a toy "marble" or a bubble of air. The bags are stoppered and placed in glass tubes of a rocking machine. Distilled water of the desired temperature is circulated through the tubes (around the bags) at a rate of about 8 cc. per minute per bag while the machine is in motion. The rolling of the marbles or bubbles cau...

In this paper, we investigate the use of assessments of conditional previsions for modeling prior information on the parameter of a binomial model as a way of obtaining non-vacuous posterior previsions via natural extension. More specifically, we argue that a useful method for obtaining an imprecise prevision for the parameter θ of a binomial model, given a sample of size n showing r successes,...

This paper presents the TOTEM framework for supporting the content creation and structuring for location-based games. Shapes (templates), Marbles (instances) and Pebbles (raw data) build the conceptual background while two integrated tools support the overall workflow: TOTEM.Designer, a web-application that allows for desktop-based authoring and TOTEM.Scout, a mobile app that allows for in-situ...

I the article several unfinished and semi-finished Roman period artifacts made of Proconnesian marble have been described and discussed. They were discovered in the ancient cities of Odessos and Marcianopolis (in Moesia Inferior) and have been dated to the 2nd-3rd c. AD. Among them are gabled sarcophagi, a fluted capital and two statues: of Heracles and the Thracian Horseman. These finds eviden...

In this work, we have devised a new approach to measure the critical pressure that a liquid marble can withstand. A liquid marble is gradually squeezed under a mechanical compression applied by two parallel plates. It ruptures at a sufficiently large applied pressure. Combining the force measurement and the high-speed imaging, we can determine the critical pressure that ruptures the liquid marb...

Conklin, Jenna T. M.A., Purdue University, May 2015. The Interaction of Gradient and Categorical Processes of Long-Distance Vowel-to-Vowel Assimilation in Kazan Tatar. Major Professor: Dr. Mary Niepokuj. Vowel harmony and vowel-to-vowel coarticulation are long-distance assimilatory processes wherein certain vowels trigger systematic changes in adjacent vowels; harmony effects phonological chang...