This paper presents the architecture, the policy schema, and the policy specifications necessary to accomplish effective management of the Application Level Active Networking (ALAN) environment. Using ALAN, developers can engineer applications through the network by utilising platforms (active servers) on which 3 party software (proxylets) can be dynamically loaded and run. Redirection of packe...

The 75th anniversary of Turing’s seminal paper and his centennial year anniversary occur in 2011 and 2012, respectively. It is natural to review and assess Turing’s contributions in diverse fields in the light of new developments that his thoughts has triggered in many scientific communities. Here, the main idea is to discuss how the work of Turing allows us to change our views on the foundatio...

The requirements for modern psychosurgery are safety and accuracy. Stereotactic techniques give the geometric accuracy and stimulation gives physiological information, which is important in determining lesion sites or at least lesion symmetry. The process whereby focal brain destruction is produced is ideally by a freezing probe, but equally effectively by coagulation. A number of small lesions...

Is a rational agent’s subjective probability assignment to a conditional always the same as the corresponding subjective conditional probability? The hypothesis that it is has come to be known as Stalnaker’s Hypothesis:’ (SW P(A -+ C) = P(C/A) whenever P(A) > 0 where + is a conditional connective, and P(C/A) = P(CA)/P(A). (SH) has been the subject of much debate. I hope to show in this paper th...

1. Scope vs. Lexical Theory of Even The English focus particle even is known to introduce a scalar presupposition (ScalarP) given in (1); Alan even saw [Bill]F presupposes that ‘that Bill saw Alan’ is the least-likely proposition among alternatives (LeastP). In contexts where negative polarity items (NPIs) such as any can occur, we observe ambiguity; I doubt that Alan even saw [Bill]F is ambigu...

The authors wish to thank Pete Fader and Capitol Records for the data used in this research. Alan L. Montgomery is an Associate Professor of Industrial Administration at Carnegie Mellon University, GSIA, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (e-mail: [email protected]) and Wendy W. Moe is a doctoral candidate in Marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 1400 Stei...

Some of the increasing number of people leaving work before state pension age may benefit from more flexible jobs that bridge the gap between permanent full-time work and retirement. Stephen Lissenburgh and Deborah Smeaton of the Policy Studies Institute studied the role of such ‘bridge jobs’ in the lives of people leaving work between 50 and state retirement age. Using national survey data, th...

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is an increasing phenomenon worldwide. It causes a wealth of biological and ecological effects that may eventually affect populations and ecosystems. Despite the growing concern about ALAN, little is known about the light levels species are exposed to at night, especially for wetlands and underwater habitats. We determined nocturnal irradiance in urban and peri-...

It is my honour and privilege to introduce the 2014 "Donald Michie and Alan Turing" prize recipient Janez Grad for Life Achievements in Slovenian Information Society (http://is.ijs.si/is_awards.html), aka "Michie-Turing" Award. The name of the prize was proposed by Stephen Muggleton when we were discussing Slovenian international information-society events. Following a long analysis with collea...

Artificial light at night (ALAN), termed light pollution, is an increasingly important anthropogenic environmental pressure on wildlife. Exposure to unnatural lighting environments may have profound effects on animal physiology, particularly during early life. Here, we experimentally investigated for the first time the impact of ALAN on body mass and oxidative status during development, using n...