Lewis ([1973a]) famously defined event c to be causally relevant to event e in world w just in case O c ð Þ and O e ð Þ as well as :O c ð Þ !:O e ð Þ are true in w, where O c ð Þ and O e ð Þ say that c occurs and that e occurs, respectively. For him, this implied that O c ð Þ ! O e ð Þ is true, because he was assuming the underlying logic to be VC, which validates ^ ð Þ ! ð Þ. If one works with...

Abstract. A central issue in ecology today is that of the factors determining the relative abundance of species within a natural community. The proper application of the principles of statistical physics to the problem of species abundance distributions (SADs) has enabled us to identify the fundamental ecological principles responsible for the near universal features observed. These principles ...

AD AWARD NUMBER DAMD17-96-1-6085 TITLE: Identification'of Components of the Cell Death Pathway PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Vishva M. Dixit, M.D. CONTRACTING ORGANIZATION: university of Michigan Hospitals Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0602 REPORT DATE: June 1998 TYPE OF REPORT: Annual PREPARED FOR: Commander U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5012 DISTRIBUTION S...

GRANT NUMBER DAMD17-96-1-6215 TITLE: Mammagraphy Use by Older Mexican American Women PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Jean L. Freeman, Ph.D. CONTRACTING ORGANIZATION: University of Texas at Galveston Galveston, Texas 77555-0136 REPORT DATE: July 1998 TYPE OF REPORT: Annual PREPARED FOR: Commander U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5012 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT: Ap...

— This report describes the use of a support vector machines with a novel kernel, to determine the breathing rate and inhalation duration of a fire fighter wearing a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus. With this information, an incident commander can monitor the firemen in his command for exhaustion and ensure timely rotation of personnel to ensure overall fire fighter safety.

After a dramatic population decline, Steller sea lions have begun to recover throughout most of their range. However, Steller sea lions in the Western Aleutians and Commander Islands are continuing to decline. Comparing survival rates between regions with different population trends may provide insights into the factors driving the dynamics, but published data on vital rates have been extremely...

• " Obvious analogies " [?] – Faults = attacks – Attack detection and response • " When opposites attract " [Lorenzo Alvisi] – Availability vs. confidentiality • Two different communities with different languages • One common thing: the Byzantine failure model – Security people use it to model malicious attackers – Fault-tolerance people know it, apply it, and think about Byzantine-tolerant sys...

AWARD NUMBER DAMD17-96-1-6079 TITLE: Breast Cancer Genes Identified by Loss of Heterozygosity PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Roy J. Riblet, Ph.D. CONTRACTING ORGANIZATION: Medical Biology Institute La Jolla, California 92037 REPORT DATE: May 1998 TYPE OF REPORT: Final PREPARED FOR: Commander U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5012 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT: Appro...

Scientific Books: Legendre Associated Functions: PROFESSOR R. C. ARCHIBALD. Man and His Physical Universe: PROFESSOR S. A. KORFF .............. ............................. 409 Special Articles: Perfusion of Rat Livers with Estrogen in Vitro: JOSEPH SCHILLER and PROFESSOR GREGORY PINcus. Inability to Pass Primary Atypical Pneumonia to Human Volunteers: COMMANDER DEANE H. VANCE, LIEUTENANT THOR...