The torsion rod characteristics of the Sulzer loom can be adjusted in zero position by means adjusting lever and actuator loom. In "Sulzer" projectile loom, movement intermediate member results axial to change according material rod. transmits a force exerted fixed sliding surface. However, described device some countries has serious drawback, because tuning drive acts on so that when is fired ...

LOOJ is an extension of Java obtained by adding bounded parametric polymorphism and new type expressions ThisClass and ThisType, which are similar to MyType in LOOM. Through examples we demonstrate the utility of this language even over very expressive extensions such as GJ. The LOOJ compiler generates standard JVML code and supports instanceof and casts for all types including type variables a...

AM MOST GRATEFUL to J. Linn Mackey (2002) for his thoughtful commentary on my article. He is correct in arguing that intuition deserves a more prominent place in a discussion of how to do interdisciplinary research. I welcome the opportunity to correct this oversight on my part. However, Mackey draws what I believe to be a false dichotomy between " rule-driven " and " intuitive " research; I wi...

The remainder of the work, excepting the final chapter, is made up of nicely composed biographical sketches of figures that loom large in the legends of biology, and some insight into the scientific Zeitgeist within which the men existed. Linnaeus, Lyell, Darwin, Pasteur, and Mendel are present along with the host of figures who served as foils for the Promethean protagonists. These sketches ar...