Hesitations are prevalent in spontaneous speech and believed to be relevant to on-line speech planning. We tested the complexity hypothesis that speakers are more likely to need to suspend speaking, the more complex the constituent, by examining ratios of filled pauses (fillers) at clause and case boundaries with following constituents of different degrees of complexity, using ì the Corpus of s...

The 8-pin 555 time rs were exposed to 1,2,3,4, up to 5 Mrads gamma doses, using Co 60 as a gamma radiation source, with a total absorbed doses 5Mrads , the output of the chip, as a square wave indicate that , the electromagnetic wave (gamma radiation) affect in the operation of the timer, as : the parameter changed during radiation noise in the generated square wave, frequency (f) and duty-cycl...

(60) Provisional application No. 60/788,859, filed on Apr. (75) Inventors: Paul A. Colussi, Gloucester, MA 3, 2006, provisional application No. 60/875,917, filed (US); Thomas C. Evans, JR., on Dec. 20, 2006. Topsfield, MA (US); Christopher O O H. Taron, Essex, MA (US) Publication Classification (51) Int. Cl. Correspondence Address: 6. 245 3: ) HARRIET M. STRIMPEL, D. Phil. CI2N 9/16 6. 3. New E...

In 1994, Mississippi and Minnesota independently filed lawsuits against the tobacco industry seeking reimbursement of smoking-attributable Medicaid expenditures. Numerous other states filed similar suits over the next several years. During 1997-1998 the original pair, plus Florida and Texas, settled their suits during or on the eve of trial. In November 1998, the remaining 46 states negotiated ...

Suppose that victim j employs a bandwagon strategy {δ, δ&j}. We will characterize victim i’s best response, beginning with period 2. If victim i filed suit in period 1, then he has no further action to take. Suppose that victim i did not file suit in period 1. If victim j filed suit in period 1, then victim j has no further action to take and nothing will change in the future; thus victim i wil...