" By giving a name to something, you acquire power over it " (one of " Scott's Laws " proposed by the late Professor Bernard Scott, Sussex University)

BACKGROUND Computed tomography-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy (PCNB) is a diagnostic technique for initial assessment of mediastinal mass lesions. This study was conducted to evaluate its diagnostic yield and its complication rate. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed the records of CT-guided PCNB in 110 patients with mediastinal mass lesions performed in Kashani and Alzahra Hospitals, I...

We have recently synthesized [Ni (MAP) ] complex [H-MAP= 2- (methylamino) pyridine]. 2- (Methy1amino)pyridine reacts with MeLi in THF and generates the lithium salt (Li-MAP). Further reaction of NiCl with two equivalent of this ligand in THF leads to the formation of a dark red solution. Analytical data, molecular weight, and magnetic susceptibility of this complex confirm the formula [N...

Behavior Representations for Self-Assessment Scott A. Wallace Washington State University Vancouver 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave. Vancouver, WA 98686 [email protected]

The study of knowledge has always been one of the central issues of the AI research. The general belief has been that "the more you have it the better you are." It was well understood that incorrect knowledge is harmful and should be avoided, but correct knowledge had been mostly considered beneficial. The potential harmfulness of correct knowledge received attention in very few early works but...

mixed used development as a part of the common principles of new urbanism theory such as new urbanism and smart growth has been considered and in the last decades because of its efficiencies has become one of the most important goal in land use planning. increasing land prices in urban regions and tend to increase the intensity of land use are such factor that increase the importance of mixed u...

∗This research was supported by funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Iain Cockburn, Rebecca Eisenberg, Bronwyn Hall, Mark Lemley, Douglas Lichtman, Jean Lanjouw, David Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Arti Rai, Mark Schankerman, Scott Stern, and Rosemarie Ziedonis provided helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper. I also benefitted from feedback from participants at the 2004 NBE...

California, Berkeley; and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, and Ward C. Krebs Family Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, Stanford University. The authors thank Maite Careaga, Scott Gehlbach, John Litwack, Douglass North, Yingyi Qian, and Daniel Treisman for helpful comments. Pathologies of Federalism, Russian Style: Political Institutions and Economic Transition Rui J. P. de ...