Suppose we get a chance to ask an angel a question of our choice. What should we ask to make the most of our unique opportunity? Ned Markosian has shown that the task is trickier than it might seem. Ted Sider has suggested playing safe and asking: What is the true proposition (or one of the true propositions) that would be most beneficial for us to be told? Let’s see whether we can do any bette...

BACKGROUND With increasing rates of dementia among older adults, many people will be affected by this disease; either by having the disease or by caring for a relative with dementia. Due to a shift toward home and community-based care there will be an increase in the number of family caregivers caring for persons with dementia. The caregiving experience in the dementia journey is influenced by ...

Natural predators of agricultural pests are known to help increase crop yields and considered an alternative chemical insecticides. We investigated the role gracile mouse opossum Gracilinanus agilis for controlling a soybean pest, brown stink bug Euschistus heros. tested hypothesis that this disperses natural forest environments Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) during off-season G. acts as relevant ...

C = network connectivity C = total journey cost D = matrix of maximum communication range between nodes (Rn×n) E = set of edges in G EG = subset of edges in G G = graph containing all nodes and edges G = evolving graph H = number of hops in a journey J = set of feasible journeys J = journey between nodes J = highest-value journey M = total number of edges in G m = number of edges in G N = total...

Public transport journey planners support a common decision need, and have become popular especially with the availability of real-time tracking data for trip planning and the travellers’ ubiquitous access to the web. This paper, however, takes a usability perspective. The need for assistance in journey planning will vary depending on factors such as the familiarity of the traveller with the ro...

Comparisons were made of the behaviour, physiology and meat quality of 24-week-old male veal calves (mean live weight 234 kg) that were slaughtered either at the veal unit (the control group) or following 3 h transportation at space allowances of either 0.7 or 0.95 m calf 1 and 1.5 h of lairage. Compared with nontransported calves, transported calves had a greater heart rate during the journey ...