A number of elite thinkers in Europe during the 16 th and 17 th centuries pursued an agenda which historian Paolo Rossi calls the “quest for a universal language,” a quest which was deeply interwoven with the emergence of the scientific method. From a modern perspective, one of the many surprising aspects of these efforts is that they relied on a diverse array of memorization techniques as foun...

An introduction to various topics in neutrino astrophysics is given for students with little prior exposure to this field. We explain neutrino production and propagation in stars, neutrino oscillations, and experimental searches for this effect. We also touch upon the cosmological role of neutrinos. A number of exercises is also included.

Good morning, Madam Chairwoman, and members of the Subcommittee. My name is Tracy Collier, I am the Director of the Environmental Conservation Division, in the Northwest Fisheries Science Center of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce. Research conducted within my Division focuses on the effe...

30 Purpose/ Content (K) Paper has no purpose. No hypothesis/thesis is evident. Paragraphs do not support purpose throughout paper. Purpose is weak or unclear in four or more paragraphs. Paragraphs do not support purpose in 75% or more of paper. Thesis/hypothesis fails to assert idea. Purpose is fairly clear but lost in two or more paragraphs. Support for purpose is unrelated in at least two or ...

By “generic” we mean stable singularities (intersections), which cannot be reduced by adding small perturbations to the functions/data. That is, what kind and how many configurations are possible such that small changes in the shape of regions near the intersection point do not/cannot reduce the number of regions meeting at a single point. The term “small changes” is somewhat ambiguous in this ...

T he first British guidelines for the management of asthma in adults published in 1990 clearly recommended self-management of asthma. The exact statement read: ‘‘As far as possible, patients should be trained to manage their own treatment rather than be required to consult their doctor before making changes’’. Similar advice has been repeated in subsequent revisions of the UK guidelines and in ...

Within patent law, there are two primary mechanisms that attempt to afford the appropriate balance between patent owners and subsequent inventors. First are the disclosure doctrines: a patent applicant cannot claim more than what she has actually disclosed in the patent application. A claim that is overly broad because it lacks adequate support in the patent specification is invalid. There is a...

Objective: To examine whether moderate to severe congenital hearing impairment (MSCHI) leads to persistent morphosyntactic problems in the written language production of adults, as it does in their spoken language production. Design: Samples of written language in Dutch were analysed for morphosyntactic correctness and syntactic complexity. Study Sample: 20 adults with MSCHI and 10 adults with ...