... major discoveries that–HISTORY AND NATUREOF SCIENCE–259shake the foundations of understanding and lead to newmodes of thinking. Thomas Kuhn, philosopher of sci-ence, called such discoveries ... scientist looks at nature and tries to understand it. The curiosityCHAPTERHistory and Nature of ScienceIN THIS chapter, you will read about what drives science, the nature of scientific knowledge, ... Darwin caused a lot of controversywhen he presented his theory of evolution. There is stillsome debate on whether evolution theory should betaught in public schools.The natureof light was not...
... proportion /prC/pc:Sn/ (n): [count] a quantity of something that is a part or share of the whole: phn, t l proportion of: Only a small proportion of graduates fail to find employment: Ch có ... khi tôi tan s. 21. waterproof //wc:tCpru:f/ (a): waterproof clothes keep you dry because they do not let rain pass through them: không thm nc a waterproof jacket: áo ves-tông không ... Prefixes are added to the front of the base (like dislike), whereas suffixes are added to the end of the base (active activate). Prefixes usually do not change the class of the base word, but suffixes...
... problem of unscrambling English affixes. The role of affixes is crucial in the study of word-breaking practice. In the automatic determination of the parts of speech (a central feature of automatic ... determination of parts -of- speech assignments E. The determination of the number of phonetic syl- lables corresponding to a written English word In the first case, we have taken a random sample of 100 ... obvious algorithms needed for most of the words and put this together with a list of irregular forms for a working procedure, except for the presence of a number of verbs where it is necessary...
... Science 295, 472–476.Fig. 2. EM of a transverse section of the contents of the third limb of themajor ampullate duct of Nephila edulis just before the start of the internaldraw down taper. ... crystalline spinning of spider silk. Nature 410, 541–548.2. Simmons, A., Michal, C. & Jelinski, L. (1996) Molecularorientation and two-component natureof the crystalline fraction of spider dragline ... fraction of secondary structure of B zone sample for a helix (solid), b sheet (dashed) and other (dotted).Ó FEBS 2002 Amyloidogenic natureof spider silk (Eur. J. Biochem. 269) 4161Amyloidogenic nature...
... con-cept of proof evolved. The Republic of Plato contains a clear articulation of the proof concept. The Physics of Aristotle not only discusses proofs, buttreats minute distinctions of proof methodology ... papers with mathematical proofs. A friend of mine recently had a paper rejected there for lack of a proof.0.2. THE CONCEPT OF PROOF 5and surprises.0.2 The Concept of ProofIt is well to begin this ... is not a mathematical proof.0.2. THE CONCEPT OF PROOF 9As a result of these questions, ancient mathematicians had to think hardabout the natureof mathematical proof. Thales (640 B.C.E.–546...
... part of their education or as part of their professional reputation-building. For them, sharing of code is not only part of their professional advancement, but an integral part of the professional ... others and thus offers partial insights into what kind of new patterns are emerging. This area is the development of software and the new practice of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). A ... Society?21Felix Stalder / Open Cultures and the Natureof NetworksFelix Stalder / Open Cultures and the Natureof Networkssoftware tends to be clean and free of hidden features. In the FOSS development...
... and off-label extensions of drugs and devices are increasing without any kind of formal evaluation. In addition, providers have been contending with the expansion of IT products, most of which ... standardization of data elements; clarification of patient privacy rules; development of new data harvesting tools; connection of longitudinal da-tabases; and growing collaboration among professional ... overviews of key issues. Comments were also provided as context for each session by the moderators: Denis A. Cortese, chief executive of cer of Mayo Clinic; Michael M. E. Johns, chancellor of Emory...
... The fluctuations of credit in the context of secured lending expose the fallacy of the lump of liquidity in the financial system. The language of liquidity suggests a stock of available funding ... consisted of reverse repos in addition to other types of collateralized lending. Much of this collateralized lending was short term, often overnight. The other feature of the asset side of the ... holdings were; out of a total balance-sheet size of $691 billion, cash holdings amounted to only $7.29 billion. Much of the liabilities of Lehman Brothers was of a short-term nature. The largest...
... the variation of the direct band gap with width, aswell as the natureof the band structure of the nanowires.We confirm previous observations ab out the direct orindirect natureof the nanowires, ... edge down, leading to thebreakdown of the EMA.4. Dependence of nanowire band structure on bulk bandstructureWe show here how the direct or indirect natureof thenanowire band gap can be predicted ... Physica E 32 (2006) 341–345 345 of the band gap and determines the overall natureof thenanowire band structure.3. Effective mass approximationThe CB e nergy of a nanowire o f cro ss-sectional...
... image of what we see. At this point, the stochastic natureof reality is still visible. For longer periods of time, much larger numbers of events would build up and we would enter the realm of ... to the outlines of the original shapes. Both versions of Quantum Woman are depicted in Fig. 5. Quantum Field (Profiles) (2009). Quantum Field (Profiles) was born out of my interest in ... process of experiencing slowed down to the point where the successive accumulation of events has just lead to the first recognition of the familiar. I created an image made up of representations of...
... levels of lipids(especially high levels of triglycerides), and high lev-els of blood calcium (hypercalcemia).The initial lesion of acute pancreatitis is composed of multiple areas of edema, ... obstruction.CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREASIn this discussion, carcinoma of the pancreas refersonly to adenocarcinomas that arise in ducts of the di-gestive (exocrine) pancreas—tumors of the islets of Langerhans of ... Hypoglycemia because of lack of liver glycogen stores• Hyperammonemia because of failure of the liver toconvert ammonia to urea• Palmar erythema (redness of the palms of the hands),spider...